I hate to be the cynic that puts a damper on everything, but umm, "preservation before profits"?
No, I'm sorry, that is not how a business works, that is not how the world works. Putting profits first (through cutting costs, etc) is what keeps Stern from going bankrupt. The idea of any company that doesn't put profitability first is absurd. Without profitability a company becomes a money pit and money pits don't last for long.

It's possible for remanufacturing of pinball machines to be a profitable business, but only by running it conservatively, maximizing resources, and through careful financing, could the business survive. Profit comes first! Preservation is simply an assumed to be prevalent by the whole point of the company being to remanufacture classic machines. So, preservation shouldn't even be a concern, because the whole idea of remanufacturing pinball machines is in itself preservation.

So yeah, it's possible. I most certainly hope it happens. But of course a business is a business, employees must be paid, profit must be made, lastability must be displayed.