Kice Industries, Inc.

Kice Industries was originally organized as a four-way partnership in 1945 at the end of WWII when J.W. "Bill" Kice and his three sons, Jack, Russell and Jim started construction of the first shop building. They started operating as a business in January 1946. At that time, the business was known as Kice Metal Products Company. Beginning in May 1968, they began operating as a family-held corporation. Before then they did not pay much attention to titles (everybody did what had to be done), but each partner had his basic responsibility for production and service. Jack (the eldest son) handled engineering and advertising, Russell handled sales and administration, and Jim was in charge of manufacturing.