# 180: Made in Missouri, Live from the 2024 Midwest Manufacturers Trade Show & Conference

- Show: [Manufacturing Happy Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour)
- Published: 2024-04-09
- Length: 1h 07m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-04-09-180-made-in-missouri-live-from-the-2024-midwest-manufacturers-trade-show-confere
- Listen: http://manufacturinghappyhour.com

## Summary

Pavel Bosovik, founder and CEO of 27North, explains how he industrialized the process of making expedition vans by documenting detailed standard operating procedures, such as counting specific screws, to enable scaling. Josh Shelton, owner of Etched Nameplate Company, discusses how being fired served as the springboard for his business and details his strategy of acquiring companies annually since 2020 to grow the brand. Kevin Thompson, a leadership coach at Cambridge Air Solutions, describes how the company uses daily morning meetings and core values to build a culture that enriches lives, moving beyond just manufacturing HVAC equipment.

## Chapters

- [0:46](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-04-09-180-made-in-missouri-live-from-the-2024-midwest-manufacturers-trade-show-confere#t=46) Introduction: Made in Missouri and 27North
- [5:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-04-09-180-made-in-missouri-live-from-the-2024-midwest-manufacturers-trade-show-confere#t=304) Pavel Bosovik: Industrializing Van Production and Documentation
- [14:36](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-04-09-180-made-in-missouri-live-from-the-2024-midwest-manufacturers-trade-show-confere#t=876) Pavel Bosovik: Scaling Advice and Benchmarking
- [25:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-04-09-180-made-in-missouri-live-from-the-2024-midwest-manufacturers-trade-show-confere#t=1513) Josh Shelton: Etched Nameplate Company Origins
- [33:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-04-09-180-made-in-missouri-live-from-the-2024-midwest-manufacturers-trade-show-confere#t=2035) Josh Shelton: Acquisitions and Community
- [43:24](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-04-09-180-made-in-missouri-live-from-the-2024-midwest-manufacturers-trade-show-confere#t=2604) Kevin Thompson: Cambridge Air Solutions Culture
- [53:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2024-04-09-180-made-in-missouri-live-from-the-2024-midwest-manufacturers-trade-show-confere#t=3225) Kevin Thompson: Leadership Coaching and St. Louis Scene

## Topics

- [Design for manufacturing & NPI](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/design-for-manufacturing)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)
- [Growth, exits & acquisitions](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/growth-exits-and-acquisitions)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies, companies scaling up, established companies

## Mentioned

- 27North (company)
- Etched Nameplate Company (company)
- Cambridge Air Solutions (company)
- Missouri Association of Manufacturers (other)
- Gray Solutions (company)
- Missouri Ridge Distillery (company)

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- [143: Build Your Own Manufacturing for Your Invention](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/product-startup/2022-09-28-143-build-your-own-manufacturing-for-your-invention) (Product Startup)
- [Episode 274: Fold time back on itself](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2020-08-28-episode-274-fold-time-back-on-itself) (Making It)
- [#037 - Disrupting with digital manufacturing, with Nick Pinkston of Plethora, USA](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-hardware-entrepreneur/2017-09-13-037-disrupting-with-digital-manufacturing-with-nick-pinkston-of-plethora-usa) (The Hardware Entrepreneur)
- [S2E36 Shaking Things Up As We Get to Know Aaron Moncur](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2021-08-23-s2e36-shaking-things-up-as-we-get-to-know-aaron-moncur) (Being an Engineer)
- [Working On the Business, Not In the Business, w/ Paul van Metre](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2021-05-11-working-on-the-business-not-in-the-business-w-paul-van-metre) (The Manufacturing Executive)

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