Hensley Fabricating & Equipment Co., Inc. started out with very humble beginnings in 1962.  Paul and Joyce Hensley, Founders of Hensley's, started out in the millwright and grain conveying industry with just a small shop and a few employee's.  Paul had worked for a Millwright Company based in Burkett, Indiana, and when they went bancrupt in the early 60's, Paul had a vision to start his own company.  Paul landed his first major job at Creighton Brothers, a large egg-producer located in Atwood, Indiana.  The first piece of literature came out in the mid-60's with the slogan, "The Midwest's Quality Service Millwright."  With quality and service at the top of the list of priorities, Hensley's soon became well-known for high quality equipment.

Hensley's continued to grow, and with approximately 10 service crews on the road, Hensley's soon outgrew the current building.  With a couple of additions of building space and equipment, Hensley's line of equipment expanded to include Bucket Elevator Legs, The Hensley Rotary Scalper for bean processing, Distributors, Bins and other miscellaneous equipment.  Sales were very good in the 1970's, and Paul had more work than they could handle, so much so, that they had to turn away jobs.  The early 1980's Grain Embargo's proved to be very rough on everyone in the Grain Industry and everything that had to do with Grain Handling, but as the decade progressed, money wasn't quite as tight, and in turn, work started to trickle in little-by-little.

With Gregg overseeing the production of the Brand-New "Hensley Hydra-Hauler", within 2 years, it soon became evident that if this venture was to be a big success at the company, Hensley's had to get into the Aluminum feed body market.  With other major manufacturer's already making bulk feed transportation equipment out of aluminum, some big steps were needed to plunge Hensley's into the market.  First thing that they had to do was to convince the customer that going with and All-aluminum feed body was the way of the future.  Through small magazine ads, word-of-mouth and some state-of-the-art designs, including 1 piece top lids, cupped auger flighting, and 9-12-9 augers, the change went over well.

With production now speeding along, the first All-Aluminum trailer was produced.  With Creighton Brothers in Atwood, Indiana and Herbruck's Poultry Ranch in Saranac, Michigan placing the first orders, other large producers and mills followed suit.  Hensley's became a prominent name in the Michigan area, and soon became specialist's in the enormous 4,5,6 and even 8 axle trailers that ruled on Michigan roadways.  With sales up, the need for a new, larger plant was eminent.  Construction was completed in 1993 on a 15,000 sq. ft. addition, and the feed bodies & trailers were moved from the cramped, original plant to the "New" building where production was now smooth-flowing and free of obstacles.

With sales rapidly climbing, and a third-generation taking their place in the company, Hensley's continues to build the same high-end equipment with a focus on quality and service that they started out with in 1962.  Hensley's completed an expansion project in early 2007, which added approximately 10,000 sq. ft. to their current assembly plant.  Hensley Fabricating now encompasses 18 acres,  approximately 36,000 Square Feet of Production Space, and an additional 18 acres are available for expansion.  Sales also have increased in the last decade, and today, Hensley Products are operating in All of North America, Central And South America.  As a Leader in Design and Technology in the Bulk Feed Transportation Industry and the Mining Equipment Industry, Hensley's will continue to be ahead of the competition for years to come.