Alexander Machinery Thrives On Innovation

摘要

W. J. "Bill" Alexander can't quite help himself. As chairman and founder of Alexander Machinery, Mauldin, S.C., he has been the driving force behind the company's philosophy of "Excellence Through Innovation." So when highway construction brought a new $200-million expressway bearing down on the company's headquarters near Greenville, S.C., Alexander couldn't help but make the job of the construction crews faster, safer and less labor-intensive. He and the plant engineers designed a gravel-leveling broom and garnered a patent for a pipe lift that drew praise from the construction crews.