Case Studies March 2013

Eden Stone Co. Inc. (Eden) numbers amongst the oldest privately held, family-owned and -operated companies in Wisconsin. Four generations have participated in the company’s evolution, overseeing a transformation from supplying dressed veneer stone products and flagstones to a full-service stone building material supplier with the capabilities to handle off-the-shelf and completely custom requests. Eden products […]

Frank Novak founded Frank Novak & Sons Inc. (FNS) in 1912, and the company continues to grow steadily 100 years later. Today FNS includes five divisions in order to serve the needs of institutional, public, industrial, OEM and commercial clients spanning the United States and beyond. The Cleveland-based company holds a strong commitment and connection […]

Formtek Inc. (Formtek) is a national group of metal forming equipment specialists that came together in 1996 to offer diversified equipment for various applications. “We’re composed of several different historic companies that were in the metal-forming industry,” says Darren Muchnicki, president of Formtek. “Collectively, we can pretty much handle all metal-forming processing equipment in multiple […]

Good things come to those who wait, which is exactly why the team at Fontaine Bros. Inc. (Fontaine Bros.) refused to compromise on quality craftsmanship, integrity or customer service when the economic downturn hit. Instead, 80-year-old Fontaine Bros. opted to wait things out. The Fontaine Bros. team made smaller, broader sacrifices to protect its much-valued […]

John Flower, president and founder of Flower Construction Co. (FCC), has been a lifelong lover of buildings, and started working in the construction industry at a young age. Flower is proud to see his current team at FCC specialize in design, new construction and renovation projects for elegant homes in New York City and northern […]

Keith Ferguson and Peter Neudorf met in 1985 while separately bidding a contract for the Ottawa’s National Art Gallery. The pair quickly realized that two entrepreneurs with compatible philosophies and a shared passion for glazing would accomplish much more as a team, and the rest is history. Family-operated enterprise Ferguson Neudorf Glass Inc. (FNG) was […]

F.L. Crane & Sons Inc. (FLC) is a full-service, specialty finishing contractor. Floyd Crane founded the business in 1947, and the company is currently in the hands of the third generation of ownership. Chip Crane, Floyd’s grandson and current owner and CEO of FLC, happily took the reins alongside longtime employee Mike Heering, president of […]

F.D. Sterritt Lumber Co. (FDS) is one of the country’s oldest family-owned and -operated full-service lumberyards. The company first started serving industrial manufacturers around Cambridge, Mass., in 1841, and was officially incorporated in 1918. It has since grown into one of its region’s premier building suppliers with two locations serving contractors and do-it-yourselfers throughout Massachusetts, […]

Guadalupe Lumber Co. (Guadalupe) is a great example of a perfect accident. Marianus Grothues emigrated from Europe to San Antonio, Texas, in 1915, and soon after established a small general store. The store responded to hard times during the Great Depression not by scaling back, but by taking a chance and incorporating lumber supply services […]

Fidell Cashero Sr. purchased Roy Grunwell’s construction enterprise in 1953, setting the wheels in motion to build a company that today has almost 60 years of experience in building restoration and a legacy of superior craftsmanship. Hands-on experience and a great respect for historic architecture go hand-in-hand at Grunwell-Cashero Co. (GCC). However, it is the […]