Manufacturing Happy Hour
A podcast by Chris Luecke - Tuesdays
280 Episodes
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233: Manufacturing 101, On-The-Job Training, and Finding Fulfillment in Engineering Featuring Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence
Published: 4/29/2025 -
232: AI Agents for Manufacturing 101 Featuring Composabl CEO & Co-Founder Kence Anderson
Published: 4/22/2025 -
BONUS: MEPs are at Risk of Losing Funding and Need Your Help
Published: 4/21/2025 -
231: Why VCs and Startups Are Betting on Manufacturing and the Midwest Featuring Drive Capital and Path Robotics, Live from Columbus, OH
Published: 4/15/2025 -
230: Shark Tank, Advanced Prosthetics, and How PSYONIC's Ability Hand is Driving Accessibility for Humans and Robots Featuring PSYONIC CEO & Founder Dr. Aadeel Akhtar
Published: 4/8/2025 -
229: Manufacturing Leadership in Indiana and Beyond: Live from Indianapolis, IN
Published: 4/1/2025 -
228: Industrial Marketing from SMBs to the Enterprise, Live from the 2025 Industrial Marketing Summit in Austin, TX
Published: 3/25/2025 -
227: Are the Challenges Facing Rural vs. Urban Manufacturers Really That Different? Live from the Midwest Manufacturers Trade Show & Conference
Published: 3/18/2025 -
226: Building a Community of Machine Shop Entrepreneurs Featuring Russell Winter, Founder of US MFG
Published: 3/4/2025 -
225: From Enterprise Engineering to Owning a Small Manufacturing Business Featuring Amorphic Brewing Founder Ron Hockersmith and a BROADcast For Manufacturers, Live from Milwaukee, WI
Published: 2/25/2025 -
224: The Role of a State Chamber in a Manufacturing Ecosystem with Mike Johnson, COO Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Published: 2/18/2025 -
223: The State of Automation Halfway Through the Decade, Live from the 2025 A3 Business Forum
Published: 2/11/2025 -
222: A Bootstrapper's Guide to Re-Industrializing America with Jim Belosic, CEO of SendCutSend
Published: 2/4/2025 -
221: "Building America" from the Heartland Featuring Nucor Vulcraft
Published: 1/28/2025 -
220: From Irrigation to Metals to Pharma: Systems Integration in the Heartland featuring Huffman Engineering
Published: 1/21/2025 -
219: How Skillwork Is Like Travel Nursing for Manufacturing Talent Featuring Brett Elliott and Tim Raglin of Skillwork
Published: 1/14/2025 -
218: Why Buying and Selling a Business Is a "War over the Numbers" Featuring Clint Bundy of Bundy Group
Published: 1/7/2025 -
BONUS: 3 Automation and Workforce Trends Impacting Manufacturers in 2025
Published: 12/31/2024 -
217: The Intersection of Energy, Automation, and Construction with FTI's Kevin Senn
Published: 12/24/2024 -
216: Automating Control Panel Design and Fabrication Featuring Rittal’s Brian Jung and EPLAN’s Kruno Kutnohorski
Published: 12/17/2024
Welcome to Manufacturing Happy Hour, the podcast where we get real about the latest trends and technologies impacting modern manufacturers. Hosted by industry veteran Chris Luecke, each week, we interview makers, founders, and other manufacturing leaders that are at the top of their game and give you the tools, tactics, and strategies you need to take your career and your business to the next level. We go beyond the buzzwords and dissect real-life applications and success stories so that you can tackle your biggest manufacturing challenges and turn them into profitable opportunities. Stay Innovative, Stay Thirsty.