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Created in the Corridor: Marion Mixers

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MARION, IA (CBS2/FOX28) - You know you have made it in business when customers refer to your products by your company's name. And the quality products featured in this story also help brand the city where they are Created in the Corridor. ‚“When people describe a Marion Mixer‚„s mixer, or a mixer in the industry," says CEO Lee Eilers, "typically and many times they‚„re referred to as a Marion. ‚œYeah, we have a Marion,‚„ or ‚œIt‚„s a Marion.‚„ We like that.‚ Those "Marions" can be found in the plastics, minerals, biomass, chemical and food industries all over the world. Boasts Eilers, ‚“We‚„re on six continents, we‚„re in 70 different countries.‚ And for good reason. ‚“We have some really, really talented fabricators here,‚ says Marion Mixers Foreman, Brett Gordon. There's no assembly line in Gordon's shop. Each Marion Mixer is built by hand, from the casings to the agitators. One mixer, one fabricator. That's the way it's been done for nearly eighty years after Vance Coleman founded what was then Rapids Machinery Company in Cedar Rapids. He moved the company to Marion when he bought the assets of Handy Sack Baler Company. Eventually, Marion Mixers became widely used for animal feeds and today, they're the only mixers in the food industry that matter. ‚“The regulations are really becoming tight around sanitation so with us being 3A Certified and being the only one, we‚„re going to hammer that home in 2015 and beyond,‚ exclaims Eilers. Vice President of Sales, Ryan Murphy, has a number of high profile clients. ‚“We do business with General Mills, McCormick Spice, some of the top coffee companies in the United States.‚ Names like Keurig and Starbucks. Basically, Murphy says, you can't go through a grocery store aisle and not see at least one product that been through a Marion Mixer. The company even manufactures the machines that mix chemicals for those popular plastic detergent pods. ‚“Our team of engineers custom design every mixer that goes out this door.‚ Including the giant mixers that produce 80% of the colored wood chips in America. Chances are, you've seen landscaping mulch, it's gone through a Marion Mixer. The company has had several years of record growth and profit and Eilers sees even more growth ahead. ‚“We‚„ve been told we‚„re the best kept secret in Marion. We don‚„t want that to be the case from this point forward.‚ Marion Mixers also cares about its workers and it shows in the company's culture. The forty-four employees have a Blue Zones Certified workplace, a wellness plan and two paid days off each year to volunteer for their favorite charities. You can learn more about Marion Mixers by clicking here



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