Lexington / Kentucky / United States
A Short History of Blevins, Inc The company was started in 1957 as Mobile Home Parts Distributors. Today it stands as the oldest and largest distributor to the manufactured housing aftermarket, with a total of 13 locations throughout the eastern half of the United States. The company sells set-up, replacement, and add-on parts and accessories to the manufactured housing industry. We handle general hardware, plumbing, electrical and repair supplies for manufactured homes including air conditioning, heating and appliances. We also sell a full line of weatherization products. Our customers are mostly retail dealers, service companies and parts stores. J.W. Blevins bought the Nashville-based business of less than 1 million in sales volume in 1971 and began a branch expansion program. The first branch was opened in September, 1971 in Mobile, Alabama, followed by a second branch in Lexington, Kentucky in 1972. Another branch opened in Alexandria, Louisiana in 1974. Situated in the center of the state, this site is able to serve most of Louisiana and eastern Texas.. The Eighties saw two important acquisitions. In 1980, Leisure Products, Inc of Rocky Mount, North Carolina was purchased, serving eastern North Carolina and parts of Virginia and South Carolina. In 1985, Jims Mobile Supply was acquired with two Ohio locations: Dayton and Edenberg (shortly moved to Kent, Ohio). The Nashville branch moved to a new 50, 000 sq. ft. building in 1985. At that time, the corporate office was separated into its own facility. In 1988, the Dayton location moved to a new, larger facility enabling it to serve all of Ohio. In 1989, the Kent, Ohio location was closed and moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; this relocation allowed the company to serve southern New York, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and all of Pennsylvania. In 1995 a new company was formed for the manufacturing of anchors for manufactured housing; Home Pride, Inc In 1998, Home Pride also began manufacturing fiberglass steps. In January, 1998, a branch was opened in Liverpool, New York. Part of their territory came from the Harrisburg branch and expanded to Maine. While the early part of this decade has seen an industry downturn, Blevins, Inc has continued to succeed by improving customer service and gaining market share. In early 2000, we opened our twelfth branch in Valdosta, GA servicing southern Georgia and parts of Florida. In 2008 that branch was moved to Jacksonville, FL to better serve our Florida market. In 2002, Alcoa, our second largest supplier, exited the vinyl skirting business and Blevins purchased the dies and equipment from Alcoa, allowing us to form Haverford Vinyl Products. Blevins now manufactures all of our vinyl skirting through a contract vinyl extruder and Haverford Vinyl Products, a subsidiary of Blevins, Inc, sells to approximately twenty outside distributors. In 2006, Blevins, Inc acquired Florida Mobile Home Supply, which provides HVAC and electrical installation services as well as a full line of supplies throughout Florida. Locations are in Jacksonville and Tallahassee.
