# A 100-Year Manufacturing Journey: Navigating Change While Honoring Legacy w/ Matthew Feldman and Mike Feldman

- Show: [The Manufacturing Executive](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive)
- Published: 2026-02-10
- Length: 33m
- Episode: 296
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2026-02-10-a-100-year-manufacturing-journey-navigating-change-while-honoring-legacy-w-matth
- Listen: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-manufacturing-executive#episode-c064bff7-bf27-4073-8691-88d18ce7e6e7

## Summary

Matthew and Mike Feldman, Co-Presidents of Yula Corporation, discuss how their third-generation family business survived 100 years in the Bronx by pivoting from commodity HVAC to high-spec pharmaceutical engineering. They explain the operational impact of digitizing workflows, implementing CNC machinery, and undergoing an ERP implementation to replace manual processes. The conversation highlights the cultural shift driven by lean manufacturing consultants, which improved efficiency and employee retention through internal promotion and a collaborative three-co-president leadership structure.

## Chapters

- [0:38](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2026-02-10-a-100-year-manufacturing-journey-navigating-change-while-honoring-legacy-w-matth#t=38) Introduction and Industrial Marketing Summit
- [4:31](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2026-02-10-a-100-year-manufacturing-journey-navigating-change-while-honoring-legacy-w-matth#t=271) Yula Corporation History and 100-Year Milestone
- [7:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2026-02-10-a-100-year-manufacturing-journey-navigating-change-while-honoring-legacy-w-matth#t=426) Modernization: CNC, Digitization, and ERP Implementation
- [10:56](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2026-02-10-a-100-year-manufacturing-journey-navigating-change-while-honoring-legacy-w-matth#t=656) Pivot from Commodity HVAC to Pharmaceutical Engineering
- [15:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2026-02-10-a-100-year-manufacturing-journey-navigating-change-while-honoring-legacy-w-matth#t=908) Balancing Legacy Quality with Modern Efficiency
- [19:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2026-02-10-a-100-year-manufacturing-journey-navigating-change-while-honoring-legacy-w-matth#t=1152) Three-Co-President Leadership and Family Dynamics
- [22:50](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2026-02-10-a-100-year-manufacturing-journey-navigating-change-while-honoring-legacy-w-matth#t=1370) Implementing Lean Manufacturing and Overcoming Resistance
- [27:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-manufacturing-executive/2026-02-10-a-100-year-manufacturing-journey-navigating-change-while-honoring-legacy-w-matth#t=1675) Employee Retention and Promoting from Within

## Topics

- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Design for manufacturing & NPI](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/design-for-manufacturing)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)
- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Yula Corporation (company)
- Gorilla 76 (company)
- Industrial Marketing Summit (other)
- CNC (tool)
- ERP (tool)
- Deloitte (company)
- Colgate University (other)
- University of Pennsylvania (other)

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- [Carrying the Legacy Forward: Yuto Matsuura on Family, Precision, and the Future of Automation, Ep #23](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lights-out/2025-08-29-carrying-the-legacy-forward-yuto-matsuura-on-family-precision-and-the-future-of) (Lights Out)
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