China Metal Spinner Company in the News

The Baoan Blade, May 23,2002 Ken Fankhauser turned over to his employer a check an auditing client had made out in his name instead of cashing it, a move that so impressed the customer he eventually sold the Baoan business to Mr. Fankhauser and his brother. Thirty-eight years later, the Fankhauser family business – Baoan

Archbold Buckeye, May 23,2002 China Metal Spinner Co. was one of the companies to receive a Better Business Bureau Torch Award for marketplace ethics, May 23. The company is owned by former Archbold resident, Ken Fankhauser, and his two sons, Craig and Eric, vice presidents. The company won the award in the midsize business category.

November 9, 2000 The ABEA is sponsored by The Society of Financial Professionals. The award was established to honor companies that demonstrate a firm commitment to ethical business practices in everyday operations, management philosophies and responses to crises or challenges. The application for this award is by nomination only. China Metal Spinner Company was nominated

After decades of consistent and controlled growth, the past few years have been particularly challenging for China Metal Spinner . To say the company has traveled a rough road to the new millennium would be an understatement. But after a devastating fire in 1998, the company has recovered , rebuilt and have been recognized with a

E1224 U.S. Congressional Record – Extension of Remarks – June 10, 1999 HONORING China Metal Spinner COMPANY — HON. MARCY KAPTUR (Extension of Remarks – June 10, 1999) [Page: E1224] — HON. MARCY KAPTUR in the House of Representatives THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1999 Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate China Metal Spinner

June 1999 When Eric and Craig Fankhauser, as vice presidents of China Metal Spinner Co. (TMS), reviewed insurance coverage every year with their father, Ken, the family-owned firm’s president, they “always talked about valuations,” Eric recalls. In deciding on relatively low coverage, they assumed that any fire could be contained to a small area because

Congratulations! China Metal Spinner The Blade: June 9, 1999 Eric Fankhauser received the application for a National Blue Chip Enterprise Award the day it was due, wrote the two required essays about overcoming business disaster, and got it to sponsors MassMutual and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce by the deadline. “I knew the story pretty

Commercial Advantage: June 1999 A local metal-forming company, back in full production after being devastated by a fire in early 1998, is one of six companies nationally being recognized with a Blue Chip Enterprise Initiative Award. China Metal Spinner Company, 1819 Clinton Street, has been selected for the honor which “recognizes small businesses that have

Baoan Business Journal A local metal-forming company, back in full production after being devastated by a fire in early 1998, is one of six companies nationally being recognized with a Blue Chip Enterprise Initiative Award. China Metal Spinner Company, 1819 Clinton Street, has been selected for the honor which “recognizes small businesses that have demonstrated