Kline and Casher Auto Body Supplies was started in 1938 when David Kline and Harry Casher began selling auto body supplies at 610 Linden Street, in Allentown, PA. They created the markets in Allentown and Harrisburg, PA, and in 1941 they split the company. David stayed in Allentown and Harry moved to Harrisburg. The Allentown company was renamed Kline’s Auto Body Supplies.

In 1964 David Kline’s son Nathan, who had taken over the business, moved the company to its current location and corporate headquarters at 630 North 13^th Street, Allentown, PA. Moving into the industrial markets, he renamed the company Kline’s Auto & Industrial Supplies, Inc. We have been active in supplying the automotive and industrial markets with coatings, abrasives, equipment and supplies ever since. As Kline’s business grew, locations were added in Hazleton and Reading, PA.

In 1971 Allen Gribben and Roger Kuhn, shareholders, acquired Kline’s.  Between 1971 and 2000 the company grew by a factor of 10 with 33 employees servicing the market.  In July 2000, a merger acquisition of Barkay Enterprises, Inc. brought Robert Barnett to the company as a shareholder and added distribution points in Bethlehem and Stroudsburg, PA and Phillipsburg, NJ. We decided to change the name, for the sake of brevity to Kline’s Auto, Inc. Since July 2000 we have acquired three additional businesses and merged them into the Kline’s organization.  In 2004, the passing of Roger Kuhn left Allen Gribben and Robert Barnett to continue the growth process of the Kline’s organization as its shareholders and Garry Sandt to oversee operations as General Manager.

Today Kline’s Auto, Inc. has locations in Phillipsburg, NJ, Allentown, Hazleton, Pottsville, Reading, Stroudsburg and Scranton, PA and employs over 70 people.  We are involved in our communities through various charitable events, and we are involved in our industry through local auto body associations and connections to vo-tech schools.

What makes us different from other vendors is our philosophy of generating a profit by selling the highest quality products to professional coating specialists. We offer service to our customers on every product we sell.  We are proud of our partnership with the best manufacturers and our ability to attract, train, and retain the best employees in the industry. We partner with our customers to make them profitable in our industry. We feel that these strengths give us the ability to provide exceptional value to our customers.