Family-Owned Manufacturer Flourishes in Rural Nebraska

Make playing with fire your day job.” That is the slogan Klute advertises on a billboard along Highway 81 in York, Nebraska to catch the attention of potential employees. With accelerating demand for its products, the steel fabricator is continually recruiting welders and machine operators to join its team.

In 2008, Klute moved to its current property between Bradshaw and York with 12 employees. Today, the rural Nebraska manufacturer employs 175 people and operates some of the biggest, most technologically advanced machinery in the country. In the past 18 months, Klute has hired 100+ new team members to support its rapid growth. This spring, the company opened a satellite office in west Omaha with space for 25 staff as it hires additional drafters and engineers. Klute has also made major investments in equipment, buying one of the world’s largest tube lasers along with cutting-edge 3D robotic welding machines.

Demand, quality drive Klute’s growth

Klute designs and manufactures steel products for electrical substations throughout the U.S. “As you drive past a substation, you’ll see a big transformer sitting in the middle and high-voltage lines that run into it,” said Jordan Klute, president of Klute. “We’re doing the steel that holds all that equipment up and supports the transmission line as it comes into the substation fence.”

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