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employees’ accomplishments – not the com-
pany’s accomplishments, but our employees’,”
Swenson said. “We do celebratory activities
if we do get an award like that. We recognize
that it’s our employees that got us there, not
necessarily the company that got us there, so
we really try and focus on the employee.”
STAYING LEAN,
GOING GREEN
Innovation is a guiding principle in the on-
going development of the Corval Group. A
leader in industrial refrigeration technology
by using anhydrous ammonia – a green al-
ternative to others used in the food and bev-
erage industry, the St-Paul-based contrac-
tor remains agile in both ideas and business
practices that are mindful and sustainable to
the environment.
“Some of the refrigerants that were used –
especially if you were to go back 10 or 20
years were very harmful to the environment,
where anhydrous ammonia does not have
the same ill effects,” Swenson said.”
“We certainly incorporate codes and stan-
dards that are adopted by local municipali-