It was 1910. Gooseberries were big, being commercially grown in northern Indiana and southern Michigan. To facilitate production, William Urschel came up with a machine that separated the stem from the blossom end. "That was Urschel's very first machine," said Urschel Vice President of Sales Tim O'Brien. Some 50-plus different machines later, Urschel has grown to be a leader in developing processing equipment for fresh-cut produce as well as other industries. Headquartered in Valparaiso, Ind., the company operates in a 250,000-square-foot building with 300 employees and three foundries on a campus that's about the size of four city blocks — and is no longer large enough.
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