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3m

HEADQUARTERS: Brookings, S.D. (plant); St. Paul, Minn. (corporate)

EMPLOYEES:

91,000 nationwide, 1,120 Brookings

DESCRIPTION: 3M Brookings serves as 3M’s largest health care manufacturing plant. Our employees are experts in medical product manufacturing and new product development. For more than 46 years, the plant has continually applied 3M science to produce complex medical dressings and tapes, surgical drapes, biological indicators and food safety products. Our employees work together 7 days a week/24 hours a day to produce more than 1,700 products that help health care professionals improve quality of care.

WEBSITE: 3M.com

THIS LIST OF GREAT WORKPLACES HAS BECOME A STAPLE OF PRAIRIE BUSINESS’ COVERAGE, AWAITED EAGERLY BY THE NOMINEES AND THE EMPLOYEES WHO NOMINATED THEM.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THIS YEAR’S WINNERS, CHOSEN FROM MORE THAN 1,300 NOMINATIONS. THEY ARE EXCELLENT ROLE MODELS FOR FORWARD-THINKING, TEAM-DRIVEN SUCCESS.

Ae2s

HEADQUARTERS: Grand Forks, N.D.

EMPLOYEES: 273

DESCRIPTION: AE2S’s primary focus is to help ensure clean drinking water, safe wastewater disposal and smart water resource development through planning, financing, designing and building infrastructure.

Our team of professionals is dedicated to making a positive impact for our clients by doing things that matter.

AE2S also recognizes the impact of our employees and their work, and in 2018 became 100 percent Employee Owned.

WEBSITE: AE2S.com

Alerus

HEADQUARTERS: Grand Forks, N.D.

EMPLOYEES: 811

DESCRIPTION: Alerus is an integrated financial services firm specializing in financial guidance. With a broad array of banking, mortgage, retirement, employee benefits and wealth management products and services, Alerus partners with individuals, families and businesses to help clients achieve financial confidence.

WEBSITE: alerus.com

Apex Engineering Group

HEADQUARTERS: Fargo, N.D.

EMPLOYEES: 65

DESCRIPTION: Apex Engineering Group was founded with our clients in mind. We focus on the fundamentals, providing clients with engineering solutions and employees ingrained with a deep-rooted belief that it’s only the best solution if it’s also the best experience.

We are proud to have earned the trust and support of our partners across the region.

Apex has offices located in Bismarck, Dickinson and Fargo, N.D., and Detroit Lakes, Minn.

WEBSITE: ApexEngGroup.com

Applied Engineering

HEADQUARTERS:

Bismarck, N.D.

EMPLOYEES: 115

DESCRIPTION: Applied Engineering combines talent and technology to solve its customers’ unique challenges. Applied provides product design, engineering and manufacturing consulting services, as well as IT and programming services and large-format digital printing. Applied also sells industry-leading engineering software and provides training and support from its offices throughout North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota.

Applied is 100 percent employee-owned and strives to be the company people come to for the best engineering and IT work.

WEBSITE: go-applied.com

Arvig

HEADQUARTERS:

Perham, Minn.

EMPLOYEES: 800

DESCRIPTION: Established in 1950, Arvig has grown from a small, family-owned telephone company to one of the largest independent telecommunications providers in the nation. Arvig is a full-service telecommunications provider, delivering cutting-edge technology to residential and business customers throughout Minnesota for more than 65 years.

In addition to providing Internet, television and local telephone services, Arvig also provides business telephone systems, managed services, security and more.

WEBSITE: arvig.com

Baker Boy

HEADQUARTERS: Dickinson, N.D.

EMPLOYEES: 210

DESCRIPTION: Baker Boy is a manufacturer of premium bakery products for foodservice, bakery, convenience store and private-label customers.

Over the past 60 years, Baker Boy has grown from a small bakery into a sophisticated and innovative production facility that bakes breads, buns, rolls, donuts, pastries, sweet rolls, cookies, croissants, biscuits and much more.

Baker Boy’s rich tradition is a product of its talented, passionate and inventive professional staff, who are committed to baking excellence.

WEBSITE: bakerboy.com

Bourgault Industries

HEADQUARTERS: Minot, N.D. (plant); St. Brieux, Saskatchewan (corporate)

EMPLOYEES: 54 in Minot, 976 worldwide

DESCRIPTION: Bourgault Industries is an agricultural equipment manufacturer that has grown to become a world leader in the design and production of leading-edge seeding, fertilizing and tillage equipment.

The U.S. Division is headquartered in Minot, N.D., with product distribution throughout the Midwest and Northern Plains and exported around the world.

Their success is a result of their focus on the development of people, and leading edge designs that provide the highest value to their customers.

WEBSITE: bourgault.com

Construction Engineers

HEADQUARTERS: Grand Forks, N.D.

EMPLOYEES: 88

DESCRIPTION: “Do Something Constructive” is more than a clever saying for the team at Construction Engineers; it is the founding principle for how our company approaches each and every day.

Headquartered in Grand Forks, N.D., Construction Engineers provides construction management and design-build services for a commercial division focusing on education, health care and public facilities and an industrial division that builds processing plants and infrastructure systems.

WEBSITE: constructionengineers.com

Cornerstone Bank

HEADQUARTERS: Decentralized, with banks located in North and South Dakota

EMPLOYEES:

153

DESCRIPTION: Cornerstone Bank provides an expansive product offering while staying true to its mission of providing access to financial experts who give straight answers and the best possible financial options.

Cornerstone’s offerings include business and personal loans, deposits and cash management services, online and mobile banking.

With 14 locations in North and South Dakota, Cornerstone Bank’s financial experts not only help customers get ahead, but also take the time to figure out where they want to go.

WEBSITE: cornerstonebanks.net

Eide Bailly

HEADQUARTERS: Fargo, N.D.

EMPLOYEES:

1,774 companywide, 281 in Fargo

DESCRIPTION: At Eide Bailly, we’re trustworthy business advisors with proud local roots. For more than 100 years, we’ve offered a wide variety of traditional and specialty services and have grown alongside our clients to become one of America’s top 25 accounting firms, with 33 offices in 14 states. With a dedication to our community and a culture of passion and fun, we promise clients an experience that is second to none.

WEBSITE: eidebailly.com

Eapc Architects Engineers

HEADQUARTERS: Grand Forks, N.D.

EMPLOYEES: 120

DESCRIPTION: EAPC is a design consulting firm offering architecture, engineering, wind energy, industrial and business-excellence services from 12 offices throughout the United States and Argentina.

EAPC has been in business for more than 50 years and remains focused on the client’s needs with a view toward creative, sustainable solutions that surpass project goals in form and function.

Careful planning, design expertise and hard work deliver positive results that clients are truly happy with long after the ribbon cutting.

WEBSITE: eapc.net

Emc Insurance

HEADQUARTERS: Bismarck, N.D. (local), Des Moines, Iowa (national)

EMPLOYEES: 63 (local), 2,500 (national)

DESCRIPTION: Organized in 1911 to write workers’ compensation protection in Iowa, EMC Insurance Companies is now one of the top 60 property/casualty organizations in the United States and is one of the largest in Iowa, based on net written premium.

EMC has 20 locations and more than 2,500 team members. With more than 100 years of experience, we’ve proven our customers can Count on EMC®.

WEBSITE: emcins.com

FIRST INTERNATIONAL BANK & TRUST

HEADQUARTERS: Watford City, N.D.

EMPLOYEES: 573

DESCRIPTION: From its humble beginnings in 1910, this community bank has been delivering on its mission of helping dreams come true, one customer at a time. Today, four generations strong, the Stenehjem family continues to lead the company with a focus on long-term customer relationships. They operate 27 locations throughout North Dakota, Minnesota and Arizona.

WEBSITE: FirstIntlBank.com

Epicosity

HEADQUARTERS: Sioux Falls, S.D.

EMPLOYEES: 32

DESCRIPTION: Epicosity is an ideas company specializing in creative, video production, web development, digital strategy, and media. We have clients in 23 states and five countries. We’re not a mega-agency – and we’re proud of that. We’re a tight group of idea people who execute nimbly and effectively. Founded in 2008 as Epic Multimedia and rebranded as Epicosity in 2013, we’ve grown from a small video production firm to a full-service international agency in just a few years.

WEBSITE: epicosity.com

ABOUT US:

Fisher Industries is a family of businesses that serves all aspects of the aggregate industry. We are a unified team working together to cement our place in the industry. Led by visionaries who dream big and are not afraid to think outside the box, we continue to welcome challenges and tackle the toughest jobs. Bridges, levees, roads, and walls; we do it all!

Fisher Industries

HEADQUARTERS: Dickinson, N.D.

EMPLOYEES: 1,030

DESCRIPTION: We began as a small aggregate business in rural North Dakota and evolved into an all-encompassing aggregate and land development enterprise. Built on a solid foundation of ethics and integrity, Fisher Industries is a vertically integrated family of businesses led by visionaries who dream big and are not afraid to think outside the box.

We continue to welcome challenges and tackle the industry’s toughest jobs. Bridges, levees, roads and walls; we do it all!

WEBSITE: fisherind.com

FIRST WESTERN BANK & TRUST

HEADQUARTERS: Minot, N.D.

EMPLOYEES: 174

DESCRIPTION: First Western Bank & Trust is proud to maintain longevity with our personnel by offering exceptional pay and benefits, flexibility for family commitments and a friendly, professional atmosphere.

We empower our employees to volunteer for charitable causes and community events during work hours through our Outreach Committee, organized by our staff. Our Employee Committee provides seasonal and festive events to engage beyond work duties.

We strive to promote within our company and provide employees access to continuing education.

WEBSITE: FirstWestern.bank

Gate City Bank

HEADQUARTERS: Fargo, N.D.

EMPLOYEES: 630

DESCRIPTION: At Gate City Bank, we believe in making a difference in our communities and in the lives of our team members and customers, For a Better Way of Life®. We offer unique benefits to our team members – benefits such as paid maternity and paternity leave, generous PTO packages, paid volunteer time, mission leave assistance and more.

Gate City Bank is a $2.1 billion mutual community bank with 36 convenient banking offices across North Dakota and west central Minnesota.

WEBSITE: GateCityBank.com