MidAmerica 2011 Calendar

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MidAmerica Administrative Offices: Since 1992

Former Administration Building: 1961-1992

Celebrating History: Snapshots & Milestones from MidAmerica's First Fifty Years. Fifty Years Strong

U.S. Representative Ed Edmondson, behind his daughter June, Mrs. Edmondson and Mrs. Fred Harris, welcomes Lady Bird Johnson to the Tulsa International Airport on August 26, 1966. On the speaker’s stand with the First Lady were U.S. Senator and U.S. Senator Fred Harris.

Founded in 1961, MidAmerica is a 9,000-acre manufacturing, processing, and distribution center located in Pryor Creek, . Regarded as the largest industrial park in the state, MidAmerica has a 365-acre airport with a 5,000-foot runway, and its own water and wastewater treatment plants. More than 80 firms are located within the park including over a dozen Global and Fortune 500 companies.

Many notables have contributed guest columns to MidPoint, the MidAmerica newsletter. A few include: (L-R, top row) State Senator Sean Burrage, Nation Speaker / Council Member Meredith Frailey, MidAmerica After LBJ’s visit to MidAmerica, a newsman Trustee W.R. “Dick” Horkey, (middle row) State Representative Larry Rice, calls in his story from the only phone booth Chancellor of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Paul Risser, at the Pryor Airport. The police dog, who slept State Representative Ben Sherrer, (bottom row) Chief of the Cherokee through the entire event, wouldn’t be budged Nation and State Senator Stratton Taylor. from the floor of the booth – not even by a Tulsa World reporter. MidAmerica Industries: In Appreciation For Your Continued Support

1946* 1979 2003 Grand River Dam Authority: Electric power A. P. Green Industries: Ceramic fiber MESTA: Mayes County emergency ambulance service Oklahoma One Call System: Utility line protection center 1954* 1982 Georgia-Pacific (G-P Gypsum): Paper wallboard liner E-Z Mart: Truck Stop 2004 NGC Industries: Gypsum wallboard liner Hamill Trucking: Trucking-general commodities 1987 Mia’s Italian Grill & Steakhouse: Restaurant 1959* Mid-South Maintenance: General contractor, industrial Robbins Trucking: Contract trucking Central Carbide: Calcium carbide maintenance 2005 1960** 1990 Power Soak: Commercial dishwashing systems MidAmerica Board of Trustees: Park Administrator Buckley Powder: Blasting services TRB Steel: Metal fabrication G.A.P. Roofing: Organic saturated roofing felt OSU Institute of Technology / MidAmerica Enterprise 1962 Berry Plastics: Polyethylene film & plastic bags Center: Business incubator Buzzi Unicem (Lone Star Industries): Construction, oil Bennett Steel: Crane rental/steel erection service well & masonry cement 2006 1991 Worldwide Steel Works: Metal fabrication 1966 Q.M.I.: Precision/production machining DTS Communications: Wi-Fi network equipment / RFID PerformancePipe (Chevron/ConocoPhillips): Extruded & locationing plastic pipe 1992 Evans Enterprises: Motor sales & service 2007 1967 Google: Data center Pryor Plant Chemical (formerly Wil-Gro): Ammonium 1995 TowerWorx: Metal fabricators of towers nitrate fertilizer ISCO Industries: Extruded pipe wholesale distributor Benco Dental: Distributor of dental supplies & NORDAM: Aircraft engine testing facility equipment 1971 Northeast Technology Centers: Superintendent’s office & Digi Surveillance Systems: Custom surveillance Fabricut: Bedspreads, draperies industry training American Castings (ACIPCO): Ductile iron foundry 2008 Karim Khan, Editor-in-Chief of Business Facilities magazine visited RAE Corporation: Air conditioning & refrigeration 1997 Integrity Machining: Machine shop MidAmerica in 2005. Khan was introduced to the park through a series of briefings from Administrator Sanders Mitchell and tours equipment L&M Fabrication: Metal fabrication CBI Electric: Electrical supplies of MidAmerica with Marketing Director Don Berger. Mid-American Grille: Restaurant PeopleLink Staffing: Staffing services 1972 Mid-America Insulation: Full-service insulation Tulsa Life Flight: Helicopter ambulance service AIRGAS (Jimmie Jones): Industrial supplies Mid-America Machining: Machine shop OSU Institute of Technology: Post-secondary vocational 2009 1973 training Urgent Care of Green Country: Occupational & primary Interplastic: Commercial liquid resins Cadet Manufacturing: Truck bodies care clinic Red Devil: Sealant, spackling, utility knives & scrapers Transwood: Transportation carrier 1998 Holiday Inn Express: Lodging 1974 Endot Industries: HDPE pipe for water & gas S&D Electric Motor Repair: Electric motor repair Solae Company (E.I. duPont/Bunge): Isolated soy Berry Plastics: Polyethylene stretch film Mid-America Electric: Electrical contractor protein Orchids Paper Products Co. OK Mill: Tissue paper 1999 2010 manufacturer Marmic Fire & Safety: Fire & safety supplies / training EASTOK Pipeline: Natural gas gathering & processing FASTENAL: Industrial supplies IBT, Inc.: Industrial supplies 1975 SYGMA: Restaurant food/supplies C.A.R.D.: Daycare facility KAMAN (Allied Bearings Supply): Bearings distributor Denny’s: Restaurant 2000 Ashley’s Electrical Supply Services: Electrical contractor Barry Schnitt, Senior Manager, Global Communications & Public 1976 Rick Ogden Concrete Construction: Contractor Affairs, Google and Jonna Kirschner, General Counsel, Oklahoma *Already on-site – prior to founding of MidAmerica Industrial Park Department of Commerce. Air Products of Oklahoma: Oxygen, nitrogen, argon Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. (AECI/Siemens): HEM, Inc. (HEMSaw): Metal cutting band saws Natural gas power plant **First members of MidAmerica board selected December 14-27, 1960

1977 2001 Norit Americas: Activated carbon L & S Hauling: Waste & clean-up hauling Williams Construction: General contractor, equipment Days Inn & Suites: Motel installation H&E Transport: General trucking

1978 2002 Orchids Paper Products Co. OK Converting: Napkins, Brent Electric: Electrical contractor towels, facial & bath tissue Comfort Inn & Suites: Motel The Local Workforce Development Council leadership: John Hawkins, GRDA Coal-Fired Generating Plant: Electric power Gulf Intermodal Cartage: Contract cartage containers Chairman of the LWDC (Co-Owner of Insurance Professionals, Inc.), Garry J&W Mechanical & Industrial Supply: Industrial supplies Mid-America Rental Center: Full service rental Harris, Vice-Chairman (Plant Manager, Lone Star Industries), and Lanny Electrical Services: Contractor DB Schenker Logistics: Contract warehousing Sliger, Coordinator of the LWDC. The group is tasked with developing the www.maip.com area’s workforce by enhancing employment and training opportunities. MIDAMERICA

Special friends that attended the October 1992 dedication of the new MidAmerica Administration building included (L-R) State Senator Gene Stipe, Pryor Mayor Lucy Belle Schultz; (first step) U.S. Representative Mike Synar, State Senator Stratton Taylor, MidAmerica Trustee W.R. “Dick” Horkey, Jamsie Redden, MidAmerica Administrator Sanders Mitchell, State Senator Charles Ford; (second step) State Senator Kevin Easley, Lt. Governor , Atochem Plant Manager Peter Yacoe, Pryor Chamber Manager Dutch Longenbaugh; (third step) State Representative George Vaughn.

MidAmerica Board Members at the founding of the park in 1961: (seated, L-R) Burke Webb, Chairman Russell F. Hunt, and Max Genet, Jr.; (standing) MidAmerica Administrator Gene R. Redden and Counselor R. Dobie Langenkamp. Missing: Tony Jack Lyons.

MidAmerica Administrator Gene R. Redden (lower left), also known as “Gene R” to friends, had a vision of what MidAmerica would become…

Left: Ever the fashion statement, even at an advancing age of 83 years young, Tony Jack Lyons was one of MidAmerica’s original board – seen here listening to local Judge Gary Dean at a MidAmerica Board Members as of January 1, groundbreaking in 2007. 2011: (L-R at top) David J. Chernicky, Robert R. “Rob” Gilbert, III and R. Dobie Langenkamp; (L-R at bottom) MidAmerica Administrator Sanders Mitchell and Natalie Shirley. Celebrating History: Snapshots & Milestones from MidAmerica's First Fifty Years.

Groundbreakings have always been popular events for the board and special dignitaries. JANUARY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1

New Year’s Day 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

AECI / Kamo Power deed transfer 1999 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Crowds sat through the 10th Anniversary festivities including speeches from area notables. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Martin Luther King 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

E-Z Mart deed transfer 1982 30 31

U.S. Representative Ed Edmondson addresses a MidAmerica board meeting with Governor David Hall at the end of the conference table.

MidAmerica Board Members John F. Hughes 1966-1966 J. Milton Patrick 1981-1989 R. Dobie Langenkamp 1998- In Chronological Order Philip Viles 1966-1971 John R. Robertson 1981-1998 Ronald E. Bussert 1999-2003 Jack Zarrow 1971-1973 Stephen P. Matthews 1984-1986 Kathryn L. Taylor 2003-2006 Burke Webb 1960-1977 John Devine 1971-1972 Dr. Francis Tuttle 1986-1987 David James Chernicky 2003- Russell F. Hunt 1960-1981 Arthur D. Lindberg 1972-1973 Don Paulsen 1987-1991 Amy Polonchek 2006-2007 Tony Jack Lyons 1960-1963 Ben Langdon 1973-1975 W. R. “Dick” Horkey 1989-2003 Natalie Shirley 2007-

Gene R. Redden* 1960-1990 Scott Eubanks 1975-1978 James Sanders Mitchell* 1990- *MidAmerica Administrator Max Genet, Jr. 1960-1962 W. Carlisle Mabrey III 1975-1980 Greg Main 1991-1994 Lloyd K. Allen 1963-1965 William P. Willis, Jr. 1977-1992 Robert R. Gilbert III 1992- Atochem Plant Manager Peter Yacoe, MidAmerica Trustee W.R. John Williams 1964-1966 Jack Dreessen 1978-1979 Leo Presley 1995-1997 “Dick” Horkey, MidAmerica Administrator Sanders Mitchell, Lt. www.maip.com Governor Jack Mildren and MidAmerica Trustee John R. Robertson. Robert Breeden 1965-1971 Jay C. Casey 1979-1984 Howard G. Barnett, Jr. 1998-1999 HEMSAW

HEMSAW was founded in and moved to Oklahoma as a way of cutting manufacturing costs to remain competitive. Many of the original California workforce relocated to MidAmerica in 1976.

The ever-increasing HEMSAW manufacturing campus as seen from the air in 2008. The company manufactures numerous metal cutting band saws for a host of industrial applications. Celebrating History: Snapshots & Milestones from MidAmerica's First Fifty Years.

Joe Purtle started as a welder at HEMSAW. Now 35 years later, he’s their Director of Engineering responsible for product research and development as well as coordinating the activities for a staff of eleven. FEBRUARY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5

G.A.P. Roofing deed transfer 1992 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Super Bowl 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Company Founder Jerry Harris and one Valentine’s Day of the HEMSAW units. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Northeast Technology Washington’s Centers Birthday deed transfer 1992 27 28

Today, HEMSAW has evolved into a ranked HEMSAW “First in Sawing” 140+ person firm that competes recently among the Top 10 equipment globally. For over 40 years, the firm brands. From market research, the has been the leader in new band saw company has ranked historically in the technology setting the standard with Top 5 of all manufacturers of all more patented innovations than any equipment brands. other band saw manufacturer in the world. A leading trade publication

A HEMSAW employee tests a new band saw to assure the machine www.maip.com meets this customer promise: The saw that cuts straight. SOLAE

The Solae plant opened at MidAmerica in 1976 due to “abundant water, competitive energy rates, low delivery costs and a skilled workforce as well as the central location.” Solae’s nearly 170 employees manufacture soy protein isolate, a powdery concentrate that is added to common health foods.

Operators and mechanics conduct regular preventative maintenance checks to increase The Solae Company, a global innovator in technology development, research and application operating efficiency. of soy protein, ships about half of the products processed at the MidAmerica plant internationally. Celebrating History: Snapshots & Milestones from MidAmerica's First Fifty Years.

Red iron forms the support frames for the new Solae warehouse and distribution facility. MARCH Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5

Q.M.I. lease 1993 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Solae Company (E.I. DuPont/ Bunge) groundbreaking 1975 Mardi Gras Ash Wednesday 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Saint Patrick’s Day An operator monitors process conditions to ensure quality standards are always maintained. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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Hamill Trucking (Rocket Freight) Interplastic deed transfer 1968 lease 1973

Solae soybean ingredients have been used in more than 80 percent of all clinical research on soy protein at more than 180 leading universities and academic institutions in 400 studies. Solae built a 120,000 square-foot warehouse and distribution facility at MidAmerica to add much-needed storage space for supply-chain efficiency.

Because Solae manufactures complete proteins, the company competes with meats, eggs and milk products at a very competitive dollar-per pound cost. The company provides soy products with economic, functional, nutritional, and health benefits for many food market segments. Operators review the equipment set-up prior www.maip.com to each production campaign. RAE CORPORATION

RAE Corporation specializes in the production of engineered cooling and refrigeration systems. RAE designs and manufactures products in four divisions: Century Refrigeration, RAE Coils, Refrigeration Systems and Technical Systems.

Right: RAE Corporation Founder Jim Swank in 1960. Below: The company’s very first finished unit shipped in 1971.

Employees Bill Usry and Dave Garner wind a coil for a custom made air conditioner at Technical Systems Incorporated in 1972. Gary Jinks from the Quality Control department tests a condensing unit designed to replace one installed three decades ago. The same sales representative that sold the original unit also sold the replacement.

Celebrating History: Snapshots & Milestones from MidAmerica's First Fifty Years. APRIL Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2

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Williams Orchids Paper A.P. Green Construction deed transfer 1989 deed transfer 1994 lease 1977 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

MESTA lease 2002 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Palm Sunday Good Friday 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Easter Pryor Plant Comfort Inn Chemical Orchids Paper & Suites deed transfer 1989 lease 1974 deed transfer 2001

RAE’s new test lab, 30’ x 40’ by 16’ tall, can achieve temperatures as low as -20 degrees Fahrenheit to simulate inclement weather situations.

Today, RAE has grown to more than 200 employees and markets equipment globally. Founded in 1971 at MidAmerica, the company Jim Swank officially retired in now consists of six business units which are 2000, handing the reins and title of President over to his son Eric. involved with the HVAC, industrial / process, Well-suited for the position, Eric learned his way through RAE heat transfer coil, acoustical and refrigeration from the ground up, beginning at the age of 15 as a janitor. industries.

James Surine began as a painter for RAE almost three decades ago. www.maip.com Now, he’s the company’s Manager of Materials and Logistics. NGC

NGC began operation in Oklahoma’s first paper mill located on property that would become part of MidAmerica Industrial Park. In fact, Gene R. Redden had his first MidAmerica Administration office inside this plant.

Behind the construction (L-R): W.I. Ritter, W.H.Wetzel, W.J. Sprau, P.J. Dumas, L.L. Hank, C.R. Cummings and L.E.Wilcox. The team was lead by S.D Skinner from the “Home Office” of National Gypsum.

The company’s first paper machine prepares to be placed in operation at the new MidAmerica plant. “Raw materials are carefully proportioned as they are placed on moving conveyors which feed three big disintegrating units” reads the caption to the photograph from the “Paper’s New Pioneer” article about the new plant in National Gypsum News. In 2006 NGC won its first Environmental Achievement Award and a $5,000 check that was donated to the Pryor Academic Excellence Foundation (PAEF). L-R: NGC Human Resources Manager Bill Kannegiesser, Benny Williams, PAEF, NGC Plant Manager Trey Jackson, Frances Head, PAEF grant recipient, Dr. Larry Burdick, Pryor School System Superintendent and Tom Nelson, NGC CEO / Chairman.

Celebrating History: Snapshots & Milestones from MidAmerica's First Fifty Years. MAY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Google announcement Norit Americas 2007 deed transfer 1978 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Mother’s Day 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

AECI / Kamo Power J&W (second plant) Mechanical Econolodge deed transfer 2007 deed transfer 1995 deed transfer 1976 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Brent Electric PowerSoak deed transfer 2001 deed transfer 2005 29 30 31

Memorial Day Google deed transfer 2007

NGC employs about 80 people in the manufacturing of gypsum wallboard liner universally used in construction. Sometimes the product is described as “paper for drywall.” NGC is a fully integrated building products manufacturer and one of the leading gypsum board producers in the world. Placed end-to-end, the company’s annual gypsum board production would travel around the earth over 14 times. The company’s MidAmerica facility is one of four 100-percent recycled paper mills which supply paper for its gypsum board. www.maip.com Grand River Dam Authority

Built in the early 1980’s, the Grand River Dam Authority’s Coal Fired Complex operates 24-hours-a-day at MidAmerica and provides electricity at “wholesale rates” to industrial users, when blended with other GRDA energy producing assets. Total generation capacity for all GRDA facilities is approximately 1,943 megawatts.

Another perspective on the GRDA Coal Fired Complex, which sits on a 1,245-acre site on the southern edge of MidAmerica. GRDA is a GRDA’s Johnny Horn at work on the coal handling equipment at the cost-of-service provider and public power utility. Coal Fired Complex in the 1990’s.

Ted Crupper makes repairs to a component at the GRDA Coal Fired Complex in the late 1990’s. GRDA’s current Engineering and Transmission Headquarters building is adjacent to MidAmerica. Preliminary plans are for a new structure to be built on the same site, just east of the current facility which was constructed in the 1970’s.

Celebrating History: Snapshots & Milestones from MidAmerica's First Fifty Years. JUNE Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4

Marmic Fire American & Safety Castings lease 1999 deed transfer 1987 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

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Ashley Electric FASTENAL deed transfer 2001 private lease 1999 Sunrise at the Coal Fired Complex. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Father’s Day 26 27 28 29 30

NORDAM lease 1995

GRDA’s Pensacola Dam has been producing reliable, renewable electricity since it began operations in 1940.

In 1896 Henry Holderman completed by the GRDA. In 1981 the turbine generator envisioned the value of a dam Coupled with a projected energy began to spin producing electricity across the Grand River Valley in shortage for the early 1980s, at GRDA’s Coal Fired Complex. northeastern Oklahoma. In 1946 GRDA turned the power company’s Construction began on the second the vision became reality when attention toward thermal-energy phase (GRDA 2), which produced The GRDA Salina Pumped Storage Pensacola Dam was completed generation. its first megawatts in October Project, considered “experimental” during construction in the late and the GRDA officially took full In 1978 MidAmerica became the 1985, increasing total electric 1960’s, has a generation capability control. The facility was the first site for GRDA 1, the first stage of production capability by 1,010 of 260 megawatts. A GRDA Coal Fired Complex employee works on a piece of equipment inside the facility. A highly skilled workforce keeps the facility in of several hydropower projects GRDA’s thermal-generation facility. megawatts. www.maip.com operation round-the-clock. PERFORMANCE PIPE

Oklahoma’s 16th Governor, J. Howard Edmondson, commands the podium as one part of the July 1966 Grand Opening for the new Pryor Driscopipe plant which was initially owned by Phillips Petroleum.

The 20,000 square-foot “Box Plant” facility as it looked in the late 1940’s, way before being leased by Phillips Petroleum.

Almost three stories tall, the Phillips 66 Cowboy was a major “snapshot” destination for Grand Opening visitors. The Cowboy was a marketing tool often used to fuel Members of the Pryor High School marching band added music to the Phillips 66 gas station sales across the region. festivities that awaited guests during the Grand Opening ceremonies. Celebrating History: Snapshots & Milestones from MidAmerica's First Fifty Years. JULY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2

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Vogue Coach Independence Day lease 1989 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Performance Pipe (Phillips Mid-American Driscopipe) Grille deed grand opening transfer 1997 1966 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

KAMAN (Allied Bearings) lease 1975 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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In 1999, the official name became Performance Pipe, a division of Chevron/ConocoPhillips. The size of the plant was 40,000 square-feet in 2010.

Today, the Performance Pipe facility produces pipe for natural gas, water, oil, and fiber optics applications. The industrial, municipal, energy, gas distribution, oil patch, mining, geothermal and telecommunications markets comprise the customer base that uses approximately 70 million feet of product that the plant manufactures at MidAmerica each year. Plant Superintendent Randy Pritchett is one of 90 employees that work at the plant. www.maip.com He began sweeping floors at the facility in 1990. LBJ Visit & Dedication

President Lyndon B. Johnson graciously reviews the Kilgore Rangerettes on-site at MidAmerica on August 26, 1966. The troop came from Kilgore, to make the President feel at home.

LBJ really liked this “Hospitality Trailer” which was waiting for him at MidAmerica. As a gesture of appreciation, MidAmerica Administrator Gene Redden had the trailer delivered to the LBJ ranch, which was also known back then as the “Texas White House.”

As LBJ spoke, the sign behind him announced his birthday – a day early.

It has been “hiding in plain sight” since 1974 on land across from the Berry Plastics plant, north of Highway 69A. The sign states: The Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Highway. Dedicated in honor of the August 26, 1966 visit of Lyndon Baines Johnson 36th President of the . Authorized by the Oklahoma Legislature 1974. Celebrating History: Snapshots & Milestones from MidAmerica's First Fifty Years.

Presidential visits demand security and communications capability at all times. LBJ’s visit to MidAmerica was no different. The Secret Service oversees last minute testing of phone room wiring. AUGUST Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6

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Mid-South Days Inn Maintenance & Suites deed transfer 1987 deed transfer 1999 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Orchids Paper lease 1978 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

President American Johnson Castings visit/dedication original lease 1971 1966 28 29 30 31

Everybody in Pryor was enlisted to help with preparations for a Presidential visit.

Arriving at Tulsa International Airport on Air Force One with a Presidential entourage that included Oklahoma’s congressional delegation, President Lyndon Baines Johnson came to Oklahoma to dedicate MidAmerica Industrial Park on August 26, 1966. He was only here for a few hours, but – decades later – people still remember when the President Townspeople greeted the President with signs that displayed of the United States came to MidAmerica. www.maip.com gratitude for his work for “Higher Education Grants for Indians.” WILLIAMS CONSTRUCTION

The concrete foundation superstructure of the BOK Arena is a prime example of Williams Construction capability and attention to detail. The company has established a performance record with industrial construction and maintenance projects across northeastern Oklahoma since 1953.

On July 24, 1972, Midwest Carbide Chief Engineer Bob Scherrer breaks ground while Chuck Williams of Public Service Company at Oolagah contracted with Williams to fabricate Williams Construction and Ed Sexton, Midwest Carbide this Rail Car Dumper in 2002. Plant Superintendent review plans for a new dust collector system. The shovel was the same one used In 1968, Williams “raised the roof” to allow for taller equipment for the original plant groundbreaking in 1953. to be installed for the Mid-America Yarn Mill. Celebrating History: Snapshots & Milestones from MidAmerica's First Fifty Years.

One specialty of the firm is the dismantling and reconstruction of a complete manufacturing plant. For example, this plant was originally located in Canada and was rebuilt as an expansion to the Pryor Plant Chemical facility at MidAmerica. SEPTEMBER Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3

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Labor Day Mid-America Machining Interplastic deed transfer 1997 deed transfer 1996 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

OSU Institute of Technology dedication 2000 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Featherlite Rick Ogden (TowerWorx) Concrete SYGMA Eastok Pipeline lease 2000 deed transfer 1999 deed transfer 1999 private lease 2002 25 26 27 28 29 30

Air Products deed transfer 1987

Well over 100 people are on the Williams Construction payroll. The company is headquartered at MidAmerica.

Williams Construction serves a diverse group of clients from aerospace, cement, fertilizer, petrochemical, pulp and paper, along with power generation and distribution. Over 90 percent of Williams Construction business is generated Williams constructed this by repeat customers. processing addition to the Norit facility at MidAmerica.

This project for GRDA involved placing a 225,000-pound coal www.maip.com dumper to meet an unmovable deadline. NORIT AMERICAS

The Norit Americas facility at MidAmerica produces activated carbon products used as purification solutions for numerous commercial applications.

In 2008, the Norit Pryor Plant employees took part in celebrations recognizing Norit’s 90 years of long and rich history in providing activated carbon in the world marketplace. The company has evolved to become the world’s largest manufacturer of activated carbon with over 150 different grades in powdered, granular and extruded forms produced from several different raw materials.

In 1976, a pilot plant was built in Niagara Falls to test the viability of the patented process of manufacturing activated carbon. With success of the pilot, work began to design a full-scale plant including site selection. The selection committee looked at various locations around the country and selected the site at MidAmerica based upon several factors including central location, low utility costs and the availability of a solid workforce. Construction began in 1978. Celebrating History: Snapshots & Milestones from MidAmerica's First Fifty Years.

Norit is the world’s largest manufacturer of activated carbon with the most diverse product line available from a single supplier. OCTOBER Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1

RAE Corp. deed transfer 1982 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Endot Denny’s deed transfer 1998 deed transfer 2009 Yom Kippur 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Inside the Norit warehouse, an employee loads a IBT, Inc. paper bag of product for delivery to a customer. Columbus Day private lease 2010 Other logistics options are super sacks or bulk truck. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Williams Holiday Inn HEMSaw Construction AIRGAS Express deed transfer 1986 deed transfer 1987 lease 1973 deed transfer 2007 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

Red Devil deed transfer 1993 30 31

Halloween Solae Company lease 1974

The Norit Group develops and applies state-of-the-art purification technologies to help In 1995, Norit hired Chris Soap for a position as a heavy clients meet environmental, health and safety equipment operator. Today, he’s their Plant Manager. challenges. Headquartered in The Netherlands, Norit supplies consumables, components, systems, and solutions for water, beverage, food, chemical, pharmaceutical and marine industries.

www.maip.com RED DEVIL

The 1979 Red Devil National Sales Meeting in . The company was already well positioned as a leading provider of home improvement products. It will be 140 years old in 2012.

The Red Devil facility as it was in 1977. Production actually started at the plant in January 1974. The company, which now has 85 employees, began as Smith & Hemenway in 1872 in Hill, New Hampshire. During a buying trip to Sweden, company founder Landon P. Smith heard a blacksmith remark “those little red devils” after sparks from a forge singed his arm. More modern and efficient cartridge molding The name stuck in Smith’s mind and upon his return he began to label machines were installed during the early many of the tools he sold with the Red Devil trade name. 2000’s to accommodate the fast growth of private-label business.

In the early 1980’s, a bank of cartridge molding machines were always on-the-job. And, so were people like Operator Tommy Gilpin. Celebrating History: Snapshots & Milestones from MidAmerica's First Fifty Years.

Steelworkers work on the red iron superstructure of the new warehouse addition. NOVEMBER Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5

HEMSaw original lease 1976 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Veteran’s Day 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

L&S Hauling The Red Devil plant at MidAmerica also houses the lease 2002 firm’s national research and development lab. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Thanksgiving 27 28 29 30

Red Devil is still a privately-owned different products in all. In addition family business with state-of-the- to producing caulks, sealants and art manufacturing facilities at tools under the Red Devil brand MidAmerica. The company is the name, the firm manufactures only manufacturer to offer such a private label products for some broad and diversified line of hand of the nation’s largest hardware tools and chemical products for and home center chains. professional and home maintenance Owner Mary Lee, MidAmerica General Manager Sanders Mitchell and Owner George and improvement – more than 400 Lee, Jr. review the plans for the 1977 dedication of new production equipment at the Pryor plant. The headquarters moved from New Jersey to Tulsa in 2005. Special Friends

Michael C. Randle, Editor and Publisher of Southern Business & Development magazine joins Oklahoma Lt. Governor and MidAmerica Administrator Sanders Mitchell at a 2005 reception held in honor of the Lt. Governor at MidAmerica’s Russell Hunt Lodge.

In 2000, Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology opened a workforce development campus at MidAmerica. On hand for the ribbon cutting: (L-R) OSU IT President Bob Klabenes, OSU Executive Vice President Dr. Marvin Keener, State Representative Tad Jones, State Senator Frank Shurden, MidAmerica Administrator Sanders Mitchell, former Oklahoma Governor David Walters, MidAmerica Board Members Rob Gilbert and Dobie Langenkamp, and State Representative Larry Rice. President visited MidAmerica in 2006 and attended a meeting of the park’s Plant Managers Association. Mary Thetford and Buzzi GRDA CEO Kevin Easley addressed the Pryor Area Chamber of Commerce lunch forum Unicem USA Plant Manager David Puzan listen to Boren in early October 2004. during the session. Celebrating History: Snapshots & Milestones from MidAmerica's First Fifty Years.

At a meeting of the Pryor Chamber of Commerce, Oklahoma Governor David Hall shakes the hand of a guest while MidAmerica Administrator Gene Redden stands next to him. Hall was the 20th serving from 1971-1975. DECEMBER Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3

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Q.M.I. deed transfer 2008 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

GRDA Phillips Coal-Fired Driscopipe / Urgent Care of Phillips & Jordan Contractor Superintendent Complex Performance Green Country Pat Williams briefs Congressman and his wife, Andrea, on the construction deed transfer 1977 Pipe lease 1965 deed transfer 1999 timetable at a MidAmerica facility. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Hanukkah Mia’s Italian Grill deed transfer 2003 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Christmas

Oklahoma Governor watched as MidAmerica Administrator Sanders Mitchell exchanges “high fives” with Lloyd Taylor, Director of Global Operations for Google.

MidAmerica’s growth has been fueled by many factors – including the personal relationships with special friends that have been nurtured over five decades.

The Chairman of Phillips Petroleum, Sergey Kuznetsov, a businessman from the Soviet Union, W.W. Keeler, tours the Driscopipe and Sanders Mitchell discuss the development strategy for facility at MidAmerica in 1966. MidAmerica. The Russians believe MidAmerica may be a role model www.maip.com for a new 7,000-acre industrial park planned near Moscow. 2010 © MidAmerica Industrial Park

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