Kneisley Electric Company was a small manufacturing facility started by Richard F. Kneisley in Toledo, Ohio. The company’s core product was the Kni-Tron power rectifier and other equipment for motion picture projection. Kneisley also manufactured stock tank heaters and surface planers.
From 1931 through 1934 Mr. Kneisley was employed by Strong Electric Company. Strong produced motion picture projection equipment. Kneisley’s contributions included inventing a long lasting projector bulb far superior to any at the time. In 1936, while still doing some work for Strong, he started Kneisley Electric Company in his garage. Later Kneisley moved to a larger industrial site.
Kneisley Electric Company was bought and moved to Iola, Kansas in 2006. The company was renamed Kneisley Manufacturing after the purchase.
Kneisley is still providing the cinema industry with quality products today. Our list of products includes projector pedestals, speaker brackets, self-serve candy racks, wall mount dimmers, screen frames, a new line of UVC products, and the shadowgraph. All of our products are available through our dealer network.