Made by Anderson Brands
MASTER BUILDER.
PATENTED PRODUCTS. AWARD-WINNING COMPANIES. TALENTED PEOPLE. AND THE NEXT GENERATION COMES NEXT.
Kory Anderson has spent his career turning hard problems into working solutions. What began as portable welding from a garage grew into an interconnected family of American manufacturing companies, patented products, skilled-trades programs, publishing ventures, and purpose-driven brands. Kory knows how to take an idea from sketch to steel — and from first sale to a company built to last.
The Foundation
He didn't start with a business empire. He started with a welder.
Kory grew up in Andover, South Dakota, a town of 91 people where fixing, building, and figuring things out were part of everyday life.
At 22, he stepped away from college and began portable welding from his garage. That work helped fund a much larger vision: rebuilding the legendary 150 HP Case and developing the engineering, casting, machining, leadership, and business capability required to accomplish it.
The welding operation became Anderson Industries. The pursuit of better castings led to Dakota Foundry. Manufacturing knowledge created new products. New products created brands. Growing companies created the need for better tooling, additional foundry capacity, stronger teams, and a pipeline of future tradespeople. What exists today was not assembled as a collection of random investments. It was built one solved problem at a time.
The Builder Method
Kory's business model starts with knowing how to build.
Find the Real Problem
Kory looks for problems customers, manufacturers, farmers, tradespeople, and communities cannot solve with existing options.
Engineer a Practical Solution
Ideas are translated into CAD models, patterns, prototypes, tooling, processes, and products designed for real-world performance.
Build and Test It
The team fabricates, machines, casts, assembles, and tests the solution using its own manufacturing capability whenever possible.
Create the System
Kory develops the people, equipment, suppliers, quality controls, and processes required to produce consistently.
Build the Brand
A strong product becomes a clear promise to the customer, supported by service, storytelling, and an authentic mission.
Reinvest in What Comes Next
Every new capability strengthens the larger ecosystem and helps train the next generation of builders.
Kory's advantage is simple: he understands the complete journey from an idea on paper to a product in a customer's hands.
The Made by Anderson Ecosystem
Many brands. One American mission.
Made by Anderson Brands is an interconnected family of companies devoted to American manufacturing, craftsmanship, innovation, education, and building what lasts. Each brand operates independently, but their capabilities strengthen one another.
Manufacturing, Engineering & Tooling
Anderson Industries
From Idea to Working Solution.
The garage-built foundation of Kory's entrepreneurial journey. Anderson Industries helps customers invent, engineer, prototype, manufacture, and improve products. It is also home to agricultural and equipment innovations, including the patented Anderson Seed Opener.
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Crafting the Castings That Build America.
The manufacturing group connecting American-made pattern engineering, iron and aluminum castings, machining, powder coating, simulation, and quality systems into a complete casting solution. Operating companies and partners include Dakota Foundry, Muncie Castings, Spartan Pattern, and Anderson Industries.
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98.8% on-time deliveryAward-Winning American Iron and Ductile Castings.
An award-winning Webster, South Dakota foundry producing American-made gray and ductile iron castings from ounces to 5,000 pounds. Named one of America's Top 100 Small Businesses by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and recipient of the 2025 American Foundry Society Casting of the Year.
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ISO 9001:2015 CertifiedPrecision Aluminum Castings Built to Spec.
American-made aluminum castings weighing up to 400 pounds, supported by No-Bake and Isoset molding, shell cores and value-added finishing capabilities.
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Turning Ideas into Castable Reality.
Engineering-backed foundry patternmaking, core boxes, tooling, CNC machining, and MAGMA casting simulation. Spartan Pattern helps eliminate casting problems before production and creates the precision tooling every successful casting program requires.
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Iron Warrior
Patented WarbellBuilding the People Who Build What's Next.
An American-made brand rooted in the foundry and devoted to building stronger people, stronger trades, and a stronger future. Its product line includes American-made fitness equipment and the patented Warbell. Iron Warrior's values — discipline, knowledge, grit, mastery, mentorship, and legacy — form the heartbeat of the Anderson family of companies.
Learn About Kory's Skilled-Trades MissionAnderson Agricultural & Equipment
Practical Products for Real Work.
Practical products developed and produced through Anderson Industries, including agricultural openers, attachments, road-maintenance equipment, trailers, and other solutions designed to make work more efficient.
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Iron Warrior Academy
501(c)(3) NonprofitBuilding Who's Next.
Established by Kory and Ali Anderson to revitalize American manufacturing through hands-on skilled-trades education, mentorship, character development, online instruction, in-person training, and apprenticeships. Guided by Proverbs 27:17 — "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another."
Learn About Kory's Skilled-Trades MissionSteam Stories Publishing
#1 Amazon Hot New ReleaseCarrying the Story Forward.
Ali Anderson transformed the true story of Kory and the 150 Case into "Billy the Lost Boiler," a faith-rooted children's book introducing young readers to purpose, machinery, craftsmanship, and the skilled trades. Recognized as a #1 Hot New Release on Amazon in three categories, a Mom's Choice Award winner, and featured at Barnes & Noble. Proceeds benefit Iron Warrior Academy.
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Iron Elk Consulting & Real Estate
Strategic Growth and Stewardship.
Part of the broader Made by Anderson family of ventures, focused on strategic consulting and long-term investment supporting the Anderson family's business-building and stewardship goals.
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Building for the Long Term.
A long-term real estate and property venture supporting the Anderson family's broader business-building and stewardship goals.
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The Work Continues.
The Anderson ecosystem continues to grow. Additional ventures, partnerships, and brands are in development — each one rooted in the same builder mentality that started in a South Dakota garage.
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Built in America. Built to Last.
Two Builders. One American Mission.
When one builder met another, the mission grew.
Kory built the technical foundation through welding, engineering, manufacturing, product development, and foundry operations.
Ali brought a different kind of builder's experience. A Colorado State University honors graduate in supply chain and marketing and a former Accenture consultant, she helped major companies manage strategy, operations, and change. She understood how to organize complicated businesses, communicate a mission, develop brands, and turn ideas into systems capable of growing.
They met in 2019 beneath the 150 HP Case at the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion in Rollag, Minnesota. Both had been raised around steam heritage, craftsmanship, and an appreciation for the people who built America. Ali did not simply join Kory's story. Together, they began writing a larger one. They moved to Lakeside, Montana, in 2021, married in 2022, and are now raising their daughters, Selah and Livvy, while expanding an American-made ecosystem.
Kory Builds
- Products
- Machines
- Manufacturing systems
- Foundry capability
- Engineering solutions
- Technical teams
- Big, difficult ideas
Ali Builds
- Strategy
- Brand architecture
- Supply-chain systems
- Marketing
- Publishing
- Partnerships
- Scalable operations
Faith. Family. Craftsmanship. American Manufacturing.
Built in the Real World
Recognized Nationwide.
Guinness World Record Holder
World's largest operating steam-powered tractor
Top 100 U.S. Small Business
Dakota Foundry — U.S. Chamber of Commerce
AFS Casting of the Year
American Foundry Society, 2025
200M+ Cross-Platform Views
Across the Made by Anderson story
109K+ YouTube Subscribers
Growing community of builders
#1 Amazon Hot New Release
Billy the Lost Boiler — three categories
Mom's Choice Award
Billy the Lost Boiler
National Media Coverage
Fox Business, Fast Company, Google, Legacy Makers TV
Watch the Builder at Work
Kory doesn't just talk about building. He shows the work.
Machining Foundry Pattern Tooling for the Iron Warrior Warbell
Watch Kory and the team machine the foundry pattern tooling for the American-made Iron Warrior Warbell — from raw casting to finished product.
Launching the American-Made Iron Warrior Kettlebell
The story behind bringing a fully American-made kettlebell to market.
Making the Iron Warrior Kettlebell
Inside the foundry and fabrication process behind the Iron Warrior Kettlebell.
"As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." — Proverbs 27:17
Why They Build
Build what lasts. Build who's next.
For the Work That Built America
American manufacturing, craftsmanship, self-reliance, and skilled labor are worth protecting. Every Anderson brand is a vote for making real products in America.
For the Work That Sustains America
Kory and Ali advocate for manufacturing, small business, and the skilled trades so builders and the communities that depend on them have a voice.
For the Work That Carries America Forward
Through training, mentorship, publishing, and hands-on education, the Andersons are working to ensure the skills and values behind American manufacturing do not disappear.
What should we build next?
Whether you have a difficult product, a manufacturing challenge, a strategic partnership, a media opportunity, or an audience that needs to hear what real building looks like, Kory Anderson brings practical experience from the garage, foundry floor, product launch, classroom, and boardroom.