In 1996 two executives from a Sioux Chief Manufacturing are on a plane destined to Kansas City. On the flight back from Japan, they are discussing the events that just took place that morning in a presentation to several Japanese plumbing distribution companies. Sioux Chief Manufacturing is a mid-size plumbing manufacturer in south Kansas City. It started in 1958 by Ed Ismert and is now owned and operated by Ed’s son, Joe. Joe, and another VP of Sioux Chief, Mike, discuss the possibilities of the distribution in Japan of their best selling product. Sioux Chief’s water hammer arrester division is the fastest growing division in the company. Utilizing the innovations and ideas of ‘small town, every day hard workers’ as Joe Ismert put it, Sioux Chief created products like the water hammer arrester that was rarely seen in several Asian countries. Water hammer arresters are a necessity in newly built homes, relieving the immense pressure felt in pipes when shutting the......
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