Debra Dahlin’s late father, Harold, and his business partner John Hammond started Reed Switch Developments Corp. 56 years ago in the Dahlin family basement. The three-person company began with standard products but saw a need for custom applications, eventually providing "unique products for just about any industry," says Dahlin, the company's second-generation family owner and president. The company grew from the basement to the dining room to a shared industrial complex to its own facility.