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KMCKREUTERMANUFACTURINGCOMPANY

KMC CONTROLSMC

ANNIVERSARY

Venture becomes known as Kreuter Manufacturing

Company

1970

Klaus Mueller assumes production leadership; assisted

by sons, Joerg and Klaus

1978

Production moves to new 4000 ft2 facility in New Paris, IN

1st (non-residential) company headquarters; Thief River Falls, MN

1974

Company incorporates with Wayne Kehler as President

Two Piper Malibus (our 3rd & 4th corporate aircraft)

serve the company from 1984 to 1995

Kreuter Manufacturing Company begins doing business as

KMC Controls

1993

Ken Kreuter establishes the company

as an OEM supplierin Winnepeg, Manitoba

Wayne Kehler (center)joins the company

1972

Production Pioneer, Klaus Mueller, passes away

2006

Founding Father, Ken Kreuter, passes away

1995

1st Corporate Aircraft (Cessna Cardinal; 1978–1980)

‘Kreuter Air’ is born

Sales team relocates from Atlanta to Indiana, consolidating

all corporate functions

1991

‘Kreuter Air’ enters the jet age(Cessna Citation)

Quality system is ISO 9001 registered

1997

Facility experiences �nal expansion for the 20th century

1996

Production facility experiences 1st major expansion

Quality system established

1981

Production facility grows with company needs; expansions in 1984, 1986 and this year

1988

KMC begins an annual tradition of participating in the largest industry event, the AHR Expo

1987

Next stop: 50 years!

Lyall Steger, Wayne, & Ken at Virginia headquarters of Steger Supply

Management and sta� have included:Two generations of Kehlers

Three generations of MuellersThree generations of Kreuters

Employee meetings, summer picnics, holiday carry-ins, and Friday morning snack breaks—such things have contributed to the family atmosphere that has always been important to

company culture, as this scene from 1990 depicts.

Our computer era begins: 1st computer-controlled machine in tool room (picture foreground); 1st Manufacturing CAD

system; 1st Engineering CAD system

1986

After 24 years as President, Wayne Kehler steps aside to focus

on his continuing role as Chairman

2002

Our 2nd Cessna Conquest IIenters service

2001

2009

One of our earliest employees, Geo� Cross,

receives his �rst paycheck1973

Chris Kreuter, our 1st employee, celebrates 40 years from the time he began assisting his father in the shop

2008

In this same year, Ken’s eldest son, Chris, began his work as our chief industrial designer. His �rst designs

included the NetSensor and KMD-7000 depicted below for 1996.

Joerg Mueller steps up as VP of Manufacturing following

his father’s retirement

2003

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1973

1st (non-OEM) company product:

PE Switch

1990

THE-1002

Multinet

KMD-5500

STE-5000InControl

1991

CTE-3006

XEC-3001

MEP-5000

CTC-1600

KMD-5550

1992

KMD Tier 2 in SnapTrack

MEP-1200

1974

CCE-1000

RCC-1501

1976

CSC-1001

MCP-1160

1977

CSC-2002

MCP-1020

MCP-5140

1978

MCP-8031

1981

SSS-1001

CTC-2000

CMC-1002

1982

CTC-1000

CTC-4001

1983

SSE-1001

1984

REE-1004

1985

CME-1001

1986

CTC-1500CTE-5000CTE-6001CEE-2004MCP-3061CSC-3011

1987

CTC-5511CTE-1100VCP-3420CME-1001CEP-4000CEE-2000

1988

CSP-4000

CCC-1001

1989

CCC-1002

CSC-3501

1993

CSP-5001

TSP-5000

CTE-5101

KMD-6000

KMD Tier 2 in molded enclosure

1994

CTC-4101

MEP-5300

Data Logger

1995

VEP-4000

VEP-5000

1996

VCP-61

VCP-5000

KMD-7000

NetSensor

1997

NetView

1998

Redesigned 8x8 & 4x4

controllers

1999

CommTalk

FirstWatch

WinControl

2000

VCP-559

CME-7001

MEP-7000/7700

KMD-5210

2001

NetView II

VEP-43/45

2002

KMD-5540

NetSensor II

2003

THE-1100

WebLite

LanLite

WinControl XL

2004

CAE-1003

SAE-1002

BACnet Advanced Application Controllers

BACnet Router

BACstage

2005

TPE-1464

MEP-4000

STE-6000

2007

MEP-4003

TotalControl

2006

BACnet Building Controller

2008

VEV-43

VEB-53/56

VCB-41/42/46

MEP-72/75/7800

2009

FlexStat

BACnet AutoAddressing

1972

1st (OEM) company products:

Gage Ell & Tee,Tubing Header and

Terminal Strip

1969 1979 1989 1999