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What does it mean to be a steward of a century-old sheet metal shop? Luigi “Lou” Sposito, Owner and President of A.G. Miller in Springfield, MA, joins Sunny Han to talk about legacy, data, and the next generation of fabrication. Lou shares why he sees himself not as an owner, but as a caretaker o…

In this Capacity episode, Sunny visits ACP (Formely ACP Waterjet - west of Boston) to talk with founder Carlos Fernandes about starting a shop in a recession with no manufacturing background, scaling through smart risk, building instant quoting and e-commerce, wiring systems together with APIs, and…

What does it take to turn a small, family-run shop into a precision powerhouse? In this episode of Capacity, Fulcrum CEO Sunny Han talks with Hernan Ricaurte, President of Ricaurte Precision Inc., about how the company scaled nearly 4× in just 8 years while serving some of the most demanding indust…

Engineer-turned-owner Chad Jones bought a 40-year-old manufacturer, nearly sank it in year one, then rebuilt culture and systems to double revenue with one new hire. Hear his playbook: fair-value deal math, cash discipline, profit sharing, and ops upgrades.

What happens when a violin-making hobbyist builds one of the most trusted machine shops in the aerospace world? In this episode, Sunny Han sits down with Joe Osborn and Michael Langston of OMW Corporation to uncover how a tiny garage startup became a key AS9100 supplier for the private space and sa…

What happens when you trade stability for risk and lead with faith instead of fear? In this episode, Chris sits down with Fritz and John of Rock Run Industries, a father-son duo who turned a garage hobby shop into a thriving sheet metal fabrication powerhouse with over 150 employees and #35 on thef…

Johnson Metal Works is a specialty subcontractor for structural fabrication, erection, and industrial manufacturing in Bozeman, Montana. In this conversation, husband-and-wife duo Scott and Courtney Johnson walk us through their journey from traditional employment to running their own metal fabrica…

How did Grady Cope go from working on oil rigs to running a machine shop? And how did he grow from operating a manual mill and lathe to managing a 25,000 sq. ft. facility filled with advanced CNC machines? Fulcrum Founder & CEO Sunny Han sits down with Grady to hear the story of how he starte…

Cody Goff is the 3rd-generation owner of Vilonia Metal Works in Vilonia, Arkansas. Vilonia Metal Works specializes in laser cutting, forming, and fabricating for the restaurant industry. Learn more at www.viloniametalworks.com.