Ken Behler started constructing patterns in his garage part-time after serving in the Navy during World War II. He and Ken Peiffer started P & B Pattern Shop in 1950. Soon after this time Mr. Peiffer returned to the Air Force. Ken Behler continued making patterns and grew the company from a small one-man shop to the 13,500 square foot business it has become. In 1972 P & B Pattern Shop
became incorporated into Behler Patterns, Inc.