AMERICA'S FUTURE WILL DEPEND ON THOSE WILLING TO BUILD IT.

Kory Anderson is a working American manufacturer and foundry owner who brings firsthand operating experience to the national conversation about manufacturing and the skilled trades. His fascination with building began as a boy surrounded by steam engines, machinery, and the people who kept America's industrial history alive.

While attending college, he worked as a welder at Larson Welding in Fargo. In the shop, Kory discovered something he had not found in a classroom: the discipline of mastering a craft, the ingenuity required to solve real problems, and the pride that comes from creating something with your own hands.

He left college and began building his future through the trades.

Portable welding from a garage became Anderson Industries. Engineering challenges became products. The need for better castings became foundry capability. A boyhood dream became the recreated 150 HP Case — the world's largest operating steam-powered tractor and a Guinness World Record officially recognized in 2022.

But the more Kory built, the more clearly he saw the next challenge. America did not only need more products and factories. It needed more people who knew how to build them.

That realization became Iron Warrior.