Bob Wersen of Interpower Receives Awards
Paul Gregoire (left), Chair, Iowa Association of Business and Industry Board of Directors, presented Bob Wersen,
President and Founder of the Interpower® Group of Companies, the “Advocacy in Action” award at the Iowa ABI
Advanced Manufacturing Conference.
Bob Wersen of Interpower Receives Advocacy in Action Award
Oskaloosa, Iowa –October 2015—Bob Wersen, President and Founder of the Interpower® Group of Companies, was honored recently with the Iowa Association of Business and Industry’s “Advocacy in Action” award.
Wersen received this award at the Advanced Manufacturing Conference on September 30, 2015 at the Prairie Meadows Events and Conference Center in Altoona, Iowa.
Established in 2014, this award recognizes an ABI member who has been an outstanding advocate for ABI policy efforts. Criteria includes impact on legislators and pro-jobs legislation, mobilizing advocacy by encouraging company-wide participation, and raising public awareness by conducting facility tours with elected officials and community members.
Wersen founded his company, Panel Components Corporation, in 1975 in California. In 1993, he moved the company to Oskaloosa in order to be able to manufacture more of the company’s products. Since none of the California employees chose to accompany him to Iowa, Bob started with an all new Iowa staff. In 2004, the company name was changed to Interpower Corporation. Facilities in Ames and Lamoni, Iowa, and Milton Keynes, England have been added in recent years. The Interpower Group of Companies now employs over 75 people, most of whom are in Iowa. Interpower is the premier supplier of power system components worldwide with its mission to make it easy for customers to design, build, and maintain products for global markets.
Since moving to Iowa, business levels have steadily increased. Originally, the company only made 10% of what was sold. Currently, on-site manufacturing represents 70% of the overall sales. Wersen is responsible for not only creating jobs in Iowa, but helping to move the manufacturing industry forward. As an active member of the ABI Board of Directors and a former ABI Chair, Wersen has been a champion of Iowa manufacturers.
Bob Wersen, President and Founder of the Interpower® Group of Companies, received the “Legends in Iowa
Manufacturing” award from the Iowa Association of Business and Industry’s Elevate Advanced Manufacturing
Program. Pictured L to R: Paul Gregoire, Chair, Iowa Association of Business and Industry Board of Directors;
Mark Hanawalt, Past Chair, Iowa ABI Board of Directors; Wersen; and Michele Farrell, Partner, Measured Intentions.
Bob Wersen of Interpower Receives Legends in Iowa Manufacturing Award
Oskaloosa, Iowa –October 2015—Bob Wersen, President and Founder of the Interpower® Group of Companies, was one of five leaders in Iowa who was honored recently with a “Legends in Iowa Manufacturing” award, presented by the Iowa Association of Business and Industry’s Elevate Advanced Manufacturing Program.
The first ever “Legends in Iowa Manufacturing” awards event was held on September 29, 2015 at the Prairie Meadows Events and Conference Center in Altoona, Iowa. Wersen was given the prestigious award in the category of companies with fewer than 100 employees.
Wersen founded his company, Panel Components Corporation, in 1975 in California. In 1993, he moved the company to Oskaloosa in order to be able to manufacture more of the company’s products. Since none of the California employees chose to accompany him to Iowa, Bob started with an all new Iowa staff. In 2004, the company name was changed to Interpower Corporation. Facilities in Ames and Lamoni, Iowa, and Milton Keynes, England have been added in recent years. The Interpower Group of Companies now employs over 75 people, most of whom are in Iowa. Interpower is the premier supplier of power system components worldwide with its mission to make it easy for customers to design, build, and maintain products for global markets.
Since moving to Iowa, business levels have steadily increased. Originally, the company only made 10% of what was sold. Currently, on-site manufacturing represents 70% of the overall sales. Wersen is responsible for not only creating jobs in Iowa, but helping to move the manufacturing industry forward. As an active member of the ABI Board of Directors and a former ABI Chair, Wersen has been a champion of Iowa manufacturers.
