KENDALLVILLE â Hop in your car from Kendallville, and you can get to Chicago in roughly three hours. But when local pump manufacturer Flint & Walling hears materials it needs in its production process have reached Chicago? Itâs no cause for celebration or even anticipation. âIt doesnât mean anything if itâs in Chicago,â Flint & Walling president Eric Rimmel told U.S. Rep. Jim Banks during the congressmanâs Thursday visit to the Kendallville plant. Getting that part from Chicago to Kendallville can take up to four weeks. âItâs a very disruptive business model,â Rimmel said. Banks, R-3rd, got plenty of information on both the good Flint & Walling has experienced and its challenges in an hourlong visit to the main plant.