Frequently Asked Questions

What is this FAQ about?
Who frequently asks these questions?
What does harper Company really do?
What is your slogan?
What are you working on now?
What is "Inventioneering"?
Who are your customers?
Why "North Puffin™"?
Where is Highgate?
How long have you been in business?

What is this FAQ about?
      What harper Company does and who we do it for.

Who frequently asks these questions?

      No one, as far as we know.

You do so many different things for a small company. Why are you so spread out?

      How stuff works fascinates all the people of harper Company. That's a good thing, because our clients include printers and boatbuilders, dollmakers and battery companies, chemical companies and iron foundries, and even lawyers.
      Frequent changes of our design environment keep us fresh. They also help us effect some interesting synergy as we transfer technology across different industries.

What is your slogan?

      Engineering solutions for small business™.

What are you working on now?

      The principal project each month is always listed on our front page; earlier projects can be found on the memories page.

What is "Inventioneering"?

      The word itself is a clever combination of "Invention" and "Engineering." We dream up useful concepts or products (that's the inventing part), then experiment or research, design, and produce them (that's the engineering). We coined and started using the term in 1978.

Who are your customers?

      harper Company serves businesses and some individuals in the United States and Canada. Our customers range from an iron foundry to a bottling company to a county Sheriff.

Where is Highgate?

      Highgate is a Town (township) in Franklin County, Vermont, with strong economic and cultural ties to agriculture. The Town is tucked hard against the Canadian border and forms part of the west coast of New England with the northernmost shoreline on Lake Champlain.
      The Highgate economy is based on farms, small businesses and manufacturing companies, cultural-heritage tourism and the arts, and one of the best family resorts in the nation.

How long has harper Company been in business?

      We commenced operations with a contract for conveying equipment in 1984.

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