Sil-Pro History

Founding

Lee Carver, Sil-Pro founder and father of Kevin Carver, started his career in rubber and plastics manufacturing more than 44 years ago. In 1998, Carver decided to apply his years of experience to the area of silicone medical components in Delano, Minn. It wasn't until a year later that an employee was hired, but still no customers were to be found.

"It's funny, looking back now, but I remember pulling friends and family in to pose as workers, making it appear as if the shop looked busy to potential customers," says Kevin. "We never meant to deceive anyone into believing that we could handle a larger capacity than what we actually could, but looking in at our shop at the time, no one would know just how much production power we could truly handle. Once production started, it was all growth from that point on, and just a few years later we were up to 110 employees."