Article: Firm helps structures rise from the ruins

More than $4.5 million in fire restoration work is done each year;

Kelmann Corp. Company: Wauwatosa company specializes in fire restoration and reconstruction. Top executives: Dick Niggemann and Jerome Kelly. Headquarters: 12001 W. Dearborn Ave. Employment: 40 Revenue: $4.5 million in 1997. History: The partners went into business 25 years ago originally as landlords, buying and rehabbing buildings. An embezzlement by a trusted employee forced them to sell off their rental properties and focus on construction, primarily fire restoration work. On Feb. 2, 1995, Pastor Joseph Ellwanger stood among the charred ruins of Cross Lutheran Church and what had been the center of his life and ministry ...

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