Mark Brunsvold
Parcus Medical, LLC
In early 2006, a new manufacturing
company began operations in the Sturgeon Bay Industrial
Park. Parcus Medical (formerly Future Machine, Inc.) is a start-up medical
device manufacturer, located in the center section
of the former Emerson Motors building, produces plastic
and titanium screws and surgical implements. Company
founder Mark Brunsvold brings his prior experience
starting a similar company in Florida to Door County.
Parcus Medical is dedicated to machining the
latest designs in the medical device industry, using
sophisticated numerical controlled machines to produce
surgical instruments and implants to exacting specifications that allow healthcare partners to provide patient care without compromise.
The company intends to market its services across
a wide spectrum of medical companies. Parcus Medical
was assisted in financing their start-up costs through
funding from the Revolving Loan Funds administered
by the Door County Economic Development Corporation, to purchase three
pieces of equipment necessary for the establishment
of the company.
According to Brunsvold, “Parcus intends to be a high volume manufacturer
with quality our number one priority. In the short
term, we anticipate having 20 employees and hope
to have at least 75 in the course of five to seven
years. We are confident that we will be a major employer
for the Sturgeon Bay area.”
Brunsvold
was born in Milwaukee and grew up in St. Louis. He
attended the University of Missouri-Rolla where he
studied mechanical engineering. After school, he
started his first company, a metal fabrication and
machine business, with a partner. After eleven years,
he left the company to pursue medical device machining
and founded Machined Metals Inc. Machined Metals
began in a 1,200 square foot space with no employees.
One year later, the company occupied 10,000 square
feet and had eighteen employees. The growth continued
for seven years until Arthrex Manufacturing, its
biggest customer, purchased Machined Metals in 2001.
After leaving Arthrex as VP of manufacturing in 2002,
Brunsvold founded Black Pearl Marine, a Florida yacht
sales organization selling Post Yachts, Black Pearl
Yachts and brokerage boats.
Brunsvold, his wife Jesse,
who has family in Door County, and their four young
children are looking forward to their new life in
the Sturgeon Bay area.
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Mike Keyser
Key
Industrial Plastics
Key Industrial Plastics,
Inc. is a vacuum forming and plastic fabricating
company with design, prototyping and value added
services. Equipment includes three modern vacuum
forming machines – two
sheet fed and one roll fed – as well as four
CNC routers. Items produced range from industrial
wear pads to candle packaging to food service trays.
Although they currently manufacture for other companies,
Key Industrial Plastics hopes to begin the introduction
of their own products by the spring of 2007.
The
company started as Key Industrial Prototype Services
in August 1998 and was run out of owner Mike Keyser’s
garage until they picked up their first steady customer. In
March 1999, they leased a 500 square foot industrial
space in the Door County Business Development Center business incubator. Within a few months, they outgrew
the 500 square foot room and moved into a larger
1,000 square foot space. By April of 2001 the company
had grown to fill a 2,000 square foot area. Growth
continued and in October of 2002, Keyser relocated
his company to a custom build 6,400 square foot facility
in the Sturgeon Bay Industrial Park. Designed with
future growth in mind, the current location has the
capability of adding an additional 6,000 square feet.
The company is exploring possible additions to their
production capabilities, including injection molding
and foaming operations.
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Jeremy Popelka and Stephanie
Trenchard
Popelka
Glass Studios
Jeremy Popelka and Stephanie Trenchard
began Popelka Glass Studios in the Door County Business
Development Center business incubator facility in
1997. The studio produces award-winning functional
and decorative glass artworks in Sturgeon Bay that
are carried in galleries around the country, including
a line of blown work which utilizes a wide variety
of techniques, from optical molds from the Roman
Empire to mosaic applications from Murrano. The couple
also creates custom and commission work for collectors
worldwide, collaborating with architects, designers
and homeowners to create specialized glass light
fixtures, centerpieces, drawer handles and other
household pieces. In January 2003, they relocated
into a studio and gallery space in the downtown shopping
district of Sturgeon Bay. Door County Economic Development
Corporation assisted in financing their start-up
and expansion costs through funding from the Revolving
Loan Funds administered by DCEDC.
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