Salt Lake City: Livability in the 21st Century

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BEIJER ELECTRONICS A leading provider of user-friendly automation solutions on a global basis, Beijer Electronics is driven by a strong commitment to people and technology while providing innovative and reliable automation and communications solutions to improve its customers’ businesses. In 1983 twin brothers Jim and John Elwell, both electrical engineers, began making battery-operated computers as QSI. Both worked in fields needing such computers, Jim with sounding rockets and John with down-hole oil well instrumentation. Utilizing a private “blue sky” stock offering from individuals, they raised the entire $60,000 capital to start their business. Jim, originally the only employee, was soon joined by a part-time secretary, then by John Coffee, a university student who designed many of the company’s products before moving on. John Elwell worked there briefly before leaving to work for one of QSI’s customers, but retained his stock ownership. Extremely tight finances and long hours marked QSI’s early days. For two years, Jim worked eighty hour weeks with few days off. When the company almost ran out of money in 1984, a secondary offering raised another $54,000, augmented by occasional family loans. Sales during the first year totaled $50,000, gradually increasing to $780,000 in 1988. After a large order from Thiokol Corporation (now ATK) in 1988, QSI was overstaffed and left with inadequate funds. An ill-advised move from an industrial park in South Salt Lake to the USU Research Park in Logan tripled the rent and placed the company ninety minutes from many suppliers. From thirteen employees, QSI scaled back to three, moved back to South Salt Lake, and rebuilt the business. “QSI operated nearly twenty-nine years from founding to selling, and spent eleven years learning how to run a business,” Jim says. “In 1994, we released a support product—a small, inexpensive, handheld terminal (20 keys, 4 x 20 character display) that our low-power computer board used to set up and check systems in the field. By 1990 it was bringing in more than the low-power computers, so QSI became a terminal manufacturer. We hired our first marketing/sales professional when sales reached $1 million. In the fairly rapid growth that followed, we reached $20 million in 2008.” Initially, the company designed some of the lowest-power computer boards available, often going into systems that would be field-deployed for six months with a set of flashlight batteries, Jim said, adding, “Later we developed very strong expertise in making LCD displays function in very nasty environments. At no point did the company ever file for or receive a patent on any of these products.” After selling to Beijer Electronics, Inc., QSI became Beijer’s North American subsidiary, offering not only exceptionally rugged, handheld, pedestal-mount and panel-mount terminals, graphics, full-color, etc., but also Beijer’s robust hardware and innovated HMI software. Like all business owners, Jim and John learned as they went along. One of their first and most important lessons was to ensure that their board of directors is composed of people with experience relevant to industry, rather than consumer, medical or military experience, and who understand industrial challenges. S A L T L A K E C I T Y — L i v a b i l i t y i n t h e 2 1 s t C e n t u r y 236
In September 2013, Beijer Electronics North America moved to a much larger facility at 1865 West 2100 South, Salt Lake City, to help accommodate its growth and better represent its technical competence. With Malmo, Sweden, as the site of its headquarters, Beijer Electronics has sites in twenty-two countries—Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, India, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States. The company sells products including automation software, operator panels, industrial/panel PCs and environmentallyrugged QSI HMIs and TREQ ® mobile data terminals. These panels or touch screens control machinery and visually communicate machine performance. Their “rugged” core competency is designed to ensure that they can operate in challenging environmental conditions. It has allowed Beijer to diversify into products for use in the oil and gas, medical, energy, trucking, transportation, process control, packaging and other industries, with current annual sales of approximately $30 million, and over 250,000 terminals shipped to over 2,000 customers. Beijer was among Utah’s fastest-growing firms in 1995-2000, with a majority of its raw materials sourced from Utah companies. The company takes pride in its environmental advancement, including a green team focused on reducing waste and recycling. In addition, the company’s new building is equipped with automatic lights that will also increase energy conservation. “We have recently expanded into Brazil,” Jim says. “We plan to expand into the medical and mining markets where dependable and rugged products are essential. Outlook for the future is projected at $100 million in the next five to six years, through organic and acquisition growth. Other future plans include an increase in market share in the industrial HMI market, continued focus on environmentally rugged buildings, and the introduction of soft PLC into the Americas.” Additional information is available on the Internet at www.beijerelectronics.com. T H E M A R K E T P L A C E 2 3 7
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1900s 1902 The Salt Lake Collegiate
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Quality of Life Healthcare provider
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and other studies, was recognized b
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addition in 2009, rigid box product
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Not only are the Strong dealerships
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“If you need it, we have it,” F
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enthusiastic about outdoor sports.
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In September 2013, Beijer Electroni
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enefit from one of the largest and
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❖ Left: Simply breathtaking views
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❖ Left: Alsco’s global headquar
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Between 2000 and now, the company g
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The entrepreneurial spirit of Salt
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more than doubling the size of the
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Kirton McConkie attorneys are recog
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Providing a service that delivers s
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As the premier global quality insti
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Rocky Mountain Water Company is Uta
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Building a Greater Salt Lake City S
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Expanding on its propulsion experti
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For the military’s next-generatio
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But Jackling took some influential
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Another way Kennecott has demonstra
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Two critical personnel additions to
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SME Steel has completed many notabl
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of horses previously owned and used
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Aided Drafting (CAD) replaced hand
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B U I L D I N G A G R E A T E R S A
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“We have grown our architectural
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FLSmidth maintains strong customer
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Revenues continue to fluctuate, but
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Boart Longyear is a global company
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Woodbury Corporation and its princi
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The company’s founders were surpr
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efined urban lifestyle with doorste
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Modernization of the magnesium prod
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One of the largest tank truck carri
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The century-old Walker Center at Se
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JBR Environmental Consultants, Inc.
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