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R. W. Mercer Company was established in 1960. Robert W. Mercer, our
founder, recognized that gas station proprietors had a need for skilled
help in maintaining their pumps, vehicle hoists, lube equipment, air
compressors, etc., and set about to provide such a service in Michigan's
Jackson and Hillsdale Counties. In a very short time the area came
to rely on Bob's competence and concern, and he brought his son Kirk
into the business to assist him. Together they expanded the company
to include wholesale and retail sales, excavation, and installation
and service of petroleum equipment, and it became obvious that additional
employees were necessary to properly care for the increasing customer
base.
The
growth continued, and in 1976 the company was incorporated. Three
years later, a fully staffed branch office was opened in Galesburg,
Michigan, providing better, faster, and less expensive service to
Southwestern Lower Michigan. Both the Jackson and Galesburg offices
continued steady growth and moved to newer and larger facilities
in 1986 and 1989 respectively, with the Galesburg location relocating
to Kalamazoo. Continued growth was responsible for the opening of
still another fully staffed branch in the Grand Rapids area in 1990,
further increasing our area of service to include the entire State
of Michigan. In 1997 our Saginaw branch experienced rapid growth
into a full serivce branch making it necessary to relocate to a
larger facility. The next step was to Detroit, where a new ground-up
facility was constructed in 1998. The Kalamazoo office moved to
a newly remodeled facility in Portage and the Jackson main office
was remodeled, both in 1998. In the year 2000 we expanded beyond
the borders of Michigan. With the award of Gilbarco's sales territories
of Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana, and Toledo and Northern Ohio,
our sales focus has expanded to the tri-state area. Our continued
growth has been steady and motivated by a desire to provide full
service to every customer in each area.
2000
also saw the growth of R. W. Mercer's General Construction operations
from a department to a division housed in it's own state of the
art facility on the R. W. Mercer Corporate Campus. 2001 began with
the aquisition of the Hale Company in Gaylord, Michigan, providing
a base of operations to better extend out services to the Northern
Michigan Market.
The
R. W. Mercer Company is comprised of highly skilled and dedicated
professionals in their fields. General contracting personnel are
skilled and experienced in numerous areas. Petroleum Construction
employees, both supervisory and labor, are factory-trained in many
areas and have years of experience building fuel dispensing systems.
Service Technicians are factory-trained by such reputable manufacturers
as Gilbarco, Verifone, Dresser-Wayne, Veeder-Root, AutoGas, PetroVend,
and Red Jacket, and have years of experience troubleshooting and
repairing fueling systems and electronic equipment of all types.
Managers and administrators company-wide support the corporate concept
that the R. W. Mercer Company exists and grows because we have and
continue to consistently:
- meet the needs of our customers in providing competent guidance through the myriad of changing rules and regulations
- offer merchandise and service of only the highest quality
- consistently provide our customers with a professionally built, on time, environmentally safe, aesthetically appealing completed project.
Our
future will be determined by how capably we can anticipate the needs
of our customers in a dynamic marketplace. Corporate philosophy
will keep us on the forefront of the latest technology, state-of-the-art
equipment, and practical applications to bring customers closer
to the best possible utilization of their assets. From the ground
up, we look forward to a continued pursuit of excellence in serving
both the General Contracting and Petroleum industries.
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