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NEW Manufacturing Insights — 118 episodes
Ep. 118: The unstoppable Jackie Anderson
Ep. 117: New North, Inc. CEO Patti Habeck
Ep. 116: Kristen Jonas on keeping HR moving
Ep. 115: TitletownTech's Kathryn Clouse talks AI in manufacturing
Ep. 114: Fincantieri's Ricky Nutt on the evolution of shipbuilding
Ep. 113: Vyper Industrial CEO Dayne Rusch
Ep. 112: Manufacturing All Star Elizabeth Senn
Ep. 111: Kathy Miller wants MORE for manufacturers
Ep. 110: Management Boot Camp with UW's Steve King
Ep. 109: DuxxBak President & NEWMA Chair Brandon Beard
Ep. 108: The Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin
Ep. 107: UWGB Chancellor Michael Alexander
Ep. 106: Manufacturer of the Year Finalist Eck Industries' Kiley Eck Hayon
Ep. 105: 2026 Manufacturing Trends!
Ep. 104: FIRST Robotics inspires creativity and Coopertition™
Ep. 103: Inside EDL Packaging
Ep. 102: Masters Gallery Foods: Business Friend of the Environment
Ep. 101: Galloway Company and the 'cream of the crop'
Our 100th Episode!
Ep. 99: A look back at Manufacturing First 2025
Ep. 98: Oh Snap!
Ep. 97: Apricity brings dignity of work to recovery community
Ep. 96: Meet Oshkosh Door's Chris Calawerts, Insight's October cover story
Ep. 95 (10/2/25): LIVE at Schreiber Foods for our 2-year anniversary
Ep. 94 (9/25/25): Bridging the gaps between school and business
Ep. 93 (9/18/25): Manufacturing First Keynote Betsy Allen-Manning
Ep. 92 (9/11/25): Making waves in Northeast Wisconsin
Ep. 91 (9/4/25): VPI CEO Tim Riebau
Ep. 90 (8/28/25): Carbliss
Ep. 89 (8/21/25): The future of education at UW-Green Bay
Ep. 88 (8/14/25): The ins and outs of market volatility
Ep. 87 (8/7/25): Inside the Robinson Training Academy with a veteran police officer
Ep. 86 (7/31/25): The growth of youth apprenticeship at Therma-Tron-X
Ep. 85 (7/24/25): Eagle Performance Plastics President Lori Sealock
Ep. 84 (7/17/25): How mid-market manufacturers can reduce tariff exposure
Ep. 83 (7/10/25): Value creation is everything
Ep. 82 (6/26/25): On 50 years of WRTP | BIG STEP with CEO Lindsay Blumer
Ep. 81 (6/19/25): Demystifying knowledge transfer with Steve Trautman
Ep. 80 (6/12/25): Sure Controls works to keep Midwest manufacturers running, growing & smiling
Ep. 79 (6/5/25): Harnessing the power of presence with Mike Lee
Ep. 78 (5/29/25): 2025 NEWMA All Star Jennifer Rome of Burger Boat Co.
Ep. 77 (5/22/25): The benefits of youth apprenticeship, with David Gordon of CESA 7
Ep. 76 (5/15/25): Jen Fietz re-imagines Imaginasium as Stoke RGA
Ep. 75 (5/8/25): Buckley Brinkman on the future of MEPs, Wisconsin's manufacturing landscape
Ep. 74 (5/1/25): Mel Butcher on building a female future
Ep. 73 (4/24/25): Marion Body Works President Kevin Ignacio
Ep. 72 (4/17/25): Plexus Corp. CEO Todd Kelsey
Ep. 71 (4/10/25): STRYKER President Nicole Malson talks women in manufacturing
Ep. 70 (4/3/25): Skilling up with SkillsUSA Wisconsin
Ep. 69 (3/27/25): QComp Technologies President Katie Miner
Ep. 68 (3/20/25): Tweet Garot President Hope Voigt
Ep. 67 (3/13/25): Leveraging social media with BConnected's Brad Cebulski
Ep. 66 (3/6/25): An exploration of time with John K. Coyle
Ep. 65 (2/27/25): Easy Being Green with SBC's Christa Kananen
Ep. 64 (2/20/25): Pierce Manufacturing President Bob Schulz
Ep. 63 (2/13/25): Hope and Help Together
Ep. 62 (2/6/25): Alex Lawton and the "World's Greatest"
Ep. 61: On family and fiberglass, with Ben and Amy Bertram
Ep. 60 (1/23/25): Electrifying the future of work with Shea Electric's Dan Shea
Ep. 59 (1/16/25): How Green Bay's Coex 3D is bolstering additive manufacturing in the New North
Ep. 58 (1/9/25): Marine Travelift raises the standard
Ep. 57 (12/19/24): Helping kids ditch the digital life through boatbuilding
Ep. 56 (12/12/24): Futurist Jonathan Brill talks manufacturing
Ep. 55 (12/5/24): Advanced Tooling Inc. is one of Wisconsin's best places to work
Ep. 54 (11/21/24): New North, Inc. CEO Barb LaMue
Ep. 53 (11/14/24): Keeping things moving with Nercon's Jim Eckes
Ep. 52 (11/7/24): Manufacturing First recap
Ep. 51 (10/24/24): Career EXCELerate
Ep. 50 (10/17/24): Eagle Performance Plastics
Ep. 49 (10/10/24): Greg Linnemanstons on the quest for new customers
Ep. 48 (10/3/24): LIVE at Werner Electric Supply on our One-Year Anniversary!
Ep. 47 (9/26/24): ark data centers CEO Brett Lindsey
Ep. 46 (9/19/24): The New North region needs more tech ed teachers
Ep. 45 (9/12/24): Eight in 10 workers worldwide suffer from burnout. What can we do?
Ep. 44 (9/5/24): 2024 Manufacturing First Keynote Steve Jones
Ep. 43 (8/29/24): Titletown Manufacturing is a key cog in the machine
Ep. 42 (8/22/24): Burger Boat stays afloat for an incredible 161 years
Ep. 41 (8/15/24): Spark Ops takes center stage
Ep. 40 (8/8/24): Tracking the hottest employment law issues of 2024
Ep. 39 (8/1/24): How to flex your marketing muscle
Ep. 38 (7/25/24): Five AI trends to watch in manufacturing
Ep. 37 (7/18/24): Exploring Industry 4.0 with Werner Electric's Weston Timmers
Ep. 36 (7/11/24): Nueske's brings the smoke for 91 years
Ep. 35 (6/27/24): Elizabeth Kust takes us to "NEW" school
Ep. 34 (6/20/24): Life on the cutting edge with Séura's Tim and Gretchen Gilbertson
Ep. 33 (6/13/24): Our child care model is a "market failure." What's next?
Ep. 32 (6/6/24): NWTC President Kristen Raney
Ep. 31 (5/30/24): Best of Leadership Insights
Ep. 30 (5/23/24): Meet NEWMA chair Jeff Berg of Voith Paper
Ep. 29 (5/16/24): Making helicopters in the New North region
Ep. 28 (5/9/24): Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry CEO Sachin Shivaram
Ep. 27 (5/2/24): The Appleton Airport is soaring
Ep. 26 (4/25/24): Earth Week 2024: Waupaca Foundry is a global sustainability leader
Ep. 25 (4/18/24): Training "Industrial Athletes" with Dr. Bryan Schwebke
Ep. 24 (4/11/24): Menasha Corporation CEO Christopher Drees
Ep. 23 (4/4/24): Is Northeast Wisconsin a Web 3.0 desert?
Ep. 22 (3/28/24): Partnering for manufacturing safety in Northeast Wisconsin
Ep. 21 (3/21/24): BioForward Wisconsin's Lisa Johnson on our state's biohealth tech hub designation
Ep. 20 (3/14/24): Wisconsin Lighting Lab CEO Adam Rupp
Ep. 19 (3/7/24): Meet a Walker Forge youth apprentice and her mentor
Ep. 18 (2/29/24): Excellerate's Pat McGettigan talks new Little Chute facility
Ep. 17 (2/22/24): Fincantieri's Jan Allman
Ep. 16 (2/15/24): Talking tech with Microsoft's Michelle Schuler
Ep. 15 (2/8/24): Inside one of the New North's Fastest Growing Companies
Ep. 14 (2/1/24): Exploring Industry 4.0 with Sure Controls' Zach Roisum
Ep. 13 (1/25/24): Celebrating the 2024 NEWMA All Stars
Ep. 12 (1/18/24): The Cool Stuff with New North's Renee Torzala
Ep. 11 (1/11/24): A closer look at the 2024 NEWMA Vitality Index
Ep. 10 (12/21/23): Talking opportunity with Aspiro's Pete Falk and Scott Baker
Ep. 9 (12/14/23): NWTC's Amy Kox talks manufacturing ed
Ep. 8 (12/7/23): Dan Ariens
Ep. 7 (11/30/23): The Village Companies' Tonya Dittman and Holly Hampton
Ep. 6 (11/16/23): Filling the New North engineering pipeline with UWO's Greg Kleinheinz
Ep. 5 (11/9/23): WMEP's Roxanne Baumann takes us to exporting school
Ep. 4 (11/2/23): Manufacturing First Recap
Ep. 3 (10/19/23): K-12 Tech Ed Insights with Seymour's Staci Sievert
Ep. 2 (10/12/23): Talking Internships with Sargento's Anne Troka
Ep. 1 (10/5/23): Paul Rauscher and Brian Rasmussen