Masters in Manufacturing: C&L Supreme’s Tom Hacker
DES PLAINES – Tom Hacker started his manufacturing career in the 1970s on the shop floor of a metal fabrication company. In 1996, he joined
DES PLAINES – Tom Hacker started his manufacturing career in the 1970s on the shop floor of a metal fabrication company. In 1996, he joined
(As published in TMA’s September 2015 News Bulletin) Manufacturers are a “bunch of MacGyvers” to Stacey Bales, president of Bales Metal Surface Solutions. They make
Nicole Wolter has a huge challenge facing her and HM Manufacturing – the business she and her father Ken Wolter, now own as partners. That
OAK LAWN – Driving northeast along Southwest Highway in Oak Lawn, a sizeable, yet non-assuming brick building with the sign “Meyer Tool” would normally not
The more manufacturing automates, the more work NJC Machine Company will have. That’s a key reason why Kevin and Amy Graff bought the 38-year-old company a
PALATINE – Newko CEO President Scott Riddell’s story of leading a manufacturing company for thirty years is one filled with determination, inspiration and flavored with
ROCKFORD – Doug Sosnowski started Spare Part Solutions twelve years ago, and today his Rockford-based business has 22 team members. Among other machinery needs, Spare
Five years before David Long and his business partner Walter Schaub started Pro Mold & Die, David was drafted into the U.S. Army and spent
SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS – Alan Szymanski was in diapers when his dad and a partner started Do-Rite Die & Engineering in south Cook County, Illinois.
ADDISON – “Everything’s got a story,” and few know those tales behind the projects on their shop floor as well as Quality Fabricator Inc.’s CEO