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Century Products Inc.
THEN
* Founded in 1982 by James Bielawa, under the name Century Plastics
Inc., as a wholesale distributor of plastic pipe, ﬁttings and valves.
* After nearly a decade, entered the environmental industry to meet
customers' needs for plastic screens and bailers, as well as bentonite
products for monitoring wells.
* Evolved into a full-service contractor supplier for HDD tools
and drilling ﬂuids.
* Seeing the vast potential for future growth in this industry, the company
bought property in 1996, in Sussex, Wisc., for its new headquarters;
broke ground in the spring of 1997; completed and moved in
September of that year.
NOW
* Family-owned Century Products Inc. is led by James (CEO) and
Todd (president) Bielawa.
* Since its inception nearly 40 years ago, has evolved into a key player
in the HDD industry.
* Serving the global HDD industry, Century's dedicated engineering staff
continually seeks out and implements value-added technology to drive
advancements in the tools utilized by industry leaders.
* Being a privately held manufacturing and custom-design ﬁrm allows
for the ﬂexibility to anticipate and improve product offerings, and
quickly adjust to changing market requirements. This is evident in
the milestones achieved.

MILESTONES
* In 2000, revolutionized the hole opener, introducing the ﬁrst
solid-body device with replaceable arm and cone assemblies:
the 27-inch Gold Series hole opener This new design transformed
an otherwise disposable piece of equipment into an asset.
* With co-developer, Brewis Engineering, introduced ﬁrst 550-ton swivel
to the industry in 2007.
* In 2008, introduced 26-inch TCI replaceable arm and cone assemblies,
incorporating the largest cone produced to date, as well as the largest
Tungsten carbide inserts used.
* Built the largest hole openers to date - two 60-inch hole openers
for a sewer pipeline project.
* Received patent in 2010 for replaceable arm and cone assemblies
with keyed body design.
* In 2011, introduced ﬁrst-generation Falcon Series hole openers,
20 to 30 inches.
* Expanded replaceable arm and cone assemblies to 12.5-, 16-, 17-,
22- and 26-inch, in 2012, available in TCI conical, TCI chisel and
milled tooth.
* Developed the only authorized Brewis Swivel Repair Facility
in the United States in 2013.
* In 2016 introduced Osprey Series ﬂy cutters, a total redesign
of the conventional ﬂy cutters used.
* 2020 Launched Century's Falcon FR Series hole openers
featuring patent-pending ﬁeld replaceable assemblies.
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