About CropKing
CropKing, Inc., has consolidated it's Seville and Wadsworth locations in late December 2008. The new location for the manufacturing facility and offices is 134 West Drive, Lodi Oh 44254. CropKing has been specializing in the business of controlled environment agriculture and hydroponics since 1982. CropKing is a manufacturer and distributor of commercial facility structures, hydroponic growing systems, supplies, and equipment, selling throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. CropKing currently services nearly 700 commercial hydroponic growers throughout the country. CropKing, Inc., import products from around the world, including irrigation products from Israel, rockwool-growing media from Denmark, plant clips from Holland, and other facility supplies and equipment from Germany, England, and other European countries. CropKing emphasizes service, quality, and competitive pricing, and is the only company in the U.S. that offers a full range of services to its growers. From monthly Grower Training Workshops, Grower's Manuals, Training Video's and CD-Roms, Grower Newsletters, to sponsoring a yearly, S/CEA Hydroponic Grower's Conference, CropKing supplies not only the products, but also the technology to help growers succeed.
Location
CropKing is located in Lodi, OH which is South of Cleveland and west of Akron (State Rt 42 and 83). Please note that many online mapping programs currently either can't find our address or show it wrong. Here is a link to the correct location. West Drive is also known as both Twp Hwy 69 and Richman Rd. The CropKing entrance is close to the bend in the road about 1/4 mile from SR 421 (Bank Street) or one mile from SR224/SR42. The office is in the front of the single story white concrete building. The shipping and recieving entrance is about halfway back, up the metal stairsteps.
Key Personnel
The following personnel comprise CropKing's core consulting and management team, offering a tremendous wealth of knowledge related to the controlled environment agricultural industry, and can be instrumental in providing the information and assistance needed to successfully design, build, and operate a controlled environment agricultural facility.
PAUL BRENTLINGER President & Partial Owner
B.S. in Business from Valparaiso University. Paul grew up around CropKing and grew his first hydroponic greenhouse crop before he was ten. Paul succeeds his father and founder of CropKing, Dan Brentlinger as an owner.
MARILYN BRENTLINGER General Manager & Partial Owner
Marilyn has been a signficant part of CropKing with hands on hydroponic experience. In the 70's, Marilyn & Dan started a "HyGroponics" tomato and cucumber greenhouse, and the early 80's helped start CropKing. She has worked at CropKing, Inc. in the Accounting, Purchasing, Customer Service, and now as Commercial Project Sales and General Manager.
JAMES W. BROWN, Technical Services and Horticulturist
Graduate of Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1967, M.S. Degree, Vegetable Crops Major, Associate Degree, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, 25 years experience in the hydroponic industry as a Horticulturist and teacher, conducts Grower Training Workshops, On-Site Training Programs, authored Grower s Manual and Hydroponic S/CEA Newsletter.
JEFF BALDUFF, Technical Sales and Service.
Jeff has been involved in agriculture all of his life. Raised on a widely diversified vegetable and grain farm, the knowledge he accumulated from working on a farm has now been applied to the greenhouse vegetable industry. With his degree in Farm Management and his experience as an active greenhouse grower, he has helped to designed CropKing's Growers Choice Electrical Panel and the Nutrient Injection System. He assists CropKing s customers with advise on the construction of their unit as well as answers questions about growing, insect control, and disease.
