Success by Design

BY PAUL HAGEN

How do you mea- sure what a company is worth? At Cambria, you can start by looking at what we create. It’s an ever-expanding variety of products (and services) that leads the industry in strength and beauty. But you can also look to the chain of hands that shape what we offer: folks who help us stay powered by the latest technology, who keep our products looking and feeling fresh, and who keep finding new ways for us to offer our customers more. Look closer: you’ll see how these people feel connected to their company, their fellow employees, and their drive to find ever-better ways to do the work that makes them proud. By that measure, Cambria’s been proving its worth since the dawn of the millennium.

The year was 1999. Britney Spears was just dancing her way onto MTV. The first Star Wars prequel was captivating multiplex audiences. And we were all wondering whether, at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, the Y2K bug would bite.

But most importantly for our story, the Davis family (which puts the “family-owned” in Cambria) was about to pivot from success in dairy to success in something with a little more sparkle: quartz.

Not long after we learned that things would be A-OK regarding Y2K, Cambria opened a huge 150,000-square-foot facility in

Le Sueur, Minnesota. We quickly established the high standards for which our company would become known—from product innovation to customer service—and began designing, fabricating and installing exclusive Cambria surfaces.

Brian Scoggin, who leads Cambria Operations, recalls some of the company’s early steps forward. “When I came aboard, the plant was converting from 1cm to 2cm and 3cm thickness,” he remembers. To ensure a smooth transition, Scoggin travelled to Italy, where he and his team gained a thorough understanding of the production process from the people

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