In 1985 V&S started in the United States with Columbus Galvanizing. The business grew in the eighties to 21 companies. In the nineties, the unification of Germany gave the opportunity to build and acquire six companies in Germany, two in France and one in Belgium. The U.S. operations have grown to nine companies with 7 galvanizing locations. In 2008 V&S Galvanizing LLC became part of Hill & Smith Holdings PLC, and looks forward to further growth. Part of that further growth has been the addition of the V&S Memphis Galvanizing plant in Millington, TN and the new replacement of the V&S Columbus Galvanizing plant and Corporate offices in Columbus, Ohio.

For more than 80 years, Agland Co-op (now Heritage Cooperative) has helped agricultural producers and business owners in this community maximize their opportunities and achieve their goals.  Agland works directly with producers of agriculture and energy commodities to deliver their products to the market and maximize their profitability. 

Data security challenges are becoming more complex for manufacturers as the threat is not only from outside their enterprise, but increasingly from within.  And, as margins are also under attack, the costs associated with data breaches are also rising, with an average cost increase of more than 23 percent since 2013, according to most research.