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Article: The Daily Oklahoman Made in Oklahoma column.(Company Profile)
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- Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK)
- Article date:
- March 17, 2006
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Mar. 17--Headquarters address: 8009 S Interstate 35 Service Road.
Employees: 40.
Web site: www.fivestarrig.com.
Products: Five Star manufactures and supplies a variety of oil-field equipment and pumps. The company last year opened a division to rebuild oil-field equipment.
Locations: Besides its headquarters and manufacturing facility in south Oklahoma City, Five Star also has a supply store in Elk City.
Background: Five Star was founded in 1983, just in time for the oil bust.
"My checks kept bouncing everywhere I worked," owner Mike Marshall said. "I was selling drilling equipment, and they just couldn't pay."