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2 | R. A. Hiller Company T he goods and services and the means by which they’re made and distributed may have changed through the years, but the intangibles like re- liability, dependability and quality have not. And that, in the estimation of Ed Good, is what’s kept the R.A. Hiller Company in good stead with its customers and employ- ees over 60-plus years since its humble begin- nings in western Pennsylvania. “It’s really like a family-first environment here,” said Good, an 18-year company vet- eran who’s now the sales manager for Hiller’s business. “Everybody understands that you have to work to make money, but family is very important and that’s carried over. It’s the type of company where as long as you take care of what you’re responsible for and you do your job, it’s a very fair place to work.” The company was founded in 1950 by its namesake, Ralph A. Hiller, as an industrial distribution entity that sold pneumatic and hydraulic components to the industrial sec- tor in its home territory. It evolved to work within the nuclear power industry in the late 1960s by design- ing custom linear actuators for safety related applications, which focused on main steam