{"id":842,"date":"2019-09-12T19:42:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T19:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/btdmfg.com\/?page_id=842"},"modified":"2024-09-10T11:30:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T16:30:07","slug":"company-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/btdmfg.com\/company-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li><a href=\"#decade-1979\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Go to #decade-1979\" rel=\"noopener\">1979-1989<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#decade-1990\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Go to #decade-1990\" rel=\"noopener\">1990-1999<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#decade-2000\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Go to #decade-2000\" rel=\"noopener\">2000-2011<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#decade-2010\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Go to #decade-2010\" rel=\"noopener\">2013-2024<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<h3>1979<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Founded by Earl\u00a0Rasmussen &amp; Paul\u00a0White in Bismarck, ND.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<h3>1980<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Moved to Detroit Lakes to better serve established customers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<h3>1984<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Initial DL Expansion<\/li>\n<li>350% growth since 1981<\/li>\n<li>Purchased the first punch press.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<h3>1991<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Bismarck Tool &amp; Die merges with MN-Kota Stamping Inc. to become BTD MFG.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<h3>1995<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Otter Tail Corporation in Fergus Falls, MN acquires BTD MFG.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<h3>1999<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Robot Welding<\/li>\n<li>BTD MFG became an ISO Certified Company.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<h3>2000<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Hand Welding<\/li>\n<li>Tube Bending<\/li>\n<li>Addition of warehouse in Detroit Lakes &amp; addition of Production Building #2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<h3>2005<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>BTD acquires Performance Tool &amp; Die in Lakeville, MN.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<h3>2008<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>BTD acquires Miller Welding &amp; Iron Works in Washington, IL.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<h3>2011<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>BTD rebrands organization to align operations for increased efficiencies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<h3>2013<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Manufacturer of the Year &#8211; MN Business Magazine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<h3>2015<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Paint Line added to MN operation.<\/li>\n<li>BTD acquires Impulse Manufacturing in Dawsonville, GA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<h3>2016<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>BTD completes MN optimization with 350,000 square foot operation expansion &amp; warehouse alignment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<h3>2018<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Industry Award Winner &#8211; The Fabricator.<\/li>\n<li>BTD expands its southeastern operation with a warehouse in Buford, GA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<h3>2021<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>BTD expands capabilities in Lakeville, MN facility to include stamping.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<h3>2023<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Peak employment metric reaches 1,504.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<h3>2024<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Broke ground on Southeast expansion, increasing footprint and capabilities to better serve customers.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1979-1989 1990-1999 2000-2011 2013-2024 1979 Founded by Earl\u00a0Rasmussen &amp; Paul\u00a0White in Bismarck, ND. 1980 Moved to Detroit Lakes to better serve established customers. 1984 Initial DL Expansion 350% growth since 1981 Purchased the first punch press. 1991 Bismarck Tool &amp; Die merges with MN-Kota Stamping Inc. to become BTD MFG. 1995 Otter Tail Corporation in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1729,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-842","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btdmfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/btdmfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/btdmfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btdmfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btdmfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=842"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/btdmfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1803,"href":"https:\/\/btdmfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/842\/revisions\/1803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btdmfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btdmfg.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}