1 Exhibit 3.5 PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF STATE 252 CORPORATION BUREAU ROOM 308 NORTH OFFICE BUILDING P.O. BOX 8722 HARRISBURG, PA 17105-8722 WERNER CO. THE CORPORATION BUREAU IS HAPPY TO SEND YOU YOUR FILED DOCUMENT. PLEASE NOTE THE FILE DATE AND THE SIGNATURE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH. THE CORPORATION BUREAU IS HERE TO SERVE YOU AND WANTS TO THANK YOU FOR DOING BUSINESS IN PENNSYLVANIA. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO THE CORPORATION BUREAU, CALL (717) 787-1057. ENTITY NUMBER: 2613157 MICROFILM NUMBER: 09479 1690-1691 CAPITOL PARALEGAL SERVICES COUNTER 2 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF STATE FILED IN THE DEPARTMENT CORPORATION BUREAU OF STATE ON DEC 20, 1994 /s/ Robert M. Grant ----------------------- Secretary of the Commonwealth ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION In compliance with the requirements of 15 Pa. C.S. Section 1306 (relating to articles of incorporation), the undersigned, desiring to be incorporated as a business corporation, hereby certifies that: 1. The name of the corporation is WERNER CO. 2. The address of its registered office in this Commonwealth is 93 Werner Road Greenville, PA 16125 3. The corporation is incorporated under the Pennsylvania Business Corporation law of 1988 (15 Pa. C.S. Section 1101 et seq.), as the same may be amended. 4. The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares of common stock, no par value. 5. The name and address of the incorporator is as follows: Wendy A. Meikle Suite A 109 Woodfield Drive Greenville, PA 16125 [STAMP] Dec. 20 94 PA Dept. of State 3 6. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no director of the corporation shall be personally liable for monetary damages for any action taken, or any failure to take any action. 7. The effective date of this filing shall be 12:01 a.m., January 1, 1995. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the incorporator has signed these Articles of Incorporation this 19th day of December, 1994. /s/ Wendy A. Meikle -------------------------- Wendy A. Meikle Sole Incorporator