Manufacturing Legacy

I’m Chris Cottle. I spend most of my weeks coordinating with consultants inside plants and marketing with my manufacturing clients. I’ve learned that the people who make things have more to teach each other than any trade magazine ever will.

That’s why I started Manufacturing Legacy.

Every episode, I sit down with someone from the manufacturing world and get the real story. How the company started. What’s hard right now. What they’ve tried, what failed, and what finally worked. Where they’re headed next.

Maybe you own a plant. Maybe you run the floor, lead a team, work a machine, or sell to people who do. Maybe you’re the third generation, or you just got here. If you’re in manufacturing, this is your show.

American manufacturing is changing. The people who built it are handing it off, work is coming home, and the next chapter is being written right now by people like you.

Our goal is simple: preserving what works, and shaping what’s next.

Pull up a chair. Let's navigate together where American manufacturing is heading.

• No. of episodes: 1
• Latest episode: 2026-10-26
• Business Entrepreneurship

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