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rick hartsock owner and chairman products industrial coatings and lubrications website www.sandstromproducts.com history edit robert v. sandstrom founded the company in 1946 in port byron illinois . he established the company after graduating from augustana college in rock island illinois in the 1930s . sandstrom also worked as a chemist for goodyear tire and rubber company and as a consultant for the u.s. army during world war ii . 2 the original small building that housed the first sandstrom plant is still part of the company s facilities today . paints used to repair and strengthen drywall and plaster were among the early products that the company introduced as were chemical resistant coatings and protective paints and finishes for concrete floors . 2 sandstrom developed a number of products for military and aerospace contractors including solid film lubricants used in the gemini spacecraft in the 1960s 3 that were also utilized in nasa s various space shuttles . robert v. sandstrom received the department of the army outstanding civilian service award for his contributions to the development and manufacture of lubricants used by the military . 1 current business and products edit sandstrom is still located in port byron illinois near the original building at 224 s. main street . sandstrom s son james eventually took over the business before selling it in 1992 . rick hartsock purchased the company in 1992 . rick hartsock served as president of sandstrom from 1990 until 2008 . brian suhl became the president in 2008 . the company currently employs about 25 workers 2 references edit a b http www.sandstromproducts.com a b c appy jim . an endless quest for products perfection . the quad city times 19 march 1978 print . gemini . 2010 . in encyclop dia britannica . retrieved june 3 2010 from encyclop dia britannica online http www.search.eb.com eb article 9036343 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sandstrom products company & oldid 580056411 categories manufacturing companies based in illinoiscompanies established in 19461946 establishments in illinoishidden categories orphaned articles from december 2012all orphaned articlesarticles needing additional references from august 2010all articles needing additional referencesarticles with topics of unclear notability from august 2010all articles with topics of unclear notability navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 november 2013 at 21 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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