CAT AUCTION SERVICES
Business: Auction company specializing in heavy equipment
Founded: 2009
Headquarters: Shakopee
Website: www.catauctions.com
Executives: Founder Rick Albin
Employees: 24
2009 revenue: $4.8 million; on track to reach $7 million
Quote: "It sounds like power; it sounds like work." -- Albin, talking about the sound of scores of diesel engines being warmed up before the start of an auction.
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