HR 30 (LSB 2106HH (4) 85)

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 30

BY  UPMEYER and DUNKEL

A Resolution honoring the Sukup Manufacturing Company for a half century of manufacturing innovation and public service.

   WHEREAS, fifty years ago Eugene Sukup modified an auger in a Sheffield machine shop, making it capable of loosening hot spots and preventing spoilage in stored corn, thereafter improving his invention and patenting it, and the Sukup Manufacturing Company was born; and
   WHEREAS, from that modest beginning, the Sukup Manufacturing Company has grown to include 500 employees, six distribution centers, and a manufacturing facility; and
   WHEREAS, over the last half century the Sukup Manufacturing Company has become the largest family-owned grain storage, handling, and drying manufacturer in the world; and
   WHEREAS, innovation and dedication have been the key to company success, with the company holding over 80 patents and Mr. Sukup being inducted into both the Iowa Inventors Hall of Fame and the Iowa Business Hall of Fame; and
   WHEREAS, the extended Sukup family and the company share their success and good fortune with others, supporting charitable and other good works on a worldwide, statewide, and community basis; NOW THEREFORE,

   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That the House of Representatives congratulates the Sukup Manufacturing Company for 50 years of growth and progress and for its service to the state and the community.