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Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working on organizing and cataloging all the various pieces of literature we’ve produced over the past 28 years. It’s been fun to see where the company has come from, and, as a graphic designer, to trace the history of our logo over that time.

The “logo” above appeared on our first catalog in 1983. That’s the only time it ever appeared.

This logo first appeared on the cover of our 1989 catalog. It was our first official logo and versions of it were used for eight years.

Here you can also see the origins of the “QC” in our name. It comes from “Quick Conversion” which allowed our customers in the metal stamping industry to change out their dies and conveyors quickly.

This logo is the first direct predecessor of our current logo, appearing on the cover of our 1997 catalog. When this logo is reduced our name becomes nearly unreadable, but versions of it somehow persisted for seven years.

One oddity of the 1997 catalog: while the logo above appeared on the cover, the logo at right appeared on the back. To my knowledge, this is the only time the left side of the “Q” ever showed. It almost seems to have been an accident.

The logo evolved slightly for the 2001 catalog. This logo continued with numerous changes (in some versions the word “modular” is replaced with “low profile”).

This logo first appeared on the cover of our 2004 catalog and has been used without modification to this day.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this quick peek back at our history!

Every year our employees go all out for Halloween and this year was no exception. We had a lot of great costumes this year, but as always, there can only be one winner. Congratulations to Yvain Jomphe, our IT Team Leader — and resident Love Guru.

Our runner up was Wanda Collier, one of our purchasers for her Little Red Riding Hood inspired costume:

And in third place was Dave Endres, our General Manager:

Happy Halloween!

We’ve updated the design of our blog to make it easier to read on mobile devices like iPhones, Android phones and some Blackberries. If your phone is supported you’ll automatically see the new mobile design instead of our standard layout.

This week we’ll be exhibiting at MidPak in Minneapolis, MN alongside our local distributor, Automation, Inc. We’ll be showing our new Automation Series conveyors. Please stop by and visit us in Booth #405. The show runs Wednesday and Thursday, but it’s not too late to register for free admission.

Tomorrow our Cleveland distributor, Conveyer and Caster — Equipment for Industry, is hosting an open house. They’ll be having two speakers and a table top trade show in their warehouse. We’ll be showing our Automation Series conveyors at the trade show portion, along with these other manufacturers:

• Albion Casters – Industrial Casters
• Shepherd Casters – Light Duty Casters
• Roach Conveyors – Industrial Conveyors
• Steel King – Pallet Racking
• Presto Lifts – Lift Equipment
• Harrington Hoists – Hoists and Accessories
• Gorbel – Workstation Crane Systems
• Akro-Mils – Storage Products
• Lyon Workspace – Workspace Equipment
• Starrco – Modular Office Systems
• Ergonomic Specialists, LLC – Self leveling carts

Contact Conveyer & Caster — Equipment for Industry if you’d like to be a part of this event.