1981 Purchased American Cleaning Company in 1981 Manufactured in 50,000 square foot facility Began at $4.5 million - today over $85 million in sales(20 yr. Span) Jerome Rau became President/CEO 1982 Expanded the Addison f......1981 Purchased American Cleaning Company in 1981 Manufactured in 50,000 square foot facility Began at $4.5 million - today over $85 million in sales(20 yr. Span) Jerome Rau became President/CEO 1982 Expanded the Addison facility to 100,000 square feet Expanded focus to commercial equipment in the late 1980s 1984 Opened Minuteman Canada 1987 Began trading on the NASDAQ 1992 Built 50,000 square feet Hampshire, IL facility 1994 Changed name to Minuteman International, Inc. 1995 Expanded Hampshire, IL facility to 100,000 square feet ISO 9001 Certification: Addison 1996 ISO 9001 Certification: Hampshire Introduced new color scheme 1997 Opened Minuteman Europe B.V. in the Netherlands 1998 Acquired PowerBoss on November 24th 2006 Rudi Gutmann appointed President and CEO Ruediger Schroeder appointed Vice President and COO