Lano Equipment Reaches 70 Years

Tue April 30, 2019 - National Edition
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent

For the Lano family, and their 60 plus employees, maintaining the legacy of their business after 70 years of service to the Twin Citirs metro area is a primary objective.

That legacy, that small business work ethic, where every customer, and every employee matters, is what has made Lano Equipment a top equipment dealer in the Midwest.

First established in 1946 by four brothers upon their discharge from the armed services after WWII, the company begins its eighth decade as a second and third generation family business.

Lano Equipment has three stores, located in Shakopee, Anoka and Loretto, all serving the Twin Cities market, and with e-commerce, they serve all over the world.

What started as a company that repaired automobiles, has evolved into a highly respected full service distributor of equipment, serving all markets.

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Eric Olson

A writer and contributing editor for CEG since 2008, Eric Olson has worked in the news-gathering business for 45 years.

Olson grew up in the small town of Lenoir, N.C. in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, where he began covering sports for the local newspaper at age 18. He continued to do that for several other dailies in the area while in college at Appalachian State University. Following his graduation, he worked for, among other companies, the Winston-Salem Journal, where he wrote and edited the newspaper's real estate and special features sections for 10 years. Since 1999 he has worked as a corporate media liaison and freelance writer, in addition to his time at CEG.

He and his wife, Tara, have been happily married for almost 40 years and are the parents of two grown and successful daughters. He currently is in the employ of two dogs and three cats, a job that he dearly loves.

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