ADELANTO • Hidden Valley Ranch, Diet Pepsi or Tylenol. If you consume any of these popular products, there’s a good chance they were made using mixers from a factory in Adelanto.

Scott Turbon Mixer Inc., founded by Bill and Linda Scott 31 years ago, designs and builds stainless steel mixers for many of the largest food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and chemical processing facilities. It ships products not just in the United States but to about 20 other countries around the world.

With 40 or so employees, the company has successfully competed against much bigger manufacturers such as SPX, a Fortune 500 company.

How?

Bill Scott knows where to fight. The company goes after a niche market, sometimes even creating one.

“We want to be known as the stainless steel specialist, so when companies call for stainless steel mixing equipment they will call us first,” Scott said.

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