Raven Industries

Raven Industries
Public
Traded as NASDAQ: RAVN
Industry Aerospace and defense
agriculture
Founded February 11, 1956
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, US
Founder J.R. Smith
Ed Yost
Duwayne Thon
Joseph Kaliszewki
Headquarters Sioux Falls, South Dakota, US
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Daniel A. Rykhus, President & CEO
Steven Brazones, CFO
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, VP & General Counsel, Former U.S. Representative[1]
Revenue Decrease US$ 378M (2015)[2]
Decrease US$ 44M (2015)[2]
Decrease US$ 32M (2015)[2]
Total assets Increase US$ 363M (2015)[2]
Total equity Increase US$ 305M (2015)[2]
Subsidiaries Applied Technology
Engineered Films
Raven Aerostar.
Website Raven Industries

Raven Industries (NASDAQ: RAVN) is a U.S manufacturer of plastic, electronic, and "special apparel" products headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The company was established in 1956 to make commercial and recreational hot air balloons. After its establishment the company's product offerings expanded to include items such as large plastic storage containers for use in agriculture and ski pants. Today, Raven aims to solve great challenges by making polyethylene sheeting to help protect the environment, precision agriculture equipment to help feed a growing world population, and aerostats to provide situational awareness to help save lives. The U.S. military and other government agencies are among its clients, and it was launched by a group of General Mills employees including General Mills High Altitude Research division employee Ed Yost.[3][4] Besides US Department of Defense Raven Industries has other big name customers such as Google.[5]

References

  1. ↑ RAVN profile
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Raven Industries, Inc. 10-K".
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ RAVN profile Yahoo Finance
  5. ↑ http://ravenaerostar.com/solutions/aerospace/project-loon-balloons

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