Tag: Manufacturing

In this inspiring episode, Brad Belden, President and COO of Belden Brick Company, shares his remarkable journey from Chicago options trading and New York banking to leading America’s largest family-owned brick manufacturer.

In this captivating episode, Bob Orth shares his remarkable journey of taking over his father’s truck accessory business in 1984 and transforming it into a cutting-edge American manufacturing operation.

In this deeply personal and inspiring episode, Dawn Nielsen, Chief Operating Officer at Kolache Factory, shares her raw journey from a 9-year-old scrubbing baseboards to leading a 60+ location franchise empire.

In this powerful episode, JR Rodriguez, Assistant Plant Manager at HB Specialty Foods, shares his remarkable journey from battling addiction as a young man to leading operations at a facility producing food coatings for major brands.

In this uplifting conversation, third-generation mattress maker John Grove shares the remarkable story of Mattress Grove – a family-owned North Carolina manufacturer with over 100 years of mattress-making heritage and more than five decades of independent production.

In this inspiring episode, Shaun Eller shares his remarkable 30-year journey at Ohio Gratings, from being hired as a drafter despite meeting none of the job qualifications to his current role as Chief Business Officer.

In this compelling interview, Karl Schledwitz, Chairman and CEO of Monogram Foods, shares his remarkable journey as a serial entrepreneur who has built three companies that made the Inc. 500 fastest-growing private companies list.

In this captivating episode, Michael DelGrosso, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer of DelGrosso Foods, shares the incredible 100+ year family story that began with a chance meeting in a café and led to creating America’s oldest family-owned pasta sauce company.

In this insightful episode, David Bryant shares his journey as Chief Operating Officer at Young Manufacturing Company, a 150-year-old manufacturer of stair treads and millwork that recently transitioned from family ownership to an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

In this fascinating episode, Jim Wargo shares insights from his journey at Electric Materials Company, a 110-year-old American manufacturer that has continuously adapted to changing markets while maintaining its commitment to quality.