Heath Verstraete, owner and President of Conveyability in Walker, MI, took an entrepreneurial leap by purchasing the local manufacturing facility just before the pandemic. Tune in to hear how Heath financed the purchase of Conveyability, the improvements he has made during ownership, and the explosion of new business due to a lack of workforce and Industry 4.0.
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