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HISTORY OF BUSINESS <br /> <br />Dan Karst started this business approximately three and one half <br />years ago by processing the transmissions on his ~sther's farm. At <br />the beginning it was merely an e£~ort to supplement the income from <br />his full-t/me Job. When starting out he was using a small purchased <br />melt furnace. <br /> <br />By February of 1986, the demand for recycling aluminum was <br />sufficient so that he quit his full-time Sob and worked at this <br />business full-time. In late 1986 and early 1987, Dan handbuilt a <br />larger, ,.ore efficient melt furnace that could handle the quant/ties <br />of mater/al that were now being processed. During the spring, <br />summer and fall months the furnace generally operated around the <br />clock. There were two shifts of 2-3 employees tearing down the <br />transmissions. In addition, the community was learning of the <br />service he was able to provide in separating aluminum from other <br />metals. As a result, he was starting to pick up industrial <br />aluminum waste and processing that on a contract basis for <br />industrial locations. <br /> <br />By January 1, 1988, the aluminum processing aspect of the business <br />was separated out into one corporation, and the transmisssion <br />recycling bus/ness was separated out into another corporation. <br />Since early 1988, Dan has been aggressively looking for homes for <br />both of these businesses that would comply with the zoning and <br />permiting requirements for each business. <br /> <br />In September of 1988, Dan moved Danny's Trannys, Inc. into a <br />purchased building in Hassan Township (Rogers, MN). In addition to <br />a significant investment in the building there has also been <br />significant investment in the improvements to the building, <br />including hamd-surfacing the parking lot, completing construction of <br />the building, and bringing the building up to building code <br />standards. Also, the whole site is being cleaned up by removing <br />the outside storage that was left by the previous owner. Danny's <br />Trannys, Inc. is now processing approximately 1300 transmissions <br />each month at that site. <br /> <br />By Fall of 1989 the driveway and remaining <br />Rogers site will be hard-surfaced. The <br />completed as soon as weather permits. <br /> <br />parking areas at the, <br />landscaping will be <br /> <br />During the summer of 1988, Dan had a rotating melt furnace custom <br />built to meet the specifications for this operation. That furnace <br />included a water filtration system. However, that water filtration <br />system has never operated .zatis£actorily and is now being replaced <br />with a bagger house. <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br /> <br />