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          said. “Their success and growth is a reflection of their
        
        
          dedication to quality products and customer service,
        
        
          and we know they appreciate the same from their sup-
        
        
          pliers. We look forward to continuing to grow with them
        
        
          for years to come.”
        
        
          Lest anyone think Engineered Products’ growth is
        
        
          tied solely to ASRS work, Hall said demand has also
        
        
          increased for other products and services, a phenom-
        
        
          enon he attributes to a strengthening economy over
        
        
          the last few years. The downturn was a difficult stretch,
        
        
          he said, but the long-term pedigree of the company as
        
        
          well as its conservative financial approach were instru-
        
        
          mental in making sure it endured.
        
        
          “Everyone was affected,” he said. “But there is strength
        
        
          in how we operate. Financially speaking, we are in a
        
        
          strong position. This allows us to strategically select
        
        
          how we will grow. We have been in-
        
        
          tentional to develop our business
        
        
          in structural rack, ASRS rack and
        
        
          carton and pallet flow products. We
        
        
          have built a sales and support staff
        
        
          around those product segments and
        
        
          sought out strong partnerships with
        
        
          a customer-centric approach. And
        
        
          because we are the manufacturer
        
        
          we can ensure the performance
        
        
          that the market expects.”
        
        
          Going forward, innovations will re-
        
        
          main the mandate as customer
        
        
          needs evolve.
        
        
          “Our innovations really start with the customer, and
        
        
          then we’ve got to figure out a way to make it work,” Hall
        
        
          said. “Through automated systems, we’ve seen a lot
        
        
          of changes take place as they get more complex and
        
        
          tolerances are held even tighter. We have to upgrade
        
        
          our technology to be able to handle that.”
        
        
          Also on the future-focused agenda is the perpetual
        
        
          dedication to “smart growth.”
        
        
          “Smart growth is the target in the market segments
        
        
          that we support in ASRS systems, the structural rack
        
        
          systems and carton and pallet flow,” Hall said. “Smart
        
        
          growth also requires that we continually match the ap-
        
        
          propriate solution to the application. It requires that we
        
        
          invest in our team so that we can support the needs
        
        
          of the application and the customer that will utilize it.”
        
        
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