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Don Meekes (right) meets with, from left, Bryan Bovia, Dave Magirl, Bob Tanner and Randy Bredeweg at Tool Ventures International.

Mekkes makes the most of opportunity

Jake Himmelspach

Published: November 24, 2008

Don Mekkes’s company has plants in Grand Rapids, Alabama and India.

Don Mekkes, president and owner of Tool Ventures International, said his biggest career break came when he followed the lead of his father-in-law, Tom O’Keefe, who offered him an apprenticeship at Northwest Tool and Die in 1977, the year after he got married.

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