Greg McHale interviews Kylan Hastreiter, Vice President of Hastreiter Industries, located in Marshfield, WI. Kylan’s parents started the shop in the late 1980s in a hog shed with one Makino LeBlond lathe. Today, they specialize in complex parts for the aerospace industry and are a driving force in introducing young people in Wisconsin to manufacturing—even creating a makerspace for students at their facility.
- Every kid has a machine shop in their basement, right? ( 5:11)
- Turning over the reins to the next generation & rebranding the business (8:13)
- Introducing kids to STEM as part of the long game to build up a local workforce and a thriving manufacturing industry (12:48)
- It’s fun to have the latest & greatest technology! (21:47)
- Building a culture that embraces change (24:55)
- Investments that had the biggest impact (27:08)
- Getting two machines for free (29:22)
- How Hastreiter Industries impacts Wisconsin’s cheese industry (31:46)
- Predictions for the next 7 years (33:58)
- Kylan answers the classic “What do you know now, that you wish you knew then” question. (37:14)
Links Referenced:
- Datanomix: https://datanomix.io/
- Hastreiter Industries: https://hastreiter.industries/
- Shiloh Bound: https://www.shilohbound.org/
- C2 Makerspace: https://www.c2makerspace.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084244807677
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/c2-makerspace/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/c2makerspace_marshfield/
- mfgmavericks.com: https://mfgmavericks.com
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