“Last year, our top three selling products were not even products we were making four years ago,” observes Rob Ausen, President of Dalmaray Concrete Products of Janesville, Wisconsin. While many precasters in the area have seen their business wither under the combined pressure of a protracted recession and painfully slow recovery, Dalmaray has continued to thrive. “Fiscal year 2011 has been our best yet,” says Ausen, who joined his father–Robert “Bob” Ausen–in the family business in 1982. Dalmaray was launched in 1957 by Ausen’s great great uncle. Ausen’s father took over the firm in 1971 and today a fourth generation is playing a major role in the company’s success, including Ausen’s sons Aaron, Craig and Kyle.