Business View Magazine | February 2020

55 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 2020 PER IDOT , INC . In additional to polymer components, Peridot’s customers began asking if they could get “10 or 20 of these as metal castings.” “So,” Hockemeyer recalls, “we started making foundry patterns; and working in partnership with foundry partners in our region and completing the finish-machining to produce a turn-key metal solution.” Fast forward to 2020, Peridot’s operations have grown considerably since its first day in 1997 and now include seven in-house additive manufacturing machines; a model shop for finishing and polymer molding and vacuum- forming; a CNC machine shop; and a team that does kitting and sub-assembly. Along with the prototyping and manufacturing resources, the Peridot team includes engineers and a crew of technicians to provide the foundation behind the various services and capabilities. This team of approximately 20 skilled technicians keeps the 18,000-sq.-ft. Hoagland facility running at top efficiency. “The majority of sales come from within an eight-hour radius of northeast Indiana, but long-time customers reside in Canada, on both U.S. coasts, and Mexico,” states Hockemeyer. Peridot’s largest customer is a mid-sized manufacturer of off-highway equipment – including agriculture, recreational, and boating products. Both the prototyping and production capabilities together have allowed Peridot to forge a unique vertical relationship with this customer, as well as other customers, to make Peridot an important strategic supply partner. “We do a lot of prototyping for them in the CNC machining shop making metal components and the plastics shop, making molded or 3D printed components,” says Hockemeyer. “With our supply chain management, we manage several part numbers for them, which we manufacture internally or procure from around the world. We have very good off-shore partners, as well as domestic suppliers. The various components come to our facility, then we kit, sub-assemble, and inventory finished goods, then we ship on- demand.” Among Peridot’s diverse customers