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Small business is A NEW CHAPTER
At its beginning in 2009, the company
Big business was known as O2 Filtration and was
“distributing wood boilers and dust
collectors,” Dipzinski says. “I had a partner
at that time, and it was a slow time for the
economy, so we were getting a few
If you ask Ben Dipzinski close personal friends.” projects a year, but nothing significant.
what he loves most
about his work, he He also likes the CMA’s “Business continued to trickle along over
doesn’t hesitate. Ben Dipzinski is track record of the years,” he says. “In 2015, I decided to
organizing regional
buy my partner out and became the sole
“I love taking his company in new events and shop owner of the company. Then last July, we
traveling and directions, but staying true to tours. “For me, officially changed the name to Höcker
meeting that’s a big deal,” North America. Today, businesses are
customers,” his ideal client base: Small, he says. looking for ways to save money and are
says Dipzinski, owner-operator
owner of companies.
Höcker North
America, a CMA
associate member.
While Höcker provides
dust collection and material
handling services for companies of all
sizes, Dipzinski admits that his favorite
customers are small- to mid-size
owner-operated companies, and this is the
reason he especially values his connection
with the CMA.
“CMA members are the right-size custom-
er for us,” he says. “For wood-working
companies, we do air filtration, including
dust collection, briquetting, spray booths, starting to realize the impact that
down draft tables – anything to do with implementing our technologies could
cleaning the air and getting rid of wood have on their bottom line.”
waste in wood facilities. I like working The name change grew out of a
with small, owner- operated businesses partnership with HÖCKER
– that’s what we are, after all.
POLYTECHNIK, a German company
“I love dealing directly with owners,” he that has “designed, planned and built
adds, “because when we talk about our ventilation systems, briquetting
products and energy management, they systems and special solutions” for
get it. They see their energy bills, and they large production and custom
know what they pay. woodworking shops since 1962, as
And with small companies, after we described on its website. Höcker NA
install, we get to see that what we do is the exclusive HÖCKER POLYTECHNIK
really helps them a lot. We become a part distributor in the United States.
of their company, and often we become While Dipzinski controls Höcker NA and
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