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Competition is fierce during the ping
pong tournament championship.
GETTING TO KNOW
“We can’t be successful as a
company if our employees do
not feel inspired, appreciated
and happy when they come to
work. Making the (Best Places
to Work in Indiana) list is great,
and it reinforces to everyone
here that their contributions
toward creating a positive work
environment haven’t gone
unnoticed.”
– Eduardo Vultorius, CEO
VOSS Automotive, Inc.
By Katie Coffin
VOSS Automotive, Inc.
DRIVING BUSINESS GROWTH, VIBRANT CULTURE
VOSS culture is …
• Team oriented
• Relaxed
• Connected
Community minded
• Employees participate in Study Connection,
a local elementary afterschool tutoring
program
• Staff collects supplies (e.g., diapers,
children’s clothing) for the Fort Wayne
Rescue Mission and Charis House
• Each Christmas, employees support a local
family in need by purchasing gifts, clothes
and basic pantry items
Home sweet home
“Fort Wayne is the epicenter of a region
where we have found fantastic talented
employees, and its quality of life has helped
us attract people from outside the area. Our
customers are dispersed throughout the U.S.,
Canada and Mexico, and we’re right in the
middle of everyone.”
Deutschland to Heartland
• Founded: 1931 (Germany)
• North American headquarters launched:
1998 (Fort Wayne)
• New headquarters facility opened: 2014
Taking care of business
• Fort Wayne office oversees management of
the North American business unit including
sales, engineering, distribution,
prototyping, testing and customer service
• 2009 sales: $4.5 million
• 2015 sales: $72 million
• Current U.S. employee count: 71
• Projected 2016 U.S. employee count:
80-plus
Celebrate good times
• Luncheons recognize broken sales records
• Biannual ping pong tournaments
• Employee Appreciation Days
• Company-sponsored season tickets to Fort
Wayne TinCaps baseball and Fort Wayne
Komets ice hockey for employees to enjoy
with family and friends
Industrial engineer Dan
Butcher inserts a fitting into
a tube. VOSS products are
designed to serve a specific
vehicle system. No two line
assemblies are the same.