
History
Opening Specialists Inc. was formed on October 8, 1998, through the purchase of the construction hardware division from Jaeger Hardware in Dubuque IA. In 1998, OSI started with 6 employees. We currently have 17 employees with over 125 years of combined construction hardware experience.
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With offices in Holy Cross and Dubuque IA. Our corporate office is in Holy Cross with our office personnel, custom welding shop, and fabrication, and serves as our main warehouse. Our sales office in Dubuque IA offers over-the-counter sales for walk-in trade and allows our salespeople, contract estimators, installers, and project management skills to be close to our market not only in Dubuque County and surrounding areas but also to Illinois and Wisconsin.
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OSI is owned and managed by Thomas Pape, who was one of the founding fathers. After working with Tom and OSI, you’ll find we have a construction hardware passion not found in any other company!