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Wade Keats’ father, Bert, and his uncle, Glenn Keats, started Keats Manufacturing in 1958. A key reason for starting the business was something Wade’s father repeated often: “I didn’t get in this business for the ...
MORTON GROVE – TMA longtime member Sko-Die in Morton Grove Illinois is proud of their team members upgrading their skills at TMA’s training center in nearby Schaumburg. Patrick Steininger is Sko-Die’s third- generation owner. Recently, ...
The Women of TMA Committee (WTMA) are working towards raising $25,000 to fund scholarships for young women interested in pursuing careers in the manufacturing industry. Representatives of the WTMA – including Teresa Beach-Shelow, CEO of ...
Craig Zoberis was honored in May 2019 by Marquette University’s Opus College of Engineering with their “Entrepreneurial Award” for 2019. The following profile was first published in 2016: By Fran Eaton – Heading up a ...
If there’s the perfect example of an all-around manufacturing Renaissance man, Transwestern principal Ed Brandt is in the running. Brandt started as one of the Technology & Manufacturing Association’s (TMA) early apprenticeship trainees, worked as ...
Rich Hoster has been Smith & Richardson, Inc.’s co-owner and president for nearly 25 years. He joined the company in the mid-1980s, soon after graduating from the University of Tulsa with a degree in finance ...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS – JR Hommer says he’s been in a manufacturing family since he was six years old, and in the industry himself for since 1992. In just the past few years, he’s noticed a ...
Adapting to demand allows third-generation business to thrive “Adaptable,” “versatile,” “profitable,” “creative” — all words that describe manufacturers that survive and thrive from generation to generation. And those are the words that describe Stanley Spring ...
One of Technology & Manufacturing Association’s Board Members – Nicole Wolter, CEO and President of HM Manufacturing in Wauconda – gives firsthand experience confirming that despite media reporting differently, manufacturing is doing well these days. ...
Sko-Die, the company Patrick Steininger’s grandfather Joseph Steininger started with two partners just after World War II, is thriving and “open for business” – the company motto. The Morton Grove-based custom metal stamper and manufacturer ...
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