Wiegel Buys Bensenville Building
Wiegel acquired a 52,166-square-foot property located in Bensenville, IL from Unity Railway Supply Co, Inc.
Read MoreCheers For The Economy, But Now It's Harder To Find Workers For The Graveyard Shift
Finding workers to staff the graveyard shift is getting harder. Aaron Wiegel tells Crains, even when he pays a premium, he has trouble finding night owls to take him up on the offer.
Read MoreWiegel is Creating a Pipeline of Talent to Support the Metal Stamping Industry
The biggest hurdle to Aaron Wiegel’s plans for aggressive growth hasn’t come from competition or market pressures, but the lack of skilled workers in the job market.
Read MoreWiegel Celebrates 75 Years and Three Generations of Manufacturing Success
Three-quarters of a century ago, the Wiegel family came to Ellis Island with just a dream and $10,000 in their pockets. On December 6, 1941, Otto and Kathe Wiegel took a gamble on that dream.
Read MoreExpressing 75 Years of Gratitude
Aaron Wiegel shares a few words of gratitude in honor of Wiegel's 75th Anniversary and tells his plans for Wiegel as he looks towards the future.
Read MoreThere Are Plenty of Jobs Out There, America
The U.S. economy’s main constraint isn’t demand but supply. Aaron Wiegel tells Bloomberg BusinessWeek about today’s scarcity of skilled labor to fill open positions at his manufacturing plant.
Read MoreThe Distance: Help Wanted [Podcast]
As Wiegel emerged from the recession in 2009, Aaron Wiegel noticed his job ads for tool and die makers were going unfilled for months, leading to his restarting an apprenticeship program.
Read MoreWiegel Awards NIU Student Manufacturing-Tech Scholarship
Each year Wiegel awards a scholarship to an NIU student pursuing an undergraduate degree in Manufacturing Engineering Technology. The recipient also gets a summer internship at Wiegel's plant headquarters.
Read MoreThe Distance: Test of Metal [Podcast]
Otto Wiegel founded Wiegel the day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. This year, his three grandchildren mark the manufacturing company’s 75th anniversary!
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