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Kim Schertz
Forklift Service Company
PROFESSIONAL OF THE MONTH
Forklift Service Company
Seizing Opportunity in a Niche Market
By Lynette Carrington
With so many jobs outsourced and shipped overseas, it’s a rare feat when a busi- ness owner can seize the opportunity in a niche market and create a business that serves the very unique needs of its customers. Kim Schertz is the owner of Forklift Service Company and he has done just that.
Schertz purchased Forklift Service in 2007, but the business was established in 1981 servicing corporate forklift customers. Prior to purchasing the Forklift Service, he had been working for a dealership honing his craft in the same industry. By the time he purchased the business, he had a solid technical foundation in the service and repair of forklifts as well as an idea on how corporate customers had to be treated. “My whole being is mechanically inclined. Started with my grandfather and then my dad... they’re all in the mechanical business,” says Schertz. “Eventually it was going to happen for me, I just needed something to push me over the cliff and I did it myself.”
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