How a Steam Engine Builder Revived American Manufacturing
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What inspired Corey and Ali Anderson to pursue American manufacturing?
Technology is it's taken away the people aspect, it's taken away the teams, it's taken away collaboration and the personal connection. And that's what's so fun about the skilled trades. It's a team, it's a community building something, especially in our foundry where it's hot, dirty and dangerous. And it actually fosters a really cool brotherhood.
I was just overwhelmed with how cool it was. I said, if we could just help educate what is a foundry, people will be really interested in working there. It is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. There is raw iron being poured. And like Corey mentioned, just this incredible brotherhood that hits you right when you walk in.
Corey and Allie Anderson are driven, resilient, and visionary entrepreneurs and the founders of Anderson Industries, known for building the world's largest steam engine to inspire others while creating projects that preserve history and help shape future generations.
We just want to be known as people who are fighting for American-made, people who are fighting to create opportunities for the skilled trades and training and instilling discipline in the character qualities to make our young people the next legacy makers of the skilled trade.
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Welcome back to another episode of the Living Your Legacy podcast, the Red Life edition. Joining me today, fresh off their episode of Legacy Makers, is Corey and Allie Anderson. Folks, they may seem like quiet, simple folks, but this is literally the future of American construction workhorse. Oh gosh, please save me here. You guys are amazing. We had such an amazing interview. Please tell us what you do and why you're here.
Yeah, so we have two missions, really. It's to preserve American manufacturing and to create opportunities and develop the next generation of skilled trades. So we do that through our manufacturing companies, Anderson Industries and Anderson Foundries. We have a number of foundries. Dakota Foundry is a gray and ductile iron foundry. And then Muncie Castings, we just acquired. That's an aluminum foundry. And so we have a number of operations, mostly in the casting and foundry industry. And then we're also with our Iron Warrior Academy. It's a nonprofit. We're also building and creating opportunities for the next generation of young people to get into the skilled trades.
Yeah, right on. Gosh, Ali, you guys are such a dynamic duo. How are you essentially his Batman to a Robin or vice versa? How are you supporting this band's vision here?
It's definitely a fun journey for sure. We've been really, really blessed throughout the whole experience for sure.
How did Kory achieve a Guinness World Record with a steam engine?
I mean, dating back to... During the pandemic, developing Iron Warrior out of that in order to save the foundry to then launching the Iron Warrior Academy where we train the next generation of skilled trades. Today's focus, launching a children's book to really get those early concepts in the hands of kids so that they're really intrigued to go into metal fab, into foundry work. They want to get a toolbox. So very, very holistic mission here. They're all intertwined together and it's been fun.
I'd love to. Let's talk about the next generation. A lot of folks are on their iPhones or on their roadblocks. And I'm with my AI. Folks have forgotten what it is to construct and make things with their bare hands and have that energy flow from them into something that's in front of them. Talk about how you're bringing that back.
So that's one of the most fulfilling parts of being involved in the skilled trades and actually learning a skill and being able to create and build something with your hands. And it's going to be it is a huge demand. A lot of that work over the last decades has been shipped to other countries, primarily China. They're one of the manufacturing leaders in the whole world.
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What inspired Corey and Ali Anderson to pursue American manufacturing?
0:00–2:43
2
How did Kory achieve a Guinness World Record with a steam engine?
2:43–7:11
3
What is the mission behind Iron Warrior Academy?
7:11–14:31
4
How can AI and automation impact skilled trades careers?
14:31–20:18
5
What challenges do skilled trades face in today's job market?
20:18–21:55
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