you were to ask Diedrich and Agatha Braun back in 2019 whether they were considering completely retooling an already very successful family-owned business building automotive racks for the likes of Ford and GM , they certainly would have said no . However , when COVID-19 hit , the ensuing slow down would soon find the Braun ’ s undertaking that exact scenario . Having the tooling and some experience building trailers , they pulled their team together , which included their children ; Henry , Isaac , Derek , Jacob and Martha along with many of their dedicated long-time employees , and completely re-designed the operation to begin building trailers as their main product line . Diedrich was admant not to let a single employee go during this transition . The designers focused on trailer designs , the engineers re-tooled the assembly line and manufacturing staff revamped production facilities . Purchasing began to fill supply chain needs as if it was part of the
plan all along , the first trailers began to roll off their production lines .
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