Duo Lift Wins Prestigious Award

FEMA Member Duo Lift Manufacturing Co. Inc., owned and operated by Jim and Connie Hellbusch, of Columbus, NE, has been named the U.S. Small Business Administration’s “Nebraska Small Business of the Year for 2009.” The Hellbusches participated in ceremonies last month in Washington, D.C., joining other honored entrepreneurs from each state hoping to receive the National Small Business of the Year award.

The Hellbusches pride themselves on their ability to custom design whatever the client needs and their ability to roll out two-three new products a year, an article form the
Columbus Telegram focusing on the company said. Jim Hellbusch said the company takes pride in building quality products and selling them at a fair price. That has been the philosophy since Jim’s father, Art, started the company.

In 1995, the company purchased Evans-Plugge Co., known as E-P Trailers, producer of over-the-road commercial and industrial trailers and Duo Lift trademarked the name. They also sell products in about 30 states and Canada, Europe and Ukraine.