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OT 0 LY OLDEST I DUSTRY I COVERT, IT'S THE
o LVI DUSTRVINCOVERT
COVERT - A overt firm that gan
n inno tiv type of
in small barn 28 year
o rec ntly announced plan to build
1.5 million ne plant and to open up
an indu trial p r in Covert Township.
H. George Leon rd, Pre 'dent of
S in -Lo Scaffoldin o. y th firm
hich h a Ire y expended t ice since
its humble beginnin in Leonard' bam
n d more stor e n manufacturi
ceo Leon rd y h p n to buy De
chin ry for th ne f cility, enabling
him to trip) the plant' production
pacity nd doub the 25 per n wor -
force ithin t 0 year .
The ne p] nt ill b
It f mi ea t of th
on ounty Ro d 376
1 and ill incre
f turin sp e I from
nd manu-
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T 0 hou hold tools,
ice to gave him th idea for a device
that ould i r and grip th bottom
fl ge of beam on bridge he id.
model of thi gripping device along
with connecting hanger component
productd a simple uspended scaffolding
that could be easily erected and d'
mantled.
The scaffoldin they produce range
from a very simple to very comp x,
Leonard id. They ship orders from
200 to 200,000.
Swin -Lo is not only th olde
industry in Covert it is the only industry
in Co ert. Leon' rd would like to ch nge
that. He plans to develop 40 acres
dj cent to hi new plant into an indust
rial par. 'I'd li e to ttract other
indu try to Covert", he said. eve
kept kind of 10 profile over the years.
overt
To nship,
fir t h ard
bout the
firm at an
industrial
o in
Chicago.
FRESH AS A FLOWER IN JUST ONE HOUR
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OUT THE SA E DAY
Phone
(616) 926-7545
6 Days Per
1015 apier
Benton Harbor, I 49022
Some pe pie here in Co rt didn t
even kno e ere here." In f ct
Leonard . d the finn keeps uch a low
proflle that a Con umers Po er repre-
ntati e from th Pall de uclear
Plant, located pr etically in Swing-Lots
b ckyard in , .... ... �
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ERCHA THALL
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