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Posted by Ross Rocklin in Rocklin Mfg 12/4/2020
If there’s one thing everyone can agree on, it’s that this year hasn’t exactly gone as planned. What started off relatively normal quickly took a detour. As a company with an 86-year history, we’ve navigated other crises in the past, including the forming of our company during the height of the Great Depression and our support of the WWII effort. While this crisis has been unlike any other, fortunately we’re still here and very much focused on the future.
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Posted by Ross Rocklin in Rocklin Mfg 6/26/2020
50 years. Half a century. For well over half of our company’s 86 years in business, Rocklin Manufacturing has had the distinct pleasure of working with George Glumb, who has been our exclusive sales representative in Michigan since 1970. We like to say that we measure our partnerships in decades, not years. George Glumb is the epitome of that statement.
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Posted by Ross Rocklin in Rocklin Mfg 3/30/2020
As we did in our last post, we’re looking back to other times of crisis that span our company’s 86-year history and how we navigated them. Perhaps there are lessons to be learned from those crises for the Covid-19 situation. Today, we look back to our company’s support for the WWII effort.
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Posted by Ross Rocklin in Rocklin Mfg 3/26/2020
We are living in extraordinary times. The Covid-19 pandemic is testing every aspect of our society, and we have faced challenges that were unimaginable mere weeks ago as we try to adapt to a world that is changing by the hour. We will undoubtedly get through this, but the immediate and potentially long-term impacts are being felt far and wide.
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Posted by Ross Rocklin in Rocklin Mfg 7/8/2019
After nearly three years of extensive planning and renovating, our 1912 home is now officially historic! Believed to be the last active industrial building that supported both world wars in the state of Iowa, it’s a building steeped with historical significance, and we’re proud to call it home. Here are a few important milestones in its 107-year life:
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Posted by Ross Rocklin in Rocklin Mfg 8/17/2017
Since our founding in 1934, we have a long and rich manufacturing history ranging from our roots in agricultural equipment to supporting the World War II effort to industrial electronic equipment including the Rocklinizer and MoldMender to now North American distribution of quality products including the FlyMarker, LaserEvo and Lase One. While product lines have evolved over 83 years, our company has remained focused on manufacturing, selling, and servicing only the highest quality products for manufacturers around the world.
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