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Business: Manufactures industrial inkjet printers and replacement inks for printers made by Squid Ink and its competitors.
Founded: 1992
Headquarters: Spring Lake Park
Website: www.squidink.com
Executive: Founder Bill Hoagland
Employees: 95, 60 of them in the Twin Cities. The company also has a facility in Arlington, Texas, and salespeople across the country.
2004 revenue: $11 million in fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2004, headed for $15 million in fiscal 2005.
Quote: "How do you milk the squids?" -- Question asked of Hoagland, who had chosen the Squid Ink name because he thought it would be memorable.
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