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• Making parts for Horsch Anderson makes up about 50 percent of Anderson Industries' business, Kory Anderson said. About 30 percent of production involves manufacturing Anderson products such as the opener, torpedo hitch and disc-leveling system. About 20 percent of the company's business is manufacturing items for other companies in the area, such as Hub City Inc. and BAE Systems.
• One reason Anderson Industries and Horsch Anderson have succeeded is because the products have been designed by farmers, Anderson said. The Anderson family farms about 5,000 acres south of Andover.
• "We are out there in the dirt and know what farmers need," Kory said. "It gives us a market edge. Our company fills a niche. We are not looking to make a corn planter to compete with John Deere."

• Kory said he grew up working in his father's shop since the age of 12 and has always liked designing and building equipment.
• After graduating from Groton High School, he studied engineering at North Dakota State University in Fargo, N.D. He is a skilled welder and a machinist.
• "I can do anything out in the shop," he said. "I think it is important to know all the things going on."
• In addition to leading Anderson Industries, Kory Anderson is president of Horsch Anderson. In December 2009, he bought the family shares of that company.
• He oversees more than 50 employees at the two companies.
• "Our goal is to keep growing," he said. "We love to in