SC Times: St. Joseph company breaks ground on $20M factory

Adam Hansen launched his own cabinetry business 20 years ago, when he was just 21 years old and had $1,500 to invest. In the intervening two decades, it steadily grew — initially from A-Cab Custom Woodworking (when it employed, well, him) to Hansen & Company Woodworks a few years ago, when he reached 60 employees running three different divisions in architectural millwork, stone countertop fabrication and metalworks/upholstery.

Now, he’s broken ground on what will perhaps be his single biggest expansion yet — a 92,000-square-foot facility that will replace most of the five existing buildings the company uses in a business park along Pearl Drive. Construction on the new facility is under way less than a mile to the northwest, along Stearns County Road 133. And, perhaps most significantly, the $20-million investment will include seven robotic machines that will help revolutionize capacity for casework manufacturing and add staff.

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