Change of Ownership
In late 1993, the founder of RCI was in a brave battle with a terminal cancer diagnosis. At this time, a colleague from college of both Paul and Mike, Jim Ronnau joined Research Concepts in a contract engineering position. In early 1994, Paul Gabel’s ownership stake in RCI was sold to Jim Ronnau. Together the combination of Mike and Jim would continue to pilot Research Concepts forward. With both of them leaning on their experience working in research labs at the University of Kansas, they were driven for innovative and reliable designs.