Great Lakes Stainless, based in Traverse City, found two ways to expand recently.
The company announced the addition of a buffing and polishing division to its full-service commercial food service and custom stainless fabrication offerings. If that weren't enough, they went and hired three new employees to its team to help meet customer needs.
The buffing and polishing division will allow the company to keep more of its business in house instead of seeking some services elsewhere.
"Bringing on a buffing and polishing division was a natural fit for our business," says Michael DeBruyn, vice president of operations. "Not only can we now serve our commercial food service and custom stainless fabrication in-house, we’re able to offer high quality buffing and polishing services for automotive and marine restoration, and many other manufactured goods."
To service its expanding list of clients and offerings, Great Lakes Stainless also added several key members to its team.
Davis Hack will head the new buffing and polishing division. Hack is a graduate of Grand Valley State University and has several years of stainless steel fabrication background.
Dan Ellis joins Great Lakes Stainless as a production manager. Ellis is a graduate of Northwestern Michigan College with a focus on LEAN manufacturing. He has over 16 years in project design and management.
Lastly, Todd Sears joins the team as manufacturing engineer. Sears brings over 18 years of experience in the manufacturing industry as well as a graduate from Northwestern Michigan college with a focus on CAD and CAM advanced manufacturing.
Writer: Sam Eggleston
Source: Michael DeBruyn, Great Lakes Stainless
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