Cornerstone Systems, Inc. (CSI)

CSI, is a privately held company with corporate offices in Crystal Lake, Illinois and a customer support center in Plano, Texas. The company was founded in 1993 by Marshall Handelsman with the goal to provide heat treating, finishing, and coating job shops with an easy to use software program that's affordable and would help them to manage their business activities more efficiently. Prior to forming CSI, Marshall spent over 20 years developing and installing software systems for the heat treating and finishing industries. This experience was to become the foundation upon which Visual Shop was built.

In the Spring of 1996, Visual Shop was introduced. At last, heat treaters and finishers had a windows based product that was developed for them. They no longer had to make do with a job shop manufacturing program. Since that introduction in 1996, Visual Shop™ users now number well over 125 and are growing each day.

Mission Statement

To provide the heat treating, coating, painting, and finishing industries with an affordable and comprehensive software package. The software will;

• Be affordable and Scaleable - The system can be able to run on 1 PC or a network of many PC's.
• It can provide both the small and large customers with the features and benefits that they need.
• Utilize mainstream "off the shelf" hardware and software.
• Make use of modern technology to solve today's problems.
• Be well supported and constantly improved upon.