BUSINESS LIST: Fort Custer Industrial Park
2,225
1
Junichi “Jack” Soh
President
1984
N/A
Public
Kariya, Japan
densocorp-na.com
780
2
II Stanley Co. Inc.
1500 Hill Brady Road
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269-660-7777 Fax: 269-660-7756
Noriaki Ito
President
1986
$223.36 million
Public
Tokyo
iistanleybc.com
600
3
TRMI Inc.
100 Hill Brady Road
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269-966-0100 Fax: 269-966-0102
Mikio Kato
President
1987
$260 million
Public
Oguchi-Cho, Japan
tokai-rika-usa.com
400
Katsuaki Shima
President and CEO
1978
$116 million
Private
hi-lex.com
4
Hi-Lex America Inc.
5200 Wayne Road
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269-968-0781 Fax: 269-968-0885
400
Toshio Uehara
President
1987
$25.5 million
Private
Anjo, Japan
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Koyo Corp.
300 Fritz Keiper Blvd.
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269-962-9676 Fax: 269-962-4975
380
6
Musashi Auto Parts Michigan Inc.
195 Brydges Drive
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269-965-0057 Fax: 269-965-1175
Ikuo Makino
President
1984
$30.2 million
Public
Toyohashi, Japan
musashi.us
350
7
Asmo Manufacturing Inc.
500 Fritz Keiper Blvd.
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269-962-8257 Fax: 269-962-8283
Kent Watanabe
President
1986
N/A
Public
Statesville, N.C.
asmo-na.com
350
William B. Guzy
President
1959
$63.8 million
Private
epiinc.com
T IE
EPI Printers Inc.
5404 Wayne Road
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269-964-4600 Fax: 269-965-8586
Yorozu Automotive North America Inc.
166 McQuiston Drive
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269-969-3788 Fax: 269-969-4312
236
Chikara “Charlie” Haruta
President
2000
N/A
Public
Union Pump
4600 W. Dickman Road
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269-966-4600 Fax: 269-966-4663
220
Dan Greffe
Plant manager
1885
N/A
Public family
unionpump.com
Johnson Controls Inc.
Automotive Experience Division
76 Armstrong Road
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269-968-3000 Fax: 269-968-0198
Holland
180
Chad Reed
Plant manager
1979
$34.5 billion
Public
NYSE: JCI
Milwaukee
johnsoncontrols.com
Manufactures metal seat structures
Systex Products Corp.
300 Buckner Drive
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269-964-8800 Fax: 269-966-0191
180
Hiroshi Harada
President and COO
1992
$9.6 million
Private
cascadeng.com/about
/family/sc.htm
Manufactures valves, air ducts, HVAC cases and related
assemblies for the transportation industry
DLF Container Systems Inc.
4045 W. Columbia Ave.
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269-968-5369 Fax: 269-968-6159
150
Mike Byrne
President
1994
N/A
Private
containersystems1.com
Packaging systems
Rehrig United
4909 Wayne Road
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269-962-5571 Fax: 269-962-5577
150
Matt Carstens
Vice president of
Michigan operations
1909
N/A
Private
unitedsteelandwire.com
Manufactures shopping carts and shelving
11
Denso Manufacturing Michigan Inc.
1 Denso Road
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269-965-3322 Fax: 269-965-8399
9
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Original equipment manufacturer for automotive
heating and cooling systems
Denso Corp. [TYO: 6902], Kariya, Japan, with 2007
revenue of $30.59 billion
Manufactures automotive lighting and electronics
Stanley Electric Co. Ltd. [TYO: 6923],Tokyo, with 2006
revenue of $2.65 billion
Manufactures electrical components and switches for
the automotive industry
Tokai Rika Co. Ltd. [TYO: 6995], Oguchi-Cho, Japan, with
2007 revenue of $3.7 billion
Manufactures control cables for automotive and
sports-craft industry
Warehousing and manufacturing of aluminum tubing for
automotive heating and cooling systems
Manufactures automotive parts
Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co. Ltd. [TYO 7220],
Toyohashi, Japan
Manufactures washer fluid systems and electric servo
motors
Ultimate parent is Denso Corp. [TYO: 6902], Kariya,
Japan, with 2007 revenue of $30.59 billion
Printing, packaging and fulfillment
Welding and electrostatic coating of automotive chassis
and suspension components
Yorozu Corp., Yokohama [TYO:7294]
Manufactures centrifugal and power pumps
Textron Inc. [NYSE: TXT], Providence, R.I., with 2006
revenue of $11.49 billion
he Fort Custer Industrial Park “Business List,” ranked by number of employees at Fort Custer Industrial Park as of Nov. 15, 2007, includes organizations with offices in the counties of
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Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo, Kent, Muskegon, Ottawa, St. Joseph and Van Buren. Some organizations that qualify for this list may not have provided
requested information or were unable to provide it by our deadline. Information from public sources was used in those cases. Revenue figures represent consolidated company revenue.
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While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of “The Business List,” omissions and typographical errors sometimes occur.
Please send corrections or additions, on company letterhead, to Business Review, 423 S. Burdick St., Kalamazoo, MI 49007-5217.
“The Business List” is researched and compiled by Charles Mercadal, charlesm@mbusinessreview.com.
BUSINESS LIST: Fort Custer Industrial Park
120
$15.5 million
Private
advantagesintered.com
15
Getulio Perelli
President
1990
Toyota Tsusho America Inc.
795 Fritz Keiper Blvd.
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269-962-0118 Fax: 269-962-9962
110
Koyhei Matsuoka
Branch manager
1988
N/A
Public
Georgetown, Ky.
taiamerica.com
Warehousing, logistics, import and export facility
Toyota Tsusho Corp. [TYO: 8015], Nagoya, Japan, with
2007 revenue of $57 billion
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc.
126 Brady Road
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269-441-6455 Fax: 269-441-6456
100
Tom Davis
General manager
1938
$1.63 billion
Private
Carlinville, Ill.
prairiefarms.com
Fluid milk, fruit drinks and juice
Stewart Industries
150 McQuiston Drive
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269-660-9290 Fax: 269-660-0421
100
Erick Stewart
President
2000
$28 million
Private
stewartindustriesusa.com
Pyper Products Corp.
70 Buckner Drive
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269-966-0196 Fax: 269-966-0197
82
Doyle Hayes
President
1994
$13.8 million
Private
Advanced Special Tools Inc.
320 Clark Road
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269-962-9697 Fax: 269-962-4578
75
Hal Kato
Vice president
1989
$11.05 million
Private
Kani-gifu, Japan
astbc.com
Tool-and-die, general machining, mold making, plasticinjection molding of precision parts for the automotive
and furniture industry
Katayama Corp., Kani-gifu, Japan
Q.I.S. Inc.
dba Quality Industrial Services Inc.
1475 Hill-Brady Road
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269-969-9700 Fax: 269-969-4081
Kentwood
75
Ryan Snyder
General manager
1999
N/A
Private
Romulus
qis9002.com
Third-party quality assurance, inspection, rework, level 1
and level 2 containment, engineering services,
warehousing, technical respresentation and launch
assistance
Goodwill Industries of Central Michigan’s Heartland
4820 Wayne Road
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269-964-9455 Fax: 269-964-9519
Coldwater, Hastings, Marshall, Albion
70
Robert S. Holderbaum
President and CEO
1953
$5.93 million
Not-for-profit
goodwillcmh.org
22
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Advantage Sintered Metals Inc.
60 Clark Road
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269-964-1212 Fax: 269-964-1279
16
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Ranked by employees at
Fort Custer Industrial Park
Production of powdered metal parts
Pirelli Enterprises Inc., Battle Creek
Supplier of subassembled products and inspection
services
Manufactures automotive fans, fan shrouds, tanks,
furniture, and subassembly
Human services, light manufacturing and recycling