Kimball International: Jasper-based company nears 50 years.(Company Profile)

Indiana Business Magazine | July 1, 1998| | Copyright

When Arnold F. Habig established the Jasper Corp. in his hometown in 1950, he had two ambitious goals in mind: to employ 1,000 people and to turn a profit of $1 million.

Habig achieved those goals years ago. Today, as it closes in on its 50th anniversary, Kimball International Inc. - the company that grew out of the Jasper Corp. - employs nearly 9,000 people worldwide. Some 6,300 people work for Kimball in the state of Indiana alone, and last year the company earned more than $57 million.

Habig, now in his early 90s, is retired from the company he founded, but he ...

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