STEVEN VERBURG
, 608-252-6118
A Madison-Kipp Corp. executive says the company may be nearing the end of a multi-pronged cleanup of hazardous chemicals that began spreading from the factory decades ago into soil, groundwater and neighbors’ homes.
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President and CEO Tony Koblinski, in the company’s administrative offices, has run Madison-Kipp since 2011. Before that he was a national vice president of home building operations for Pulte Homes Inc., for about four years.
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