Kleinschmidt Inc

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Kleinschmidt, Inc.
Type Private
Founded 1898
Headquarters Deerfield, Illinois
Area served Worldwide
Key people Harry Gaples, President and CEO
Industry B2B e-Commerce, EDI, CLM, XML ,others
Website www.kleinschmidt.com

Kleinschmidt Inc. is an EDI Pioneer. Established in 1898, is the largest privately owned firm dedicated to exclusively providing network-based electronic commerce, EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) services, and VAN (Value-added network). Among other achievements in communications, the founder, Edward Kleinschmidt invented the Teletypewriter, which was one of the first Electronic Commerce devices. Kleinschmidt offers the widest range of network based solutions possible. From in-network translation, to any format to any format, to sophisticated web applications such as custom's e-manifest, hosted web applications, XML/EDI/any translations, online account services, etc. Headquarters based in Deerfield, Illinois with offices located throughout the United States.

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[edit] Kleinschmidt's History:

1893 - Edward E Kleinschmidt started working with the telegraph;
1898 - Edward E Kleinschmidt opened his own “experimental shop”;
1906 - George Seely joined Kleinschmidt’s shop with a partially developed block system for electric trolley car railways;
1910 - Exhibited at the American Association of Railroads Communications Convention;
1910 - Kleinschmidt started to receive multiple patents;
1914 - Kleinschmidt Electric Company was founded;
1924 - Kleinschmidt Electric merged with the Morkrum Company to form Morkrum-Kleinschmidt Corporation;
1928 - The company name was changed to Teletype Corporation;
1930 - The Teletype Corporation was sold to AT&T for $30,000,000 in stock;
1931 - Kleinschmidt Laboratories Inc. was founded;
1944 - Edward E. Kleinschmidt demonstrated his lightweight teleprinter at the Chief Signal Officer;
1949 - The Kleinschmidt 100-words-per-minute typebar page printer was made the standard for the Military;
1956 - Kleinschmidt Laboratories Inc. merged with Smith-Corona which merged with Marchant Calculators shortly thereafter;
1979 - Started to provide Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Car Location Message (CLM) services;
1986 to present - Hanson Trust acquired SCM Corporation. Harry S. Gaples, then president, purchased the company from Hanson Trust and the company Kleinschmidt Inc. Harry Gaples has since remained as President and CEO.

[edit] Product offerings

  • EDI & Network Services
  • EDI Translation Services
  • CLM Services
  • Conversion & Rollout Services
  • Data Integration & Hosted Data Services
  • Multiple and flexible Connectivity Options
  • HP/Tandem Applications
  • Many other E-commerce Related Services

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[edit] External links

  • Official website: [1] www.kleinschmidt.com