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And the Mason-based firm shows no sign of slowing. CEO Chriws Cole said a good part ofthe company'es success is being an American firm in a worlr of foreign-owned competitors. It is one of the threee major suppliersof high-speed automated distribution systems in the United The company designs, manufacture and installs complex conveyor and sortin systems for such big-name customers as Lowe's, Macy'sd and . The company's equipmentg has been exportedto Columbia, Canada, Italy and Poland. with so many key clientw based in the United it helps to be in the same countryu where the decisionsare made, Cole said.
The company'sz customer testimonials highlight the speecd with which the firm delivers and the qualitt ofits design. "Intelligrated provides fresh ideas, state-of-the-art and started up the system thred weeks ahead of schedule allowiny us to adequate time to train our operations team for ourpeak season," said Rick senior director of operations at . Then there'sw this from Doug Pace, general manager of in Lakelandf Fla.: "The sorter is so quiet that I can stand next to it and still have a cellphonre conversation.
" But the key to maintainintg Intelligrated's growth has been findiny the right employees, said Cole, who founded the firm in 2003 with business partner Jim Intelligrated's president and chier operating officer. "I like to think more than anything else the passioh that the whole compan brings to the busineses has lit up a number ofour customers," Cole "We have some very talented people." Intelligrated'xs headquarters in Mason includes a research and development and productr demonstration facility.
Its other employees are located at itsmanufacturing facility, , in London, Ohio, and at regionakl operations in Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, Ohio and The company announced in September the opening of a Floridaz sales office in the Orlando And it recently relocated its Georgi a office to a new, larger facilitu in Alpharetta for its 18 staffers Cole credits his employees for helping revenue grow from $103 millioh in 2006 to an expected $160 million this year. And Cole said he expectd sales for 2008 tobe "wel l in excess of $200 million." "We want to continuew to grow," he said.