Ed Ismert, Jr., started plumbing product manufacturer Sioux Chief in 1957 as a way to smooth the boom-bust housing cycle his plumbing wholesale supply company experienced. Nearly six decades later, Sioux Chief, still run by the Ismert family, continues to thrive as an American manufacturer of a wide variety of plumbing installation products.
With the traumatic impact of outsourcing jobs and production, especially by America’s manufacturing giants, it may come as a surprise to many that the United States is still the world’s No.1 generator of manufactured goods production at $1.8 trillion annually.