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Local industries, people behind the products They started as ideas in basements, garages, kitchens, bars and boardrooms. Ideas turned into innovation and entrepreneurial action.

Then the gears kicked in, powered by men and women with a sturdy Midwest work ethic. Soon they were cranking out products and services that would spread across the globe.

The toughest windows on the planet. Paper used on all continents and in every state. Software that

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has revolutionized education and business. Food that feeds the masses. And much, much more.

Over time, central Wisconsin has become — as it remains today — a wellspring of industrious activity and a supplier to the world.

In this special supplement, Gannett Central Wisconsin celebrates the remarkable yet everyday accomplishments of local businesses and institutions whose reach extends well beyond our region.

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People, machines and ingenuity working together

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Creating agricultural, paper and wood products

Building on the green movement

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Innovative Machine Specialists

John Pospyhalla Age: 42 Job: Laithe operator at Innovative Machine Specialists, Marshfield.

Pospyhalla has worked as a machinist at IMS for 11 years, using a computer and numerical controlled laithe to mold raw plastic and stainless steel into round replacement parts for machinery used in food processing, water treatment and electrical plants. The job requires two years of post-high school education and at least five years of experience.

Products: “It’s a job shop — it makes anything a customer wants. Some parts could take a whole day, some parts you could do 30 to 100 a day,” said Pospyhalla, who is proud of molding parts to the best of his ability and providing the best customer service possible.

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Boat maker sails along

BY DAN RICHTER FOR GANNETT CENTRAL WISCONSIN

WAUSAU — Central Wisconsin has its fair share of outdoorsmen, but who knew that one of the biggest manufacturers of fishing boats was right here in the heart of the state?

Yar-Craft Boats is a high-end fiberglass boat company originally started in 1964

by Jack Dallman in Menominee, Mich.

Dallman, the then-vice president of Thompson Boat Co., wanted to build a family-style recreational boat, which became Yar-Craft. The business took off until the mid-1980s, when such recreational boats fell from popularity.

It was then that Dallman met a group of fishermen who gave him the idea of building top-of-the-line fishing boats, and the company got a second lease on life.

In 2004, Yar-Craft was purchased by Norlen Inc., which moved production to Wausau, where it remains today.

“When I bought Yar-Craft, I thought ‘Oh, I’m just buying a little boat company.’

But then I met these people who own the boats, and they’re just out there fishing and are so excited to be doing what they’re doing,” said Corey Suthers, president and chief executive officer of Norlen Inc. In addition to high-end fishing boats, Yar-Craft has reintroduced family-style boats to its line.

The majority of the company’s sales come from areas in which fishing guide services are most prevalent, Suthers said, with top sales coming from Texas, the Great Lakes region and the Dakotas.

Even outdoors television personalities Joe Bucher and Mike Keyes are owners of YarCraft boats, which Suthers calls “an honor.”

“Seeing people with clothing bearing the Yar-Craft name or seeing one of the boats on TV, it’s a good feeling because those people are obviously happy to own that product,” said Suthers. “That builds up the old pride pretty good.”

Each boat is semi-custom made, Suthers

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Brandon Prahl, 25, of Wausau sands the deck of a boat under construction at Yar-Craft Boats in Wausau. Below: Chief assembler Patrick Ruesch of Wausau inspects a Yar-Craft boat. said, and owners from all over North America call the company with expectations and specifications for their boats.

“Our craftsmanship is top-notch and, by ordering directly from us, people can

get almost any customization possible,” Suthers said. “Yar-Craft is one of the best, if not the best, riding boat in history, and being based here really shows us what the product means to people.”

ABOUT YAR-CRAFT BOATS Address: 7801 International Drive, Wausau Founded: 1964 Owner: Corey Suthers, president and chief executive officer of Norlen Inc. Number of employees: About 150 Products: High-end fiberglass fishing and

“It’s more of a perfection. I prefer to make it better than what the customer expects. I’m more proud of a goodlooking finished part.”

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family-style recreational boats.

How and where products are used: YarCraft boats are used by people all over North America, particularly amateur and professional fishermen.

Contact information: Call 1-866-927-2738 or visit www.yarcraft.com.

Family-owned company finds worth in lure parts

BY CARA SPOTO GANNETT CENTRAL WISCONSIN

WHITING — When Whiting-based Worth Co. was founded in 1941, fly-fishing was the only type of fishing most people did.

The company’s employees, most of them based at home, spent hours constructing intricate flies the company then would sell to fishermen.

When World War II ended, soldiers coming back home from overseas brought with them a new way of fishing, with spin-casting equipment and bright, metal lures made not to look like bugs but other fish.

With such innovations before them, the company began focusing its attention on lures, which it produced a variety of over the next 40 years.

In doing that work, the company also produced all the parts it needed to make the lures, acquiring the machinery necessary to make parts such as spinner blades and wire forms.

During that time, the company’s skill at creating specialized lure parts only improved, and in the late 1980s, owner David Worth — founder Joseph Worth’s grandson — decided to transform the business from a lure manufacturer to a lure parts manufacturer.

“We decided that it would be better for us, instead of competing with all these companies, to be a supplier to them,” said Worth, 58. “All of our competitors then became our customers.”

Today, the company supplies fishing lure parts to 3,600 companies worldwide.

The company employs two full-time design engineers, and its sprawling factory on Sherman Avenue in Whiting is filled with a variety of machines designed to make the nearly 9,000 components in its catalogue.

John Lake, a quality assurance employee who has been with Worth for 16 years, calls the

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company “a big family.”

“You’re not pressured. It’s laid back,” Lake said. “It’s like, ‘Get your work done. Do what you are supposed to do.’ Dave is awesome. He walks around, and he knows your name.”

If you’ve ever gone fishing, chances are something Worth made was at the end of your line.

But even if you aren’t an angler, you’ve probably handled something produced at the Worth factory. That’s because Worth makes nearly all the split rings used in new car transmitter key chains.

“Those transmitters are built by robots, and they have to put the rings on automatically,” Worth said. “In order to do that, the rings have to be perfect. We, apparently, are the only company in the world that can make perfect split rings.”

The company makes about 2 million split rings a week, including tiny silver split rings used by Tiffany’s.

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Address: 214 Sherman Ave., Whiting Founded: 1940 Owner: David Worth Number of employees: 65 Products: Components for fishing lures, key rings, window fasteners and latches.

How and where the products are used: Components are used by lure manufacturers to make finished lures; key rings are used by auto manufacturers, lure companies and jewelers.

Contact information: Call 715-344-6081 or e-mail sales@ WorthCo.com.

Left: David Worth is president of the Worth Co. in Whiting. Above left: One of the Worth Co.’s products is split rings, which are used on vehicle key rings. Above: The Worth Co. is on Sherman Avenue in Whiting.

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Kolbe & Kolbe taps high-end market

Staff General managers Michael Beck Mark Baldwin

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WAUSAU — Building a home and have that perfect window design in your head? Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork Co. can make that dream a reality.

The Wausau-based window and door manufacturer, which grew out of the minds of brothers Herb and Ervin Kolbe in 1946, has developed into a national competitor that now caters to high-end buyers.

“What we’ve evolved into over the last five to eight years is moving Kolbe to being a very major player in the high-end window market,” said Michael Salsieder, president of Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork Co. An integral part of Kolbe’s business is the array of options available to customers. Need a double-hung window with triple pane glass and custom woodwork? No problem.

Or, maybe you’re interested in a 50-foot lift-and-slide glass window that serves as a wall on your home that can be opened in just minutes.

The company prides itself on making windows and doors specific to each order.

Mass production isn’t part of the process, and each project can take two to

Address: 1323 S. 11th Ave., Wausau Founded: 1946 Number of employees: 1,300 Products: Premium wood windows and doors, with a focus on highend, made-to-order products. Also produces vinyl windows and doors at its Manawa plant.

How and where products are used: With sales primarily in the U.S. and Canada, Kolbe & Kolbe garnered much of its business from the Midwest until recently. In 2009, the company sold more windows and doors in the Southeast than in the Midwest. Kolbe also sells its windows in the Caribbean and has made some sales in Ireland and China.

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four weeks to produce, said Jeffrey De Lonay, executive vice president at Kolbe.

While custom wood windows and doors are what makes Kolbe attractive to customers, technology also has played a critical role in the growth of its market share.

Kolbe can build windows that withstand hurricaneforce winds — popular, not surprisingly, in the Caribbean — and others that help reduce energy consumption. And testing is rigorous. A high-impact window is hit with a 2-by-4 piece of wood at 45 mph,

and it’s then plastered with 9,000 blasts of wind.

Salsieder said windows that retain heat during the winter and keep it out during the summer are only going to continue to become more popular, especially with government tax incentives. Kolbe uses multiple technologies, including triple-panes and specialized coatings, to achieve energy savings.

“We’ve anticipated the energy requirements that are coming, and we’re at the leading edge of that,” Salsieder said.

At its 1-million-square-

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Dave Wilke, a master assembler, works on a window frame at Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork Co. Left: Kolbe & Kolbe’s headquarters in Wausau. foot plant in Wausau, design options are limitless. From elaborate casement windows to historical windows used to refurbish old buildings on the East Coast, anything thought

up by an architect can be created.

“Architects are impressed when they take a tour of this facility,” Salsieder said.

“They say ‘My God, this is impressive.’”

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Employer: Wausau Homes, Rothschild Age: 59 Job: Plant manager Products: “We’re working managers here.

Even though I’ve got ‘manager’ in my title, I still wear flannel shirts, and I do what needs to get done,” Osowski said as he prepared to unload a truck.

Osowski started with Wausau Homes on the production floor and has worked just about every job in the plant. Much of his time was spent out in the field, setting up houses that

were built in the Rothschild factory.

“I’ve been all over the world and all over the United States. I loved delivering our product and seeing the astonishment on people’s faces. We were the leaders in our industry, and other places followed us.”

Now, Osowski enjoys mentoring the next generation of Wausau Homes employees.

“I love working with people. I feel like a teacher, and I’m so proud when one of my students excels in what they’re doing.”

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Bob Hennes welds a stainless steel pipe at Felker Bros. in Marshfield. Below: Rick Buttke works on flanges at Felker Bros.

Pipes, parts put Felker on international stage

BY MOLLY NEWMAN GANNETT CENTRAL WISCONSIN

MARSHFIELD — Whether it’s a Y, T or elbow pipe connector, Felker Bros.

Corp. has it covered.

Felker, which has a manufacturing facility at 1707 E. Fourth St. and its corporate headquarters at 22 N. Chestnut Ave., supplies stainless steel piping from one-half inch to 96 inches in diameter, and about any type of part needed to connect and turn them.

Founded in 1903, the company also has a manufacturing facility in Glasgow, Ky. It employs 255 people, 197 of them in Marshfield.

Felker’s pipes and parts are sold internationally and are used in the wastewater treatment, chemical, pharmaceutical, biodiesel production and oil and gas industries, among others, said sales manager Randy Krogman.

“We used to build large-diameter tanks,” Krogman said. “We’ve focused more (now) on process manufacturing piping.”

Between 5 percent and 7 percent of Felker’s products are sold in Wisconsin, with 8 percent to 10 percent distributed internationally and the rest sold throughout the United States, Krogman said. Local customers include NewPage Corp.’s Wisconsin Rapids paper mill.

Jim Kluball, Marshfield plant manager, said Felker tailors its products to the customer’s needs through a variety of processes, including purchasing alternate pipe sizes, adding flanges and ports, and creating connector parts with unique angles and biases.

“We can fabricate any kind of fitting 96 inches and down,” Kluball said.

There are both pipe fabrication and pipe fitting portions of the manufacturing facility, with three fabricating and two fitting shifts, five days per week.

Felker also offers stainless steel pipe pickling, which involves treating the stainless steel with an acidic solution so it resists corrosion in the field.

The facility completed an addition in 2008 to install new pickling wastewater treatment equipment, which eliminates the acid’s hazardous properties through air and water treatment.

“Wastewater treatment and the pickling used to be a hazardous waste,” Kluball said. “Now, none of it is.”

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Address: 3001 Borham Ave., Stevens Point Founded: 1954 President: Brian Wagner Number of employees: 73 Products: Computer mounting systems and components for vehicles.

How and where products are used: Products are used worldwide to mount computer and electronic equipment in vehicles, including police cars, ambulances and military vehicles.

Contact information: Call 715-344-3482 or visit www.gamberjohnson.com.

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Scott Sankey fastens magnets to a roof mount for use in a military vehicle at Gamber-Johnson. Below: Sgt. Martin Skibba of the Stevens Point Police Department pulls out a sliding truck tray. Bottom: Gamber-Johnson makes a variety of computer mounting systems, including this floor-mount for use in a semi-tractors.

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STEVENS POINT — The types of vehicles outfitted with equipment from Gamber-Johnson are almost countless.

Ambulances, garbage trucks, police cars, claims adjusters’ cars, utility trucks and even military vehicles worldwide have computers secured in them using Gamber-Johnson’s mounting equipment.

Based in Stevens Point, Gamber-Johnson outfits about 20,000 vehicles every year with its line of computer-mounting systems and components, and that number is growing.

“Mainly it’s the U.S. and Canada,” said Brian Wagner, the company’s president, of its sales area.

“But we are expanding internationally.”

That foreign reach will include retailers — what Wagner calls “resellers” — in Australia and Israel.

Wagner said the company is talking with businesses in Eastern Europe and India about expansion.

Gamber-Johnson also sells to some of America’s military allies.

Founded in 1954, the company has become a stable force in the Stevens Point community as its national presence has grown. Some of that growth can be attributed to new products, such as a slide mount that allows customers to disconnect radios from one vehicle and quickly reconnect them in another.

But Wagner also points to other areas. GamberJohnson employs 73 people from central Wisconsin, and the ease of finding those qualified workers is a big reason for the company’s success, Wagner said.

“There’s a solid engineering base here, with a good deal of creativity and know-how,” Wagner said.

“It’s a great crew that has stuck with us through the last couple of years.”

Gamber-Johnson also has been able to partner with local suppliers, which has helped keep costs down and provide a more flexible business model

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Aerospace company seeks slow growth

BY NATHANIEL SHUDA GANNETT CENTRAL WISCONSIN

WISCONSIN RAPIDS — In 1994, David Serafin, Patrick Smolarek and Daryl Kingery lost their jobs when aerospace manufacturer Woodward Governor Co. closed its Stevens Point plant.

With an idea, seven willing employees and help from their former employer, the trio rented 12,000 square feet of space from a Wisconsin Rapids business incubator.

SKS Machine was born the following year.

Sixteen years, two expansions and more than 20 employees later, SKS continues to grow, and despite an economic setback last year, the company is ready to move ahead, said Serafin, SKS Machine president.

“In 2009, we had layoffs for the second time (in company history), but we were able to start rehiring again this spring,” he said.

About 70 percent of the company’s products are used in the aerospace industry — from parts that go into fuel delivery systems on aircraft engines to components for airplane seats, trays and overhead compartments. The company even makes parts for Apache military helicopters. Other products go to customers in the food service and paper industries.

Although he declined to discuss any specific customers by name, citing confidentiality issues, Serafin said SKS ships its products to companies in Wisconsin Rapids, central and northern Wisconsin, Illinois, Utah, California, Minnesota and Great Britain.

Sometimes, even SKS remains unaware of the purpose for the parts it makes because of certain proprietary information or even national security issues, Serafin said.

“I think it would be interesting to sit back and see how our end product fits into the big picture; we just don’t get the opportunity to do that,” he said.

“We’re just so focused on the work we do, we don’t get to sit back and ponder what the big picture looks like.”

The company strives for “slow, controlled growth,” primarily because of the intricate detail required when working with precision components, Serafin said.

“We’re not looking at doubling our capacity each year,” he said. “We like to grow, but at a slow and controlled pace. ... To bring on a bunch of customers at once would be very taxing on us.”

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Jeff Kibler Age: 41 Job: Marketing manager for Peachtree Cos., owned by Weather Shield Manufacturing, 880 S. View Drive, Mosinee Products: Windows and doors.

“The company has an entrepreneurial spirit that helps them to develop products rapidly with the market’s needs,” he said.

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Russ Behr measures a part for accuracy at Wisconsin Rapids-based SKS Machine. Right: The company’s headquarters. Top: David Serafin, left, co-owner of SKS Machine, speaks with employee Jim Kruger.

Address: 2610 Industrial St., Wisconsin Rapids Founded: 1995 Owners and operators: David Serafin, president; Patrick Smolarek, vice president; and Daryl Kingery Number of employees: 31 Products: Precision-machine components, primarily for the aerospace industry.

How the products are used: Machine parts built at SKS are used in a variety of industries, but primarily as parts for airplanes.

Contact information: Call SKS Machine at 715-421-1900, e-mail info@sksmachine. com or visit www.sksmachine.com.

After almost 11 years as the window and door manufacturer’s marketing manager, Kibler said he wouldn’t want to work in product development anywhere else.

The Peachtree windows and doors produced in Mosinee are sold to window dealers nationwide for private sale.

Kibler travels between the company’s Mosinee manufacturing plant and Medford corporate headquarters.

“If you need something done here, you go to (owners) Kevin and Mark (Schield), and they get it done,” he said.

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LignoTech, paper mill form unique relationship

BY KATHLEEN FOODY GANNETT CENTRAL WISCONSIN

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ROTHSCHILD — How many company presidents take a deep breath before explaining their products?

Paul LaVanway, president and chief operating officer at Borregaard LignoTech in Rothschild, takes at least one. He’s used to the terms “lignin and lignosulfonate-based products” causing general confusion, and is used to having to walk people through exactly what it is that his company does.

But the chemical products produced at LignoTech ultimately are used in everyday objects or products such as batteries, concrete, animal feeds and ceramics. So, even if you don’t know what lignin is, you’ve used it.

Lignin is extracted from wood during the papermaking process at Domtar Paper mill, next door to LignoTech. The compound is

worked into various binding and dispersing agents used to make other products.

The unique working relationship between the two companies benefits both final products, LaVanway said. Lignin has a natural brown tone and can dye paper if it’s not removed during the paper-making process, making a less-desirable product for Domtar.

“We need them, of course, for our feedstock,” he said.

“We have this joined-at-thehip relationship. When they run well, we run well.”

The main clients of LignoTech are other chemical companies. The biggest market for the dispersing agent made with lignin is the concrete used in large construction projects.

By adding the dispersing agent, concrete mixtures require less water and are stronger and able to support larger structures, LaVanway said.

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Tim McNally, a research associate at Borregaard LignoTech in Rothschild, works in the lab at the business.

ABOUT BORREGAARD LIGNOTECH Address: 100 Grand Ave., Rothschild Founded: Research began in 1927, production began in 1934.

Owner: Borregaard LignoTech Number of employees: 60 in Rothschild, 75 in the U.S., 600 companywide.

Products: Lignosulfate and lignin-based products.

How and where products are used: As binders in the concrete, oil well, pesticide and agricultural industries around the world, particularly in the southern part of the U.S. Contact information: Call 715-359-6544 or visit www. lignotech.com. began operation in 1910 as the chemical division of Marathon Corp. LignoTech has been operator of the facility since 1927, when it was used primarily to

research the potential uses of lignin. Manufacturing began in 1934.

The company employs about 60 people at its Rothschild location.

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Employees heart of steel company

BY LAVILLA CAPENER GANNETT CENTRAL WISCONSIN

Jonas Pelot Employer: Crystal Finishing Systems Inc., Schofield Age: 31 Job: Production lead on the extrusion press, meaning he is responsible for the quality of aluminum the extrusion department produces and for managing and training seven employees working on three presses. Pelot has been with the company five years.

Products: Pelot’s department receives aluminum logs, heats them to about 900 degrees, cuts them into shapes, then cuts them into smaller logs before they are cut into smaller pieces and used for a variety of purposes, such as window frames.

“The company, especially the owners Mark and Lori (Mathey), treats everyone great, and they are extremely helpful,” Pelot said. “The atmosphere here is great.

It’s a great place to work.”

Crystal Finishing serves clients throughout the world, and Pelot said he thinks the quality of its products and the success that comes from that are fantastic.

“It’s a big deal,” he said.

“The facility can pretty much set up anybody for any number of things. We’re a one-stop extrusion location.”

— Lavilla Capener, Gannett Central Wisconsin

PHOTOS BY XAI KHA/GANNETT CENTRAL WISCONSIN

An employee welds a steel container at Merrill Iron & Steel in Schofield. Left: Andrew Micke, an associate detailer, works on a design for a power plant. Below: Steel beams are primed before being shipped to a customer.

ABOUT MERRILL IRON & STEEL Address: 900 Alderson St., Schofield Founded: 1962 Owner: Roger E. Hinner Number of employees: 300 in Schofield; 50 in Missouri Products and services: Heavy industrial steel and plate work. Merrill Iron & Steel’s services range from duct work in power plants to the steel structures in sports arenas and stadiums.

How and where products are used: Noteworthy projects include the Camp Randall Stadium renovation in Madison, Wisconsin Exposition Center at the Wisconsin State Fair in West Allis and Citizens Bank Park, home of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Contact information: Call 715-355-8924 or visit www.merrilliron.com.

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SCHOFIELD — Anyone who has cheered on the Pack at Lambeau Field, jumped around at Camp Randall Stadium or gotten rowdy at a Kansas City Wizards soccer game has Merrill Iron & Steel to thank for the sturdiness of the stadiums.

The company manufactures large structural steel and heavy steel plates used in places such as sports stadiums, commercial buildings and medical centers. It has worked with utility companies on projects required by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce power plant emissions.

Roger W. Hinner founded Merrill Iron & Steel in Schofield in 1962, and it remains a family business — his son Roger E. Hinner, 57, of Merrill now is president.

The company grew about 20 percent a year from 2001 to 2008, but took a hit during the recession, said chief financial officer Mike Klussendorf. The company expects to begin growing again in 2012, he said.

Klussendorf said Merrill Iron & Steel’s sophisticated technology and 350 skilled employees distinguish it from its competitors.

“The ability to hire and retain outstanding people in any company — that is the difference.

We all buy the same steel, but the people make the difference,” he said. “The family has created an environment where people want to stay.”

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by Andrew Micke, 23, of Weston, who recently was promoted to the job of detailer after more than two years with the company. Micke takes design drawings submitted by customers and turns them into blueprints used by employees on the factory floor.

“The company is great to work for,” Micke said. “It’s a big enough company to see some cool projects, but small enough that it has a personal atmosphere.”

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Thursday, September 23, 2010

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The processes and practices used at Linetec's paint and anodize facilities make us the most environmentally conscious finisher in the country.

PHOTOS BY LAURA SCHMITT/GANNETT CENTRAL WISCONSIN

Chris Dachuk, a machinist at Marten Machining Inc., controls a robotic arm used to create precision cuts. Below: Johan Herman de-burrs aluminum at Marten Machining.

We have been environmentally focused long before green was anything other than a color.

Marten a small company with global connections

STEVENS POINT — Most local manufacturers and machine shops can’t say what they’re doing helps save lives, but Marten Machining can.

The business, created in 1984 by Alan and Debra Marten, is a precision machine shop that focuses primarily on what is called axis milling, in which a machine is used to cut a piece of metal on multiple sides at once. “Most of the stuff we produce never reaches the public, but rather is sent to other manufacturers to be used as parts for their products,� said company vice president David Marten. “We produce at most 50 parts per contract, and that’s for a large order, so it’s not a real high-volume business.�

The company produces parts for packaging and bottling businesses, Marten said, but the bulk of its orders come from the medical industry.

One of Marten Machining’s best-known

customers is Boston Scientific, a Massachusettsbased company that manufactures cardiac rhythm devices such as pacemakers and defibrillators that are distributed worldwide. “There’s a lot of cuttingedge stuff going on in the medical world,� Marten said. “Most of what we make doesn’t benefit the end user directly, but we do take pride that the parts we make could potentially help save people’s lives.�

Marten said he is pleased with how the business has grown, from a single-man operation in the town of Stockton to a business that has a strong footing in the manufacturing world. “It’s challenging,� Marten said. “What I like is that we’re a small company in a small town, but we’re so connected to the global economy. There is a lot of manufacturing done in Wisconsin, and I think we, as a state, can continue to be a competitive factor in the world by producing parts that are used throughout the country, which will then bring even more opportunities to the area.�

ABOUT MARTEN MACHINING INC. Address: 6800 Hillcrest Drive, Stevens Point Founded: 1984 Owner: Alan Marten, president and chief executive officer Number of employees: 15 Products: As a precision machine shop, Marten Machining manufactures metal parts to be used in medical devices and other machinery.

How and where products are used: Parts produced are used across the country in various machines, including medical devices that are sold throughout the world.

Contact information: Call 715-592-5092, e-mail martenrfq@martenmach. com or visit www.marten mach.com.

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Greenheck Fan Corp.

Paul McDougal Employer: Greenheck Fan Corp., 400 Ross Ave., Schofield Age: 52 Job: Journeyman tool and die maker.

McDougal has worked at Greenheck for 32 years, starting in packaging and assembly then moving to machinery work.

Products: McDougal works on the machinery used to produce industrial and commercial ventilation systems sold across the area. He said the company and the products it produces in central Wisconsin make him proud to be a part of Greenheck, even with its recent economic struggles. Greenheck uses locally produced fasteners, steel and other supplies to make its final products. “The number of jobs this company supplies and the community involvement are important.� — Kathleen Foody, Gannett Central Wisconsin

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â&#x2013; INTERFLEX GROUP Address: 1401 W. Taylor St. Site manager: Dave Welch Service: Convert raw plastic film into plastic food packaging, mostly for meats.

Employees: 80 Contact: 715-536-5400, www.interflexgroup.com â&#x2013; ISLAND CITY LLC Address: 1800 W. Taylor St. President: Geof Schmitz Service: Manufacture equipment for defense vehicles, firefighting equipment for military use.

Employees: Five Contact: 715-536-8600; email islandcityeng@msn.com; www.islandcity.us (website in development) â&#x2013; LINCOLN WOOD PRODUCTS INC. Address: 1400 W. Taylor St. Owner: Jane Bierman Service: Manufacture residential and light commercial windows and doors.

Employees: 200 Contact: 715-536-2461, www.lincolnwindows.com â&#x2013; MERRILL MILLWORK Address: 1300 W. Taylor St. Owner/local operator: William Bauman Service: Manufacture wooden patio doors.

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Employees: 21 Contact: 715-536-8112; email parkvue@park-vue.com; www.park-vue.com â&#x2013; NORTHERN WIRE LLC Address: 1100 W. Taylor St. President: Matt Beilke Service: Manufacture wire form products including tractor and lawnmower parts.

Employees: 130 Contact: 715-536-9551, www.northernwire.com â&#x2013; RUSS DAVIS WHOLESALE INC. Address: 1200 Commerce St. Manager: Mark Maloney Service: Produce wholesaler.

Contact: 715-539-2800,

www.russdaviswholesale.com â&#x2013; RIVERS EDGE STAINED GLASS Address: 1505 Champagne St. Owner: Lauree Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Day Service: Art gallery representing 65 Northwoods artists including painters, ceramics artists and jewelry artists.

Employees: One Contact: 715-536-2270; e-mail loday@riversedgeart. biz; www.riversedgeart.biz â&#x2013; TAYLOR INSULATION CO. Address: 1601 Champagne St. Owner, president: Mark Skic Service: Commercial industrial insulation for piping, insulation for boilers, pipes and hot water heaters.

Employees: 15 Contact: 715-536-2102 â&#x2013; WEINBRENNER SHOE CO. Address: 108 S. Polk St., Merrill President, chief executive officer: Lance Nienow Service: Manufacture boots, especially work boots. Military contracts to make boots for the U.S. Army and Air Force.

Employees: 200 Contact: 715-536-5521; e-mail wsc@weinbrennerusa. com; www.weinbrennerusa. com

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Committed to building a better box.

Commited to Central Wisconsin.

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Innovations that shape industryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Green Bay Packaging Difference.

Manufacturing a superior box takes coordination

corrugated shipping containers, a feeling of responsibility

from every level of our company. Because our

and a spirit of innovation are woven into the very ďŹ ber of

founder, George Kress, was on the cutting edge of

Green Bay Packaging. It is our primary focus.

GREEN BAY PACKAGING INC.

Smart Partners ... Smarter Solutions

6845 Packer Drive, Box 1587 | Wausau, WI 54402-1587 | (715) 845-4201 | www.gbp.com

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Employees: Three Contact: 715-355-7999, www.millerindsupply.com; email: ramiller@dwave.net â&#x2013; MERRILL IRON & STEEL Address: 900 Alderson St. Owners/local operators: Rick Hinner, Roger Hinner, Karen and Gary Rajek and Pete Sullivan Service: Fabricated structural and plate steel Employees: 300 Contact: 715-355-8924, www.merrilliron.com â&#x2013; MCCLEAN ANDERSON Address: 300 Ross Ave. Owners/local operators: Michael and Herbert Liedtke Service: Filament winding machines.

Employees: 32 Contact: 715-355-3006, www.mccleananderson.com; e-mail: sales@mcclean anderson.com â&#x2013; NORTHLAND COLD STORAGE Address: 903 Grossman Drive Contact: 715-355-6045 Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; ENDRIES INC. Address: 726 Ross Ave. Contact: 715-355-4780 Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; THOMAS INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY Address: 748 Alderson St. Owners/local operators: Thomas Andritsch and Robert Zanotelli Service: Distributor of fastening and packaging products.

Employees: Seven Contact: 715-359-4124, www.thomasindustrial supply.com; e-mail: thomas. andritsch@thomasindustrial supply.com â&#x2013; GPI CORP. Address: 101 Northern Road Owner/local operator: George Zinser Service: Manufacture custom fiberglass components including fiberglass tanks, vessels, corrosion-resistance equipment and composite components. Made the War Memorial Arch in Dixon, Ill. Employees: 25 Contact: 715-359-6123, www.gpicomposites.com; e-mail: bzinser@gpicompos ites.com or kzinser@gpicom posites.com â&#x2013; JARP INDUSTRIES Address: 1051 Pine St. Contact: 715-359-6300 Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; LAKE STATES LUMBER Address: 899 Grossman Drive Owners/local operators: Keith Laugen and Steve Wilson Service: Wholesale building materials

Employees: 17 Contact: 715-359-9111, www.lake-states-lumber.com â&#x2013; JAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S AUTO REPAIR Address: 1323 Schofield Ave. Owner/local operator: Jay Al Service: Automotive and light truck repair shop Employees: Four Contact: 715-359-5554; www.jaysauto.net; e-mail: greg@jaysauto.com â&#x2013; SAIA MOTOR FREIGHT LINE INC. Address: 901 Grossman Drive C President: Rick Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Dell Service: Freight company Employees: 8,200 nationally Contact: 715-359-8030, www.saia.com â&#x2013; NORLEN Address: 900 Grossman Drive Owner/local operator: Thomas Suthers Service: Metal fabrication, stamping, laser-cutting, welding Employees: 110 Contact: 715-359-0506, www.norlen.com â&#x2013; BOART LONGYEAR Address: 901 Grossman Drive Operations manager: Larry Erdman Service: Environmental drilling Employees: 20 Contact: 715-571-4832, www.boartlongyear.com; e-mail: lerdman@boartlong year.com â&#x2013; GORDON ALUMINUM INDUSTRIES INC. Address: 1000 Mason St. Owners/local operators: Alfred J. Gordon II and Alex Gordon Service: Aluminum extrusions Contact: 715-359-6101, www.gordonaluminum.com â&#x2013; LONG HAUL FLEET SERVICE Address: 600 Western Road Contact: 715-241-7612 Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; WYNN O. JONES & ASSOCIATES Address: 754 Alderson St. Owner/local operator: Casey Jones Service: Design and furnish science labs Employees: 25 Contact: 715-359-5196, www.wynnjones.com; e-mail: info@wynnjones.com

Since 1981

Today...

Serving major industries throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and other countries from our manufacturing facilities in MarshďŹ eld, Wisconsin and Glasgow, Kentucky. Felker Brothers today delivers a complete combination of the highest quality stainless steel products and customer services through two operating divisions: â&#x20AC;˘ Felker Piping Products â&#x20AC;&#x201C; welded stainless steel pipe, tube, ďŹ ttings and miscellaneous piping accessories. â&#x20AC;˘ Felker Fabrication â&#x20AC;&#x201C; customized prefabricated piping systems, ducting, approach piping and modular piping.

Delivering complete customer satisfaction since 1903 The origin of Felker Brothers Corporation began in 1903 when brothers Louis and Albert Felker established a sheet metal shop in the small, but rapidly growing, central Wisconsin community of MarshďŹ eld.

The personal commitment of Louis and Albert, as well as their employees, to provide quality and reliable products quickly led to sincere and dedicated commitment to customer satisfaction.

Felker Brothers is well known and respected for manufacturing the highest quality, corrosion resistant, stainless steel pipe, ďŹ ttings and fabricated piping systems in the industry.

22 North Chestnut Avenue MarshďŹ eld, WI 54449

715-384-3121

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Iron Shoppe custom ornamental iron For over 25 years, the Olde Iron Shoppe has specialized in design, fabrication and installation of ďŹ ne quality custom ornamental iron. Our ofďŹ ce and workshop is located in Mosinee, Wisconsin and we provide services throughout the Midwest. We typically deliver the ďŹ nished product to the ďŹ nal destination, with Iron Shoppe personnel providing professional installation to ensure customer satisfaction.

The hallmark of an Olde Iron Shoppe project is the quality of our work. We take pride in designing, fabricating and installing the ďŹ nest ironwork available anywhere. We would welcome the opportunity to offer a proposal for your custom ironwork needs. Whether you require a majestic driveway gate, a spiral staircase, railings, indoor/outdoor furnishings or other ďŹ ne custom product, we know you will be glad you chose the Olde Iron Shoppe.

â&#x20AC;˘ Stair and balcony railings â&#x20AC;˘ Spiral Stairs â&#x20AC;˘ Gates and Fences â&#x20AC;˘ Indoor and Outdoor â&#x20AC;˘ Miscellaneous â&#x20AC;&#x201C; if you need it, we can design it.

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Employees: 16 Contact: 715-341-8563 â&#x2013; BIG TOYS USA Address: 3700 Corporate Ave. Owner/manager: Chad Austreng Service: An importer and exclusive U.S. distributor for high-quality ride-on toys including pedal and battery-powered cars, trucks and motorcycles for kids. Big Toys USA also has electric- and gas-powered scooters and skateboards.

Employees: Three Contact: 715-955-4237; e-mail sales@bigtoysusa.com; www.bigtoysusa.com

951 Rocky Ridge Road, Mosinee, WI 54455

715-693-2021 Oldeironshoppe.com

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â&#x2013; POINTE PRECISION INC. Address: 2675 Precision Drive Chief executive officer: Joe Kinsella Service: A machine shop specializing in precision milling, turning, grinding, heat treating, CMM Inspection, and more.

Employees: 120 Contact: 715-342-5100, www.pointeprecision.com â&#x2013; INTEVATION FOOD GROUP, LLC Address: 3975 Tall Pine Drive Owner/manager: Jay Arend Service: Food processing plant, frozen appetizers Employees: 35 Contact: 715-345-1926 â&#x2013; FIRST SUPPLY Address: 2575 Precision Drive General manager: Rob Hiti Service: A wholesale facility providing building contractors with a line of products and services including plumbing, HVAC-R, builder, industrial supplies, fluid handling and waterworks.

Employees: 14 Contact: 715-254-0371, www.1supply.com â&#x2013; WARNER & WARNER Address: 4020 Corporate Ave. Owner/general manager: Dale Warner Service: Distributor of packag-

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â&#x2013; FEDERAL MOGUL Address: 1301 Landon St. Contact: 715-359-3111 Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; LUNDA CONSTRUCTION Address: 401 Alderson St. Contact: 715-355-4848 Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; AMERICAN WOOD FIBERS Address: 100 Alderson St. General manager, vice pres.: Steve Aubrey Service: Wood flour, wood pellets and package animal bedding Employees: 60 Contact: 715-355-1900, www.awf.com â&#x2013; POWDER TECHNOLOGY Address: 551 Alderson St., Schofield WI 54476 Contact: 715-359-4999 Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; GREENHECK FAN CORP. Address: 400 Ross Ave. Board chairman: Dwight Davis Service: Commercial and industrial fans, ventilators, laboratory exhaust systems, dampers, louvers and coils.

Employees: About 1,400 Contact: 715-359-6171, www.greenheck.com; e-mail: info@greenheck.com â&#x2013; CRYSTAL FINISHING SYSTEMS Address: 2608 Ross Ave. Owner/local operator: Mark Matthiae Service: Aluminum extrusions, fabricating and finishing. Also offers high-performance liquid paint finishing, powder paint, E-coat and anodizing.

Employees: 400 Contact: 715-355-5351, www.crystalfinishing.com; e-mail: cfs@crystalfinishing. com â&#x2013; QUALITY SURFACE PROCESSING Address: 1070 Pine St. Owner/local operator: Paul Hendon Service: Powder painting for large, heavy items or smallvolume runs including car and motorcycle frames. Removal of ceramic from steel and aluminum that is leftover from the casting process.

Employees: Four full-time and two part-time Contact: 715-359-3141, www.qualitysurfaceprocess ing.com â&#x2013; CUSTOM STEEL Address: 318 Ross Ave. Owner/local operator: Allen Schiller Service: Structural steel for buildings, overhead bridge cranes for factories, custom fabrication.

Employees: 20 Contact: 715-355-1300, www.customsteelinc.com; e-mail: al@customsteelinc. com â&#x2013; T.J. REBUILDERS Address: 305 Ross Ave. Owner/local operator: Tim Heil Service: Rebuilds starters, alternators and generators for cars, trucks and industrial and agricultural equipment.

Employees: Two Contact: 715-355-7288 â&#x2013; R.A. MILLER SUPPLY LLC Address: 303 Ross Ave. Owner/local operator: Russ Aderhold Service: Industrial machine, parts and tool supply company

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WAUSAU WEST BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL PARK, WAUSAU Contact: Retail store: 715848-1383, www.handcrafted furniture.net Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; HOME ACRES BUILDING SUPPLY Address: 835 S. 66th Ave. Services: Supplies building materials.

Contact: 715-845-8383, www.homeacres.com Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO. Address: 7400 Highland Drive Operations manager: Kevin Axon Services: Chemical manufacturing and distribution Employees: 10 Contact: 715-848-1890, www.hydrite.com â&#x2013; INDEPENDENT PRINTING Address: 715 S. 72nd Ave. Manager: Bob LaPean Services: Fulfillment warehouse that handles promotional material for its customers Employees: Six Contact: 715-845-0207 â&#x2013; INDUSTRIAL TOWEL AND UNIFORM Address: 7015 W. Stewart Ave. Services: Provides a full range of industrial launderable products.

Contact: www.industrial towel.com Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; KAMAN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES Address: 4483 Stewart Ave. Services: Industrial part distributor Contact: 715-842-0655, www.kamandirect.com Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; KNOECK FIREPLACE AND LIGHTING Address: 7020 Packer Drive Services: Provides residential and commercial lighting, fireplaces and stoves.

Contact: 715-842-7388, www.knoeck.com Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; LAND Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; LAKES VENDING Address: 8550 Highland Drive President: Steven Havlovick Services: Full service vending company that offers office coffee services and water services.

Employees: 12 Contact: 715-848-4857 â&#x2013; LB MEDWASTE Address: 8550 Development Court President, owner: Jeff Evenhouse Services: Medical and infectious waste removal and document destruction Employees: 15 Contact: 715-842-2048, www.lbmedwaste.com â&#x2013; LINETEC Address: 725 S. 75th Ave. Services: Specializes in aluminum product coating, including curtain wall and window wall systems.

Contact: 715-843-4100, www.linetec.com Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; MAJOR INDUSTRIES Address: 7120 Stewart Ave. Owner: Wayne Toenjes Services: Manufactures custom skylights and translucent curtain wall.

Employees: 75 Contact: 715-842-4616; e-mail: info@majorskylights. com; www.majorskylights. com â&#x2013; MID-STATE INTERNATIONAL Address: 6335 Packer Drive Owners: Tom Vandehey and Jon Vandehey Services: Full-service International Truck dealer with parts, sales, service, truck leasing and rentals Contact: 715-845-2244; e-mail: tomv@midstate truck.com; www.midstate truck.com â&#x2013; MIDCO INSULATION Address: 8500 Highland Drive Contact: 715-842-4542 Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; MIDLAND PAPER, PACKAGING AND SUPPLY CO. Address: 8305 B Stewart Ave. Branch manager: Wally Haglund Services: Wholesale distributor of printing paper, industrial packaging and janitorial supplies Employees: 17

Contact: 800-688-1872, www.midlandpaper.com â&#x2013; MID-WISCONSIN BEVERAGE Address: 720 S. 72nd Ave. Contact: 715-843-8110 Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; MILWAUKEE STOVE AND FURNACE Address: 6600 Packer Drive Branch manager: Todd Holbauch Services: Sells heating and cooling supplies to licensed contractors.

Employees: Eight Contact: 715-842-1687; e-mail: tah@mstove.com; www.mstove.com â&#x2013; MOTION INDUSTRIES Address: 7130 Packer Drive Branch manager: Bob Heckendorf Services: Distributor of mechanical, electrical and fluid power products Employees: 14 Contact: 715-848-2994, www.motionindustries.com â&#x2013; NETWORK SOLUTIONS Address: 5801 Packer Drive Owner: Todd Bramschreiber Services: IT consulting, support and resale Employees: Eight Contact: 715-849-4900, www.nsinetwork.com â&#x2013; NORTHERN LITES Address: 300 S. 86th Ave. Owner: Russ Post Services: Manufactures and sells Northern Lites snowshoes.

Employees: One Contact: 715-848-0490, www.northernlites.com â&#x2013; NORTHERN VALLEY WORKSHOP Address: 5404 Sherman St. Executive director: Terri Kischel Services: Nonprofit vocational rehabilitation and packaging and assembly subcontractor, donation site for Goodwill Employees: 120 Contact: 715-845-7316, www.norvalinc.com â&#x2013; AMERICAN WELDING AND GAS Address: 5600 Packer Drive Branch manager: Bill Zastrow Services: Sells welding supplies and gases, dry ice and fire extinguisher service and some medical gases.

Employees: 31 Contact: 715-845-4381, www.amwelding.com â&#x2013; PIPER PRODUCTS Address: 300 S. 84th Ave. Owners: Tony and Jenny Sweeney Services: Manufactures food service equipment, cafeteria lines, bread baking ovens.

Employees: 55 Contact: 715-842-2724, www.piperonline.net â&#x2013; POLYWOOD FABRICATION Address: 840 S. 62nd Ave. Contact: 715-843-0970 Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; PTI PACKAGING Address: 8101 International Drive President: Thomas Wagner Services: Distributor of packaging materials, janitorial and safety supplies Employees: 65 Contact: 715-845-7211 or 800-472-0067, www.pti packaging.com â&#x2013; RIB MOUNTAIN GLASS Address: 145 S. 84th Ave. Services: Glass shop Contact: 715-848-0045, www.ribmountainglass.com Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; RIVERSTONE Address: 903 S. 60th Ave. Contact: 715-849-8899 Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; ROTO GRAPHICS INC. Address: 255 S. 80th Ave. Owners/local operators: Bill and JoAnn Hintz Services: Full-service printing from business cards to catalogs Employees: 25 Contact: 715-845-4443, www.rotographics.com â&#x2013; SONOCO CONSUMER PACKAGING GROUP Address: 840 S. 66th Ave. Contact: 715-842-5641 Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; SOUND SOLUTIONS Address: 8400 Highland Drive Owners/local operators: Keith Akavickas, vice president, Tom Powers, president Services: Computer networking service

Employees: 10 Contact: 715-842-7665; e-mail: keitha@soundsolutions.biz â&#x2013; STATE OF WISCONSIN CRIME LAB Address: 7100 Stewart Ave. Director: Mike Haas Services: Directly supports drug analysis, fingerprint/ footwear analysis, forensic imaging and field response.

Contact: 715-845-8626 Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; STEEL STRUCTURES Address: 8105 Enterprise Drive President: Troy Krasselt Services: Structural and miscellaneous steel fabrication Employees: Seven Contact: 715-849-8170 â&#x2013; STORK TWIN CITY TESTING Address: 115 S. 84th Ave. Manager: John Bordagaray Services: Testing on fenestration products, which are usually windows and doors Employees: Three Contact: 715-848-3935, www.storksmt.com â&#x2013; TETRA TECH Address: 555 S. 72nd Ave. Office manager: Greg Aldrian Services: Environmental consulting firm that primarily works on projects involving petroleum contaminated ground water, asbestos, mold, paint inspections and geotechnical investigating and engineering Employees: Eight Contact: 715-845-4100, www.tetratech.com â&#x2013; TOTAL TOOL SUPPLY INC. Address: 7110 Packer Drive Branch manager: Vince Howard Services: Tool distribution, rental and repair; rigging distributor and full crane and hoist services Employees: Six Contact: 715-848-2703, www.totaltool.com â&#x2013; TRADESMEN INTERNATIONAL Address: 6701 Stewart Ave. Field representative: Troy Knetter Services: Construction labor support Employees: 60 Contact: 715-845-8300; e-mail: troy.knetter@tradesmeninternational.com; www. tradesmeninternational.com â&#x2013; UNITED MAILING SERVICES INC. Address: 8205 Enterprise Drive General manager: Rob Scharmer Services: Presort mail vendor that offers direct mail and inkjet services Employees: 30 Contact: 715-843-5243, e-mail: rcharmer@unitedmailingservices.com; www. unitedmailing.com â&#x2013; UNITED PARCEL SERVICE Address: 7000 Stewart Ave. Services: Global shipping service Contact: 715-842-9107, www.ups.com Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; VAN ERT ELECTRIC Address: 7019 Stewart Ave. Owner: Bob Van Ert Services: Electrical contracting, telecommunications and business phone systems Employees: 125 Contact: 715-845-4308, www.vanert.com â&#x2013; WAUSAU BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER Address: 100 N. 72nd Ave. Local operator: Romey Wagner Services: Assists entrepreneurs in developing their new or expanding businesses.

Contact: 715-848-2016, www.wausauincubator.com Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; WAUSAU COATED PRODUCTS Address: 825 S. 77th Ave. Services: Manufactures pressure-sensitive product, label materials and custom coating.

Contact: 715-848-2741, www.wausaucoated.com Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; WAUSAU CONTAINER CORP. Address: 8000 Highland Drive Owner: Chuck Plier Services: Paperboard packaging manufacturer Employees: 50

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Employees: 16 Contact: 715-845-0123; e-mail: conger@conger.com and sales@conger.com; www.conger.com â&#x2013; CALL THE LEADER Address: 7713 Bombardier Court President: Bob Stasney Services: Wholesale distributor of janitorial and restaurant equipment supplies Employees: 34 Contact: 715-845-8281; e-mail: info@calltheleader. com; calltheleader.com â&#x2013; DESIGN AIR Address: 7120 Highland Drive Branch manager: Ken Meshak, branch manager Services: HVAC wholesale Employees: Six Contact: 715-842-8544, www.designair.com â&#x2013; SPIN BUSINESS GROUP Address: 7575 Bombardier Court Chief operating officer: Scott Stefan Services: Two divisions: One specializes in digital business software, scanning and image services, document storage facility; the other is a franchise furniture dealer that specializes in office furniture systems and design systems.

Employees: 17 Contact: 715-842-4400; e-mail: info@spingbg.com; www.spinbg.com â&#x2013; DIVERSIFIED INC. Address: 8325 Highland Drive Owners: Terry and Jill Strasser Services: Office furniture installation, household and commercial moving and storage, document storage, and Lifesizing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a service that assist seniors with simplifying their lives Employees: 14 Contact: 715-849-9933; e-mail: tstrasser@ diversifiedinc.net; www.diversifiedinc.net â&#x2013; OVERHEAD DOOR CO. Owners/local operators: Terry and Jill Strasser Products: Install residential and commercial doors and service Employees: Seven Contact: 715-359-8889; e-mail: tradenz@ohdwausau. com; www.diversifiedinc.net â&#x2013; E O JOHNSON INC. Address: 8400 Stewart Ave. Chief executive officer: Mary Jo Johnson Services: Distributor of office copy machines, printers and document solutions Employees: 85 Contact: 715-842-9999 or 800-472-0020, www.eojohnson.com â&#x2013; ELITE CENTRAL ALLSTARS Address: 7201 Stewart Ave. Services: Cheer, dance, gymnastics and tumbling Contact: 715-845-7500, www.elitecentralallstars.com Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; EVERCLEAR INC. Address: 5803 Packer Drive Branch manager: Jim Allen Services: Manufactures insulated glass units that are distributed throughout the state.

Employees: 11 Contact: 715-847-1180 â&#x2013; FOOTLOCKER.COM/ EASTBAY Services: Provides directto-customer sales through catalogs and websites of footwear, apparel, equipment and other sports items for Foot Locker Inc. Contact: www.eastbay.com Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; GRAEBEL MOVING AND STORAGE Address: 7333 Stewart Ave. President: Craig Broback Services: Worldwide moving and storage services Contact: 715-848-3399, www.graebel.com â&#x2013; GREEN BAY PACKAGING Address: 6845 Packer Drive Services: Manufactures paperboard packaging.

Contact: 715-845-4201, www.gbp.com Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; HANDCRAFTED FURNITURE CO. Address: 150 S. 84th Ave. Services: Manufactures handmade wood furniture.

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Also provides specialty insulation for pipes, tanks and paper mills, as well as sound-muffling insulation.

Employees: Five Contact: 715-845-9697, www.alliedinsulation.com â&#x2013; AMERICAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Address: 6445 Packer Drive Services: Research, development, fabrication, deployment and commercialization of products, including biofuel research and polymer research in Wausau Contact: 715-845-0200, www.amsnt.com Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; APN LABS Address: 555 N. 72nd Ave. Owner/local operator: Dennis Draeger Services: Manufactures dietary supplements Employees: 10 Contact: 715-849-3333; e-mail: apnlabs@verizon. net; www.apnlabs.com â&#x2013; AWARD HARDWOOD FLOORS Address: 401 N. 72nd Ave. Chief executive officer: John Hilgemann Services: Manufacturers hardwood floors Employees: 40 to 50 Contact: 715-849-8080, www.awardfloors.com â&#x2013; BAY TOWEL Address: 8501 Industrial Drive District sales manager: Mike Pearson Services: Provides uniforms, uniform rental, entrance mats, towel rental, linen service, health care linen.

Employees: 12 Contact: 715-842-7978; e-mail: mpearson@baytowel. com; www.baytowel.com â&#x2013; BENNETT HARDWOODS Address: 725 S. 84th Ave. Services: High-quality hardwood lumber producer Contact: 715-845-9663, www.bennetthardwoods.com â&#x2013; BLUELINX Address: 809 S. 62nd Ave. Services: Building product distributor Contact: 715-842-0652, www.bluelinxco.com Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; BOART LONGYEAR Address: 8315 Enterprise Drive Services: Manufacturer and supplier of tools, equipment and contracting services Contact: 715-842-3276 or 1-800-453-8740; www.boartlongyear.com Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; BRP INC. Address: 7575 Bombardier Court Contact: 715-842-8886, www.brp.com Additional information unavailable â&#x2013; CENTRIC INC. Address: 8450 Highland Drive Owners: Rick Lorbecki and Amy Lorbecki Services: Provides industrial woodworking tooling and design work.

Employees: Two Contact: 715-848-4242; www.centrictool.com â&#x2013; CHANNELED RESOURCES Address: 820 66th Ave. Manager: Jim Loos Services: Paper and rigid plastic recycling Employees: 11 Contact: 715-842-0389; e-mail: jiml@channeled resources.com; www. channeledresources.com â&#x2013; CLOVER INDUSTRIES Address: 7555 Stewart Ave. Director: John Behrendt Services: Custom-built hydraulic cylinders Employees: 40 to 50 Contact: 715-843-5980, www.cloverindustriesinc. com â&#x2013; CONGER INDUSTRIES INC., DBA CONGER TOYOTALIFT Address: 5901 Packer Drive General manager: Anika Conger-Capelle Services: Distributor of Toyota forklifts that also provides service on all makes and models of powered

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Contact: 715-845-5878, www.wausaucontainer.com â&#x2013; WAUSAU ELECTRIC Address: 400 S. 86th Ave. Owner: Chuck Cannistra, president Services: Wholesale provider of electric motors, controls, drives and gear reducers Employees: Four Contact: 715-842-2260 or 800-364-0753; e-mail: sales@wausauelectric.com, www.wausauelectric.com â&#x2013; WAUSAU MACHINE & TECHNOLOGY Address: 8325 Enterprise Drive Services: Machine shop and turnkey manufacturing, fabrication including accessories for motorized vehicles such as ATVs, motorcycles, snowmobiles and farm machinery Contact: 715-282-6330, www.wausaumachine.us â&#x2013; WAUSAU WINDOW AND WALL SYSTEMS Address: 7800 International Drive Services: Engineers window and curtainwall systems for commercial and institutional construction applications.

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BY JOY MARQUARDT FOR GANNETT CENTRAL WISCONSIN

MERRILL â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Quality wood windows and doors have been a trademark of the Semling-Menke Co. in Merrill for more than seven decades.

Known as Semco Windows & Doors, the company was founded in 1941 by Emil Semling, former general manager of the Anson-Gilkey Co. A family operation, the company was passed down to son Jack Semling in 1971 and later acquired by grandsons Rick, Pat and Mike Semling, who remain the owners today.

Semco has grown to include two assembly plants in Merrill, totaling more than 350,000 square feet of production space, where the company produces wood windows and doors for both residential and light commercial use. A wood-cutting operation in Salt Lake City, Utah, was purchased in 1967, and the Performance Industrial Coating plant in Farmington, Minn., was added in 1986 to handle the painting process. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do standard and custom windows and doors for remodeling or new construction projects in residential and light commercial buildings,â&#x20AC;? said Dale Palecek, who has more than 40 years of experience in the window industry and has been with Semco for 28 years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We cover a full range of applications.â&#x20AC;?

Semco windows and doors are distributed in 28 states and are used in the construction of log homes and modular and manufactured homes as well as custombuilt structures. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The majority are in the Midwest, but we do go as far as the East and West coasts,â&#x20AC;? Palecek said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We sell through a dealer network.â&#x20AC;?

Product quality and ease of installation are what sets Semco windows and doors apart from the competition, according to Palecek. The company uses virgin timber such as ponderosa pine and Douglas

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With the downturn in the economy in recent years and the slump in the housing market, Palecek is optimistic that future growth in the industry is right around the corner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The housing market has been in a little decline, but we are optimistic the recession is coming to an end,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are hoping the industry continues to grow, and we will be ready for it when it does.â&#x20AC;?

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BY ROBERT MENTZER GANNETT CENTRAL WISCONSIN

WAUSAU — You know that label on the bottom of your Serta mattress that says, “This tag may not be removed under penalty of law”?

Chuck Keefe made that label.

Keefe is president of Marathon Label, a Wausau company that makes tags and stickers of all sorts.

The mattress tags are just one example. The bulk of Marathon Label’s work involves creating things such as inventory labels and shipping labels used in the warehouses of large companies including Nike and Mattel. More recently, the company has begun printing colorful product labels, as well.

“In the last eight or nine years, we have gotten into ‘prime labels,’ the labels you see on a jar of mustard or on a jar of olives,” Keefe said. Most of these labels are sold to small specialty products. But as with those Serta mattress tags, its products have wide reach.

“Most of our products are sold in the

Midwest, but there are some that are sold all across the country,” Keefe said. “We’re selling to distributors in Los Angeles or Texas or Florida.”

The company was founded in 1986 by Keefe’s father-in-law, Ed Williams, who had worked in the paper industry and wanted to start his own company. Keefe became president in 1996, after Williams’ death.

Keefe estimates the company gets between 80 and 100 orders a month. Jobs typically run between 75,000 and 100,000 labels — though some large orders can Chuck Keefe is president of Marathon Label run into the millions. The Marathon Label. company has five printing presses in all.

“It’s a very competiABOUT MARATHON LABEL tive industry,” Keefe said.

Address: 2401 Third St., Wausau “We’ve seen steady growth as we’ve added new capabilities and gotten into those prime Founded: 1986 labels.”

Owner: Chuck Keefe The future for Marathon Label, Keefe said, is in the direction of more consumer labels Number of employees: 20 — from custom product labels to coupon Products: Custom labels. labels and other consumer paper. “(This job) is different every day,” Keefe How and where products are used: said. “It keeps it interesting.”

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Used by large companies as warehousing and shipping labels. The company also produces consumer labels used on the outside of products, including foods and toiletry items.

Contact information: Call 715-845-2112, e-mail sottman@marathonlabel.com or visit www.marathonlabel.com.

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Age: 44 Job: Peters is a 23-year employee at Opportunity Development Centers in Wisconsin Rapids. For the last nine years, he has inspected the small, vinyl adhesive-backed packets that the U.S. Postal Service uses for its plastic and corrugated postal totes for transporting mail. The organization also has produced more than 250 million labels for the postal service — and 82 percent of the direct manufacturing labor is performed by people with disabilities such as Peters, who has Down syndrome.

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BY JAKE MILLER GANNETT CENTRAL WISCONSIN

WAUSAU — Wipfli chief executive officer Rick Dreher likes to describe his accounting firm as a one-stop shop for financial services.

Eighty years after Wipfli was founded in Wausau, the firm has grown into a multi-state competitor and has plans to expand beyond the Midwest in coming years.

And while accounting and tax services still make up about 70 percent of Wipfli’s business, financial consulting and information technology are playing increasingly important roles for its clients, making Wipfli able to meet nearly any need a business could have.

“In the last 20 years, we’ve beefed up consulting and are into more of the information technology side of things, the technology, the Microsoft (computer programs), those kinds of things,” Dreher said. “We’re pretty close today to what I like to call a one-stop financial shop.”

While Wipfli can handle accounting and financial needs for customers in any industry, it has shifted toward specific niches and trained its employees to specialize. The result, Dreher said, is better service for those customers.

In the Midwest, it only made sense to target manufacturing, health care, banks, real estate, construction, governments and nonprofits, because of their prominence and strength throughout the region.

A business owner has numerous options when seeking an accountant or financial adviser. Ed Koth, a partner at Wipfli who has been with the firm for 35 years, said Wipfli distinguishes itself with unmatched expertise and a continuing effort to provide

Ronald D. Lippi Age: 61 Job: Associate campus dean and professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin Marathon County Services: Lippi has done archeological field work in Ecuador for 35 years, much of it through the Palmitopamba Archaeology Project.

During summers, Lippi directs a crew of four to six archaeologists, a number of American and Ecuadorian university students, and local workers in the digging at the Palmitopamba site, an Inca fortress in the rain forest.

“We found evidence of a culture previously unknown, the Yumbos, who converted a high, steep hill into a monumental center with terraces and a flat-topped mound,” said Lippi. “This was almost certainly the center of an important chiefdom from about A.D. 1200 to 1534.”

Lippi was the first archaeologist in South America to identify ancient footpaths through the rainforest and the first to secure evidence of the expansion of the Inca Empire into that area. Currently his crew is beginning to shift its focus to conservation of the site for tourism. “This will be a boon to the local economy in this small, very poor village,” he said.

— Judi Whittkopf, For Gannett Central Wisconsin

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Financial specialists Rich Totzke, left, Gina Buntin and Jeff Stubbe prepare a financial portfolio at the Wipfli headquarters on Scott Street in downtown Wausau. Below: Totzke prepares a financial statement for a client. excellent customer service.

“We set ourselves apart from others by trying to live up to being the very best and highest quality consultant we can be to our clients,” Koth said.

Wipfli moved its headquarters to Milwaukee several years ago as part of its plan to continue to grow to the south, but Wipfli is proud to retain its Wausau roots, where it began its development into the 27th largest firm in the U.S. Wipfli is attempting to grow in a competitive market through acquisitions, mergers and continuing to diversify its service line. Its biggest move — in terms of geographical reach — was to open SpiderLogic software in India.

SpiderLogic is an arm of Wipfli that provides software support and other technology consulting for its clients.

ABOUT WIPFLI Address: 11 Scott St., Wausau Founded: 1930 Owner/operator: Rick Dreher, chief executive officer Number of employees: 800 Services: Provides accounting and tax services, financial consulting and information technology services.

How and where services are used: By businesses of all sizes

primarily throughout the Midwest, but also in India, where it has an office specializing in information technology.

Local suppliers and business customers: Wipfli provides services to an array of businesses, but is focused on those in manufacturing, health care, construction, real estate, government and nonprofit work.

Contact information: Call 414-431-9300 or 715-845-3111, or visit www.wipfli.com.

Pugs rule in bimonthly magazine

BY DEB CLEWORTH GANNETT CENTRAL WISCONSIN

GRAND RAPIDS — Patt Kolesar once told her husband, Ray, she never would own a pug.

“I told him he was not going to have one of those ugly suckers in my house,” said Kolesar, 59, Grand Rapids.

That was several pugs ago.

Kolesar now owns, edits and publishes Pug Talk, a glossy, 80- to 90-page bimonthly magazine. The publication started as a Texas-based newsletter and was continued by Anne Marie Wilson after the original owners died.

At the time Kolesar took over the publication, it had about 800 subscribers.

“When we got the magazine, the entire subscription base was on 3-by-5 cards,” Kolesar said. Now, the magazine is sent to between 1,200 and 1,400 subscribers throughout the world.

“We’ve just started doing social networking, and we’ve expanded a little more globally,” Kolesar said.

Kolesar also increased the magazine content — adding columns for young pug owners from dog trainers throughout the country and worldwide correspondents.

The magazine dedicated to pugs has twice won the American Dog Writers best breed magazine award given out annually in conjunction with the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York.

“To have won that twice ... that’s quite an honor,” Kolesar said.

ABOUT PUG TALK

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Robert Voss, shown with his 4-year-old male Belgian Malinois, is the art director for Pug Talk magazine, and Patt Kolesar, shown with her pug, T, is the magazine’s owner, editor and publisher.

Kolesar also provides desktop pubIt’s a dog’s life, but one Kolesar lishing services for Miniature Pinscher loves.

“We’ve literally gone to the dogs,” Club of America and Brussels Sprouts, for the national Brussels Griffon Club. said Kolesar. “They were just the dogs that kind of ruled our life.”

Both are quarterly publications.

Advertiser index Roto-Graphic Co. ..................................... 2 Country Fresh Meats ................................ 2 Central Door Solutions ............................. 2 Integrated Technology Consulting............. 2 American Sentry Home Inspection ........... 2 Urbans Greenhouse ................................. 2 Gepetto’s Workshop................................. 2 Wisconsin Master Chorale ....................... 2 Bring’s Cycling & Fitness ......................... 2

REI ........................................................... 2 Diamond Factory...................................... 2 Security Realty Inc. of Wausau................. 2 Arts Council of South Wood County......... 3 Midland Paper .......................................... 3 Ruder Ware .............................................. 3 Marathon Savings Bank ........................... 4 Brainard Funeral Home ............................. 4 Travel Guard ............................................. 4 Placeway Pools Spas Patios .................... 5 Church Mutual Insurance Co. .................. 5

Mid-State Technical College ..................... 6 Grebe’s .................................................... 7 IROW ....................................................... 7 Ligman & Wille CPA ................................. 7 River Valley Bank ..................................... 7 Financial institutions .............................8, 9 Door Works............................................10 Coldwell Banker Action Realty ................10 Haertel Monuments Inc..........................10 Marshfield Monument. ...........................11 KP Appliance .........................................11

Address: 5031 Plover Road, Grand Rapids Founded: 1998, but in existence for 30 years before Patt Kolesar took over.

Owner: Patt Kolesar, editor and publisher, Grand Rapids Number of employees: Two full-time, plus contributors from throughout the world.

Products and services: Publishes Pug Talk Magazine and owns VIP Kennels Canine Country Club in Wisconsin Rapids.

How and where products are used: Pug Talk is distributed to about 1,200 subscribers around the world bimonthly.

Contact information: Call 715-424-7847, e-mail info@pugtalk.com or visit www.pugtalk. com.

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Jim Niemiec Employer: NewPage Corp.

Research & Development, 300 N. Biron Drive, Biron Age: 56 Title: Senior manager of product development for fine paper and digital printing Job: Niemiec joined NewPage predecessor Consolidated Papers in 1991 as manager of product development and now oversees cost-reduction efforts, paper grade improvement projects and new product development at NewPage’s research and development headquarters in Biron.

Services: “I really have to say that my group, through the years, has developed what we believe are the leading coatedpaper grades for digital printing in the world.

“The hottest area in development right now is in digital — particularly in inkjet. ... What’s going on is a worldwide trend in printing. We’re industry leaders, so we want to participate in those opportunities.”

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Technology helps Ruder Ware expand

BY KATHLEEN FOODY GANNETT CENTRAL WISCONSIN

WAUSAU — How did a law firm founded and located in Wausau come to represent companies stretching across the United States?

Almost all credit goes to the personal computer, Ruder Ware law firm president Mark Bradley says.

“The whole world, including our firm, changed when everybody got a personal computer on their desk in the early ’90s,” he said.

Founded in Wausau 90 years ago, the law firm now operates a second office in Eau Claire and relies heavily upon technology to communicate with clients who are trying to purchase businesses in Wisconsin or local clients expanding to other states.

Ruder Ware’s list of clients is vast; the firm represents companies from as far away as Utah, California, Texas, Kentucky and North Carolina.

The firm makes a strong effort to send associates out to meet clients in person, said Bradley, who this year was elected Ruder Ware’s fourth president.

“If we have five family members operating a business in Rhinelander, it makes more sense to have one of us come to them than for all five to leave their business,” he said.

About 50 percent of the Wausau office’s clients and 40 percent of the Eau Claire office’s clients have ZIP codes outside the immediate area, Bradley said.

Ruder Ware constantly is recruiting and working to retain talented attorneys, particularly those with specialties, Bradley said.

As the economy bottomed out, attorneys skilled at banking, bankruptcy and health care law were in high demand, he said.

Past leadership at the firm had encouraged attorneys to focus on those areas, and it helped the firm survive the downturn intact, without the furloughs or layoffs that hit many big-city law firms.

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Ruder Ware attorneys Lon Roberts, from left, Matt Rowe, G. Lane Ware and Stew Etten review cases in the firm’s conference room at the Ruder Ware offices in the Dudley Tower, shown at bottom, at 500 First St. in Wausau. Below: Mark Bradley is president of Ruder Ware. Below left: Attorneys Patrick Bodden, left, and Melissa Kampmann, associates at Ruder Ware, do research in the firm’s library niche.

ABOUT RUDER WARE Address: 500 First St., Suite 8000, PO Box 8050, Wausau Founded: 1920 Owners: Shareholder-owned Number of employees: 70 Services: Provides legal services for businesses and individuals How and where services are used: The firm represents individuals and businesses of all sizes across the country.

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STEVENS POINT â&#x20AC;&#x201D; If thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one company that fully understands its global reach, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Travel Guard.

The travel insurance provider, based in the Portage County Business Park, was started in 1985 in the basement of founder John Noel.

Since then, Travel Guard has grown exponentially to become the largest provider of travel insurance in North America, now insuring an average of 10 million travelers in more than 160 countries per year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re helping people virtually every minute of every day,â&#x20AC;? said Dean Sivley, president and chief executive officer of Travel Guard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hire people who have the capacity to care, and there are a lot of those people in central Wisconsin.â&#x20AC;?

The company offers a wide variety of services, Sivley said, from covering costs in the event a trip is canceled or delayed to recovering lost or stolen items such as luggage and passports.

Travel Guard also offers an array of concierge services, from restaurant referrals to the ability to buy entertainment tickets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We receive a lot of letters from the customers weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve helped telling us what a major impact weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had on their vacation and on their lives.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very cool thing,â&#x20AC;? Sivley said.

Such services and packages are sold directly through the company itself, he said, and through offline and online agencies like Travelocity.com.

Despite the fact that only 35 percent of vacationers take out travel insurance, Sivley said, that number is on the rise because of an increase in high-profile natural disasters, such as the 2010 earthquake that devastated much of Haiti.

With more people considering travel insurance, more business is brought to Travel Guard and thus more attention to the central Wisconsin area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an honor to do what we do and be located where we are,â&#x20AC;? Sivley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stevens Point has evolved over the years and so have we. I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve demonstrated that a company can come here, create jobs, and become very successful in both global scale and magnitude.â&#x20AC;?

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Business customers: Ellis Stone built Travel Guardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current headquarters, while businesses such as Rockmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Catering provide food service to the business.

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BY CARA SPOTO GANNETT CENTRAL WISCONSIN

Donna Eckes Age: 48 Job: As a customer service load planner for Roehl Transport, she is responsible for making sure every product and item is efficiently shipped from one part of the country to another.

“My primary job is to load all the refrigerated trucks that go west of the Mississippi (River) to the West Coast. I do have dry trucks that are positioned all over the U.S.” From Roehl’s headquarters at 1916 E. 29th St., Marshfield, Eckes supervises thousands of trucks in her geographical region that go in and out of the Roehl transporting system each week. Using global positioning systems she can track each truck, their trailer temperatures, know when they’re traveling, their locations and alert customers to when certain trucks will be available or in their area.

Services: Roehl Trucking works with companies to ship products ranging from ice cream to farm equipment or military vehicles across the country. With locations in Green Bay, Kaukauna, Iron Mountain, Mich., Chicago, Atlanta and Phoenix, Roehl employs about 740 people in the state and 2,300 nationwide.

Eckes, who has worked for the company since 1987, said what she enjoys most about working at Roehl is the people.

“I enjoy having the one-on-one with customers,” she said. “I enjoy working with the people here. It’s stressful, but we have fun doing our work. (The owners) appreciate and invite our creativity and ideas. I’ve been able to see my ideas turn into something and help Roehl grow.”

— Ashley A. Smith, Gannett Central Wisconsin

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Dan Schneider, owner of Logstairways, a division of Dan Schneider Construction Inc., fits a section of railing into a custom stairway. Left: Schneider and his wife, Lisa, with their dogs Baxter, left, and Scottie. Top: The production area for Logstairways, a division of Dan Schneider Construction Inc., includes twigs and logs. The stairways are assembled at the facility, taken apart, numbered and shipped to the construction site for reassembly.

ABOUT DAN SCHNEIDER CONSTRUCTION INC. Address: E550 Roosevelt Road, Iola Founded: 1979 Owners: Dan and Lisa Schneider Number of employees: Four full-time, including owners Product: Log stairways How and where the product is used: The custom stairways are installed in new and finished homes and businesses.

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IOLA — A small business owner who has a niche and knows how to capitalize on it can practically count on success.

You could say Dan Schneider found his niche while taking the stairs.

Schneider started out in 1979 building log homes. After 10 years, however, he began to grow frustrated with the time it took to build a key feature of the houses: the stairway.

“It would take up the whole living room,” he said. “The plumbers couldn’t get up and down the stairs. The electricians couldn’t work. You would shut the job site down for two weeks.”

Schneider figured out a better way to build the stairways.

For the next five years, Schneider and his crew began building each home’s stairway in his shop, then re-assembling it in the house.

The process worked so well, Schneider, 52, decided to offer the service to other log builders. They got so many customers that, within five years, they decided to concentrate on stairways.

Today, the Iola-based company — owned by Schneider and his wife, Lisa — has sold finished log and timber stairways to people and companies in almost every state in the country, including California, New York and Alaska. It also has several clients in Canada.

“We either alphabetize or number it so it can be put back together,” Schneider said. “For the more intricate ones, (we) either shoot a video, or they hire us to re-install it. Most of our work, though, is installed by a crew on the other end.”

The company recently completed a massive stairway and landing at the Memphis Zoo in Tennessee. The 12-foot high, 12-foot wide structure was patterned after the stairway at the Old Faithful Inn at Yellowstone Park.

Part of the reason the company has been able to gain so many loyal customers in faraway states is because of its access to inexpensive, quality timber, Schneider said. In the last 10 years, the company has expanded its shop three times, installing a sawmill and kiln.

Shop foreman Mark Kruzicki installed garage doors for a living before coming to work for Schneider seven years ago.

He said what he likes most about the job is that no two stairways the company constructs are alike.

They also look pretty cool, he said.

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Shop works to make ‘cool’ trikes

BY KAREN MADDEN GANNETT CENTRAL WISCONSIN

RUDOLPH — Jason Nieman is trying to change the way the world looks at trikes — three-wheeled motor vehicles traditionally shunned by motorcycle enthusiasts.

“Historically, trikes are ugly,” Nieman said. “My goal was to make something cool.”

Trikes have been around a long time, but most were created by someone who used a conversion kit on a motorcycle, said Nieman, a Rudolph resident and co-owner of SSTrike, which has shops in Rudolph and Marshfield.

He decided to start from scratch with his models. Once he got the first trikes built, he took them to dealers and collectors. They gave him suggestions, such as adding an automatic transmission, and Nieman continued to improve his vehicles.

In 2006, Nieman began building trikes in a facility on Highway C in the northern Adams County town of Rome. This year, after he decided he was ready for expansion, Nieman moved much of his production into a 10,000-square-foot space in Marshfield. The vehicle bodies continue to be made in Rudolph, where all the painting also is done.

The next year should determine whether Nieman’s work pays off. He met with dealers throughout the country during the month of August. Nieman also has been working to get his trike licensed in Australia and will have two of the vehicles sold, once authorities approve the paperwork.

While motorcycles with a standard transmission can be difficult for some people, the SSTrikes are a vehicle almost anyone can ride, Nieman said.

He has had motorcycle collectors tell

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SSTrike owners Eric Staab, left, and Jason Nieman stand together in the production area of their Marshfield facility. Below: Machinist Pete Sweeney works at a lathe at SSTrike. him they’d never trade a motorcycle for a trike — until they see his products. Then, they offer to do just that.

Although Nieman builds the SSTrikes in Wood County, central Wisconsin residents shouldn’t look for them at local dealers yet, because there are no dealers handling the SSTrikes in the state.

People who want to get a SSTrike can contact Nieman. The company can’t do direct sales to customers, but can connect them with dealers in other parts of the country. A bonus is that local customers can pick up the trike in central Wisconsin and save delivery charges.

ABOUT SSTRIKE LLC Address: 1710 E. 27th St., Marshfield; and Highway C, Rudolph Founded: 2006 Owner: Jason Nieman Employees: Six Product: Trikes, a specialized, three-wheel motor vehicle.

How and where products are used: The company is developing dealers across the country, including Maryland, California and Minnesota. Nieman also has met with distributors in Australia.

Contact information: Call 715-435-3132, e-mail info@sstrikes.com or visit www.sstrikes.com.

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Ann Herda-Rapp Age: 42 Job: Associate professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin Marathon County Services: Herda-Rapp works with James McCluskey, assistant professor of geography at UWMC, on a research project titled “Making Ends Meet in North Central Wisconsin: A Study of Families, Work and Getting By in a Changing Economy.”

This summer, Herda-Rapp and McCluskey sent surveys to 1,939 Marathon County households, with 25 percent completing them. The survey explored a range of variables and issues, from household size, income, education, age, race, marital status, and employment, to community attachment, financial hardship, budget-saving strategies, language, child and elder care, health care and problems of alcohol, drugs and gambling. A final report will be available this fall to aid county agencies in decision-making.

Herda-Rapp also has worked to ease poverty in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Each summer from 2006 to 2009 she led a group of students in building houses for Katrina victims.

“For us, each trip was a real learning experience, as we experienced south Louisiana culture, got to know each other and ourselves, and saw the concrete benefits of our hard work,” said Herda-Rapp. “I left proud of my students. As one volunteer said on our last trip, ‘You all really are raising them right up there.’ I couldn’t agree more.”

— Judi Wittkopf, for Gannett Central Wisconsin

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From left: A cue is automatically worked on a lathe at Jacoby Custom Cues Inc. in Nekoosa. After the maple wood is worked on the lathe, the raw cues are stacked before being finished. The finished cues are inspected several times before being shipped.

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Little are two of the many professional billiards players from around the world who have something in common.

The tools they use to win their championships come from the same central Wisconsin business.

Jacoby Custom Cues of Nekoosa creates custom pool cues, ranging from basic to high-end shafts, for enthusiasts throughout the world. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It started with just putting tips on for the guys I played pool with,â&#x20AC;? said Dave Jacoby, who began the business in the basement of his home in 1982. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He came home and said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to buy a lathe,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? said Jacobyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife, Peggy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My reaction was, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oh, brother.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Now, the family-owned business designs, creates and distributes an average of 1,200 cues a year to players and even other cue producers around the globe, said Jacoby, also president of the American Cuemakers Association and two-time winner of the associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cuemaker of the Year award.

France, Austria, Iceland, Mexico, Aruba, Japan and Holland are among the productsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; destinations, he said.

On a customer visit to Japan several years ago, Jacoby met a pool player who was so excited about meeting the man whose company made his cue that he could not wait to get his picture taken with Jacoby. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was really neat to go halfway across the world and see somebody playing with something that you made,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Although Jacoby turned over some of the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daily operations to his son

Job: As director of the Marshfield Clinic Research Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Core Laboratory, Meece oversees every research project that utilizes the labâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resources.

Service: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We provide laboratory support for clinician investigators in the Clinic who maybe want to do a research project, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a lab or their own staff. They might have some money from some other resource and they may need to get support from laboratory people to do the research theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re interested in.â&#x20AC;?

Meece, who has spent the last nine years as director of the Marshfield lab, works with a team of 15 researchers who devote their time to conducting medical studies that involve national and international science communities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like the diversity,â&#x20AC;? said Meece, whose own specialty lies in infectious disease. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can go from a meeting about human genetics to a meeting about flu to a meeting about facilities and safety all within the first three hours of my day. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good thing, but also a challenge.â&#x20AC;?

It also allows Meece to continue learning, which she says is the second benefit to having her job. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You never stop learning,â&#x20AC;? said Meece. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because very quickly you have to understand what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve spent a lifetime working on. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so many things to learn here, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unimaginable.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ashley A. Smith, Gannett Central Wisconsin

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Alan and Julie Edmundson — employed as ski patrollers at Granite Peak in Wausau for more than six years — used to pay $12 to $18 for each temporary arm splint used to stabilize wrist injuries on the ski hill.

Last year, the Grand Rapids couple created a prototype under the company name Basix Splints, and after just one winter, the Edmundsons are selling the products to 10 ski hills in five states: Utah, Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin.

“Basically it’s for comfort and not to cause more distress to the area until they get medical attention,” Julie said.

“At first, we gave them out at our hill to try, and since then, word has gotten out,” she said. “It looks like this year we’ll be selling in Ohio as well.”

The Basix Splint is cheaper than alternatives because the product is created from cardboard. There are different pricing levels, depending on how many splints are purchased, but each splint typically costs from 75 cents to 90 cents. The Edmundsons hired a company in California to produce the splints last year, but the couple likely will switch to an instate producer this year.

There’s good reason for a temporary, low-cost solution. When a ski patroller provides a splint to an injured skier, the responder typically knows the splint won’t be returned, Julie said.

Those injured might take the splints with them as they drive home before seeking further medical attention, or if the splints become covered in blood, they can’t be re-used.

Julie estimates the company sold about 1,000 splints last season, after getting started in December.

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In 1995, the company expanded its reach in the telecommunication industry by offering Internet services to its customers in south Wood County, and by the early 2000s, it branched out into providing television cable service. The company then acquired services throughout central and northern Wisconsin, Wenzlaff said, with customers as far away as Waupaca to the east and Eagle River to the north.

By 2007, the company, then known as WCTC, began operating all its new entities under the unified name Solarus.

As an independent company, Solarus has the flexibility to remain committed to the communities it serves, company officials said, with the concept serving as one of its four value statements — to “ensure the community’s longterm prosperity.”

Solarus’ efforts to focus on rural areas led to the company expanding its high-speed Internet service to 98 percent of its service area, said Mike Meinel, director of sales

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WISCONSIN RAPIDS — A reading education program developed more than 25 years ago at a kitchen table in south Wood County is now used in more than half the schools in the United States.

Created by Judi Paul in the summer of 1984, Accelerated Reader became the flagship software of a company known today as Renaissance L e a r n i n g. T h e s o f t ware tracks and tests a student’s ability to read books.

There are more than 90,000 schools in the country, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, and about 53,000 of them subscribe to Accelerated R e a d e r, s a i d S t e v e Schmidt, president and chief operating officer of Renaissance Learning.

“It provides accountability about how much (the students) are reading, how well they are reading and how well they comprehend what they are reading,” Schmidt said.

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well their kids are reading without that; it’s extremely helpful for them.”

The company charges $4.25 for each student each school year for Accelerated Reader, which has quizzes for about 140,000 books.

“So when a school subscribes to our product, it’s very likely we’ll have a quiz for every book in their library,” Schmidt said.

Saint Mary’s, a Wisconsin Rapids parochial school, became the first to use Accelerated Reader in 1985 with 300 quizzes created by Paul, according to a corporate document. In 1992, the company employed seven people. Today, Renaissance Learning employs more than 500 people locally.

Schmidt said word of mouth is a crucial selling point to teachers and administrators looking into the product.

“You have teachers who are very, very loyal and enthusiastic about it,” Schmidt said. “It works, educators see results from it, they see the motivation and grades the kids can make, and they see kids who are learning to love to read.”

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WISCONSIN RAPIDS — More than a century ago, a group of local businessmen set out to combat what they called the extreme prices and poor service of a Milwaukee-based telephone company.

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“We’ve been around for 114 years because we believe we provide good products and services,” Wenzlaff said.

Wood County Telephone Co. incorporated on May 1, 1896, establishing phone service the following July at $2 for businesses and $1.50 for residences — half the price of its competitor, according to a written history the telephone service provider published in its centennial-edition

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At the same time, the Wisconsin Rapids staple remains involved in legislative and regulatory matters on both the state and national levels, Wenzlaff said.

“We’ve long been viewed as an industry leader,” he said. “We’re at a sweet spot where we’re big enough to be on the forefront but small enough to act quickly (when advancements occur).”

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MARATHON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; KRC Software boasts a portfolio of work for national and international clients, yet the company has just one full-time employee â&#x20AC;&#x201D; its founder and owner, Mary Forer.

Forerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s company develops website applications for companies and also sells two software programs that allow companies to organize, manage and search large amounts of information: Library Data Manager, which costs $850 per license, and Continuing Ed Tracker, which costs $299 per license.

Forer designed the software while working as a librarian at the Ruder Ware law firm in Wausau, where she needed help managing Ruder Wareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s library.

After researching software solutions in the Internet and her own trialand-error process over a four-year period, she came up with a general version of the software. In 2000, she founded KRC Software.

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KRC Software has sold the Library Data Manager software to the international law firms Tay and Partners in Malaysia and Beard Winter LLP in Canada.

Forer said her company was affected by the recession, but business has been picking up in the past few months.

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ABOUT KRC SOFTWARE Address: PO Box 575, Marathon, WI 54448 Founded: 2000 Owner: Mary Forer Number of employees: One full-time employee.

Forer contracts out for tasks such as graphic design or Web design.

Products: The company sells Library Data Manager and Continuing Ed Tracker software.

How and where products are used: Small to medium law firms use the library software to keep track of inventory. All types of companies use the continuing education software to track employeesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; progress toward a degree or certification.

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Wendy Grosskreutz crafts a false tooth at Dental Crafters in Marshfield.

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MARSHFIELD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; As one of the first dental laboratories in the country to create crowns and bridges digitally, Marshfield-based Dental Crafters serves clients worldwide.

From the upstart dental lab launched in 1989 by their father, Jac Slominski, Brad and Bob Slominski have grown Dental Crafters, 1000 Corporate Drive, into an international force in the industry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We manufacture virtually any kind of crown or bridge that can be put into a patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mouth,â&#x20AC;? Brad said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We also work over the top of implants and help doctors with placement. We can also manufacture dentures and partials.â&#x20AC;?

Brad Slominski said the company also has its own custom intraoral snoring appliance to ease snoring and sleep apnea.

After finishing college, the Slominski brothers bought the company from their father, who taught them about the business while they were still in high school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My dad is very crafty as far as his workmanship,â&#x20AC;? said Brad Slominski. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I look at dental technician as an artistic engineer. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very artistic in making beautiful things for a patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mouth that have to be engineered so they function.â&#x20AC;?

Dental Crafters not only uses the more traditional way of building partials and crowns by using impressions sent from dentist offices, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve also digitally rebuilt teeth â&#x20AC;&#x201D; becoming 3Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first U.S.authorized lab to do so. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Digital impressioning is really in its infancy stages,â&#x20AC;? Brad Slominski said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But in the next five to 10 years, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to take over the dental world. The doctors just scan the patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mouth with a scanner and send a digital file to us. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still able to manufacture that crown to their specifications, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot easier on patients and less invasive. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been one of the

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ABOUT DENTAL CRAFTERS Address: 1000 Corporate Drive, PO Box 770, Marshfield Founded: 1989 Owners: Robert and Brad Slominski Number of employees: More than 50 Products: Dental crowns, bridges, partial and complete dentures, snoring and sleep apnea devices, mouthguards.

How and where products are used: Dentists from across the country contract with the dental laboratory to reconstruct the teeth of their patients.

Contact information: Call 1800-472-8302, or visit www. dentalcrafters.net.

leaders in the industry with that.â&#x20AC;?

The laboratory, which serves about 400 dentists across the country, can manufacture anywhere from 20 to 100 different products each day, said Amy Zondlo, marketing manager for the company.

Each product takes about four days to create. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of our work is custom made and custom fit for the individual patient,â&#x20AC;? said Amy Nystrom, the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief financial officer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I think everybody has a real personal touch, in the sense that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re making a really individual product.â&#x20AC;?

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Mark Brown Age: 62 Job: Professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin Marathon County Service: Mark Brown conducts research in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion and biomedical ethics, with recent publications in scholarly journals such as Philosophical Psychology, the Journal of Medical Ethics, the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, and the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal.

Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ethical analyses of recent advances in stem cell research have been used by policy makers at a national and international level. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Biomedical applications of adult stem cell technology,â&#x20AC;? said Brown, â&#x20AC;&#x153;depend upon parallel embryonic stem cell research.

Vigorous philosophical analysis of scientific research provides a basis for ethical

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Peterman is the manager for Skywardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s human resources system, which is a school district employee management program that tracks data such as payroll. He coordinates projects that need to be done to enhance the system, such as adding a program that compares various files.

Service: Since 1980, Skyward has served the K-12 administrative software needs of school districts. It makes a School Management System that manages student and financial data. It is used in more than 1,400 school districts around the world, and the company has more than 340 employees in 10 offices around the

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ABOUT ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS EXPERTS

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Using the manufacturing of butter as an example, Walther explained that milkfat must be a certain percentage for different grades of butter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you have a higher grade of milkfat in the butter, that is a waste. We can tweak the process for accuracy, which in many cases can be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to a food manufacturer,â&#x20AC;?

Walther said.

ESE engineers travel throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico and abroad to analyze different manufacturing processes. The engineers return to Marshfield to design a computerized system that will measure the food as it completes the production process to ensure it meets nutritional and health standards. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then, they go back to install and test the system on site,â&#x20AC;? Walther said.

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We realize that there is an area in Central Wisconsin in which we have an impact with our products and within our community. We ďŹ rmly believe that if our focus is on those we serve, we will build a healthier, happier and stronger community for all of us.

Five years ago we built a new manufacturing facility in the Portage County Business Park in order to improve product quality and efficiencies as well as increase the opportunities for our employees. We contracted with local businesses; from the plumber to the electrician, to the general contractor and refrigeration. These are a few of many ways we work to help sustain a strong Central Wisconsin.

In order to help create an outstanding quality of life for the people we serve, we must continue to produce outstanding pizzas and Cheese Fries that are a value for you and your family. We are here to stay for you.

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named the business as a 2010 Integrator of the Year Finalist. Criteria for the award includes business skills, technical competence and customer satisfaction.

Frozen Pizza And Cheese Fries.

Working to do our part In Central Wisconsin.

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The company has won numerous integration systems awards for its work, the latest of which came in December when Control Engineering

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Address: 3600 Downwind Drive, Marshfield Founded: 1981 Owners: Majority owner is founder Mark Weber. It is an employee-owned business.

Number of employee: 38 Services: Design and installation of systems that monitor and control the production process for the food and beverage industry.

How and where products are used: Custom-designed automation products assures the quality of the food processed while increasing efficiency and eliminating waste.

Its customers include food processors throughout the United States and in Canada, Mexico and Europe.

Contact information: Call 715-387-4778 or visit www.ese1.com.

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MARSHFIELD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; In the quest to efficiently and consistently create quality food products, many industry processors are turning to Engineering Solutions Experts in Marshfield, which designs and installs innovative production systems. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We improve the profitability of food manufacturing companies,â&#x20AC;? said Tom Walther, ESE president.

ESE equipment is installed throughout the cheese-making facility at Nasonville Dairy Inc. in Marshfield. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every control panel we have is built by ESE,â&#x20AC;? said Ken Heiman, Nasonville co-owner.

Founded in 1981 by Marshfield native Mark Weber, ESE was a small, part-time venture known as Electrical Systems, Walther said. Now, the business makes its home in an 88,000-square-foot industrial facility in the Marshfield Air Business Park with 38 full-time employees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our teams engineer systems that measure a number of components during the process of manufacturing a food product,â&#x20AC;? Walther said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The goal is efficiency.

With our systems, a manufacturer can eliminate

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The best health care requires hard work.

That’s why we’ve invested in the communities we serve, opening new clinics like the one in Crandon, introducing primary service care in places like Merrill, and making major renovations and improvements like the ones in Marshfield.

Because when it comes to improving the lives of our neighbors, our job is never done.

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employee profile

Aspirus Heart and Vascular Institute Jill Stumpner

collaborative excellence The best healthcare professionals aligned under one network Wisconsin, a fact that only adds to the pride she has in her work.

“Everyone I work with, I can sense they’re very proud of the fact that we’re such a highly ranked program,” she said. “It’s just one thing we keep in mind when working with patients.”

— Jake Miller, Gannett Central Wisconsin

The Aspirus Network offers you an unrivaled level of healthcare here in northcentral Wisconsin.

Driven and inspired by excellence, the Aspirus Network is distinctive for its quality, comprehensiveness and cost-competitive value.

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UW-Stevens Point Michael Zach

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amounts of patterned nanowires at a fraction of previously required time and costs and “turn that into the type of technology that can be spun of into a hightech company based in Wisconsin,” Zach said.

— Nick Paulson, Gannett Central Wisconsin

Aspirus Network is a collaboration of the region’s best primary and specialty physicians, hospitals and allied healthcare professionals. It includes over 400 physicians, 4 hospitals and 48 different specialties.

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Employer: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Age: 44 Job: Zach is a professor of chemistry at UWSP. He has worked at the university since 2005.

Services: UWSP exports dozens of varieties of brainpower and research, but Zach’s contribution has been in the field of nanotechnology, which is working with matter at 1 to 100 nanometers. A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter.

Zach is working to develop a method to make large

To learn more about Aspirus Network call us at 800.847.4707 or visit www.aspirus-network.org

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Age: 30 Employer: Aspirus Heart and Vascular Institute, 333 Pine Ridge Blvd., Wausau Job: A registered nurse at the Aspirus Heart and Vascular Institute, Stumpner has worked in the ambulatory cardiac unit for the past six years, helping with an array of outpatient heart procedures.

Service: “We’re kind of the go-to people if people need something done outpatient, and they don’t know where to go,” Stumpner said.

She prides herself in being a caretaker, educator and a patient advocate, roles often taken on by nurses.

Stumpner is working in a heart center with one of the highest quality ratings in