Entrance Technologies

Founding Story

“Entrance Technologies started in 1995 as a 1-man shop. In the early days, it was just me traveling across the state of Wisconsin in my van servicing Walmart’s automatic doors. Over the past 25+ years, we have transformed into a family of techs, salespeople, and support employees installing and servicing all types of doors for customers throughout Wisconsin and Michigan.

Since the beginning, I have been most focused on serving our customers and our employees. For our customers, we have always aimed to offer solutions for any sort of ‘entrance technology’ and to provide personalized, responsive customer service. For our employees, we have worked hard to foster a family-oriented, collaborative culture. These have defined our success so far and will continue to do so in our next step with Cobalt.”

Why Cobalt

“When I was exploring selling Entrance Tech, it was important for me to find a partner that would respect and support our employees and continue to service our customers at a very high level. Unlike other potential acquirers that would have swallowed Entrance Tech up and disrupted everyone’s day-to-day, we chose Cobalt because they will amplify the things that we do well and support us in areas that will help us grow. Their scale creates great new opportunities for both our customers and employees that would not be available if we continued to operate independently, and we’re looking forward to Entrance Tech’s next chapter!”

— Jim Sieren, Founder and Owner (1995 – 2024)