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Article: HE SAVES PIECES OF STATE HISTORY.(Local)(Column)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- September 27, 2009
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Byline: DICK CASE POST-STANDARD COLUMNIST
Jay Bernhardt made an interesting change of life -- from industrialist to preservationist -- while he's still around to enjoy it.
In 1977, after working for a rival rubber company, Jay founded JGB Enterprises, a supplier of hoses and hose assemblies for commercial and industrial clients. JGB eventually established a permanent headquarters in Liverpool. The company employs 250 people, has branches in Buffalo, Charlotte and St. Louis, and "business is up every year. I must have started a good management team," the founder boasts.
Apparently he did. About 1996, recovering from a heart attack and bypass ...