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Kaplan Industries is Your Trusted Leader in Compressed Gas Solutions

With its new spacious 16-acre campus in Harrison Ohio, Kaplan Industries Inc. now can produce 3,500 cylinders at any given time. The new facility gave Kaplan Industries Inc. the ability to expand their horizon. With this additional space a decision was made in 2017 to enter the specialty gas business. With two bulk tanks, Kaplan Industries Inc. is growing quickly making their name known.

Kaplan Industries Inc. is a 2nd generation family business evolving into its 3rd, with memberships including IOMA, GAWDA, DEMA, ARW, and HARDI. Today, Kaplan Industries, Inc. enjoys partnerships with manufacturers, not only limited to the U.S. but throughout the world, bringing the finest quality products that meet or exceed worldwide specifications, including ISO 9000.

We are small enough to care for all our customers and large enough to meet the needs of our most demanding ones. We are a government approved vendor, we also do a lot of exclusive work for Praxair and Airgas. We can meet the requirements of our Mission Statement, to provide quick response programs that continue to serve our customers’ needs efficiently, accurately, and safely.

Our Sales Representatives combined, have over 80 years of experience in our industry. They are a wealth of knowledge which they are happy to share. We have a total of five sales representatives who are always available. Each state has a designated sales representative. Having the amount of sales representative that we do lets each of them focus on a specific territory. This has successfully resulted in the ability to meet new customers as well as continue forth on our current relationships and assisting our forever customers each and every request.

Our greatest asset, however, is our committed Management Team. Ownership has dedicated itself to a hands-on approach to growth and has committed the resources to get the job done! We look forward to servicing all your cylinder requirements, so please give us the opportunity to serve you with your tangible needs, as well as with our eagerness to form relationships devoted to your company’s success. At Kaplan, our customer’s needs come first. Do not hesitate to hold back because, like the cylinders we sell, we can handle the pressure.

Our Roots

Over 60 years ago, brothers Albert and Morris Kaplan founded a small surplus company in Philadelphia, supplying compressed gas cylinders and equipment to local distributors. In 1959, they established A-M Fire Equipment Company, becoming a UL-approved distributor for fire safety products. As demand grew, Kaplan Industries, Inc. was formed to expand into new and reconditioned cylinders, cryogenic equipment, and tube trailers—eventually relocating to a larger facility in Maple Shade, NJ to support its rapid growth.

By the mid-1980s, Morris Kaplan’s children, Dean and Rita, became instrumental to the company’s growth—Dean rising from an entry-level role to President in his twenties, and Rita advancing to Vice President from a Customer Service role within five years. As expansion continued, the need for a larger facility led to the 2011 acquisition of Midwest Cylinder and a move to a 16-acre site in Harrison, Ohio, which now serves as Kaplan Industries’ national headquarters.