Friday Session: Learning from Legacies

Don Landoll, founder of Landoll Corp., will tell the company’s 55-year story and offer his thoughts on leadership, management, diversification, automation, and building and retaining a happy workforce.

Don Landoll, his business partner, and one employee opened Quick Service Welding Company on December 16, 1963. The business began as a typical welding, radiator repair, and black-smith shop. However, Landoll said, “From the beginning, we had the idea we wanted to design and manufacture things of our own.”

Joining Landoll at the session to offer a perspective from a smaller operation will be Mike Kloster, president of Worksaver, Inc., which was a founding member of the Association.