Most people never think about who builds the dumpster sitting at the end of their driveway. Rayder Hobbs is President of Operations at Mac Corporation in Indianapolis, Indiana, a family owned company that has spent 51 years building roll off containers, compactors, and cart dumpers for haulers in all 50 states.
In this episode:
- How his grandfather, a Vietnam veteran, started Mac in 1975, and why every family member since has started out in the shop
- What it takes to run 150 employees on 2 shifts, every day but Sunday, across a 13 acre facility
- Why sheet steel is up 4 to 5 percent and paint is up 7 to 8 percent, and where that pressure lands
- How automation and cart dumpers changed what warehouses ask for
- Why under CDL trucks opened the hauling business to a new wave of independent owners
Watch the full conversation with Rayder Hobbs on What's Made in the USA.
