Here you’ll learn about employee ownership directly from our MNCEO experts. Get to know the employee-owned businesses already thriving in Minnesota, and find the inspiration to begin your journey toward employee ownership.
Since Long Haul sent its first truck out on the roads over 35 years ago we have taken pride in being a company that offers our drivers opportunities to create successful careers. Of the many separators that make Long Haul Trucking an exceptional place to work as a driver, emplo
Read MoreHear the story of Happy Earth Cleaning Cooperative. Learn about how they did it, and why they choose to convert into a worker co-op. Nexus Community Partners was proud to partner with Project Equity in helping with the conversion process.
Read MoreRead this story to hear how Kelso, a lawyer and economist, set out to bring employee ownership to America.
Read MoreLong Haul Trucking located in Albertville, MN shares how employee ownership works in a trucking company.
Read MoreHow many people have had the thought, “If I ran this place, things would be very different”?
The team at Brooklyn Stone and Tile (BKST) had that very thought and opportunity to purchase the company from the former owner back in 2018. Since then, each 11 co-owners are able to build financial equity in a workplace they call home.
Read MoreFounded in 1970, Reel Precision was simply a small manufacturer of hinges and electric clutches. Their primary goal was to manufacture top of the line products while cultivating a rewarding, productive workplace environment.
Read MoreIn a December article, Start Tribune applauds Minnesota’s two major window manufacturers for rolling out nearly $50 million in profit-sharing for their employees. Andersen Corp., based in Bayport, will soon issue $33 million in profit-sharing to employees and donate $4 million to community causes, officials said this week.
Read MoreAs an employee owned company, part of Long Haul’s mission is to ensure that not only is there focus on organic, healthy growth for the company, but for all individuals that one day hope to be members of their industry.
Read MoreOptimax is a manufacturer of precision optics for research and industry. Optimax makes optics for NASA space programs that include the Mars Rovers, Pluto New Horizons, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), and many more.
Read MoreEnvironmentally-safe cleaning company Happy Earth Cleaning LLC has become the first Employee-Owned cleaning company in Minneapolis, after Founder Marion Dunbar realized she was in need of a succession plan that reflected their “people-first” culture.
Read MoreMINNEAPOLIS—Diversified Plastics, Inc. (DPI), a custom plastic-injection molder and digital manufacturer of high-precision thermoplastic components, was named winner of the 2019 Plastics News Excellence in Employee Relations Award.
Read MoreOne hundred-year-old Twin City Die Castings began 2020 with a teeming order book that continued into the final week of March, even after the coronavirus pandemic began shredding the U.S. economy.
Read MoreHECTOR, Minn. — As of January 1, 2020, Loftness Specialized Equipment, Inc. has joined an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). Through this change, the Minnesota-based manufacturer of agricultural and vegetation management equipment is now 100-percent employee-owned.
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