Practicing What They Preach

Still, Standard also uses its in-plant as a type of testing ground. Ewing says that Standard often sends new products to the in-plant before offering them to the public.

"We operate and use this equipment before it gets out to the market in a lot of cases," Ewing says. "What that does is gives us a good understanding of how the equipment runs as far as operation, service and the way it's produced. We get a good hands-on experience that way."