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72-1219: Vollrath manufactures equipment and supplies for the commercial foodservice industry and sells its products through two-tier distribution. The company's foodservice equipment offering includes smallwares and countertop equipment, along with serving systems and components. The product offering for smallwares includes buffet and tabletop service; cleaning and safety equipment; cookware and bakeware; food delivery and transport; kitchen essentials; steam table pans and accessories; and warewashing and handling. The product offering for countertop equipment includes cooking equipment; food preparation equipment; frozen treat equipment; and warming equipment. Vollrath’s fabricator components include breath guards; induction drop-ins; induction range and warmer drop-ins; cold drop-ins; hot drop-ins; combination hot/cold drop-ins; drop-in display cases; heated shelves and heat strips; and sinks. Jacob Vollrath began building farm implements, steam engines, cast iron ranges and cooking utensils in Sheboygan, Wisconsin . He manufactured porcelain enameled pots, pans, plates, cups and other kitchenware by coating cast iron with ceramic glaze. In 1874 it

144-543: A 20½" high portable size Polio-Pak Heater for visiting nurses to use in patient's home. Walter J. Kohler Jr. , Jacob's great-grandson, joined the Vollrath Company Board of Directors in 1939 upon his father's death, and became the Vollrath Company's fifth president in 1947 after acquiring a controlling interest in the firm, succeeding his uncle Jean C. Vollrath. After joining the Vollrath Company, Walter became

216-626: A better quality product. The company continued to grow, opening the first branch office in Chicago in 1900. A New York branch was built circa 1903, and a San Francisco office was built circa 1909. In 1904 Vollrath earned top honors for “Excellence in the Production of Colored and Plain, Stamped Steel and Cast Iron Enameled Wares” at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. In February 1908,

288-500: A bitter legal and boardroom battle over the amount of dividends paid by the company, in a settlement, the stakes of William "Bill" Koch and Frederick R. Koch , who wanted the company to pay more dividends rather than reinvest in the business, were bought out for $ 620 million and $ 400 million, respectively, and Charles Koch and David Koch became majority owners in the company. In June 1985, William and Frederick sued their brothers claiming that they were underpaid for their stakes, but

360-457: A controlling interest. They then acquired Union's interest. The Pine Bend Refinery produced chemicals, fibers, polymers, asphalt and other commodities such as petroleum coke and sulfur. In 1970, Charles was joined at the family firm by his brother David Koch . Having started as a technical services manager, David became president of Koch Engineering in 1979. In 1979, the company acquired 780 dealerships from Chrysler . In June 1983, after

432-543: A crude oil-gathering system in Oklahoma, and some cattle ranches. In 1968, Charles approached Union Oil of California about buying its 40% interest in Great Northern Oil Company but the discussions quickly stalled after Union asked for a large premium. In 1969, Koch merged his interest with the 15% interest owned by J. Howard Marshall , then owning a combined 50% of the company, preventing Union from assembling

504-524: A delegate-at-large to the Republican National Convention . He had some political experience as a young man, having assisted his father, Walter J. Kohler Sr. , in his successful Wisconsin gubernatorial campaign in the late 1920s. Walter J. Kohler Jr. became one of the few three-term governors in Wisconsin history. His terms as governor ran from 1951 through 1957, and he was heavily involved with

576-550: A division of Flint Hills, owns and operates 4,000 miles (6,400 km) of pipeline used to transport petroleum, natural gas liquids , and chemicals. Its pipelines are located in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Texas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Alberta, Canada. The firm has offices in Wichita, Kansas , St. Paul, Minnesota , Corpus Christi, Texas , and Port Arthur, Texas . In 1946, Wood River Oil Co. (a precursor company to Koch Industries) purchased Rock Island Oil and Refining Co. As

648-480: A line of food warmers and accessories with the purchase of Idea/Medalie Division , Rogers, Minnesota . Production of the warmers was moved to Vollrath's Kewaunee, Wisconsin plant. On September 30, 1996 the Vollrath Company, Inc. entered into a restructuring agreement and became the Vollrath Company, L.L.C. Vollrath had purchased Luitink Manufacturing Co. of Menomonee Falls , and Oconomowoc, Wisconsin in May 1999 to give

720-720: A part of the transaction, it acquired a crude-oil pipeline in Oklahoma. As a result of construction and investments, Wood River acquired other pipelines in the US and Canada. In 1992, it acquired United Gas Pipeline Co., owner of 9,271 miles of pipelines. It owns the largest interest in the Colonial Pipeline . Georgia-Pacific (Georgia-Pacific LLC, aka: "GP") is one of America's largest forest products companies, specializing in pulp and paper and building materials (largely made from GP's own timber ), based in Atlanta , Georgia . GP

792-450: A two-story 9000 s.f. Mill and Mixing Building. The construction was planned to take several years. To fund the construction, the capitalization of the company was increased from $ 100,000 to $ 300,000. Expansion continued at the Vollrath facility during the late 1910s and throughout the 1920s. In 1912 an 80000 sf addition was constructed. Razing of the original foundry site on North Sixth street

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864-538: A year in Shanghai. The company was unable to accomplish the return of production equipment that it had purchased and supplied the contract manufacturer in China. Labor unions have played a part in shaping the company over the past century. The first major impact unions had were indirect. Vollrath had to shut down its foundry and lay off 175 workers due to lack of coal during a coal miner's strike in 1919. Organizing effort by

936-591: Is a manufacturer of food accessory dispensers for the convenience store market. In August 2012, Vollrath started construction of a distribution center in Sheboygan. It was their first large scale construction project since the 1960s. In March 2013, Vollrath announced that they were moving all of their production in China to Sheboygan citing rising production costs, inconsistent quality, and difficult production scheduling. They had been manufacturing as many as 3 million food pans

1008-783: Is a polymer and fibers company that makes "Stainmaster" carpet products, amongst many others. When the $ 4.4 billion deal was announced in 2003, Koch planned to make Invista a part of KoSa, its polyester business, which Koch became owner of as of November 14, 2001, after buying the 50 percent stake owned by IMASAB S.A. of Mexico. The "Lycra" fiber brand was sold to Shandong Ruyi Investment Holding in 2019. Koch Ag & Energy Solutions, LLC and its subsidiaries, including Koch Fertilizer, LLC, Koch Agronomic Services, LLC, Koch Energy Services, LLC and Koch Methanol, LLC, globally provide products including fertilizer and other plant nutrients for agricultural turf and ornamental plant markets, as well as other enhanced efficiency products and technology for

1080-553: Is a refining and chemicals company based in Wichita, Kansas . It sells gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, ethanol, polymers, intermediate chemicals, base oils and asphalt. It operates oil refineries in six states and chemical plants in Illinois, Texas and Michigan. The firm also manufactures asphalt used for paving and roofing applications at 13 asphalt terminals in six states including Alaska (2 terminals), Wisconsin (2), Iowa (3), Minnesota (4), Nebraska (1), and North Dakota (1). The firm manages

1152-853: Is an American multinational conglomerate corporation based in Wichita, Kansas , and is the second-largest privately held company in the United States, after Cargill . Its subsidiaries are involved in the manufacturing, refining , and distribution of petroleum , chemicals , energy , fiber , intermediates and polymers , minerals , fertilizer , pulp and paper , chemical technology equipment, cloud computing , finance , raw materials trading, and investments . Koch owns Flint Hills Resources, Georgia-Pacific , Guardian Industries , Infor , Invista , KBX, Koch Ag & Energy Solutions, Koch Engineered Solutions, Koch Investments Group, Koch Minerals & Trading, and Molex . The firm employs 122,000 people in 60 countries, with about half of its business in

1224-569: Is an industrial manufacturer of glass , automotive, and building products based in Auburn Hills , Michigan . The company manufactures float glass, and fabricated glass products for commercial, residential and automotive applications. The company employs more than 18,000 people and has present activities in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Acquired from DuPont , Invista

1296-679: Is one of the America's largest manufacturers and distributors of tissue , pulp , paper , toilet and paper towel dispensers, packaging, building products and related chemicals , and other forest products. GP manufactures a wide variety of household products under the brand names Brawny, Angel Soft, Mardi Gras, Quilted Northern, Dixie, Sparkle, and Vanity Fair. The Atlanta-based company has operations in 27 states. In 2005, after having already acquired parts of GP, Koch Industries began full acquisition of GP, which has since been an independently operated and managed Koch subsidiary. Guardian Industries

1368-490: The Jacob J. Vollrath Manufacturing Company , which grew steadily under his leadership and which he headed until his death in 1898. Vollrath invented "gray enameling" (which describes a particular method of manufacture, not a color). Vollrath married Elizabeth Margaret Fuchs in 1847 and had six children. He was the father-in-law (twice) of Kohler Company founder John Michael Kohler and helped him get started in business. He

1440-524: The Kewaunee, Wisconsin manufacturing facility gave Vollrath greater control in supplying commercial aluminum cookware rather than relying on a foreign manufacturer for production. In 1991, Vollrath acquired the Bloomfield Industries division of Specialty Equipment Companies Inc. On December 15, 1992 Vollrath reached the landmark position of $ 100 million in annual sales. In May 1994 Vollrath acquired

1512-551: The MIT Sloan School of Management . He served as president, CEO, and chairman of the board. His thesis and research were in the area of business application of large scale digital computers in smaller companies. Upon joining Vollrath, Terry pushed the integration of computers into manufacturing, installing the first computer (an IBM 1440 system) in 1964, launching Vollrath to the forefront of the industry in control of inventories, production management, and manufacturing scheduling. He

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1584-461: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , for providing health insurance to retirees too young to be eligible for Medicare . In 2013, the company acquired Molex , a provider of electronic components, for $ 7.2 billion. In September 2014, along with the private equity arm of Goldman Sachs , the company acquired Flint Group , a printing ink producer, for $ 3 billion. In June 2014,

1656-573: The UAW during the 1967 and 1968 strikes. The 1967 strike occurred over dispute of unilateral curtailment in employee rest breaks. Eric Lampe became President and CEO in July 2023. Paul Bartelt succeeded Tom Belot as president and chief executive officer in September 2009. Jacob Vollrath Jacob Johann Vollrath (September 19, 1824 – May 15, 1898) was an industrialist in the city of Sheboygan, Wisconsin in

1728-737: The United Negro College Fund announced a $ 25 million grant from Koch Industries and the Charles Koch Foundation to go towards merit-based scholarships and general support of historically black colleges and universities . In December 2014, the company acquired Oplink Communications , an optical networking device maker, for $ 445 million. In 2015, the company joined the " Ban the Box " movement by removing questions about prior criminal convictions from its job application, making it easier for ex-offenders to find work. In November 2015,

1800-674: The 2010 Lone Star Land Steward Award. The company also owns ranches in Kansas and Texas that are being marketed for sale. In March 2023, Koch Industries announced a leadership restructuring wherein Charles Koch will remain chairman and serve as co-CEO alongside Dave Robertson, who will serve as vice chairman of the board. Jim Hannan was named President and COO. Chase Koch and Richard Dinkel were both named executive Vice President while maintaining their other roles. In addition, Ray Geoffroy and Mark Luetters were named senior vice presidents. In 2024,

1872-554: The Enamel Workers Union in 1937 led to accusations of discriminatory labor practices against union members with one employee's termination resulting in hearing before Atty Nathan Feinsinger of the Wisconsin Labor Relations board. Various unions have been involved in organizing workers for collective bargaining, fair wages and better working conditions. Disputes with company management led to a number of strikes over

1944-580: The European market prompted the opening of a headquarters in Rijen, Netherlands in 2011. In May 2012, Vollrath acquired Polar Ware , and its division, Stoelting , a Wisconsin-based food service manufacturer with focus on serving pans and utensils. In Nov, 2012, the Stoelting Process Solutions division was sold to RELCO, LLC. Also in 2012, Vollrath acquired Acry Fab Inc., Sun Prairie, WI. Acry Fab

2016-703: The Koch family, supported the American war effort against Adolf Hitler and his government. In 1940, Koch joined new partners to create the Wood River Oil and Refining Company. In 1946, the firm acquired the Rock Island refinery and crude oil gathering system near Duncan, Oklahoma . Wood River was later renamed the Rock Island Oil & Refining Company. Charles Koch joined Rock Island in 1961, having started his career at

2088-633: The U.S. It also operates 4 fuel terminals in Wisconsin, 6 in Texas, and one each in Iowa and Minnesota. In 1981, it acquired a petroleum refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas , from Sunoco for $ 265 million. In 1994, it acquired a 104,000 b/d petroleum refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas , from Kerr-McGee . On July 16, 2014, Flint Hills Resources acquired PetroLogistics, a Houston-based manufacturer of chemical and polymer grade propylene. Koch Pipeline Company LP,

2160-516: The USSR to be "a land of hunger, misery, and terror." According to Charles Koch, "Virtually every engineer he worked with [there] was purged." In the 1930s Winkler-Koch built refineries in nine different countries across hundreds of projects. In 1933 when several American companies were doing business in Germany, in a joint venture with William Rhodes Davis , Koch assisted in the design and construction of

2232-513: The United States. The company was founded by its namesake, Fred C. Koch , in 1940 after he developed an innovative crude oil refining process. Fred C. Koch died in 1967 and his majority interest in the company was split amongst his four sons. In June 1983, after a bitter legal and boardroom battle over the amount of dividends paid by the company, the stakes of Frederick R. Koch and William "Bill" Koch were bought out for $ 1.1 billion and Charles Koch and David Koch became majority owners in

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2304-522: The United States. He founded The Vollrath Company . Vollrath was born on September 19, 1824 in Dörrebach in the Prussian Rhineland , where he learned the trade of molding (casting of wrought iron ). He migrated to the United States in the 1840s and settled in Sheboygan in 1853. In 1874 he began to manufacture porcelain enamelware made of cast iron coated with ceramic glaze. In 1884 he founded

2376-556: The Vollrath facility was one of the largest plants in the country devoted to enameled ware. Jacob's second son, Carl, originated and patented “Speckled” enamel in 1889, which became common. Sheet steel stamped ware was added to the product line in 1892, which increased the range of items considerably. A catalog from that era shows the addition of coffee boilers, dippers, ladles, cake and pie pans, bowls and cups. Already manufacturing enameled cast iron sinks, stove reservoirs, refrigerator tanks, and water cooler tanks, Vollrath added bathtubs to

2448-567: The company "signed a Statement of Support with Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) that pledges Koch will provide supervisors with the tools to hire and support employees serving in the National Guard of the United States ." From 2017 to 2021, the company was featured in the Forbes' list of America's Best Employers by State. In November 2017, Koch Disruptive Technologies was established,

2520-752: The company announced a name change to Koch, Inc. to reflect its broadening scope. Koch invested $ 2 billion in Infor , which focuses on cloud computing , in November 2016, another $ 1.5 billion in January 2019, and acquired the remainder of the company in April 2020 in a $ 13 billion transaction. Arteva Europe is an "internal bank" which is headquartered in Luxembourg and manages the European cash flows of Koch Industries. Flint Hills Resources LP, originally called Koch Petroleum Group,

2592-609: The company continued its entrepreneurial practices. By the late 1930s, Vollrath had begun replacing some enamelware with stainless steel. Vollrath's field sales force numbered nineteen in 1938. The first military contract related to World War II was with the navy for spoons and ladles announced in August, 1940. A much larger follow-on contract was awarded in March, 1941 for ladles, skimmers, turners and spoons. With war imminent, Vollrath gradually converted to war production in late 1941, increasing

2664-539: The company has used its freedom from the pressures of public markets to make long-term investments and concentrate on growth. In 1925, Fred C. Koch joined MIT classmate Lewis E. Winkler at an engineering firm in Wichita, Kansas, which was renamed the Winkler-Koch Engineering Company. In 1927, they developed a more efficient thermal cracking process for turning crude oil into gasoline. This process, which

2736-674: The company new flexibility for precision created smallwares. In 2004 Vollrath acquired Corsair Display Systems in Canandaigua, New York , expanding their equipment capabilities and allowing for the introduction of mobile carts to the Vollrath catalog and expanding their customizing capabilities. In 2009, Vollrath acquired three companies: In 2011, The Vollrath Company acquired Traex Co. in Dane, WI from Libbey Inc of Toledo, OH . Even though Vollrath had been selling its products in Europe since 1985, growth in

2808-573: The company sold to many independent refineries in the United States, threatened the competitive advantage of established oil companies, which sued for patent infringement. Temporarily forced out of business in the United States, they turned to other markets, including the Soviet Union , where Winkler-Koch built 15 cracking units between 1929 and 1932. During this time, Koch came to despise communism and Joseph Stalin 's regime. In his 1960 book, A Business Man Looks at Communism , Koch wrote that he found

2880-488: The company to go on leave and never returned." Egorova-Farines sued Koch-Glitsch for wrongful termination in France , lost, and "was ordered to pay costs for bringing a frivolous case". In 2010, the company was among the first group of nearly 2,000 employers that applied for and were granted federal reimbursements from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services , under the new Early Retiree Reinsurance Program established by

2952-427: The company. Charles owns 42% of the company; trusts for the benefit of Elaine Tettemer Marshall (the daughter in-law of J. Howard Marshall ) and Elaine's children, Preston Marshall and E. Pierce Marshall Jr., own 16% of the company. David Koch died on August 23, 2019, and his heirs own the remaining 42% balance of the corporation. Charles Koch has stated that the company would go public "over my dead body" and that

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3024-496: The corporate umbrella but had its own president. In 1984 Vollrath installed a new IBM 3038-EX computer. It was the first of the IBM EX series to be installed in Wisconsin, and the fourth “generation” of IBM computer equipment ordered by Vollrath, considered to be a pioneer in the extensive use of such equipment in business and service. As part of the decentralization, a subsidiary company, Vollrath Refrigeration Inc. of River Falls, WI,

3096-530: The corporation's venture arm, led by Chase Koch , son of Charles Koch. In July 2019, the company sold its leases in the Athabasca oil sands . In December 2021, Rupert Murdoch and his wife, Jerry Hall , acquired a 340,000 acres (1,400 km ) ranch in Beaverhead County, Montana , from Matador Cattle Company, a subsidiary of the company, for $ 200 million. Matador was formed in 1951 by Fred Koch. It won

3168-465: The energy and chemical markets. Koch Fertilizer, LLC, is one of the world's largest makers of nitrogen fertilizers. Koch Fertilizer owns or has interests in fertilizer plants in the United States, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, and Italy, among others. Koch Fertilizer was formed in 1988 when the Koch companies purchased the Gulf Central Pipeline and ammonia terminals connected to

3240-573: The foodservice plastic marketplace in 1976 with the purchase of the Bolta line of about 800 different plastic containers , trays, racks and other foodservice items from the chemical and plastics division of the General Tire and Rubber Company. Also that year, Vollrath was the first business in Sheboygan County to install a PBX phone system. Construction of a 24,000-square-foot (2,200 m) addition to

3312-415: The four employees involved were terminated. According to journalist Jennifer Rubin , Koch Industries' general counsel stated that Egorova-Farines failed to promptly share the findings, choosing instead to give the information to a manager at Koch-Glitsch who was later fired for bribery. According to Koch Industries' general counsel, "Egorova-Farines was not fired but instead ran into performance problems, left

3384-429: The furniture industry. The company expanded into manufacturing cooking ranges and agricultural implements. In 1876, Andrew returned from Germany and production of enameled ware began. After making a few enameled cast iron utensils, Jacob went from one community to the next with a cart selling his stock. By 1881, Jacob employed 40 men and grossed $ 50,000 per year. The company flourished and was incorporated in 1884 under

3456-489: The government supplies until August 1, 1942. At that time, Vollrath was working 100% on defense work, which continued throughout the war. By September 1943, Vollrath's price list of porcelain enamelware permitted for civilian use was strictly limited to a few dozen necessary items such as coffee pots, boilers, and percolators, vegetable insets, bain maries , double boilers, dish pans, ladles, pails, hotel pans, sauce pans, and stock pots for kitchen use. On June 28, 1945, Vollrath

3528-531: The late 1940s and early 1950s struck, Vollrath developed the Polio-Pak Heater. Selling for $ 275, this 37" high stainless steel electrical unit could produce 15 double-thick steam heated woolen packs to administer to polio patients. In addition to treating polio victims, the Polio-Pak Heater could also be used for treatment of infections, vascular and muscular congestion, and any physical therapy that required either hot moist or hot dry packs. Vollrath also developed

3600-606: The line of self-leveling dispensers, dish and utility carts in 1986 to Servolift of Boston. In 1982 Vollrath sold its sink line to Keyline Sales of Elkhart, Indiana . That year Vollrath constructed an addition to the foundry for investment casting. That portion of the foundry business was in operation until 1985. In April 1983 the Vollrath Company decentralized. Nine divisions were formed: food service, management systems, refrigeration, information network, management services, management consulting and education, consumer products, health care and international. Each division functioned under

3672-412: The machine shop and annealing room were added in 1923. In 1919 steam table pans and equipment were first featured in the Vollrath catalog. The pans were sold only to bona fide steam table manufacturers and were produced in sixteen sizes. The heaviest, a meat panel, weighing 35 pounds, featured the meat platter as an integral part of the pan. In 1928, Vollrath was still expanding physically and increasing

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3744-540: The management consulting firm Arthur D. Little . He became president in 1966 and chairman at age 32, upon his father's death the following year. Wood River Oil and Refining Company was renamed Koch Industries in 1968 in honor of Fred Koch, the year after his death. At that time, it was primarily an engineering firm with a 35% interest in Great Northern Oil Company, which owned the Pine Bend Refinery in Minnesota,

3816-477: The name of Jacob J. Vollrath Manufacturing Company. In 1893 Vollrath exhibited iron ware at the Chicago World's Fair . By 1886, Jacob's business had expanded so much that his facility covered an entire block. He purchased 30 acres (120,000 m) of land along Lake Michigan for a home and a park. The 16-acre (65,000 m) which became Vollrath Park was later donated to the city by his heirs in 1917. In 1887,

3888-407: The need for a shorter company name was realized and a new corporation, the Vollrath Company, was organized. To ensure that Vollrath enameled ware maintained its high quality, a new plant was designed. In 1910 construction of the new facility began at 18th and Michigan Ave in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, which is the current site of the corporate offices and stainless steel manufacturing plant. A City ordinance

3960-620: The pipeline. The next year, the Koch Nitrogen Company was formed in order to market ammonia. The next few years saw purchases of various ammonia facilities in Louisiana, Canada, and elsewhere, and ammonia sales agreements with firms in Australia, the UK, and other countries. The year 2010 saw the founding of Koch Methanol, LLC, and Koch Agronomic Services, LLC. In October 2010, a plant in which Koch had

4032-642: The plant in River Falls, WI that would expand that facility to a total of 150,000-square-foot (14,000 m). In early 1974, Vollrath leased property in Clarksville, Tennessee , moving the cookware finishing there from Sheboygan. Later that year Vollrath also purchased the hollowware and related assets of the Admiral Craft Corporation of New York. The newly acquired products were dubbed Century Ware to commemorate Vollrath's 100th year. Vollrath entered

4104-405: The presidential campaign of Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1952 election. Expansion, acquisition, relocation and new product development became Vollrath's credo. A new 22,000-square-foot (2,000 m) foundry was dedicated in early 1965. In April 1968 the newly erected 96,000-square-foot (8,900 m) fabrication building was dedicated during an open house. The 400 by 240-foot (73 m) building

4176-508: The product line in 1895, although they weren't included in a catalog. At the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago . Jacob died in May 1898, passing the company on to his children. In 1900 the company discontinued the manufacture of plumbing goods in order to devote its energies entirely to the cooking utensil field. The management at that time believed that concentration on one product would result in

4248-476: The product range. It made another addition to its warehouse and there were over 800 items in the catalog. Jean C. Vollrath became president of the Vollrath Company in 1932 after the death of his father. The Board Chairman was Walter J. Kohler Sr. , Jacob's grandson who served as governor of Wisconsin from 1929 to 1931. During the years of the Great Depression and under the guidance of President J.C. Vollrath,

4320-537: The purchasing of domestic crude oil from Texas and Colorado offices, has five ethanol plants across Iowa and one in Nebraska, has a refinery terminal in Alaska, and operates refineries in Alaska, Texas, and Minnesota. The Pine Bend Refinery in Minnesota can process 392,000 barrels (62,300 m ) of crude oil per day, most of which comes from Alberta , Canada . It handles one quarter of all Canadian oil sands crude entering

4392-500: The south end of the original office building was begun in June, 1977. In the 1980s, the Vollrath Company acquired and divested itself of several ventures. It consolidated the house wares and direct sales divisions to form a new consumer products division in 1980, and dissolved it at the end of 1984. By 1981 Vollrath purchased the business of Dyna International Corp. from Peters & Company of Boston, Massachusetts . Vollrath eventually sold

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4464-738: The suit was dismissed for lack of merit. In September 2001, the company acquired KoSa. This company is considered the largest producer of polyester in the world. In 2005, the company acquired Georgia-Pacific , one of the world's largest timber , forest products and paper companies. In 2008, the company discovered that the French affiliate Koch-Glitsch had violated bribery laws allegedly securing contracts in Algeria , Egypt , India , Morocco , Nigeria and Saudi Arabia after an investigation by Ethics Compliance officer, Egorova-Farines. After Koch Industries' investigative team looked into her findings,

4536-410: The third-largest oil refinery in Germany at the time. It was also one of the few refineries capable of refining fuel for airplanes, and was later a strategic bombing target for Allied forces when World War II broke out. The project was stalled for some time as Davis sought approval, which was granted by the Nazi government. The war commenced six years after the refinery was completed. Koch’s business, and

4608-401: The years. Strikes occurred in 1946, 1967, 1968, and in 2022. In the 1957 contract negotiations, the workers were represented by Local 167 of United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE). The strike in 1946 was about changing rates for the piece-rate portion of workers' pay. Workers were represented by Local 167, Farm Equipment and Metal Workers, CIO. Workers were represented by

4680-400: Was awarded the Army-Navy "E" Award for Vollrath's record in the production of materials needed in the war effort. Vollrath produced more than 12 million canteens during the war, along with many other products for military use, such as mess trays, meat cans, irrigators, and basins. Lapel pins were given to 764 Vollrath employees in recognition of this accomplishment. When the polio epidemic of

4752-426: Was begun in 1916. The entire site had been sold to C. Reiss Coal with agreement the Vollrath would clear the site. In 1918 new additions were added to the south end of the finishing and enameling shops. In 1919 the office building and gate lodge (then known as the watchman's house) were constructed; in 1920 the power house was built. In 1922 the carton shed was added onto the building that was known as hay storage and

4824-406: Was constructed for production of the mobile equipment line and the new line of laboratory animal housing units for primates, dogs, cats, rabbits and rodents. It has since been converted into the shipping center. In 1970 Vollrath began molding medical plastics in Sheboygan. The plastic operation was subsequently moved to Gallaway, Tennessee in 1975. In 1973 construction was started on an expansion of

4896-428: Was passed in 1909 to allow the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company to build a spur track along city streets to the new plant. A complete unit for the economical handling of the product was built, where each department housed in surroundings designed for that particular process. The plans were for a massive plant including an 83000 s.f. Warehouse, a 38000 s.f. Enameling Building, a 10000 s.f. Pickling Shop and

4968-404: Was reported that J.J. Vollrath & Sons was constructing a factory for the production of porcelain hollow ware and cast iron fences. In 1874 he formed the Sheboygan Cast Steel Co. and constructed a plant in Sheboygan to do general foundry work while his son Andrew was in Germany learning porcelain enamelling . The Sheboygan Cast Steel Company produced railroad frogs and small cast parts for

5040-429: Was responsible for the installation of the series of IBM computers, and allowed the company to serve as “guinea pig” for computer development. He also orchestrated the decentralization of the company in 1983 and negotiated the purchase of North Sails in 1984. In late 1989, the Vollrath Company purchased the Leyse commercial aluminum cookware line from General Housewares Corporation , Stamford, Connecticut . Purchase of

5112-442: Was sold to Kenmare Capital Corp. Vollrath completed decentralization in January 1989. Terry Jodok Kohler was the third generation of Kohler's to serve at Vollrath, joining the firm in 1962 after more than eight years in the United States Air Force and at MIT . He was the great-great grandson of Jacob J. Vollrath. A graduate of MIT, his undergraduate degree was in industrial management, with an MBA in Industrial Management from

5184-553: Was succeeded as president of The Vollrath Company by his son, Carl August Vollrath, grandson Jean C Vollrath (1894–1976), and great-grandson Walter Jodok Kohler Jr. Two other sons, Jacob Vollrath Jr. (1894–1964) and Walter J. Vollrath Sr., (1897–1964) had served as officers of the Polar Ware Co., of Kiel, Wisconsin . The Vollrath family which he founded was long prosperous and prominent in Sheboygan affairs. Koch Industries Koch, Inc. ( / k oʊ k / KOHK )

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