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Bell Incorporated history
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In 1976, the Credit Union moved back to the Federal Building to a larger, two-room office with a staff of two full-time and two part-time employees.
In 1977, Bell surged past the $100 million mark, a milestone celebrated by the transfer of its stock listing to the New York Stock Exchange.
The company began experimenting with fiber optics and in 1978 became the first in the world to test optical fiber service on home telephones.
1978: Bell's System Integration Group, the precursor to Bell Tech.logix, is formed.
1979, Bell developed a unique package for the meat packing industry called the Bone Guard
There the Credit Union grew rapidly and continually added services, increasing the assets to over $5,000,000.00 by 1981.
In 1981, for example, the firm won approval for a $42.7 million annual rate increase.
In March of 1982 the Credit Union moved to a new location at 412 S. First Ave, with a staff of six full-time employees and one-part time employee.
In October 1982, the Central Plains Clinic joined our field of membership along with the Harrisburg School System and the Blue Shield Office.
In order to free its nonutility business concerns from regulation, Bell Canada planned to reorganize in 1982.
Partly to herald this event, Wisconsin Telephone changed its name to Wisconsin Bell in 1983.
In 1983 Wisconsin Bell announced it would jointly offer interactive CATV services with Telenational Communications.
By April 1984, the Credit Union had grown to $9,600,000.00 with a staff of one-part-time and eleven full-time.
1984 Began deploying fiber for enterprise customers and network backbone
Bell moved to the Algonquin location in 1985 and invested in offset, multi-color printing presses and high-speed die cutters
In 1985 the CRTC rejected CNCP's request on the grounds that Bell Canada needed the long-distance revenues to subsidize local phone rates.
In 1985 Wisconsin Bell began the process of buying digital central office switches from Siemens Public Switching Systems.
Eventually, Doctor Slowik added Doctor Richard Sulek to his medical practice and the two practiced together until 1985 at this location.
In 1986 Wisconsin Bell built, with AT&T, an advanced government communications system.
Decades later, a merger joined Midwest Partners to the McKennan Hospital Employee Federal Credit unions to form Metz/McKennan Federal Credit Union in 1987.
In 1989, SFFCU moved into a newly constructed building at 700 E 14th Street.
Sensing opportunity in the proliferation of telephone-answering machines, the firm began testing its own voice-mail message service in 1989.
In 1989 Wisconsin Bell became the first of the Ameritech Bells to use only electronic switches.
In 1990, however, the CRTC ruled that companies could buy time on private telephone lines in bulk from the phone companies and resell it at a discount.
Revenue for 1990 came to $1.06 billion.
1992 First in the nation to deploy SONET ring technology
In 1992 the CRTC was expected to institute even greater changes in the long-distance market, such as allowing companies to resell discount packages like WATS. Resellers, however, wanted the CRTC to go further and allow them to own their own lines, an idea Bell Canada was fighting.
Wisconsin Bell, Inc., is the legal name of what has publicly been known as Ameritech Wisconsin since 1993.
1994 First in the nation to deploy Metro Ethernet services
Discussions about the acquisition had been underway well before the Sterling Electronics deal fell through, beginning in 1994, according to reports in trade periodicals.
In September 1995, Sterling dismissed the offer, declaring the acquisition bid to be "unsolicited," according to an October 2, 1995 article in Electronic News.
The History of the Bell House is provided here as told to John H. Phillips by one of its former occupants, Physician Edward Slowik, in the summer of 1995.
In 1995, the company submitted an offer to buy Sterling Electronics Corp., proposing a $142 million-in-stock deal for the electronics distribution company.
In November 1996, the company announced it had signed a merger agreement with Farmingdale, New York-based Milgray Electronics Inc.
1996 Acquisition of Milgray and Its Effects
In 1996, the company celebrated its fifth consecutive year of increased sales and earnings.
The company's consistent financial growth stopped shortly after the Milgray acquisition closed in January 1997, when problems stemming from the combination of the two entities first surfaced.
The $100 million deal was completed in early 1997, coupling Bell with another third-tier electronics distribution company.
In September 1998, Bell sold its graphics business, which distributed graphics and electronic imaging products to advertising and printing industries located in the upper Midwest and western United States.
In an October 5, 1998 interview with Electronic Buyers' News, an analyst with Credit Suisse First Boston offered his assessment: "Milgray squeezed them.
1998: Bell's graphics business is divested as part of the company's restructuring plan.
J.W. Miller, a manufacturer of products found in all types of circuitry housed in computer, medical, and telecommunications equipment, generated approximately $7 million in sales in 2001. Its greatest contributor to sales was a company called Bell Tech.logix, formed in 1998 as Bell's Systems Integration Group.
1999: Bell's electronics distribution business is sold to Arrow Electronics.
2000: The company's restructuring is complete, and Bell operates principally as an integrated technology solutions concern.
Our South Cliff Branch was opened in September 2001 with a staff of five people, which has now expanded to 7.
In 2001, Metz/McKennan changed its name back to Midwest Partners Federal Credit Union in order to better reflect its key sponsors.
J.W. Miller, a manufacturer of products found in all types of circuitry housed in computer, medical, and telecommunications equipment, generated approximately $7 million in sales in 2001.
2005, Bell invests in a Variable Sleeve Offset Press, the first of its kind in North America
In August 2009 the office was moved to a more visible location at 3405 S Cliff Avenue.
Then, in 2009, Sioux Falls Bell shortens its name and broaden its membership opportunities to Minnehaha and Lincoln Counties as Bell Federal Credit Union.
Our Arrowhead branch opened in June 2010.
2010 Cincinnati Bell Fioptics reaches milestone of 25,000 customers
Finally in 2011, thanks to the approval by the National Credit Union Administration and a membership vote by the people of Midwest Partners Federal Credit Union, the two credit unions merged to form Voyage Federal Credit Union.
On February 1, 2013, Air Guard FCU merged with SFFCU and today serves as one of our branch locations.
With the demolition of 20 mile station on April 16, 2013, the Bell House is believed to be the last tollhouse to stand on Montgomery Road.
2014 First in region to launch Gigabit Internet speed offering
Growth led to the greenfield start up of our Ohio facility in Spring of 2016.
2016 An additional 21,700 units were passed with Fioptics, which is now available to 454,000 addresses within Greater Cincinnati
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