As far as I have been able to determine,
his company has no actual physical address.
Perhaps someone here has better information, and can share it.This one address appears several times in connection to this company.
4744 E. Oak Knoll Rd.
Rolling Prairie, IN 46371 USA
On the Indian sub-continent, the company appears to use this one.
Equipment Express, VanuatuExporters of packaging machinery.
Address: 4744 E. Oak Knoll Rd., Laporte - 46350, Vanuatu
Yes,
Vanuatu.Strange huh?
Other companies appear to occupy the same space.
Wirekraft Bristol Corporation,
4744 E Oak Knoll Rd, Rolling Prairie, IN
219-778-XXXX,
O'Tech Corporation,
4744 E. Oaknoll Road; Rolling Prairie, IN 46371
877-XX-OTECH
Wednesday May 5, 2004
ROLLING PRAIRIE — A worker at O’Tech Corporation in Rolling Prairie lost his arm and two of his fingers on his other hand Tuesday when his arms got caught in a piece of machinery. A third finger was mangled.
Richard Schneider, of 5766 E. Tioga Tr., Rolling Prairie, was cleaning the mixing unit when the accident occurred, said Kankakee Township Fire Chief Tom Wheatbrook.
Schneider had worked at the company at
4744 E. Oak Knoll Rd. for six months as a blender, said business owner and president Jack O’Donnell this morning.
http://www.heraldargus.com/content/story.php?storyid=4446There is one other address given at the website.
Equipment Express, Inc.
208 Pine Lake Ave., Suite 312
Laporte, IN 46350
US
Mail Boxes Etc. #2207208 PINE LAKE AVE, LA PORTE, 46350 Indiana, United States
PINE LAKE PLAZA NEXT TO TACO BELL
http://www.maildropguide.com/go/Card.asp?id=1669So,
WHERE EXACTLY IS EQUIPMENT EXPRESS LOCATED??
We are told that the man currently being held hostage is Jeff Ake.
A prayer vigil for him has been canceled under somewhat unusual circumstances.
Is the town of LaPorte, Indiana being held hostage by the captors of Jeffrey Ake? The ministerial association had scheduled a prayer vigil today, the 15th of April, for 7:00pm. Annointed.net, the World's Largest Prayer Board on the internet, was joining them with thousands of people around the world to lift him up in prayer. "Even though the prayer vigil may have been canceled, they can't stop us from praying" said Jerry Gaffney the organizer of the internet vigil. Gaffney said he understands how the town can be held hostage, but they can't stop us.
The town of LaPorte is still waiting for word about Jeffrey Ake, the American man being held hostage in Iraq. Meanwhile, there are a lot of questions left unanswered concerning Jeffrey Ake, his family, and the cancellation of a prayer vigil that was to be held Friday evening.
Some have asked the questions because it has been reported that the captors may have demanded that no one be contacted and no prayer go up for Jeffrey. One source has said the Muslim captors want the Christians to back off for now so they can get their ransom money.<snip>
Local leaders said they were offering what encouragement they could. The canceled prayer vigil was being organised by the LaPorte Chamber of Commerce, mayor's office, Rotary Club and local Ministerial Association.
http://www.annointed.net/pn_vb.php?pn_do=showthread&p=168964Hmmmmmm.
Before Jeffrey Ake struck out on his own,
he worked for his dear old dad.
Raised in LaPorte, Ake and his brother, Greg, worked for their father's liquid container company until he retired in the 1990s, Mayor Morris said. Jeffrey Ake graduated from the University of Illinois with degrees in history and psychology.
In 1997, along with his wife, Ake founded Equipment Express, according to the company website. The firm specialized in quickly building bottling machinery, the swift speed being instrumental in gaining him contracts throughout the world.
Ake told the LaPorte Herald Argus in April 2003 that he was excited about winning business in Iraq and the Middle East. He had sold bottling machinery in Pakistan and Afghanistan, as well as Iceland, Central America, Indonesia and the Philippines.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/11386630.htmOur Jeffrey gets around as much as Austin Powers, 'e does.
Hits all the hot spots.
Travels in Osama's footsteps.
Inc. Magazine, June 1990
John Case
ELF occupies a former tractor showroom augmented by a couple of big steel sheds. Out back is a cornfield.
On second look, ELF is anything but ordinary. Six years ago the company had only 6 employees and less than $1 million in sales; today it's up to 100 employees and $11 million. Twice in succession it has made INC.'s list of the 500 fastest-growing private companies in America. The company's profits have been high enough to make would-be acquirers -- there have been several -- salivate. Aftertax earnings in 1988 were 17% of sales. Posttax earnings in 1989 dropped to 14% of sales, but that was the year the company spent half a million dollars opening a subsidiary in the United Kingdom. Like every other investment ELF makes, the U.K. operation was paid for in cash. The company has zero debt, not even a mortgage on its building.
How to explain such performance in so lackluster a business? Speed. "We deliver in 10 days," says (founder James W.) Ake (father of Jeff, the hostage.)
<snip>
Like a warehouse food store, ELF keeps overhead to the barest of minimums. Ake's abhorrence of debt means that the company has no long-term liabilities and thus no interest expense. He asks customers to pay immediately on installation (literally the same day), so there are no accounts receivable and no need for a collections department. This is a $10.7-million, 100-employee company -- yet it has no chief financial officer, no treasurer or controller, no personnel department. Its office staff consists of a part-time bookkeeper, one assistant, and four women doing clerical work. "Everyone else in the office is selling," says Ake.
* The company's compensation system also keeps fixed costs low. Salespeople are on straight commission, installers on a bare-bones minimum plus commission. Ake's four sons and all ELF supervisors get modest base pay plus various forms of profit sharing. For a while, Ake even paid production workers a low weekly salary -- no overtime -- supplementing it with generous regular bonuses. The Labor Department made him change it to an hourly wage with overtime; even so, fewer than half of ELF's employees punch a time clock. More than in most places, personnel costs vary directly with revenues. So a slow month doesn't necessarily mean an unprofitable one.
http://www.inc.com/magazine/19900601/5202.html... and you thought WalMart was tough ...
James W. Ake (Jim) founded Electronic Liquid Fillers Inc.
Ake's oldest son, Jeff (the hostage) was the vice-president of sales.
Paul Stout, (Jim's father-in-law) assembled inexpensive filling machines designed by Jim.
Greg Ake, number-two-son, was vice-president in charge of production and distribution.
Brad Ake, number-three-son, ran the purchasing office.
Chris Ake, yes: number-four son, was the vice-president over in service.
Jim may have been ruthless with his employees, but he certainly splurged on potential customers.
The way Jim Ake figures it, "if we can convince a customer to visit our place, we'll make the sale about 90% of the time." Ake founded Electronic Liquid Fillers (ELF), a $15-million manufacturer, in LaPorte, Ind. The company encourages prospective buyers to make the visit by promising to subtract the cost of a round-trip airfare from the first invoice when they place an order.
http://www.inc.com/articles/1995/01/11146.htmlFirst published 07.98, page 56
Electronic Liquid Fillers (LaPorte, IN) was acquired by BancAmerica Equity Partners (Chicago, IL) and The Saranow Group (Deerfield, IL). The company is now called ELF Machinery, LLC.
http://www.packworld.com/articles/Departments/7536.htmlOne thing that proved difficult was the establishment of a definite time-line for Electronic Liquid Fillers or for Equipment Express.
The dates and the 'facts' did not work out coherently.
(Jeff) Ake has done business in dozens of countries, including South Korea, Iceland, Indonesia and the Philippines. He also taught American culture and history in Russia. His wife, Liliana, is Russian-born.
http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/special4/article.adp?id=20050413040209990003And now Jeffrey Ake
turns up in Iraq at the wrong end of three Russian weapons held by persons who appear to have little knowledge on the niceties of their firearms.
What will happen next?
Ake's family and neighbors have been urged by federal officials to avoid any public comment for fear it could aid the businessman's captors.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050416/NEWS01/504160472
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