Arne9001 | Dreamstime
Co-Line Manufacturing is a total metal fabrication solution for design through finished production.

A Skill for Recruiting and Retaining Workers

Sept. 3, 2025
An Iowa manufacturer prioritizes workers and the work they do – which supports its personnel recruitment and skills training, and guides its technology selection.

Successful small and midsized manufacturers are admired for their flexibility and resiliency – and that describes Co-Line Manufacturing in Iowa, a second-generation-owned family business with 260 employees, and a range of capabilities in machining, laser cutting, welding, fabricating, and more. It’s a “full-service job shop” that supplies manufacturing customers and has its own line of proprietary products.

And Co-Line is thriving because it prioritizes worker recruitment, which supports its efforts at skills training and talent retention. And it combines those priorities with a readiness for new technologies in manufacturing and automation. Listen to Co-Line’s Denny Williams and Hexagon Production Software’s Doug Wood describe how they do it.

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