This is not a show about machines. It is a show about people, communities, and possibility.
Across the country, manufacturers, OEMs, system integrators, distributors, technology partners, and skilled workers are quietly transforming industries and strengthening the communities they call home. Their innovations create jobs, support families, fuel local economies, and help solve some of the world's toughest challenges. Yet many of these stories go untold.
Our mission is to bring those stories to life.This series serves as a platform to celebrate not just what is made, but who makes it happen and the communities that grow stronger because of it.
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Every community has a manufacturing story. Not just a story of production, but of people, pride, innovation, and grit. It's the story of why products are made where they are, the challenges overcome to make them possible, and the lasting impact they have far beyond the factory walls.
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Manufacturing is not just a market we serve. It is a community we belong to.
Made Here celebrates the people, companies, and communities shaping the future of American manufacturing. At a time when the industry faces growing workforce challenges and increased competition for talent, the series highlights rewarding careers, innovative companies, and the lasting impact manufacturing has on local communities.
More than a look inside the manufacturing process, Made Here tells the stories of the people, partnerships, and ideas moving the industry forward. By sharing these stories, we hope to inspire greater appreciation for manufacturing and the next generation of makers.
It's not our story. It's theirs.
Conceived and presented by the Industrial Solutions Network of CED, Inc, sponsored by Rockwell Automation, and hosted by Chris Luecke of Manufacturing Happy Hour.
Rather than focusing exclusively on equipment, or technology, Made Here tells the stories of the people, markets and innovation behind industry: manufacturers, skilled tradespeople, educators, innovators, system integrators, technology partners, and community leaders who work together to strengthen America's, our markets’, manufacturing ecosystem.
Discover how Made Here began, and the communities and people within it that are moving manufacturing forward across the country.
There is a lot more going on in the Santa Maria Valley, then what you think. It’s Imerys, It’s Cloacina, It’s Hardy and It’s Royal Industrial making real impact.
Join Royal Industrial and the Industrial Solutions Network as we feature just a few that make a real impact.
A place where the innovation that takes place doesn’t always get the credit it deserves, and where finding and retaining top talent takes a bit of creativity. A strong manufacturing ecosystem needs a strong community, and here, people are working together to make it happen.
Featuring Behlen Manufacturing, Huffman Engineering, Grow Nebraska, and the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce.
Watch and listen to Angie Stenger, with Northeast Nebraska Growing Together, talk about how they are trying to proactively transform Northeast Nebraska's regional economy and stimulate its population growth to help give the workforce the need for thriving manufacturing.
Listen to all the sit down interviews on our Connect Together podcast by the Industrial Solutions Network.
You can find the podcasts and subscribe at iTunes and Spotify.
Find the full video interviews and their condensed stories as we walk their facility and find out how they are changing the industry and culture in Louisville
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The Industrial Solutions Network has partnered with Manufacturing Happy Hour to help tell the stories of our partners and our manufacturing communities.
Chris has been making manufacturing current, cool and approachable 1 pint and 1 conversation at a time.