In 2022, Lippert, a multi-billion-dollar component manufacturer for RVs, boats, automobiles and adjacent industry suppliers, realized it could not meet its workforce needs with traditional recruiting efforts alone.

Photon Automation Develops and Deploys a Proprietary Fiber Laser Welding System for Assembly of High Energy-density Batteries Used in Next-generation Transportation, Telecommunications and Consumer Products

Monroe Custom Bodies is a fabricator of work truck bodies for major public utilities as well as commercial customers.

Applied Fabricators Inc. is an architectural sheet metal operation that fabricates metal for building exteriors, including roof edge metal, single skin wall panels and other products used in construction projects. The company is investing in a new press brake machine and 2 cobots for press brake tending.

Photon Automation Inc. provides engineering, development, manufacturing, and deployment of automated machines that incorporate state-of-the-art industrial laser technology.

Holloway House Inc. is a manufacturer that produces a variety of consumer retail household cleaning products, most notably Quick Shine Floor Finish.