MyTana Celebrates 50th Anniversary
MyTana Manufacturing Company Inc., founded by Sol Gottstein in 1957, celebrated 50 years of service to the cleaning industry in October. Headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., Gottstein moved to the Twin Cities from Des Moines, Iowa, in the 1930s, becoming the original St. Paul Roto-Rooter franchisee. It was while in Des Moines that Gottstein met cable machine developer and Roto-Rooter founder Joe Blank. Deciding to concentrate on the manufacturing side of the cable cleaning business, Gottstein sold the service portion of the company to his brother Nathan, who later sold it to the Roto-Rooter Corp.
Longtime employee John Sentman was assigned the task of making sewer cable machines, and is credited with developing the company’s original product line. Taking on new ownership after Gottstein’s death in 1992, the company introduced portable jetters in 1998 and followed with video inspection and locating equipment in 1999.
Recognized as one of Minnesota’s 50 fastest growing private companies in 2000 and 2001, it also acquired MicroEngineering, developer of the self- leveling camera head. As it has from the start, MyTana continues to manufacture and service its own cable machines, jetters, locators and video inspection equipment.
Envirosight, Vivax Form Alliance
Envirosight LLC, a provider of video inspection solutions, and Vivax, a manufacturer of push cameras and pipe location equipment, have formed an alliance to further the development of push camera technology and to grow the sales channel for such technology in the North American market. As part of the alliance, Envirosight will private label Vivax equipment, while Vivax will grant Envirosight municipal sales exclusivity. Envirosight will officially launch its new push camera line at the 2008 Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo.
