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October 22, 2023
Growing up, Matt Giese always knew his life was heading toward joining the family business.
He remembers spending his summers helping at Giese Cos. in Dubuque, working under his father and learning the ins and outs of the operation.
He was raised to know the family history of the company, how his great-grandfather started the business out of his garage and how it expanded over time.
The early years of the Giese Companies.
The Giese family that originally founded the Giese Companies in 1923.
May 24, 2022
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, on Monday in Dubuque called for extending tax deductions for small businesses and reducing federal government spending to boost economic recovery.
Hinson toured two Dubuque businesses, including Giese Manufacturing, and spoke with business officials about the challenges facing small businesses during a time of high inflation and low workforce availability.
“You look at these rampant cost swings that are happening across the country — not only just for us at the grocery store but for people trying to run a business and lock in prices,” Hinson said.
March 15, 2021
A Dubuque, Iowa, manufacturer plans to invest over $5 million in a new powder coating facility and hire at least 10 new workers.
Giese Manufacturing will build a 30,000 square-foot facility on a vacant piece of land across from a facility currently utilized by the company for powder coating,
Company president Charlie Giese told the Dubuque Herald-Telepgraph that the new building would house a powder-coating paint line that currently resides in the Giese Manufacturing building where Premiere Powder Coating is housed. When the new facility is completed, Giese Manufacturing told the paper it will repurpose the space currently used for powder-coating operations and continue to utilize the old facility.
Longtime Dubuque manufacturer eyes $5 million expansion, new hires
March 13, 2021
A Dubuque manufacturer with a rich local history plans to invest over $5 million in a new facility and hire at least 10 new workers.
Giese Manufacturing aims to construct a 30,000 square-foot facility on a vacant piece of land in Dubuque Industrial Center West, across Innovation Drive from a facility currently utilized by the company.
President Charlie Giese said this new structure would house a powder-coating paint line that currently resides in the Giese Manufacturing building at 7025 Chavenelle Road. When the new facility is completed, Giese Manufacturing will repurpose the space currently used for powder-coating operations and continue to utilize the old facility, he explained.
November 2015
Giese Sheet Metal Co. was founded in 1923 on a foundation of customer satisfaction that has pushed the firm through nearly one hundred years of success. Today, Giese has a wealth of experience and a fleet of high-end equipment and the company has earned a coveted place among Iowa’s service providers, offering residential and commercial heating, cooling, roofing, manufacturing, and sheet metal services.
One look at the company’s growth, however, proves that, despite widespread success, the core values at the heart of Giese remain.
Throughout the region, Giese is an integral part of the industrial fabric. As industry has progressed, so has Giese. The company prides itself on a bulletproof reputation that has helped make growth possible.
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The Giese Story:
100+ years
- In 1923 Edwin Giese began his own roofing and heating/air business in his garage off Rhomberg Avenue.
- In 1935, Giese expanded to a location across from the Sutton Pool. The company headquarters were established there.
- In 1965, the company relocated to 2125 Kerper Blvd. Since the location on Kerper Blvd. did not allow sufficient room for expansion, the company moved its sheet metal fabrication business to a building at 28th and Elm. [A separate company, Giese Manufacturing, was formed to increase public awareness of the new business.]
- In 1981, Jim Giese Roofing was established.
- In 1990, the Giese Company diversified into sheet metal fabrication.
- By 1997, Giese Sheet Metal Company employed an estimated sixty people throughout the year while Giese Manufacturing's employment had increased from two to fifteen.
- In 2002, the company expanded again with the opening of Giese Manufacturing at 7025 Chavenelle Road.
- In 2010, the Giese company had three operations in Dubuque: Giese Sheet Metal, Giese Manufacturing, and Giese Roofing.
- By 2023, to this was added Giese Lighting and Giese Powder Coating.
Credit: Encyclopedia Dubuque