Manufacturing Magazine May 2015 | Page 26

MIZE & COMPANY INC .
Gauge Booster Cables preparing for shipment to an oil field customer . Mize is well known for their hand-made 100 % copper Booster sets .

In 1936 , Robert Mize started his own business from a small Kansas chicken coop . Today , this same business has grown into a multimillion dollar force in wire and cable production serving an 80 / 20 mix of the automotive and light industrial industries . But the same principles that could grow a business don ’ t always translate 80 years later — sometimes an infusion of fresh ideas is needed to take that business to the next level .

A year ago , Ross Jordan was brought on to Mize & Company as its new president , tasked with helping achieve new growth and success in a modern era — and through business insight and a unique approach , it ’ s on its way .
Growth Through Partnership When Ross entered Mize & Company , he recognized both its potential and its need for new growth in order to thrive . “ It ’ s grown , and it ’ s organic in the way it ’ s grown ,” he says . But his most critical task has been identifying how to grow it further — and in many respects , it ’ s not so much about sales as it is about building
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