BASTIAN MATERIAL HANDLING, LLC
CARMEL, IN

Company Meetings & Events It is the responsibility of the managers of Bastian Solutions to serve the employees and make them their number one priority. It is the manager's obligation to provide a challenging career, opportunity for growth, clear incentive programs, and a path to success for each employee. It is the employee and manager's responsibility to work together as a team to make the company successful. Managers will have a hands-on approach to problem solving and will lead by example. Every manager has a responsibility to do the right thing for our customers, employees, company, and our society as a whole. Each manager will do their best to bring out the unique talents and skills of their employees. Our managers will provide the vision of where we are to go, and they will ensure a great future for our employees. Without teamwork, it would be impossible to compete and provide superior customer service. Every person's job is a critical part of making the entire business operation successful. Cooperation and helping each other out is the rule! No one person's job is more important than the next person's. At Bastian Solutions, the team is more important than the individual. Only through teamwork can we be successful. Every time we do something, we check to see if our methods worked. We take time to figure out how we can do it better next time. From the minute you join the company, you are responsible for helping to shape and improve what goes on around us. Bastian is committed to providing the best possible training and opportunities for individual personal growth in all aspects of the business. This is a difficult task and requires continuous attention considering the time restrictions of a growing business. Only through constant training and personal growth can we adapt to changing markets and provide excellent service to our customers. Those who have mastered training subjects often work one on one with others demonstrating learned techniques to those who are still trying to learn. Bastian Solutions is committed to providing a challenging, professional working environment for all employees. If an employee perceives that a change should be made in the corporation, or in his or her individual treatment, the employee is encouraged to discuss these issues with their immediate manager. If an employee is uncomfortable talking to their immediate manager, they may discuss the issue with the President or another member of the management team. It is the company's commitment that all concerns brought to the attention of management will be thoroughly addressed and resolved when possible. We work hard to be the best material handling integrator in the world. We are all custodians of our reputation. We strive daily to put into practice the words and actions that describe ourselves: innovative, caring, competitive, humble, serving, high integrity, energetic, humorous, fun, respectful, and part of a great family. Bastian was originally incorporated on October 31, 1952 by Elgan Stark, the father-in-law of Bill Bastian Sr. In the beginning, the primary lines of material handling equipment consisted of fairly conventional products such as casters, hand trucks, and carts. The marketing motto was "If It Rolls - We Supply It." The business began to grow as a result of excellent customer service and hard work and, in 1962, Bill Bastian, Sr. purchased the company from Mr. Stark and became the new President. The breadth of material handling equipment suppliers continued to grow including: conveyors, rack systems, and ergonomic lifts. This provided Bastian a wide spectrum of products to meet most customers’ material handling needs. The company expanded its coverage to include the state of Kentucky by opening a satellite office in Louisville (1965), followed by the opening of a satellite office in Fort Wayne, Indiana (1969). During the 1980s Bastian became more and more involved with material handling systems to control the flow of products in distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, and warehousing operations. With the proliferation of microcomputers, Bastian began managing the information flow that accompanied the material flow. Toward the end of the 1980s, it became clear that well-designed material handling systems were a real strategic advantage for industrial companies to reduce labor and quickly get their products to market and provide better customer service. In January of 1992, Bill Bastian II purchased Bastian from Bill Bastian Sr. and became the new President of Bastian Material Handling. The company continued to grow throughout the 1990s, adding offices in Michigan and Missouri. In 1997, Bastian purchased ASAP Automation, a company that develops Supply Chain Execution Software. In 1998, ASAP created a wholly-owned software development company in Bengaluru, India. ASAP Automation India Private Limited provides additional software development resources for ASAP Automation U.S. and integrates automated material handling systems into both the Indian and Asian Markets. Halo, LLC. was formed in 2001 to serve as a holding company for Bastian, ASAP Automation, and future acquisitions or start-ups. In 2003, Bastian purchased Hytrol of California and opened a satellite office in Los Angles, California to service the western United States. Halo also formed Blue Arc Engineering in 2003, a company that specializes in manufacturing custom material handling equipment, under the Halo umbrella. Blue Arc Engineering provides custom engineering and fabrication of material handling equipment that is typically not mass manufactured. Bastian continued its growth with the purchase of VanPak in February of 2005. VanPak was renamed Bastian Robotics and was tasked with the goal to focus on solutions for the food, beverage, pharmaceutical and consumer industries using advanced industrial robotics. In 2011, Bastian Solutions was fortunate to have another great year of expansion. In February, the company officially opened a new office headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to better service customers in the Latin and South American markets. In the same month, Bastian Australia was formed in Sydney, Australia, to provide local support to Bastian’s Australian and Asian Pacific customers.