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Do More At Work, In Life, For Others As a leading manufacturer of agricultural and industrial equipment, Vermeer relies on a team of more than 3,500 strong making a real impact. Around the world, Vermeer team members are rolling up their sleeves to design, build and support tough yellow iron built for customers feeding and fueling their communities, managing natural resources and connecting people to the necessities of life. Headquartered in Pella, Iowa, U.S.A., Vermeer employs team members around the world, with regional offices in Brazil, the Netherlands and Singapore; additional manufacturing facilities in South Dakota and Tianjin; and more than 600 dealers located around the world. We’re not just proud of what we do, we’re proud of how we do it: we put others first, we build the best and we give back. Built upon a legacy of innovation and grit, Vermeer has continued to listen to and meet the needs of customers across the globe for more than 70 years. We are rooted in our 4P Philosophy – Principles, People, Product and Profit – and these are the core values that drive our culture, determine how we treat others and steer our business. Proud to be a family-owned and -operated company, Vermeer serves as a leading example of successful family business. Since 1948, Vermeer has built a strong foundation grounded in values and led by those in pursuit of progress and a heart for others. Our influence is real and felt around the world. Vermeer machines are made to equip our customers to do more across a diverse group of important markets including underground construction, surface mining, tree care, environmental and agricultural industries. The equipment we design, build and support helps make our world go. And our people are doing the same thing – moving their communities, industries and causes forward.

Anyone who has ever visited our factory in Perry, Oklahoma, has heard us say it: "We bleed orange." But what does it mean? It has something to do with the signature color of our equipment, of course. But mostly it's about what's inside our machines and, especially, what's inside the people who build them. We bleed orange because we were born from pioneers—the Malzahns, a family who carved a life and a livelihood out of one of the last unassigned lands in the U.S. We bleed orange because the majority of our employees past and present have brought to their jobs the grit, work ethic, and pride of ownership that come from growing up in rural America. And we bleed orange because our employees don't just work at the factory—they own it, along with the family that founded it. The principles upon which Ed Malzahn founded the Ditch Witch organization—honesty, hard work, and giving customers the best product in the world—are the same principles that guide each and every decision made today. The size of the company and its product line have grown tremendously since 1949, but some things still remain the same. The emphasis on power in each and every machine. The founding principles in which our employees take such tremendous pride. And the fact that the Ditch Witch organization is still a family business. Orange blood courses through the veins of every Ditch Witch employee, and it fuels every piece of equipment we build. Because when our customers put Ditch Witch equipment to work on their jobsites, they're putting us to work, too. And nothing gets that blood really pumping like satisfying the customer.

Tri-County Electric Cooperative (TCEC) is dedicated to providing members with safe, reliable and affordable electric service. Headquartered in Hooker, Okla., TCEC is a not-for-profit distribution cooperative owned and controlled by its members. The utility serves approximately 12,500 members and about 23,000 meters in the Oklahoma Panhandle, southwestern Kansas, the northern border of the Texas Panhandle and parts of Colorado and New Mexico. Our dedicated staff oversees nearly 5,000 miles of distribution lines. As a cooperative, we are proud to be owned and controlled by those we serve, and we are committed to enhancing the quality of life for all of our member-owners. TCEC is a Touchstone Energy cooperative. Learn more about what it means to be a member of your local electric cooperative on the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) website.