From Hog Shed to Top Shop—The Evolution of a Family Business with Kylan Hastreiter

Manufacturing Mavericks

Greg McHale interviews Kylan Hastreiter, Vice President of Hastreiter Industries, located in Marshfield, WI. Kylan’s parents started the shop in the late 1980s in a hog shed with one Makino LeBlond lathe. Today, they specialize in complex parts for the aerospace industry and are a driving force in introducing young people in Wisconsin to manufacturing—even creating a makerspace for students at their facility.

• Every kid has a machine shop in their basement, right? ( 5:11)
• Turning over the reins to the next generation & rebranding the business (8:13)
• Introducing kids to STEM as part of the long game to build up a local workforce and a thriving manufacturing industry (12:48)
• It’s fun to have the latest & greatest technology! (21:47)
• Building a culture that embraces change (24:55)
• Investments that had the biggest impact (27:08)
• Getting two machines for free (29:22)
• How Hastreiter Industries impacts Wisconsin’s cheese industry (31:46)
• Predictions for the next 7 years (33:58)
• Kylan answers the classic “What do you know now, that you wish you knew then” question. (37:14)

Links Referenced:

• Datanomix: https://datanomix.io/
• Hastreiter Industries: https://hastreiter.industries/
• Shiloh Bound: https://www.shilohbound.org/
• C2 Makerspace: https://www.c2makerspace.com/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084244807677
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/c2-makerspace/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/c2makerspace_marshfield/
• mfgmavericks.com: https://mfgmavericks.com