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Melanie Hellwig-White on making sway bars and helper springs

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Gearheads unite! Episode 143 features the CEO of Hellwig Products, Melanie Hellwig-White, chatting about how they make cool aftermarket parts like helper springs and sway bars.
It's a great fourth-generation manufacturing business story. Here are some highlights.
Chapters:
00:00 - intro
01:00 - how Melanie landed in the family business
03:00 - helper springs and the founding of Hellwig Products
04:45 - Jim's helper spring experience
07:15 - the ag workforce in Visalia, California knows how to work
09:30 - Melanie's move up the ladder
12:30 - the breadth of Hellwig's product range
15:00 - the company's ability to shift as vehicles change
18:45 - the sway bar side of the business
22:00 - dealing with vendor price increases and business craziness
24:00 - how Melanie's generation and her Dad's compliment one another
And there's so much more! It's a marvelous story - tune in for the whole thing! And as always, leave us your questions and comments, like and subscribe, and share it with your friends.

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Manage episode 463574937 series 3417760
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Gearheads unite! Episode 143 features the CEO of Hellwig Products, Melanie Hellwig-White, chatting about how they make cool aftermarket parts like helper springs and sway bars.
It's a great fourth-generation manufacturing business story. Here are some highlights.
Chapters:
00:00 - intro
01:00 - how Melanie landed in the family business
03:00 - helper springs and the founding of Hellwig Products
04:45 - Jim's helper spring experience
07:15 - the ag workforce in Visalia, California knows how to work
09:30 - Melanie's move up the ladder
12:30 - the breadth of Hellwig's product range
15:00 - the company's ability to shift as vehicles change
18:45 - the sway bar side of the business
22:00 - dealing with vendor price increases and business craziness
24:00 - how Melanie's generation and her Dad's compliment one another
And there's so much more! It's a marvelous story - tune in for the whole thing! And as always, leave us your questions and comments, like and subscribe, and share it with your friends.

  continue reading

163 episodes

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