Brief history and description of
operations:
Johnson Manufacturing Company was
established in 1949 and was incorporated in Michigan in 1979.
Present management assumed operational control February 14, 1986 and
completed the purchase of the company December 31, 1987.
100% of the stock is held by Kent and Keena Price, a married couple.
For
most of its history, Johnson was a machine shop specializing in small
high-precision parts primarily for the aerospace industry.
In 1995, the machining operations were sold to Precision Sheet Metal
and Machine Company (now Precision Aerospace Corporation) who hired the
production employees of Johnson, assumed all open contracts and acquired most
of the production equipment.
Since
the sale to Precision, Johnson has retained its corporate status and has
focused on the development and commercialization of new technologies including
a “gear availability and synchronization indicator” known as The
GearMaster. A patent (No.
5,941,922) on this device was issued August 24, 1999 with Johnson
Manufacturing Company as the assignee.
GearMaster International is a division of and registered DBA of Johnson
Manufacturing Company. Further information on The Gearmaster is available on the web at www.gearmaster.com.
In
2002 a second division, Price Aero Services was formed as a DBA under the
corporate umbrella of Johnson Manufacturing Company. For further
information see www.priceaero.com.
Brief Management Biography:
KENT
PRICE, Owner/President
Education:
MBA,
1969 - Harvard Business School, Boston, Mass.
Bachelor
of Science, Business Management, 1967 - Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Certified
Manufacturing Engineer, 1991 - Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SMfgE)
Employment:
1969-1975: employed
by California Cedar Products Company in Stockton, California as plant manager.
1975-1981: employed by The Talley Corporation as Managing Director of
its European subsidiary, Electro Pneumatic International, located in Hausham,
Germany.
1982-1984: employed by
Beatrice Foods Corp as president of Hekman Furniture Company, Grand Rapids,
Michigan. Also served as acting group
president of other Beatrice divisions.
1984-1986:
employed by Thomas Industries as president of Colonial Manufacturing Company,
Grand Rapids, Michigan.
1986-present: Owner and President of Johnson Manufacturing Company, Grand
Rapids, Michigan, and Eagle Mountain, Utah. (1986-1995: full time,
1995-2002: part time, 2002-present: full time)
(Concurrent with activities of Johnson Manufacturing Company):
1995-2000: employed by Success Financial Group, Grandville, Michigan as vice
president, registered representative (SEC Series 7), investment advisor and
seminar instructor.
2000-2002: employed by Liquitek Enterprises, Inc. as president of two
subsidiaries - Distech Ltd. of Auckland, New Zealand, and Liquitek Corporation
of Las Vegas, Nevada.
Since April,
2002, continued service as Owner and President of Johnson
Manufacturing Company with its two subsidiaries, GearMaster International and
Price Aero Services.
For further information, see
www.kprice.com .