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North Dakota Governor John Hoeven Speaks At Ideal Aerosmith Open House
April 29, 2010
North Dakota Governor John Hoeven
Ideal Aerosmith hosted more than 200 guests to celebrate the opening of its newest
facility in Grand Forks, North Dakota, with an open house on April 28, 2010. The
open house provided an opportunity for Ideal Aerosmith to thank their supporters
and to recognize Ideal employees. Speakers included North Dakota Governor John Hoeven
and Grand Forks Mayor Michael Brown. The event was held at the new facility at 3001
South Washington Street in Grand Forks.
Following the event, Governor Hoeven stated, “Ideal Aerosmith is a dynamic company
that has partnered with our state Centers of Excellence program to create innovative
technology for unmanned systems, energy development, and national defense applications.
We are pleased with the company's innovation and growth and wish management and
staff the very best for the future.”
Governor Hoeven was joined by ND Department of Commerce Commissioner Shane Goettle,
who said, "Ideal Aerosmith is a great company. Its visionary leadership combined
with top-notch technical expertise generates results and outstanding product innovation.
That's why this forwarding-looking company has been embraced by North Dakota and
the Grand Forks region."
The 20,000-square-foot building is the new home of Ideal Aerosmith's corporate offices
and includes senior management, human resources, accounting, purchasing, quality,
marketing, production, and shipping and receiving departments. The Grand Forks facility
provides critical infrastructure to allow Ideal Aerosmith to meet its customers'
needs. Ideal Aerosmith also has locations in East Grand Forks, MN; Menlo Park, CA;
Phoenix, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; and the University of North Dakota Research Foundation
(REAC1) research and development facility in Grand Forks, ND.
“The addition of the Grand Forks facility sets the stage for future growth of Ideal,”
states John Mohn, Ideal Aerosmith President. “The relocation of a portion of our
operations from East Grand Forks provides business units in both locations with
capacity which will allow Ideal to take advantage of current and future business
opportunities.”
“In the past ten years, Ideal has experienced growth that is unprecedented in the
more than 70 years of company history. In 2001, we had only one facility in East
Grand Forks and now we have six locations across the United States,” commented Darren
Stinson, Sr. Vice President of Test Services. “And it’s not just geographical growth;
our revenues have increased by over 400% in the same time period.”
Ideal Aerosmith, Inc. innovatively engineers, manufactures and sustains world-class
motion and electronic test solutions and services. Its cutting-edge products and
services include precision inertial guidance test systems, rotational tables, centrifuges,
high dynamic Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) flight motion simulators, test engineering
services, Automated Test Equipment (ATE) system engineering, and quality contract
manufacturing services.