Building the Next Generation of Skilled Trades with Dan Walker.

Podcast: Maintenance & Manufacturing Insights · Martin Engster

Opublikowano: 2026-10-09

What does it take to run a manufacturing plant producing around 50,000 parts every day? For Dan Walker, one of the biggest challenges isn’t production capacity. It’s finding and developing skilled people. In this episode of Maintenance & Manufacturing Insights, Martin Engster talks with Dan Walker, Plant Manager for Mako International in Shelby Township, Michigan. Dan oversees a 331,000-square-foot facility with 46 molding machines, 112 pieces of secondary equipment, and approximately 340 employees. The facility produces injection-molded interior components, including parts used in the Jeep Wrangler and Jeep Gladiator. Dan explains how automation has changed the skil...