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Dexter Apache Holdings, Inc. is a leading 100% employee owned company with and provides through its subsidiaries laundry equipment distributorship services, money lending financial services, and manufacturing services. Headquartered in Fairfield, Iowa, Dexter Apache Holdings and its predecessor, The Dexter Company, have a rich heritage for delivering high quality, innovative products and services to our customers and business partners. Our ownership culture empowers employee owners, creating a highly efficient, service oriented company that is committed to excellence.

Dexter Laundry, Inc.

Dexter Laundry has been a leader in the commercial and on-premise laundry industry since the company was founded more than a century ago in 1894. All Dexter washers and dryers are manufactured exclusively in Fairfield, Iowa, in our state of the art 220,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility. We partner with distributors throughout the United States and selected countries around the world. International growth has been a recent focus, and Dexter laundry equipment and parts are now regularly exported to over 20 countries including Canada, Mexico, Japan, Australia and Taiwan.

Dexter Financial Services, Inc.

Dexter Financial Services provides equipment financing solutions for the laundry and dry cleaning markets, with an emphasis on Dexter Laundry products. Formerly Partners Leasing of Cedar Rapids, Dexter Financial Services became part of the Dexter Apache family in the spring of 2000.

Century Laundry, Inc.

Century Laundry Distributing with its current facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, consisting of 44,000 square feet is strategically located to serve Dexter parts and equipment sales for all of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and parts of Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri and Eastern Montana. Century Laundry Distributing is known for providing quality reconditioned and/or rebuilt equipment of all types throughout the entire United States, Mexico and Latin America.

Apache Stainless Equipment Corporation.

Founded in 1975, Apache Stainless designs and manufactures a broad range of stainless steel vessels and storage tanks for application in the pharmaceutical, bio-tech, pulp and paper, ethanol, bio-fuels and chemical industries. Further, our Mepaco division offers a complete line of stainless steel vessels, mixers, cookers and related products for the food processing industry. Known for exceptional quality and service, Apache Stainless offers complete custom design and fabrication capabilities to a broad array of customers.

Leer Refrigeration, Inc.

Founded in 1952, Leer is the leading worldwide manufacturer of ice merchandisers used for storing bagged ice as well as a leader in the design and manufacturing of commercial walk-in freezers and coolers. Leer markets ice merchandisers under the Leer, Star, Starrett and Biloff brand names and has production facilities in New Lisbon, Wisconsin, Dumas, Arkansas and Shafter, California. Walk-in coolers and freezers are marketed under the Leer and Carroll Cooler brand names and are produced in New Lisbon, Wisconsin and Carroll, Iowa. Leer markets its products to a variety of customers including packaged ice industry distributors, ice manufacturers, grocery and convenience stores and the food service industry.

Crystal Group, Inc.

Crystal Group Inc. is a leading designer, manufacturer and integrator of rugged servers, displays, storage devices, networking, and embedded devices designed for use in mission critical communications, military and industrial environments. Crystal provides server, switch, display, storage, and embedded computer architectures and related integration services for mission critical installations worldwide. We design, manufacture, integrate, and support rugged computer-based systems for intelligence, communications, reconnaissance, navigation, surveillance, and critical control applications in government and industrial segments.