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"VPI is an organization of people committed to continuous improvement of the products and services we provide to meet our customers' needs for commercial flooring, thermoplastic sheet, and custom compounding. We will achieve profitable growth in rapidly changing environments through the strategic marketing of new products, added value for existing products, and acquisitions which complement our manufacturing, marketing, and distribution skills". A Quality Statement, written and adopted at the same time, served as the guiding framework for conducting day-to-day business. It read: "VPI is committed to a policy of continuous improvement of our ability to meet or exceed customer expectations for the products and services we offer. It is our basic operating philosophy to concentrate on prevention of problems, making quality a way of life which results in satisfied customers." All of this allowed VPI to put its total commitment to quality into motion. It is worth pointing out that although VPI has continually reinvented itself to meet and exceed the changing needs of the market, many of these principles remain intact allowing VPI to differentiate its products and services through well thought out and well-executed customer-driven programs, policies and procedures. The result of all of this was VPI became a fast responding, high value-adding creator of niche markets. In 1991, R. Bruce Grover was chosen as Wisconsin's Small Business Man of the Year. The honor is awarded on the basis of both business and personal achievement. First Wisconsin Bank noted that the President of VPI was "an individual of impeccable standards. He is a successful businessperson who has positively impacted the Sheboygan economy. He is a well-rounded leader who has shown a unique concern for his community." Shortly thereafter, Grover gained controlling interest of VPI in early 1992 when he completed the purchase of all remaining VPI stock from Edwin L. Stone and Werner W. Krause who were seeking to retire from active business life. However, both Stone and Krause remained on as members of the VPI Board of Directors. In 1993, VPI received the prestigious Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Special Award for Commitment to Employees based on its support of employee education through the Lifelong Learning Program. In August 1993, VPI volunteers constructed Sheboygan's first Habitat for Humanity home, and VPI has continued to actively support Habitat for Humanity projects in both Sheboygan and Manitowoc Counties in Wisconsin and also at our East Coast location. In 1999, VPI received the Governor's Exemplary Employer Award. This award honors businesses that have enhanced the quality of employment in the state of Wisconsin through employee-oriented enrichment programs. The award was granted to VPI because of the company's Lifelong Learning and Apprenticeship programs, growth through the American Mirrex acquisition, and commitment to the community, including support of the VPI Foundation. As the 21st century dawned VPI was ready to take another major step in its organizational development and evolution; on September 1, 2004 Bruce Grover announced that based on family considerations he had agreed to sell VPI and on January 1, 2005, the Floor Products Division of VPI, LLC, the original core business of VPI, was acquired by R. Steven Martin, Jeremy Williams and Robert Mac Pherson.