Sick Inc

Based in Mankato, Minn., Paape Distributing Company specializes in the design, installation and maintenance of heating and cooling systems. It is an authorized dealer for a variety of manufacturers such as Industrial Combustion, Shipco Pumps, Fireye, Hurst Boilers, Smith Cast Iron Boilers and Parker Boilers. The company provides a broad range of services and equipment for brick and refractory repairs, coil repair/replacement, industrial combustion burners, iron fireman burners, oil storage tanks, steam recorders, refrigeration services, water chemistry services and many more.

Since 1954, Rayven, Inc. has been one of the leading coating and laminating services company in the United States. It specializes in coating, converting, slitting, sheeting, trimming, pressure-sensitive adhesive coatings and packaging. The company s silicone coating line is equipped with flexographic printing stations. Rayven, Inc. is a specialty coater and converter of release liners, which offer silicone-coated release film, silicone-coated release papers and non-silicone coated release liners. Bureau Veritas Certification North America has certified the firm s quality system under the ISO 9001:2000 standards.

General Safety Equipment was founded in the town of Lindstrom, Minn., in the mid-1930s by Elmer Abrahamson. The company manufacturers fire trucks for nearly every state and country throughout the world. Its customers include the cities of Minneapolis and Bloomington, Minn.; Cleveland; Charlotte, N.C.; Fort Worth, Texas; and Spokane, Wash. Other customers include China, Egypt, Israel, Korea, South Africa and the U.S. Air Force. In 1995, General Safety formed a partnership with Rosenbauer International, who is headquartered in the town of Linz, Austria. Rosenbauer is also a family owned company, and has been in business for more than 130 years. In 1998, another partnership was formed with Central States Fire Apparatus of Lyons, S.D. While General Safety s emphasis is still on customized vehicles, the partnership with Central has provided the company with the combined largest product line in the industry.