Ryan Kolquist
Royal Palm Beach, FL (USA)
Role(s):
Manager/Supervisor
J-KO Company
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Location:
Royal Palm Beach
Industry:
Manufacturing
Year Founded:
2001
Number Employees:
1-10 people
Description:
J-KO was founded in 2001 by 16 year car wash veteran Jon Kolquist. Jon had become frustrated with the inadequate cleaning ability of currently available cleaners and they took too much employee time. Jon also found the need for more dependable equipment because of the harsh northland winters. After years of attending trade shows around the country and trying several different brands of mat machines he designed his own. The result? Significant labor savings, more cars washed in a shorter time and happier customers. Jon started J-KO when others wanted his new floor mat cleaner. Today, the J-KO Company has a full line of mat cleaning equipment, and more ideas in the works. All machines are built & assembled in Florida, USA.
We currenlty are generating over $500,000 a year. We have increased sales by over 34% in one year. It is my father and I doing everything. We are looking for an investor/partner to take the company to the next level. We are in the process of building new machines that are already in demand, and need money and more labor to help fullfill our immediate demand of machines. We are currently selling machines global and have major distributors throughout the world. We currently have less than 5 competitors in the whole world with none of them being any kind of threat.