WINONA, Minn. — The Winona hydraulics company Ronco has a green light to build a $2.5 million facility in the Riverbend Technology Park on former swamp land on the Extreme East End. The Winona Port Authority voted 5-0 to sell 2.8 acres for a new plant. The selling price: $152,900 and plus $30,000 due later The deal requires Ronco to keep its current Winona payroll , about 29 employees, at least five years. The company had alternatives for expansion at its other current plants in Eau Claire, LaCrosse and Rochester. Bill Amundson, a Ronco executive, said the company has outgrown its current local facility between U.S. Highway 61 and Old Homer Road.
Ronco profile
Ronco Engineering Sales was founded in Winona in 1964. The company provides hydraulic equipment and components, material handling products, pneumatic pumps and components, and power transmission equipment and parts. An in-house machine shop custom-builds hydraulic cylinders and hydraulic power units. The company alss rebuilds and tests hydraulic pumps, hydraulic valves, and hydraulic cylinders to meet your needs. The current facility is at 1755 Ronco Avenue.
