I am looking for the names of at least 30 companies nearing major
milestone anniversaries (50th, 60th, 75th, 100th, etc.) in years 2004
or 2005; must be headquartered in Minnesota; with 50 or more employees

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Request for Question Clarification by omnivorous-ga on 11 Feb 2003 09:50 PST

Yvonne --

The list expands considerably if you add 5th, 10th and 25th
anniversaries.  Do you want only companies that are 50+ years old?

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

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Clarification of Question by yvonne0568-ga on 11 Feb 2003 10:49 PST

I bet the field expands considerably!  However, I'd like to start with
just major anniversaries.  My company does corporate history research
and anniversary planning and those anniversaries are most likely to
have dollars allocated.  Hope this helps. Thanks!!!

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Clarification of Question by yvonne0568-ga on 11 Feb 2003 10:54 PST

Maybe it is not possible to find at least 30 companies with these
major anniversaries; HQ in MN; 50 emp., etc.  Can you find me at least
20?

Thanks! Yvonne

Hello:

I have provided the names of 30 companied headquartered in MN that
have more than 50 employees and have a major anniversary coming in the
year 2004 or 2005. Please note that the companies are in the order of
their financial value. These companies are one of the largest in MN.

I gathered the data from Thompson Gale database located at
http://www.gale.com. Only subscribers have access to the data. If you
don’t have any access, please go to http://www.hoovers.com or
http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml to verify the findings. As they are one
of the largest companies, the data n these companies are readily
available.

After answering you question I saw that another researcher
(omnivouros-ga) was also looking interested in answering the question.
I am sorry that I didn’t see that otherwise I would have given him a
fare chance as I respect his research skills.

I think I have answered one of your questions before about the company
anniversaries. As I have access to the database to answer such
questions, if you are satisfied with my answers you can ask me similar
questions directly by posting ‘for leader-ga’ or ‘for leader-ga’ only.
Also note that this is just a suggestion and it doesn’t imply that the
other researchers cannot answer. (I assume that there are may be many
better qualified researchers than me).


Company: Conesco Finance Corp.
Website: http://www.conesco.com
Employees: 1160
Year Founded: 1975
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $22228 M assets

Company: SuperValu Inc. (SVU)
Website: http://www.supervalu.com
Employees: 57800
Year Founded: 1954
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $20908 M sales

Company: Minnesota Life Insurance Company
Website: http://www.minnesotamutual.com
Employees: 4000
Year Founded: 1880
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $19222 M Assets

Company: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Website: http://minneapolisfed.org/index.html
Employees: 1350
Year Founded: 1914
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $7405 M Assets

Company: MSI Insurance COS
Website: http://www.msi-insurance.com
Employees: 650
Year Founded: 1934
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $6568 M Assets

Company: Wells Fargo Equipment Finance Company
Website: http://www.wellsfargo.com
Employees: 300
Year Founded: 1980
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $3800 M Assets

Company: Dart Transit Company Inc.
Website: http://www.dartadvantage.com/
Employees: 306
Year Founded: 1934
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $3692 M operating revenue

Company: CH Robinson Worldwide Inc.
Website: http://www.chrobinson.com
Employees: 3770
Year Founded: 1905
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $3294.5 M Operating Revenue

Company: Federated Mutual Insurance Company
Website: http://www.federatedinsurance.com
Employees: 3100
Year Founded: 1904
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets:$3200 M total Assets

Company: American Express Retirement Services
Website: http://www.home3.americanexpress.com
Employees: 946
Year Founded: 1979
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $2631 M Assets

Company: Bell Mortgage Co.
Website: http://www.bellmortgage.com
Employees: 100
Year Founded: 1880
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $1735 M assets

Company: Polaris Industries Inc.
Website: http://www.polarisindustries.com
Employees: 3550
Year Founded: 1954
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: 1512 M sales

Company: Regis Corp.
Website: http://www.regiscorp.com
Employees: 43000
Year Founded: 1954
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $1452.2 Operating Revenue

Company: Toro Co.
Website: http://www.toro.com
Employees: 4984
Year Founded: 1914
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $1353.1 M Sales

Company: Miller Johnson Steichen Kinnard Inc.
Website: http://www.mjsk.com
Employees: 550
Year Founded: 1929
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $1299 M Operating Revenue

Company: Deluxe Corp.
Website: http://www.dlx.com
Employees: 6840
Year Founded: 1915
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $1278.4 M sales

Company: Vasque Outdoor Footwear Inc.
Website: http://www.vasque.com
Employees: 2000
Year Founded: 1965
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $1200 M sales

Company: National City Bank of Minneapolis
Website: http://www.nationalcitybank.com
Employees: N/A
Year Founded:  1964
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: 1140.2 M assets

Company: M.A. Mortenson Company
Website: http://www.mortenson.com
Employees: 1800
Year Founded: 1954
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $1127.5 M operating Revenue

Company: Donaldson Company Inc.
Website: http://www.donaldson.com
Employees: 8230
Year Founded: 1925
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $1126 M sales

Company: Corporate Graphic Commercial
Website: http://www.cgintl.com
Employees: 200
Year Founded: 1980
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $1113 M sales

Company: ADC Telecommunications Inc.
Website: http://www.adc.com
Employees: 7600
Year Founded: 1935
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $1047.7 M sales
Company: Home Federal Savings Bank
Website: http://www.justcallhome.com
Employees: 215
Year Founded: 1934
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $998 M assets

Company: Rainbow Food Inc.
Website: N/A
Employees: 6500
Year Founded: 1929
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $845 M sales

Company: Syngenta Seeds Inc.
Website: http://www.syngenta.com
Employees: 790
Year Founded: 1985
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $635 M sales

Company: McNeiles Companies Inc.
Website: http://www.mcneiluscompanies.com
Employees: 1000
Year Founded: 1975
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $600 M sales

Company: Merchant Financial Group Inc.
Website: http://www.merchantsbank.com
Employees: 144
Year Founded: 1975
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $470 M assets

Company: Interlaken Technology Corp.
Website: http://www.interlaken.com
Employees: 1980
Year Founded: 1980
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $433 M sales

Company: Mesaba Holdings.
Website: http://www.mairholdings.com
Employees: 3700
Year Founded: 1944
Assets/Sales/Operating Assets: $412 M total Assets

Hope this answers your question. Please clarify before rating and if
you have further questions, I will be more than glad to answer them.
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