ADVANCE – EARLY YEARS
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John Krummell Sr | Founder
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’04 Ribbon Cutting | Cedartown Plant
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Today: Matt, Chris and John Krummell
Advance was founded in 1958 in Compton, California and has been a family-owned warehouse storage company ever since.
1958
Advance Equipment Co. started.
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1965
First plant in Compton.
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1975
Hoover Street Plant opened. Electronic work bench line created.
1982
Hoover expanded to 50,000 SF.
1985
Work bench business sold. Hoover St. closed. Advance Storage Products started.
1989
First 2 Deep pushback job sold to Ralphs Grocery (10,000 lanes, $2.6M).
1992
Boeing Project ($8M high bay system).
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1992
LoPro pushback line introduced and patented.
1996
Rockmart pushback plant opened (20,000 SF).
1998
Rockmart plant at capacity.
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2004
Cedartown plant opened, pallet rack line introduced (100,000 SF).
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2006
Cedartown plant at capacity.
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