Letters to the Editor 07-27-2000
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Oldest Companies
Oldest Companies
Editor, Times Union:I enjoyed reading the stories recently in the Times-Union about the oldest companies in Warsaw that are still in business today. You left out one - American Brattice Cloth Corp. (now known as ABC Industries Inc). The company was founded by my father, Daniel B. Mikesell, in 1926. The company, after being a part of the Peabody group, was reorganized by Steve Rufenbarger in 1989, and a new name was chosen - ABC Industries Inc.
We still make brattice cloth and ventilation tubing for the mining industry, but have added several industrial products, mostly in the field of ventilation. ABC people have put our products in many parts of the world, all from our headquarters right here in Warsaw.
ABC is locally owned again - mostly by management, and also by the writer of this letter, who is technically retired, but is today a very active member of the ABC board of directors. So please don't leave us out - we are proud of our last 74 years in Warsaw, and look forward to our next 74.
D. Blaine Mikesell
Winona Lake
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- Oldest Companies
Oldest Companies
Editor, Times Union:I enjoyed reading the stories recently in the Times-Union about the oldest companies in Warsaw that are still in business today. You left out one - American Brattice Cloth Corp. (now known as ABC Industries Inc). The company was founded by my father, Daniel B. Mikesell, in 1926. The company, after being a part of the Peabody group, was reorganized by Steve Rufenbarger in 1989, and a new name was chosen - ABC Industries Inc.
We still make brattice cloth and ventilation tubing for the mining industry, but have added several industrial products, mostly in the field of ventilation. ABC people have put our products in many parts of the world, all from our headquarters right here in Warsaw.
ABC is locally owned again - mostly by management, and also by the writer of this letter, who is technically retired, but is today a very active member of the ABC board of directors. So please don't leave us out - we are proud of our last 74 years in Warsaw, and look forward to our next 74.
D. Blaine Mikesell
Winona Lake
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