Growth at Otter Tail Corporation results from the efforts of talented and dedicated people throughout the organization. This section highlights individuals and programs at specific companies, and recent news coverage.
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Otter Tail Corporation Spotlight Profile: T.O. Plastics
May 9, 2008
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A new Spotlight profile on T.O. Plastics and company president Mike Vallafskey has been added to the Otter Tail Corporation website.
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The Heat is Always On at T.O. Plastics
In just about any form for nearly any function, T.O. Plastics manufactures quality plastic pa...
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DMS Imaging Helps Rural Hospitals Go Digital
Mar 13, 2008
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Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among women, exceeded only by lung cancer. Statistics demonstrate that one in eight women will develop breast cancer sometime in her life. Now there's a new ally in the fight against this prevalent disease.
DMS Imaging, in partnership with rural hospitals throughout northeast No...
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Rural North Dakota/Minnesota Hospitals Go Digital
Mar 13, 2008
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Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among women, exceeded only by lung cancer. Statistics demonstrate that one in eight women will develop breast cancer sometime in her life. Now there's a new ally in the fight against this prevalent disease.
DMS Imaging, in partnership with rural hospitals throughout northeast Nort...
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DMS Imaging Opens Its First MRI Imaging Facility in California
Mar 4, 2008
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DMS Imaging is pleased to announce the grand opening of its first full-time imaging facility in California which offers advanced MRI technology to the community. The DMS Imaging facility, which opened its doors on January 2, 2008, is located on-site at Sherman Oaks Hospital in Sherman Oaks, California. A grand opening celebration will take place...
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Otter Tail Corporation Spotlight Profile: DMI Industries
Jan 29, 2008
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A new Spotlight profile on DMI Industries and DMI CEO Chuck Hoge has been added to the Otter Tail Corporation website.
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DMI: Heavy into Wind Tower, Steel Manufacturing
Wind energy development is changing at gale-force velocity.
From stricter quality controls to bigger turbines, from the n...
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E.W. Wylie Corporation Opens New Headquarters; Announces Heavy Haul Service
Nov 15, 2007
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West Fargo, N.D. - E.W. Wylie Corporation, a nationwide flatbed carrier and operating company of Otter Tail Corporation, has relocated its headquarters trucking operations to a seven-acre site in the Butler Industrial Park in West Fargo, N.D.
At an open house on Nov. 15, the trucking firm showcased its new facility as well as its new...
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Otter Tail Corporation Spotlight Profile: Foley Company
Sep 6, 2007
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A new Spotlight profile on Foley Company and company president Chris Callegari has been added to the Otter Tail Corporation website.
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Success to Significance: Foley Company Builds Toward the Next Level
The team at Kansas City-based Foley Company likes getting dirt...
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Minnesota Department of Commerce and Big Stone II Project Reach Agreement on Big Stone Transmission in Minnesota
Aug 31, 2007
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St. Paul, Minnesota -- The Minnesota Department of Commerce (DOC) and the seven owners (listed below) partnering to build the Big Stone II project announced today that they have reached an agreement settling issues related to high-voltage electric transmission facilities that are planned in Minnesota as part of the proposed proj...
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DMI Industries Finalizes Tulsa Plant Acquisition
Aug 16, 2007
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West Fargo, N.D. - DMI Industries is looking for a few hundred good people. The West Fargo, N.D.-based wind tower manufacturer is opening a plant at 15300 Tiger Switch Road in Tulsa, Okla. and expects to eventually employ up to 450 people there. The company needs at least 200 employees to get started, and is holding a job fair at the Renaissan...
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Judge Recommends Approval of Big Stone Transmission Permit Application
Aug 16, 2007
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Fergus Falls, Minnesota- Minnesota administrative law judges (ALJs) have recommended that the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approve the Big Stone participants' application for a transmission certificate of need and routing permit. The certificate of need is necessary for the participants to construct new and upgraded transmission...
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DMI Industries Offsets Carbon Emissions with Renewable Energy Credits
Aug 7, 2007
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West Fargo, N.D. - DMI Industries is going greener. The West Fargo, N.D.-based wind tower manufacturer is now offsetting 100 percent of the emissions created in the process of producing the electricity consumed at its West Fargo plant by purchasing renewable energy credits (RECs) from wind farms.
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Otter Tail Corporation Spotlight Profile: Idaho Pacific Holdings
Jun 21, 2007
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A new Spotlight profile on Idaho Pacific Holdings and company CEO Dick Nickel has been added to the Otter Tail Corporation website.
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Idaho Pacific Holdings: For Best Results, Just Remove Water
They say water is life. But for Idaho Pacific Holdings Inc. (IPH) compa...
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Idaho Pacific Holdings: For Best Results, Just Remove Water
Jun 21, 2007
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They say water is life. But for Idaho Pacific Holdings Inc. (IPH) companies, it's the lack thereof. They make their living taking moisture out of potatoes and turning them into the ingredients for products served up around the world.
IPH takes potatoes from 70 percent moisture down to 7-8 percent and turns them into flakes, flour and...
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E.W. Wylie Corporation to Relocate in West Fargo
Jun 11, 2007
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E.W. Wylie Corporation, a nationwide flatbed carrier and operating company of Otter Tail Corporation, is relocating its headquarters and Fargo trucking operations this fall to a seven-acre site in the Butler Industrial Park in West Fargo. Plans for the new facility include a 12,000-square-foot office building and a 10,000-square-foot inspecti...
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DMI Honored For Advancing U.S. Wind Energy Industry
Jun 5, 2007
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West Fargo, N.D. (June 5, 2007) The premier wind energy development association in the United States has honored DMI Industries, a West Fargo, N.D.-based wind tower manufacturer, with its 2007 Commercial Achievement Award.
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) presented the award to DMI President Lars Møller toda...
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BTD Manufacturing, Inc., Acquires Pro Engineering
May 15, 2007
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May 15, 2007
Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
BTD Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, announced today that it has acquired Pro Engineering of Minneapolis, Minnesota. BTD Manufacturing is an operating company of Otter Tail Corporation (NASDAQ:OTTR). The transaction, the terms of which were not disclosed, involved an exch...
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DMI to Become One of Continent's Largest Tower Suppliers; Otter Tail Subsidiary Selects Oklahoma Location for Third Plant
May 2, 2007
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West Fargo, N.D. (May 2, 2007) – DMI Industries, West Fargo, N.D., an operating company of Otter Tail Corporation (NASDAQ: OTTR), has selected a location for its third fully dedicated wind tower manufacturing facility. The additional plant will give DMI one of the largest annual tower fabrication capacities in North America.
When DMI ...
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DMS Health Group: A Vision in Health Care
Mar 16, 2007
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By Craig McEwen, The Forum
Paul Wilson wanted to be a respiratory therapist. That changed in 1978 when the program he enrolled in was canceled at The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minn., his hometown. A friend suggested that Wilson scope out the field of health-care administration.
Today, Wilson is CEO of Farg...
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Otter Tail Corporation Spotlight Profile: Northern Pipe Products
Mar 12, 2007
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A new Spotlight profile on Northern Pipe Products and company president Wayne Voorhees has been added to the Otter Tail Corporation website.
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Plastic Pipe, Sterling Values: Northern Pipe's People Make the Difference
Each year in the United States, 8.5 billion pounds of pipe are produced. Any way y...
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Otter Tail Power Company Announces More Wind Energy
Mar 6, 2007
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Otter Tail Power Company, based in Fergus Falls, Minn., announced today that the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has approved the company's request to add up to 160 megawatts of wind energy to its generation resources.
According to company president Chuck MacFarlane, the MPUC's approval of this part of Otter Tail Power Company'...
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