Client success contributes to RMI 35 year longevity

In over three decades of operation, RMI Corporation has grown from a computer rental provider to a full service business software developer whose products and services are utilized by 6,000-some global users. The idea for the Avon, Connecticut-based business of RMI began in 1983, when Paul R. Chapdelaine formed a business offering accounting solutions to mid-market companies.  A year later, Chapdelaine expanded the business into...

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Update your marketing efforts in 2018

How to best market to consumers in a world increasingly saturated with messaging – through various means in print, digital, social media – is an evolving question.  But there are ways to reach through the chatter and build lasting relationships with customers, according to Debbie Frakes, managing director of Winsby Inc. Winsby is a Chicago agency and its clients include: manufacturers with distribution networks,...

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The main goal at "Save"ty Yellow Products is a simple one – value

But the execution of that simple goal is an extensive one. It means “giving the customer options,” said Brandon Gentile, general manager. It means knowing customers well enough to anticipate their needs and “making products that make customers think ‘This is my go to vendor.” Gentile said.  This is “why we do have so much custom work going through,” he said....

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The customer, a large corporation, had a challenge.

Like many other businesses dealing with an explosion of e-commerce shipping orders, the volume of packages going through the warehouse was becoming problematic. The packages went through the sortation system, down long roller conveyors in a downhill slope, and then into the truck. The boxes were of varying sizes and were coming rapidly, leaving the truck loader to deal with an avalanche of boxes. Enter Grabit. “We are working...

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Family leadership and key partnerships guide Bublitz Material Handling to 90-year mark.

It was nearly a century ago that Jeff Bublitz’s grandfather started his North Kansas City, Mo.-based construction machinery business, an operation that has since established a track record of diversifying and evolving.  Bublitz Machinery Company was founded in 1927 by Walter J. Bublitz. At that time, the focus was on construction equipment such as steam shovels, excavators and chains. The...

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BEUMER “Made Different” makes a difference for 40 years

For four decades, BEUMER Corporation has been a leader in the North American material handling industry. A subsidiary of the global BEUMER Group, the business is part of both a worldwide enterprise and a family-run operation that provides a wealth of services and solutions to its customers. The global operation bills itself as an “international manufacturing leader in intra-logistics in the fields of conveying, loading,...

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The Jefferds Corporation celebrates 70 years

When employees with the Jefferds Corporation are working with a client, they are never on site simply to push fork lift truck sales. “We like to think of ourselves as problem solvers,” said K. Richard Sinclair, company president and CEO. He said the Jefferds Corporation works to build long-term relationships with customers, reviewing a business’ setup and applications before making recommendations on how to best move...

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