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30 Family Business Truths

Published August 23, 2019 Barbara Spector | Feature Article

Each business family has its own culture, strengths, idiosyncrasies, points of contention and shared history. That’s why each family must do its own work to develop policies and processes — a stru...

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Wittwer Hospitality/Boulevard Home

Published August 23, 2019 | Feature Article

Lester and Vanola Wittwer opened the Wittwer Motel in Las Vegas in 1948. After several years, the couple moved their family back to Southwestern Utah, the area where they were both raised. In 1955, th...

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W.S. Darley & Co.

Published August 23, 2019 | Feature Article

The company, founded in 1908, manufactures fire engines, pumps and related equipment for first responders and distributes tactical equipment to the Department of Defense. W.S. Darley is headquartered ...

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Vertex Inc.

Published August 23, 2019 | Feature Article

Vertex is the leading indirect tax software and services provider to U.S. and global businesses of all sizes. Vertex provides cloud-based and on-premise solutions that can be tailored to specific indu...

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Vermeer Corporation

Published August 23, 2019 | Feature Article

Vermeer, founded in 1948 and headquartered in Pella, Iowa, manufactures large industrial and agricultural equipment. The company employs more than 3,000 team members worldwide who design, build and su...

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Sheetz Inc.

Published August 23, 2019 | Feature Article

Founded in 1952 by Bob Sheetz as a single dairy store, Sheetz, based in [[{"fid":"11248","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":false,"field...

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Port Blakely

Published August 23, 2019 | Feature Article

Seattle-based Port Blakely grows and markets renewable forest products around the globe, owning and managing working forests in Washington state, Oregon and New Zealand. The company supplies customers...

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Midmark Corporation

Published August 23, 2019 | Feature Article

John W. Eiting, along with three partners, founded the business in 1915 as the Cummings Machine Company in Minster, Ohio. It began as a manufacturer of concrete mixers, mining cars and locomotives. Th...

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Menasha Corporation

Published August 23, 2019 | Feature Article

Founder Elisha D. Smith acquired a small, struggling pail factory in Menasha, Wis., in 1852. Over time, he and his descendants transformed their woodenware offerings to keep up with changing markets. ...

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Mannington Mills Inc.

Published August 23, 2019 | Feature Article

With headquarters in Salem, N.J., where it’s been since 1915, Mannington Mills Inc. manufactures a diverse line of commercial and residential flooring. It employs about 2,700 associates worldwide an...

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MacLean-Fogg Company

Published August 23, 2019 | Feature Article

MacLean-Fogg, founded in 1925 in Mundelein, Ill., as a manufacturer of nuts and bolts, primarily for railroad cars, [[{"fid":"11277","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_imag...

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Lyles Family Enterprise

Published August 23, 2019 | Feature Article

Bill Lyles Sr. and his wife, Elizabeth, founded W.M. Lyles Co., a pipeline construction business, in the oil fields of Avenal, Calif., in 1945. In the 1970s, the family leaders began diversifying by i...

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Lundberg Family Farms

Published August 23, 2019 | Feature Article

The Lundberg family has been producing rice and rice products since 1937, growing healthy, great-tasting rice while respecting and sustaining the earth. Today, the third and fourth generations carry o...

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Lloyd Companies

Published August 23, 2019 | Feature Article

The family enterprise, based in Sioux Falls, S.D., develops land and builds, manages, sells and leases commercial [[{"fid":"11276","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_...

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Laird Norton Company

Published August 23, 2019 | Feature Article

The Laird Norton Company was started in 1855, when William Harris Laird and his cousins Matthew G. Norton and James Laird Norton founded a small milling operation in the Midwest. Over the next 150 yea...

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Kiolbassa Provision Company

Published August 23, 2019 | Feature Article

Rufus and Juanita Kiolbassa founded a meatpacking company in San Antonio, Texas, in 1949. They sold their [[{"fid":"11272","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt...

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IDEAL Industries Inc.

Published August 23, 2019 | Feature Article

IDEAL Industries, founded in 1916 in a kitchen, is now a global, diversified business. The company, based in Sycamore, Ill., designs and manufactures products and tools for the electrical, wire proces...

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Hussey Seating Company

Published August 23, 2019 | Feature Article

William Hussey, inventor of an innovative plow, founded Hussey Plow Company in 1835. The company survived a fire in 1895 and reinvented itself several times as plow demand declined during the Industri...

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Herschend Enterprises

Published August 23, 2019 | Feature Article

Atlanta-based Herschend Enterprises is the operating business of the Herschend family. It encompasses four divisions, all focused on providing wholesome family entertainment. The divisions are parks a...

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Flanagan Foodservice Inc.

Published August 23, 2019 | Feature Article

The Flanagan story dates back to 1977, when Joe and Dee Flanagan opened a retail grocery store operated out of 5,200 square feet of space with three employees and 500 products. Joe Flanagan recognized...

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