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BALCO UNIFORM Co. Inc. First opened its doors in 1990. The uniform shop was just another small business under the umbrella of the BALCO Management corporate structure put in place by the Liudahl family of Williston, North Dakota. Williston lies in an oil rich basin near the Montana border and the U.S. / Canada border.
Marti Liudahl took the reigns of BALCO UNIFORM in 1995 and the complacent company began to really take shape. It outgrew four different locations and now finds itself on the corner of Main Street and Broadway. Marti founded a customer base in North Dakota and Montana that is still very loyal to this day. She had a way with people and they still ask about her and life in retirement. Marti’s son Jake and his wife Shawna brought their family back home from Helena, Montana to break into the family business in 2002. In 2004, the company was sold to Shawna and Jake and it still retains “woman-owned” certification.
Looking towards the future of BALCO is exciting. The staff has been working diligently to launch us into the next level of doing business. For 18 years we did marketing from a grass roots position. Now we are able to steer our customers towards our website to buy on-line. Then those who like a paper catalog to thumb through when they have a free minute are pleased to see that we have produced a catalog too. Doing business in the 21st century is fast paced and we are enjoying every minute of it.
In the future we hope to see more government entities use us as their uniform and equipment supplier. Balco Uniform is HUB-Zone certified and a certified Woman-owned small business. This combination can give our government agencies and prime contractors the opportunity to meet “set aside” goals. We are a unique store in a unique part of the world and we will continue to look for the perfect niche to continue growing.
- Woman-owned small business
- HUB-Zone small business
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