Integrated industrial water management group U.S. Water (St. Michael, Minnesota), an ALLETE (Duluth, Minnesota) company, announced the retirement of founder and former CEO Al Bly from the water treatment industry.
In a letter to current company CEO LaMarr Barnes, Bly expressed gratitude to those at the company that were a part of his personal journey.
“I would like to thank U.S. Water employees, customers, vendors and industry professionals for what has been an incredible ride,” Bly writes. “Thank you to my partners in starting and building [the company]: Stacey Bly, Randy Meyer, and Mike Bertrang. The vision was to create a great company consisting of chemistry, equipment and engineering in support of the customer—to change the water treatment industry in a positive way, to create opportunities for those who wanted to improve the environment in which we live in a positive way, and to create a company where an employee’s passion and energy could be harnessed for a great outcome for the customer. I think we accomplished that.”
Bly also thanked the company’s customers and his personal friends in the industry. To read his full letter, please click here.
“All of us [at the company] thank Al for his vision, his passion for the company and the water treatment industry, and his leadership,” Barnes says.
Headquartered in St. Michael, the company has a national footprint and serves a diverse mix of more than 4,000 industrial customers. The group provides integrated water management for industry by combining chemical, equipment, engineering, and service for customized solutions to reduce water and energy usage while improving efficiency.
Source: U.S. Water, uswaterservices.com.