Timpte Industries, Inc. history

Their sons, T.C. “Tony” Timpte and C.A. “Clem” Timpte took over in 1916 to enter the beginnings of the age of motorized transport.

By the 1920’s people needed to be moved too, and Timpte Brothers responded by manufacturing school bus and bus line bodies for truck chassis.

Timpte’s first semi-trailer was produced in 1931 and was set on a chassis furnished by Fruehauf.

The entire Rocky Mountain region was growing after the war and Timpte joined this expansion by opening a branch manufacturing and service facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1947.

Another Timpte innovation in the early 1950’s was the evolution of light weight steel trailers.

The Timpte sleeper cab was a big seller nationally until 1960, when inventive truck makers began installing them on the trucks.

After devoting almost 50 years of his life to Timpte and the transportation industry of America, Tony Timpte died in May of 1961.

A new subsidiary, Tyco, Inc. was formed by the new Timpte Company in 1967 to assist their customers in financing of new trailers.

The manufacturing location was in Henderson, Colorado, and was first operational in 1968, with 53,000 square feet on nine acres.

Alumacraft then purchased two mobile home manufacturers: Tourite, of Fort Worth in March 1969, and Gordonay, of South Carolina in December 1969.

Timpte Industries sold a new common stock issue of 240,000 shares to the public in September 1971.

A new plant was put into operation in St Peter, Minnesota, in February 1972, and the Minneapolis facility was sold.

Timpte-Beall was sold in 1983.

In May 1985, Timpte started construction of a modern 170,000 square foot refrigerated trailer manufacturing plant in Wayne, Nebraska.

In 2008, Dale Jones was hired as CEO and President of Timpte, replacing Ken Allred who retired after 30 years of loyal and successful service.