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SHARING THE
Eck Industries is delivering success through robotics automation and employee dedication
Kiley Eck Hayon , President , and her cousin Tyler Eck , Vice President of Sales and Engineering , are the fourth generation to uphold Eck Industries . Hailing from Manitowoc , Wisconsin , the business has been a key player in the state ’ s foundry industry since 1948 , when Kiley ’ s great-grandfather decided to break away and start his own venture .
“ Our great-grandfather , William Eck , was in his late 50s when he decided to leave his executive position at another foundry to establish Eck Industries ,” she opens . “ When you think about it , it must have taken a lot of guts to do that back then , in the late
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1940s . However , he had a couple of longstanding customers onside , who were ready to invest , so he purchased Kasper Construction Company ’ s garage on twoand-a-half acres just north of Manitowoc .
“ Our grandfather , Robert Eck , his son , had already graduated from college with a metallurgical degree and was working over in Pennsylvania at Bethlehem Steel at the time . It was only a few months though , before he moved across to be with his father in the August of that year . From there , they set about steadily growing Eck Industries , one customer at a time .”
The business was initially built upon orders from the likes of Harley-Davidson ,
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