[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 79 (Wednesday, June 15, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1248]
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    IN RECOGNITION OF ROBROY INDUSTRIES COMPANY'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY

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                         HON. VERNON J. EHLERS

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 15, 2005

  Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the 100th anniversary of 
Robroy Industries Company, which is the privately held parent company 
of Stahlin Non-Metallic Enclosures, a large and progressive employer 
since 1935 in Belding, Michigan, which is in the Third Congressional 
District of Michigan.
  On June 18, Robroy officials will be celebrating their centennial 
with an event at their Belding facility. The company was founded as the 
Enameled Metals Company in 1905 by Scottish immigrant Peter McIlroy in 
Etna, Pennsylvania. The company's headquarters were relocated to 
Verona, Pennsylvania in 1958, and in 1977 the renamed Robroy Industries 
acquired the Stahlin operation in Belding. Today, the company's five 
plants in Pennsylvania, Texas and Michigan and its headquarters employ 
about 350 workers.
  Stahlin Enclosures is a widely recognized leader in the electrical 
products industry, making fiberglass electrical enclosures that are 
used worldwide. The nearly 90 Stahlin officials and employees are very 
active in their community, contributing to the Belding Public Schools 
band and athletic programs, the Belding scholarship program, Big 
Brothers/Big Sisters, Special Olympics and other charities. The company 
also was named one of ``West Michigan's 101 Best & Brightest Companies 
to Work For'' by a local publication.
  I hope you join me in congratulating Robroy Industries Company on 
their century of business and their subsidiary, Stahlin Enclosures, for 
their 70 years of business in Belding, Michigan.

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