Marshfield DoorSystems, Inc.


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1890 - Axel K. Hatteberg decides to go ahead with plans for business without support of city and citizenry.

Among one of Marshfield’s earliest settlers, was an "old-country" Norwegian, Axel K. Hatteberg. Working as a superintendent and foreman at the Upham Manufacturing Company, it was Hatteberg’s goal to build his own company centered around the utilization of a veneer cutter and dryer which he himself perfected. Hatteberg’s business plan called for an estimated $25,000 in capital to begin his venture. However, he was unable to interest the city or the citizenry in providing a site for the factory. Therefore, in December 1890, Hatteberg announced that he was going forward with his plans without assistance. At the same time he abandoned an effort to have the city fathers close their eyes to taxes until such time as the plant was on solid footing.