Bryan and Maria Perl of Spark Ops Metalworks visited the Woodward Community Media studios to record the 41st episode of the NEW Manufacturing Insights podcast, hosted by Ann Franz of the Northeast Wisconsin Manufacturing Alliance and Kate Bruns of Insight on Manufacturing magazine.
Bryan was interviewed on the show, which is sponsored by The Boldt Company, but Maria is also the company’s owner. Bryan Perl says he has been starting businesses for years, but Spark Ops is his first major foray into manufacturing.
“From OEM to our own patented products now, we do end to end manufacturing,” Perl told the co-hosts, noting that Spark Ops received a patent in April for a steel and aluminum truss component that has made the firm, which opened in 2022, famous.
“We build staging for Fox Sports, NFL Network, ESPN … any kind of sporting broadcast you see on TV, we probably built for them,” he said.
Learn more about the Perls’ entrepreneurship journey and how Spark Ops has carved out its own niche in the entertainment industry by listening to this week’s episode.
You can also read more about Spark Ops in the July 2024 Insight on Business “Home Made” feature.
NEW Manufacturing Insights is hosted by Spreaker, but you can listen and subscribe anywhere you get podcasts. NEW Manufacturing Insights is a joint production of Insight Publications and NEWMA, produced by B.J. DeGroot of Woodward Community Media. New episodes are released on Thursdays.
