Question 1
The 1980’s were a time of expansion and change at Remke.  In 1979 there were 12 employees – 8 in the plant and 4 in the office with annual sales less than 1 million per year.  Six years later Remke sales had grown 3-fold , they occupied all of the 8000 square feet available to them in the two buildings in Skokie (IL) and there were now 6 people in the office and many more in the plant.

True or False- In 1985 there were 30 full-time employees at Remke.
Select… True False

Question 2
With the growth in sales, management knew that something had to be done in acquiring more space.  Commonwealth Edison owned the two buildings that were now filled to capacity and they were raising the rent to be more like a mortgage.  The search for a new location ended when a building in a Wheeling (IL) industrial office park offered both the manufacturing and office space that Remke would need in the short term and down the road.

True or False - Remke moved to their current location in Wheeling IL on the day that then-Chicago Mayor Harold Washington died.
Select… True False

Question 3
The move to the new Wheeling headquarters also brought the opportunity to further embrace technology.  Prior to the move 8” floppy disks were the norm as were packing slips in triplicate with carbons and purchasing/scheduling reports that could take up to 45 minutes to run every Monday.  Management took great pride in Remke being a customer-oriented company (as it remains today) with telephones as the primary means of communication between the company and its customers & vendors.  This translated into lots of phone calls every single day to handle business, place orders and answer questions.  

True or False - Remke did not have a fax machine until the late 1980’s
Select… True False

Growing and expanding the product line & manufacturing capabilities occurred hand-in-hand with expanding the customer base through a concentration in sales and product development from the late 80’s into the 1990’s.

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