A LONGTIME INDUSTRY WILL LIVE ON AND GROW!
THE NEW NAME IS...
JACKSON MANUFACTURING
AT 500 JACOBSEN DRIVER (UP ON THE HILL AS YOU TURN THE CORNER)
THE OLD NAME WAS A-DAC.
THE BUILDING HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 1985 AND THE PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING INDUSTRY WAS STARTED IN 1987 BY ITW AND AT ONE TIME EMPLOYED 80. ITW IS STILL A CUSTOMER.
IT WAS PURCHASED BY DAC, INC. IN 1996. AFTER MANY YEARS, DAC DECIDED TO SELL IT AND JACK HASKEN PURCHASED IT THIS WINTER.
JACK WAS THE SALES MANAGER FOR THE INDUSTRY FOR 18 MONTHS.
THERE ARE 11 FULLTIME OR NEAR FULLTIME EMPLOYEES. PLUS,GENERALLY, TWICE A WEEK, ANOTHER 10 WITH DISABILITIES, FROM DAC, COME TO WORK AT THE PLANT, AND ARE PAID FOR THEIR WORK.
MARY RUPP OF MAQUOKETA IS OPERATIONS MANAGER AND HAS BEEN THERE 17 YEARS. DON NAEVE OF SABULA, IS PLANT MANAGER.
ROD BORMAN OF ANDREW IS MAINTENANCE MANAGER.
ONE OF THE MAIN ITEMS MANUFACTURED HERE IN MAQUOKETA. IT IS MADE FOR QUANEX IN RICE LAKE, WISCONSIN AND ENDS UP BEING IN FAMOUS ANDERSON WINDOWS. QUANEX IS JACKSON'S MAIN CUSTOMER (ABOUT 50% OF BUSINESS) AND THEY HAVE OTHERS, INCLUDING MIKE AND ANN HAWK'S GOLF COURSE MARKINGS COMPANY IN MAQUOKETA.
AND FOR SEVERAL COMPANIES, THE PLANT ALSO MANUFACTURES THOUSANDS OF PLASTIC KNOBS, USED FOR DRAWERS AND CABINETS.
JACK AND SARAH HAVE TWO SINGLE CHILDREN, A DAUGHTER WHO WORKS FOR WELLS FARGO IN DES MOINES AND A SON WHO IS A FIREMAN FOR THE ANKENY FIRE DEPARTMENT, NEAR DES MOINES.
JACKSON MANUFACTURING HAS A NEW WEB SITE.
JUST "GOOGLE" JACKSON MANUFACTURING, MAQUOKETA, IOWA, TO
LOOK AT IT.
AND JACK IS PLANNING AN OPEN HOUSE OF HIS PLANT SOMETIME LATER
THIS SPRING FOR THE PUBLIC TO TAKE A TOUR.
HE WILL ALSO BE INTERVIEWED ON KMAQ'S "JUST TALK" SHOW FROM
9:30 UNTIL 10:00 A.M. ON TUESDAY, APRIL 9TH.
JACK IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING HIS OWN COMPANY
AND IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE PLANT.
WE WELCOME JACK HASKEN TO THE MAQUOKETA BUSINESS COMMUNITY
AND WISH HIM MUCH SUCCESS!
AND THANKS TO HIM FOR SAVING A MAQUOKETA INDUSTRY.
DENNIS VOY
