The Potter family has owned and operated Datum Storage Solutions since Frank Potter founded the company in 1968 in his Long Island basement. Today, its York, Pennsylvania facility manufactures high-density storage systems for organizations that need to organize and secure important materials, with more than 40,000 installations behind it. The company provides design and installation support and backs its products with a lifetime warranty.
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O'Brien SystemsFounded in 1979, family-owned O’Brien Systems designs and delivers custom storage and retrieval systems for organizations across the Philadelphia area. The company’s work ranges from high-density mobile storage to specialized museum collection systems, with consultation, implementation and post-installation support handled by a team that includes three O’Brien family members and a granddaughter of the founder. O’Brien Systems has provided storage solutions for more than 45 years, including over 3,000 high-density systems designed by vice president Michael O’Brien.CONSHOHOCKEN, PA
Inner Space SystemsFounded in 1976 as Kenbett Systems and Products, Inner Space Systems designs and installs space-saving storage and modular casework for institutions ranging from hospitals and laboratories to libraries and archives. The Brewster, New York, company has remained in the industry through multiple generations of leadership and is now owned by Andrew Rakowsky, an industry veteran who joined Inner Space in 2006. Its project work includes a $6.5 million high-density shelving installation for the NYC Department of Records and Information Systems.BREWSTER, NY
Kraftwerks, IncFounded in 1990 by the Kraft family, Kraftwerks is a family-operated Tonawanda company that designs, fabricates, installs and maintains storage and workspace systems for businesses across the United States. What began as a storage-equipment distributor has grown into a turnkey operation with in-house cutting, welding, painting and fabrication, serving projects from automated vertical storage to laboratory environments. Kraftwerks is also certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise by New York State and Erie County, and its technicians hold OSHA certifications.TONAWANDA, NY
Lab Inventory Systems, IncNow owned by Ryan Bell, Lab Inventory Systems, Inc. carries forward a cryogenic-storage tradition that began with his father, Ned Bell, in 1963. The Frederick-area sheet metal shop has been building freezer storage systems since 1979, using computer-controlled equipment to make tightly fitted racks for laboratories and backing its workmanship with a lifetime warranty.FREDERICK, MD