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“I enjoy working here mostly because of the constant change in workflow. I’ve built and designed so many things in the course of my time here ... A lot of companies will reach out to us because of our short timeframes and what we can do,” he said, which he attributes to “the nature of the facility, the resources we can allocate to a project, and the people we can provide.”

Specialty equipment at Bauer includes a Tanaka LMRV TF6000 plate laser, measuring 120 ft. long by 10 ft. wide, and two Mazak 3D FABRI GEAR 300 tube lasers, a niche product that can deal with up to 50-ft. tubes. For high production weldments, Bauer has two robotic welding cells — a Lincoln Electric System 55 and a Wolf Robot (that can hold up to 7,000 lbs.).

Two paint booths — a powder gun booth and a liquid gun booth — allow for larger paint components and custom manufacturing. When it comes to custom clients, work begins with creating a 3D model of the product that is shared with manufacturing engineers “on how we want to process it in our facility.” The order is released to the shop where it then gets welded, painted and assembled.

BBM’s primary markets are construction and agriculture. Among the top product lines are the SD-36 off-road side-dump trailer and the SMS-32 manure spreader. One is a 40ton off-road side-dump and the other is a 35ton industrial strength manure spreader for custom applicators. The side dump trailer was designed with contractors in mind to meet their needs for various jobs in soft conditions and has seen growing demand through the Midwest.

It moves material faster, offers ease of operation and durability and is priced competitively, according to the manufacturer. Features include hydraulic suspension and capacity, 360-degree rollover hitch with either ag or gooseneck hitch-style option, self-steer rear axle and triple-axle design and tandem option. Recent customers include Fehn Companies in Minnesota, Murphy Excavating in Kentucky and Waringa Farming in Australia.

With business ramping up again this year following the slump brought on by the pandemic, BBM is eyeing markets on both coasts and internationally. While the pandemic did affect BBM with production going slow as some of the companies it worked with were affected, there was no direct impact within the company itself. With a spacious manufacturing facility and staff spread out across functions, the offices and factories never closed, and there were no local county-mandated closures.

Johnson did share that finding skilled labor is a challenge “as a whole in the manufacturing industry. In an effort to build the future of manufacturing, BBM is engaged with the area community colleges and high school career academies promoting the theory that a skilled trade is more than a job, it is a career without the burden of debt associated with bachelor’s degrees.”

Another challenge is being able to compete economically in a niche area of the industry. Despite that, he voiced promise in business picking up again and demand for Bauer’s trailers on the rise.  CEG

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Following the discouraging news that it is around the age of 10 at which girls stop considering engineering as a potential career path, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) saw it as an opportunity to redress the balance.

Through a series of innovation workshops called Vera — in honor of Sweden’s first female engineer Vera Sandberg — Volvo CE together with strategic partner Mälardalen University (MDH) set about reversing this trend by inspiring young girls to recognize their abilities in science and technology. In these workshops, girls aged 10 and over are given a series of challenges, all of which are set against real-life scenarios, and provided with a number of tools and materials to work together to find technological solutions.

Not only have the girls shown a stronger interest in these subjects as a result, but evidence shows that the longterm benefit of a better gender balance in engineering will result in more inclusive and innovative Anna Sannö (L) and Ulrika Sultan at one of the workshops. solutions for society’s complex ers. MDH as a university decided to build on problems. Sultan’s discovery of the importance of reaching

The influence behind the initia- girls at a much younger age and opened up the tive comes from the findings of workshops to 10-year-olds. Now the events will researcher Ulrika Sultan from be moving online — to keep children safe during Linköping University, whose work the pandemic — until they can meet again in peris focused on understanding why son. girls lose interest in technology At the workshops, students will spend one education as they get older. In hour each week over four weeks to solve probmany Western countries there is a cultural tipping point at around the age of 10. Sultan, who used to be a Students are set a number of challenges designed to illustrate the importance of engilems such as how to make traffic safer, how to use technology to help us throw away less food and how to make recycling more fun. The challenges teacher herself, said: “In our study, neering. are designed to be rooted in reality with a focus we stress that at nine years’ old, on sustainability. girls can and do strive to be the best, but suddenly, just one “We’ve discovered that the more open ended the chalschool year later, they move from being excited to showcase lenge and the more recognizable it is to the world around their intellect and problem-solving skills to shying away them, the more engaged these girls become,” said Sannö. “In from revealing their best.” the first 15 minutes they are usually quite hesitant, but by the

But by reaching out to these girls and giving them the sup- end they are more confident in their opinion and are even port and mentoring needed to boost their perception of these happy to present their findings in front of everyone.” subjects, organizers of the Vera innovation workshops Importantly, the workshops and materials are presented in believe it is possible to reverse this trend. exactly the same as what would be presented to boys, letting

Anna Sannö, research strategy manager, at Volvo CE, who the girls’ experience the challenges as authentically as possiis co-managing the initiative along with San Giliyana and ble. In just the same way as organizers recognize that innoNatalie Agerskans from Mälardalen University, said: “At vation has no gender, there also is no restriction on the genVolvo CE we were really encouraged by this idea that we der of the mentors. The sessions are run equally by women could reach out to girls at a younger age and show them the and men in order to demonstrate that reversing these gender potential for a career in engineering. We simply do not get stereotypes is the responsibility of everyone. enough female candidates applying for these sorts of tech- Every workshop concludes with presentations from Volvo nology roles within the company. CE engineers and university students and professors. While

“It is not just a problem for us, it is a societal problem for it is a learning opportunity for the girls, it also is a chance to us all because if we exclude 50 percent of the population of help school teachers rethink the way they present engineertechnology users from being technology creators, we will ing as a career option for girls. see a society only addressed for men by men. In this program The initiative has proved a great way to connect real life it has been incredibly rewarding to work like this with our to the work carried out every day at Volvo CE. By taking part potential future colleagues.” in the workshops, sharp-thinking students can better picture

Originally started in 2019 as a way to celebrate the life of themselves succeeding in a career in science and engineering engineer Vera Sandberg, the workshops were held across 13 and in doing so play an important role in one day effecting universities in Sweden and were primarily focused on older positive societal change. children, as well as raising awareness among decision-mak- For more information, visit www.volvogroup.com. 

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