Making Utah

We are so excited to share our latest podcast featuring Brad Robeson! Brad Robeson is the owner and president of Clean Machine; a precision component machine shop in West Jordan. Brad also serves in the Salt Lake Chamber, the National Tooling and Machining Association, as well as the Utah Manufacturers Association. Before all this, he had a very successful career of 28 years workin

Mike Robinson is the VP of Global Manufacturing for doTERRA Essential Oils, one of the most successful direct sales companies in the world. 3.5-4 million bottles of oil manufactured a month in Utah alone25+ offices around the world3 Main manufacturing facilities in Pleasant Grove, Ireland, and BrazilNearing 10,000 SKUsIn the mid-2010s, doTERRA went from a small facility to building

Bryant Parker is the founder of SynerTech Automation, a Utah company implementing automation components in manufacturing companies throughout the state. Bryant talks about automation ROI, preparing for the change implementing automation brings, and chickens!He said 70-80% of the jobs SynerTech does are the result of a company not being able to find an employee willing to do a task.

How do you know if you're ready for the next level of automation in your manufacturing business? What foundations do you need to make sure are solid every time you add new AI, robotics, or digital systems? Erik Fogleman, iMpact Utah's resident automation guru, talks about why it's impossible to "achieve" industry 4.0 and what both small and large companies can do to be successful i

Daniel Benites is a flavor magician who has been bringing out-of-this-world salsas, dips, and sauces to Utahans for a decade. After moving to Utah, Daniel was underwhelmed by the salsas he found at restaurants and grocery stores. They were too sweet and didn't have the right flavor balance he was looking for. So, Daniel started experimenting in his kitchen, and decided to bring his

The larger the business, the more difficult it can be to rebuild workplace culture. However, this company did it in two years and has seen retention increase significantly. Better Being Co. is a whole-body wellness company in Ogden, Utah that has grown exponentially since its inception in 1993. In 2017, the company went from publicly-traded to private when HGGC purchased them.It’

The legislative session in Utah starts TODAY!About 1,500 bills have been filed and 150 of those may affect Utah manufacturing in some way. Naturally, we had to get one of the state's highly knowledgeable manufacturing lobbyists in the hot seat to prepare us for the next 45 days. Todd is also the President and CEO of the Utah Manufacturers Association and on the board of the Nationa

Ali Yazdian transitioned from defense engineer to entrepreneur when he set out to make a military-grade bike rack that handles off-roading with ease and doesn't damage the bikes it's transporting. Like many Utahans, Ali is an outdoor junkie who loves to hit the slope and the red sandy hills of southern Utah. Learn how he took a personal pain point from an idea to design to a growin

Richard Manufacturing works with the U.S. Air Force creating cabling systems that connect pilots to the F-16s they're operating. The idea that their technology helps keep pilots safe drives the team to achieve manufacturing excellence every day. As a decades-old family run business, Richard Manufacturing is led by President Brent Call, his sister and Vice President Teresa Stakebake

Listening to Bean Trailer's co-founders Mark Harling and Brian Dyer, you'll learn the importance of building a nimble team and evolving processes that give employees a voice. In addition to Bean's fantastic work culture, the company builds one of the highest quality offroad trailers and is passionate about keeping design and manufacturing under one roof. For these reasons, and many