A Conversation with Kevin Cherry, Business Development Manager
Harrison Steel may be more than 100 years old, but the company is on the move and growing. Kevin Cherry, Business Development Manager, shares his take on the global economy, growth markets and the future of casting.
Q. The global economy has been challenged recently? How do things look moving forward?
A. I'm the eternal optimist. The global economy means more opportunity; however, the opportunities may look a little bit different than in the past. At Harrison Steel, we've taken the economic slowdown as a time to focus on what we do best—engineered castings—and begun identifying new markets that can benefit from our expertise. At the same time, we've focused on our processes so that when we say we have a zero defects culture, that's what we're delivering to customers.
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Our roots are in supply castings to the heavy equipment industry. Today Harrison Steel has leveraged our expertise to a growing range of industries that require a strategic partner capable of supplying high performance, cost effective, engineered carbon and medium and low alloy steel castings. Customers appreciate our focus on delivering on-spec castings every time, our culture of continuous improvement, our sensitivity to cost, our ability to cast around the clock, and our collaborative approach to business. As a result, we are happy to count some of the world most prestigious companies as our customers. Among the industries we serve are:
Agriculture
Construction
Gas Turbines
Military
Mining
Oil and Gas
Power Generation—Nuclear, Solar, Wind
Pumps and Valves