
Making What Matters
By P1 Ventures

Making What MattersJun 03, 2020

Lathes and LEGO!
Recent P1 employee, Adam Bedwell, shares his onboarding experience at P1 Manufacturing, and what he's learning from and sharing with fellow team members.

Hard work pays off!
John Junge, leader at our Generator Windings facility, discusses his remarkable journey from part-time employee to Plant Manager.
Watch John's story and learn more about our P1 Pathways program: P1 Pathways : from part time to Plant Manager - YouTube

Motorcycles and Manufacturing
Marine vet and cancer survivor, Mike DeBenedetti, shares his incredibly motivating journey on pursuing the passions in your life by pushing past obstacles and challenges. It's never too late to realize your manufacturing dream, including launching your own motorcycle endeavour.

Manufacturing is the way.
An episode for fans of all things Manufacturing! Joel and Brian Wickham, Assistant Professor at HVCC and Manufacturing Engineer, share enlightening and entertaining stories, experiences, knowledge and factory floor wisdom learned over the years.
Learn more about Hudson Valley Community College | HVCC

Because that's just proper!
Billy McGrath, in this informative, fun, descriptive interview with Joel, several times uses the phrase, "That's just proper", which perfectly sums up his experience of working P1 Manufacturing. Billy is one of P1's original hires, so his a wealth of knowledge about this amazing company is a joy to listen to.

From Moldova to Manufacturing
Vitaly shares the amazing story of how he came to be a machinist. Immigrating to the USA from Moldova, his path brought him to P1 Manufacturing via HVCC. Now an experienced and valuable memeber of P1, Vitaly discusses the lessons he's learned and how he keeps growing and developing his machining skillset.

Sales multiplies the win!
Joel and Mike Visk, VP of Sales, discuss the value of collaboration between the sales team and machinists, and how this benefits both our customers and P1.

Farm to Factory problem solving
John Butler shares about the challenges, opportunities and lessons growing up on a farm presented when it came to finding your own solutions for fixing broken down equipment.

Solving the Production puzzle
Ryan Tatlock, head of Production and Planning, discusses some of the solutions he designed to help P1 move to a higher level of efficiency and on-time delivery, by constantly focusing on putting our customer needs first.

Launching into Manufacturing
The beginning of Jackson's journey into manufacturing! An enlightening account of how one discovers and pursues manufacturing as a career and calling, shared by P1's newest signing, Jackson Stone.
Learn more about our Pathways Program

Journey to Apprenticeship
Jeff Coburn shares his inspiring story of how he came to work at P1, left, and returning a while later, found his place in work and life, on his journey to apprenticeship. Learn more about our apprenticeship opportunities at https://p1ind.com/pathways

The Power of Apprenticeship
Joel and three of our apprentices, John, Andrew and Nick, share their experiences on how great mentorship produces great apprentices, who in turn become great machinists. At P1 Manufacturing, our Pathways program is specifically designed to help apprentices like these to pursue a great career in Manufacturing.

Geeks tame Supply Chain Monster
If you have anything to do with a Supply Chain, this is for you! David & Mike host special guest PJ Bellomo, CEO of P1ston, SAAS software company solving supply chain issues through a powerful, easy to use software solution.

Simplifying Growth
David & Mike analyze what actually helped P1 to grow to another level in the last year. And why this year is already trending to be our best yet. The answers may surprise you!

The Year Ahead
David and Mike discuss what lies in store in 2022 for P1 and the manufacturing industry as a whole. Hear about new developments and opportunities as we face our best year yet!

Grateful and Growing
2020 was our best year yet, in spite of a global pandemic and political uncertainty, and 2021 is shaping up to be an even better year for P1. Our core leadership team discusses the lessons we learned in 2020 and how we're positioned for next year.

Weddings to Welding
As the first candidate in our Leadership Development Program, Bianca Ross, Recruiter for P1, shares her entrepreneurial journey of learning, developing and growing as a leader through exposure to the various pieces necessary for building a successful, modern-day manufacturing business.

A Meaningful Return
Andrew Leahy, CEO of POMCO, shares their journey of success building a safety company after losing a dear friend to violence. As one of the first investors in POMCO and their mission, David W Dussault, CEO of P1 Ventures, celebrates the important work POMCO is doing during these difficult times.
Learn more at getthepom.com

Future Now! Intern roundtable, Engineering.
At P1 Industries, one of our values is education. Another one is entrepreneurship. We combine these to offer our interns unprecedented learning opportunities in a fun, fast-paced, innovative work environment which goes a long way to preparing them for their future. Enjoy a roundtable discussion where they share what they've learned from the experience.

Future now! Intern Roundtable, Sales & Marketing
At P1 Industries, one of our values is education. Another one is entrepreneurship. We combine these to offer our interns unprecedented learning opportunities in a fun, fast-paced, innovative work environment which goes a long way to preparing them for their future. Enjoy a roundtable discussion where they share what they've learned from the experience.

Driving Operational Excellence
Brandon Fromm, VP of Operations at P1 Industries, shares how he and his team achieve best possible results by radically improving how business is done in contract manufacturing through employing our Sp1ndle Operating System.

IES: Sp1ndle Operating System in action
David W. Dussault, CEO of P1 Ventures interviews Kelly Knutson, CEO of IES to discuss the impact they're having as market leaders in the extraction industry and how Sp1ndle gives them an advantage over the competition.

Introducing P1ston: Automating Manufacturing with Software
PJ Bellomo, CEO of P1ston, a software house designing solutions for manufacturing companies, speaks with David W. Dussault, CEO of P1 Ventures, on how the Sp1ndle Software Platform will revolutionize modern day supply chains by automating manufacturing with software. P1ston is a P1 launched company, part of the P1 Ventures portfolio.

Unlocking Manufacturing 4.0
CEO of P1 Ventures, David W. Dussault, talks about the power of our NexGen Sp1ndle Operating System to unlock the full potential of Manufacturing 4.0

Manufacturing & Mentorship
P1 Ventures CEO, David W. Dussault, Tony Leone (President) and Michael Visk (SVP of Sales) discuss how our multi-generational approach to mentorship has produced great results and introduced a new way of doing business at P1 Industries.

Entrepreneurship Development
David W. Dussault, CEO of P1 Industries, chats with one of P1's rising stars, Johanna Collins, on what it means to be a young woman in manufacturing and how she's helping challenge stereotypes in this industry.

Modern Apprenticeship
David W. Dussault interviews Joel Lape, Shop Manager and Co-Founder at P1 Industries on how he's creating the manufacturing workforce of the future.

Creating the Workforce of the Future
Revitalizing American Manufacturing is more than a vision - it's our calling. We're doing it through intentionally raising up and developing young, innovative, hard working leaders who understand our vision for America's future and the power of manufacturing to get us there. Listen to discover how we are passionately, intentionally, creating the workforce of the future.

This is P1 Ventures
CEO of P1 Ventures, David W. Dussault, introduces us to the amazing story of how this unique manufacturing company came to be at a time when many thought it impossible. David also shares the three most important areas of focus shaping his life and work.