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Superior Industries, Inc. is an American manufacturing company headquartered in Morris, Minnesota. The company's multiple divisions engineer, manufacture, service and sell dry bulk processing and handling equipment, fuel delivery and storage equipment and precast concrete products. Superior traces its roots back to 1917 when Henry Schmidgall began manufacturing concrete products in Hancock, Minnesota. Later, Henry's grandson, Neil Schmidgall, formed Superior Industries, which repaired and manufactured the processing and handling equipment in the quarries that supplied Hancock Concrete. Today, Superior Industries is the largest employer in Stevens County, Minnesota, and one of the fastest growing private companies in the United States.〔http://www.inc.com/inc5000/list/2008/300/employees/〕 While more than half of its 1,600 person workforce is employed at one of three campuses in Stevens County, Minnesota, the other half are spread throughout 25 other manufacturing, engineering or repair center facilities in the United States, Canada and Brazil. ==History== *1917: Henry Schmidgall moves to Hancock, Minnesota to purchase small concrete drain tile manufacturer. *1940: Henry's son forms Schmidgall Sand and Gravel from aggregate division of Hancock Concrete. *1972: Henry's grandson, Neil Schmidgall, founds Superior Machinery Company after building conveyors and plants for Schmidgall Sand and Gravel. *1972: Bob and Larry Kleespie establish Kleespie Tank and Petroleum Equipment (renamed Westmor Industries in 2001). *1974: Hancock manufactures state of Minnesota's first ever precast box culvert. *1974: Superior begins manufacturing conveyor idlers after acquiring presses and tooling from Ersham Manufacturing of Enterprise, Kansas. *1997: Superior applies for and is granted first ever technology patent. *1999: Astec Industries, a publically traded company from Chattanooga, Tennessee, acquires Superior. Company headquarters remain in Morris. *2001: Superior begins manufacturing conveyor pulleys. *2004: Local investors from Morris, Minnesota, reacquire Superior from Astec Industries. *2006: Southwest satellite manufacturing facility opens in Prescott Valley, Arizona. *2008: Superior acquires second largest company in Morris, fueling equipment manufacturer Westmor Industries. *2008: Superior acquires processing system desin-build manufacturer, Fesco Systems of Norcross, Georgia. Fesco becomes Southeast Division. *2011: Superior acquires precast concrete builder, Hancock Concrete. Hancock was established by grandfather of Superior founder. *2011: Superior acquires petroleum truck tank builder, Trans-Tech Industries of Brewer, Maine. *2012: Westmor acquires Determan Brownie, Inc of Fridley, Minnesota. The business name is changed to Westmor Fluid Solutions. *2014: Superior acquires GreyStone, Inc. of Columbus, Nebraska. The business name is changed to Superior Industries. *2015: Superior acquires aggregate crushing and screening manufacturer, Clemro Western of Calgary, Alberta. *2015: Superior acquires aggregate plant manufacturer, MFE Manufacturing of Mirimachi, New Brunswick. The name is changed to Superior Industries. *2015: Superior acquires Paracan Group, a Brazilian manufcaturer of conveyor idlers and pulleys headquartered in São Paulo. *2015: Superior acquires assets of FLSmidth crusher manufacturing plant in Pekin, Illinois. The name is changed to Superior Industries. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Superior Industries」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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