Case Study
Lindsay Machine Works
In 1994, after working for several shops in the Kansas City area and serving his machinist apprenticeship in the U.S. Navy, Mike Lindsay founded Lindsay Machine Works in Richmond, Missouri. His one-man shop grew to ve and eventually outgrew their location. In 2002 he moved the business to nearby Independence, a suburb of Kansas City. Mike started his business with manual equipment, serving the general machining and repair needs of local businesses in the paper, food processing and agricultural industries. While Mike could meet the needs of his customers for simple repair work and very small runs, the ine ciencies and time requirements of his manual machines didn’t allow him to compete when quoting even small jobs of more than ve or ten pieces. Key Hurco Advantage Recently, Hurco’s loca