Rocky Ford, Colorado, USA
July 11, 2013
Oliver Manufacturing joins a select group of Colorado companies recognized as aColorado Companies to Watch winner. This selection acknowledges the company's hard work, growth and success represented by its long history and increasing success in southeast Colorado. This award is meant to highlight the company's contribution to business development in the state.
Colorado Companies to Watch honors second stage companies that develop valuable products and services, create quality jobs, enrich communities and create new industries throughout Colorado. The year-long program is hosted by the Colorado Office of Economic Development and the Edward Lowe Foundation.
Oliver Manufacturing Oliver Manufacturing is the leading US-based provider of reliable, durable and effective equipment for processing and refining flowing solids of all kinds. Starting with agriculture, we have served industries worldwide with a full processing line that has been improved constantly for over 80 years. Oliver Destoners quickly remove heavy contaminants from granular flowables. Precision Sizers grade material by size within thousandths of an inch. Gravity Table Separators sort by density within a few percentage points. And Fluid Bed Dryers provide gentle, uniform tack-free drying after costly coatings and treatments to seed, soybean, corn and other edibles. Oliver designs, manufactures and ships all of our machinery from our southern Colorado headquarters to customers across North and South America, Asia and New Zealand. To learn more about Oliver Manufacturing, please visit www.olivermanufacturing.com.
“Being a Colorado Companies to Watch Award winner reflects our employee’s commitment to teamwork, and adds to our continuous momentum. It also speaks to the success a third generation family owned Rural Colorado Business can achieve." states Brian Burney, President/CEO. “We are very proud to represent and promote the Arkansas Valley and Southeast Colorado.”
About Oliver Manufacturing
Oliver Manufacturing was established in St. Louis, Missouri in 1930 by Oliver Steele. In the 1940s, disturbed by the labor unions that was plaguing St. Louis, Oliver decided to move his business to Rocky Ford, Colorado. In 1947 construction of the three large brick buildings was begun with most of the work being done by Oliver Steele and his own men. The first Oliver machine shipped from Rocky Ford in July of 1948. In 2006, Oliver moved its manufacturing plant to the La Junta, CO, to take advantage of an existing 200,000 square foot facility. In June 2013, construction began on a new 14,810 square foot expansion to include an office building and cafeteria/break room that will be attached to the southeast corner of the existing La Junta manufacturing facility. The new office building will allow for the combination of staff in the Administration, Sales, Engineering, and Management departments.
About Colorado Companies to Watch
Colorado Companies to Watch is a unique statewide awards program recognizing growing companies that fuel the economic fire of the state. Colorado Companies to Watch honors companies that develop valuable products and services, create quality jobs, enrich communities and create new industries throughout Colorado. The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade launched the program in 2009 in conjunction with the Edward Lowe Foundation, and valuable sponsors, key drivers, community and supporting partners, as well as volunteers from across Colorado.
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