Company: IntriCon Corporation
Headquarters: Arden Hills
Founded: 1977 as Resistance Technologies, Inc. (acquired by
IntriCon in 1993)
Employees: 430
Web: www.intricon.com
Revenues (2005): $44.5 million
Background: Gorder cofounded Resistance Technologies, Inc.,
in 1977 after pursuing degrees in mathematics and engineering. IntriCon (then
called Selas Corporation of America) acquired Resistance Technologies in 1993;
seven years later, Gorder became president and COO of the entire company. After
being named CEO in 2001, he streamlined IntriCon’s business to manufacturing
miniature products for the medical, hearing-health, professional audio, and
electrical-products industries. Its clients now include St. Jude Medical,
Starkey Laboratories, and Bose.
In
His Own Words: “There are many people who are doing the kind of work we do in
building larger products. But when you want small body-worn products, the
ability to miniaturize all the components and put them into a completed device,
that is something that we are very good at.”
