Case Study
Economic Downturn Can Create New Opportunities
“Recent events, the economic downturn that has affected us all, have created new opportunities. It is time to take control and cut chips again,” said Ken Kalmanek. Ken and his business partner Adam Wirries recently formed Kalmanek Manu- facturing, a high-precision job shop. Ken Kalmanek, machinist by trade, has most recently been a successful machine tool salesman and before that an application engineer. “We plan to run a Just In Time (JIT) syste