API Inc was incorporated in May of 1972 by Owners Charles Swenson & Joe Richards. Mr. Swenson had been with 3M Co. for sixteen years in marketing & sales to the wood industry ( furniture, plywood, hardwood, doors, windows, pre finishing etc. ) Mr. Richards had been with Sherwin Williams Co. in automotive paint sales. Their goal was to service the wood industry with finishing equipment, production products and the automotive aftermarket with paint and related supplies. Mr. Richards resigned in 1979 because of health related issues and Mr. Swenson became sole owner. Customers serviced on a monthly basis, total approximately 450 in a territory, which include Northern California, Western Idaho and Oregon. Nationally recognized accounts include Masterbrand Cabinets, Weyerhaeuser, Roseburg Lumber, Jeld-Wen, Clear Pine and Brightwood Corporation. RV Manufacturers have included Monaco Coach Corporation, Country Coach, Inc. and Marathon Coach, Inc In addition the owners of API, Inc also co-own Altech Finishes, a powder coating facility located in Eugene, Oregon. The 25, 000 sq.ft. plant has a 5 stage washer, dry off oven, manual and automatic spray equipment in custom spray booths and over 600 of conveyor that runs through ovens that can accommodate up to 3 x4 x10 and they have an enormous batch oven for the larger jobs that is 7 high by 8 wide by 25 deep.
Pape Group keeps you moving. The company is a holding company for the capital equipment needs of forestry, material handling, agricultural, warehousing, construction and business aviation. The Pape Group consists of Pape Material Handling, Pape Machinery, Flightcraft, Bobcat West and Ditchwitch Northwest. These companies sell and service equipment in the Western United States. It also opened Pape Rents facilities, a construction equipment rental company serving contractors in Phoenix, Ariz., and Las Vegas, Nev., in the former location of Diamondback Rentals, a rival company. The company s product lines include Hyster, Ingersoll-Rand, Combi-Lift, John Deere, TimberPro, Trail King and DitchWitch. Established in 1938, Pape Group has headquarters in Eugene, Ore, with more than 37 additional locations in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, California, Nevada and Arizona.
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Bobcat West is a full-service designer and manufacturer of compact construction equipment. The products offered by the company include steer loaders, compact excavators, compact track loaders, air compressors, small generators, work machines, compact tractors and utility vehicles. It also offers a variety of equipment on rental basis, such as swing excavators, backhoes, utility carts, trenching buckets, hydraulic breakers, plate compactors and rotating clamshell grapples. In addition, the company offers used equipment from various manufacturers, including Boeing, Buyers Crane, Delco, BTI, Champion, Ford, Hitachi, Honda, Kawasaki and Kohler. It is a part of The Pape Group, which operates more than 60 locations and maintains a staff of over 2,000 employees. Bobcat West maintains a location in Eugene, Ore.
