New In-plant Leaps Forward

Smith credits his upper management for having the vision to support the shop's technology leaps.

"They give me a lot of freedom to move the shop the...direction that I feel it needs to go," he says.

He also praises company founder David Green for giving the in-plant the green light to begin with.

"The owner of the company...he's got the thinking process that if you can do it yourself, you have a tendency to save money," Smith says.