Connect Together Podcast

Places like Kansas City’s West Bottoms district make up the foundations of American manufacturing and industry. And in this episode, we head straight to The Ship, a unique bar in the heart of the historic West Bottoms district to meet with Scott Brown of the Historic West Bottoms Association and General Counsel at Faultless Starch.

We take a look back into the history of the area and why West Bottoms was put on the map thanks to its proximity to the Kansas and Missouri Rivers and the early railroads in the 1860s.

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Listen as Manufacturing Happy Hour talks to Doug Wilson of Marlen as they explore what food and beverage means to Kansas City and how Marlen is being a leader in the industry.

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Brought to you by the Industrial Solutions Network, the Made Here series focuses on the stories of those that drive manufacturing forward, which drives the city they are a part of.

In this series, we are focused on the manufacturers in Louisville, KY. We are joined by Amatrol who are shaping the future of the manufacturing workforce, Opus Integration who are bring the bourbon industry into the 21st century, to E&H of the Industrial Solutions Network that is the glue of building and supporting this community.

Brought to you by the Industrial Solutions Network, the Made Here series focuses on the stories of those that drive manufacturing forward, which drives the city they are a part of.

In this series, we are focused on the manufacturers in Louisville, KY. We are joined by Amatrol who are shaping the future of the manufacturing workforce, Opus Integration who are bring the bourbon industry into the 21st century, to E&H of the Industrial Solutions Network that is the glue of building and supporting this community.

Brought to you by the Industrial Solutions Network, the Made Here series focuses on the stories of those that drive manufacturing forward, which drives the city they are a part of.

In this series, we are focused on the manufacturers in Louisville, KY. We are joined by Amatrol who are shaping the future of the manufacturing workforce, Opus Integration who are bring the bourbon industry into the 21st century, to E&H of the Industrial Solutions Network that is the glue of building and supporting this community.

I sit down with the Plant Manager (Greg Hundley) of one of our Technology Partners, Service Wire in Houston, TX. We chat about what he cares about, challenges and more as they manufacture and service wire to distributors and user like us.

Safety on machines is important for any operation and workforce. Things are shifting from safety only being the responsibility of the end users to those that are building and supplying the machines. If designed correctly, it doesn't have to hamper your productivity.

Safety experts: Daniel Van Dam and Quinn Mendyk with CED of the Industrial Solutions Network of Nebraska.

Listen to learn more.

Host as always: Justin Brunken of the Industrial Solutions Network

LISTEN to one customers journey and story on how they implemented a storeroom solution with our Inland Empire - Royal Industrial Solutions location and helped them free up capacity of employees, service their customers better and more.

Thanks to Deven Weston-Heiser from Pacific Packaging Machinery for her time, words and story of their storeroom solution.

We talk to a founder of Codian Robotics on how manufacturing, especially in the food & bev industry is changing fast with more demands, and how robotics can impact their process, applications for robotics and any challenges. A great listen with Greg Brasic of Codian Robotics, Kara with CED Omaha and your host, Justin Brunken, Industrial Solutions Network of locations.

In this episode of Connect Together with Justin Brunken, we discuss with Rittal about their latest Food Safety Survey during the pandemic, food safety, hygienic zones and what it means to Food and Beverage manufacturers.