Case Studies Manufacturing

Richard Kovach founded BEMO USA (BEMO) in 1999 as a branch of his business, Kovach Panel Wall Systems. BEMO acted as a unique, formed roofing and wall systems division and soon outgrew its parent company. “In 2001 we made the decision to run with the company as its own entity,” says Kovach, president and CEO […]

The Bagatelos family has a longstanding history in the architectural glass and glazing industry. Nick Bagatelos founded Bagatelos Architectural Glass Systems Inc. (BAGS) in 1997, and his brother Christopher joined the company in 1998, but the family’s history in glazing stems back to their father, who helped complete work on many of the high-rise office […]

Paragon Sports Constructors LLC (PSC) is a small, specialized contractor in Fort Worth, Texas. William Chaffe, president of PSC, purchased and incorporated the company in 2009 along with his partners. PSC has since become a regional leader in the construction of high-end natural and synthetic turf sports fields and running tracks. “We’re a pretty small […]

Spruce Environmental Technologies Inc. (Spruce) began as a small radon mitigation manufacturing company headquartered in a bedroom in the home of Alan Zucchino, Spruce president and founder. Shortly after forming the company in 1989, Zucchino was joined by David Kapturowski and Howie Zidel. Today Spruce continues to manufacture and distribute products for improving indoor air […]

It only took 10 years to transform IPG Photonics Corporation (IPG) from a small laser laboratory with less than 60 employees into the world leader in fiber laser development and production. IPG now employs over 3,000 people at 18 facilities worldwide, spanning Germany, Russia, Italy, Japan, China, Brazil and South Korea. IPG’s Oxford, Mass., facility […]

Gary Graham and Sean Prewett founded Graham-Prewett Inc. (GPI) in 2001 after a series of mergers and acquisitions at their previous employers left the two wanting to work for a company more cleanly structured and service-oriented. Subsequently built from the ground up in Fresno, Calif., GPI has managed to become one of the key roofing […]

“We put more into our projects than we take away.” says Randy Brooks, President and Owner of Aagaard-Juergensen, LLC. Integrity, trust, and commitment to quality in meeting customer’s expectations are what most Owners would say they want to deliver for their customers. At Aagaard-Juergensen Randy leads his team in delivering on such a cultural commitment. […]

St. Louis, like many cities across the country, has been looking for ways to jumpstart growth in the small business community and the means to bring different cultural programs and commercial endeavors together. The North Sarah Redevelopment (NSR) project is only the first phase in the city’s North Central Redevelopment plan, and it injects $25.8 […]

As the largest building materials company in the United States, Oldcastle continuously develops pragmatic solutions to address environmental challenges faced by the construction industry. Oldcastle’s facilities operate sustainably through systematic plant upgrades, improved efficiency, waste reduction, water-use optimization, secondary material and fuel recycling as well as through product and process refinement. Oldcastle is also an […]

During the 1980s it seemed like the domestic manufacturing industry had completely collapsed as a large number of companies moved manufacturing operations overseas. Elkay, America’s number one selling stainless steel sink company, resisted the trend by maintaining its production operations in the U.S. Timothy Jahnke, president and CEO of the nearly century-old company, is proud […]