10x
Faster hiring
Critical talent into critical roles faster, helping industrial teams keep production moving and capacity online.
Laborup is addressing this problem today
Turning workforce and technology into industrial output.
We use AI to help industrial companies build more productive workforces, finding and orchestrating critical talent across the U.S. and turning workforce capacity into more uptime, more output, and more growth.
80%
Churn reduction
Driving retention and building more durable workforces where experienced people directly drive uptime, execution, and output.
Heavy Industries
$100m+
Productivity unlocked
Helping manufacturers ramp new programs, stabilize production, and unlock more output from their workforce.
Automotive Manufacturers
$1B+
Aerospace & defense work supported
Supporting complex aerospace programs with the machinists, toolmakers, inspectors, and skilled people required to deliver.
Aerospace and Defense Contractors
Featured
How we’re shaping success
for customers
At Timken’s rail facility in Mascot, TN, nearly 80% of new workers were turning over while the plant was spending heavily on staffing. Laborup learned the operation, built a workforce model around the jobs and environment, and helped Timken bring early turnover to nearly zero while filling roles 5 to 10× faster.
Kennametal needed to hire skilled machinists across some of the tightest manufacturing labor markets in the country. Laborup helped the company fill critical roles 5× faster, cut hiring costs by more than 50%, and drive more than 3× better retention, quickly expanding from one facility to operations across six states.
As Bush’s Beans expanded production, it needed a faster way to find skilled technical talent and ramp new lines without lowering the bar on quality or culture. Laborup helped the company hire 5 to 10× faster, stand up critical workforce ramps in as little as one to two weeks, and become a go-to workforce partner across the business.
80% → 0%
Early turnover
5-10× faster
Time to fill
Case studies
How we’re shaping success
for customers
Explore our work with manufacturers and the skilled people behind their production.
Align Precision
4x faster time to hire
ALIGN Precision needed highly skilled machinists and technical talent across facilities with very different equipment, programs, and local labor markets. Laborup helped ALIGN hire 5 to 10× faster, at 50%+ lower cost, with 93% retention, expanding from 1 facility to 7 across 5 states in 6 months.
Amaero
100% retention across Laborup hires
Amaero is building a domestic advanced materials business serving defense, space, aerospace, and other critical industries. As the company has won larger programs and added manufacturing capacity in Tennessee, Laborup has helped it hire highly specialized talent 4× faster, with 100% retention across Laborup hires.
Autocam Medical
50%+ lower staffing cost / hire
Autocam Medical needed highly skilled machinists for a precision manufacturing environment where quality and consistency are non-negotiable. Laborup helped the company hire nearly 10× faster, achieve 93% retention, cut staffing costs by more than 50%, and rebuild a meaningful share of its machinist workforce.
CXT, an L.B. Foster Company
3× better retention
CXT needed to add roughly 30 people across its Loudon, TN operation while improving retention in a demanding production environment. Laborup helped the team build the workforce across production, rebar, maintenance, and technical roles, while creating a more reliable way to keep the plant staffed.
HCB Yachts
Record 1-Day Turnaround on a specialized role
HCB Yachts builds some of the largest and most customized center console yachts in the world. Laborup has become a workforce partner across its East Tennessee operations, helping HCB add hard-to-find talent across composites, engineering, and production as the company continues to build increasingly ambitious boats.
ICC International
6× faster time to hire
ICC International builds industrial commutators and slip rings for some of the largest motors and machines in heavy industry. Laborup helped the family-owned East Tennessee manufacturer hire 6× faster, cut cost per hire by 50%+, and consistently find the highly technical people its work demands.
McElroy
100% worker retention
As McElroy expanded manufacturing in Oklahoma, the company needed more skilled machinists to support the operation. Laborup helped McElroy hire across multiple machining disciplines with 100% retention while reducing staffing costs by roughly 60%.
Oak Ridge Tool-Engineering
7× faster time to fill critical roles
Oak Ridge Tool-Engineering sits at the intersection of some of America’s fastest-growing industrial markets, from aerospace and defense to nuclear energy. Laborup helped ORT-E hire critical machinists, technicians, and engineers 7× faster, at 70%+ lower cost, while delivering roughly 90% retention.
Timken (NYSE: TKR)
80% → 0% early turnover
At Timken’s rail facility in Mascot, TN, nearly 80% of new workers were turning over while the plant was spending heavily on staffing. Laborup learned the operation, built a workforce model around the jobs and environment, and helped Timken bring early turnover to nearly zero while filling roles 5 to 10× faster.
Kennametal (NYSE: KMT)
50%+ lower cost / hire
Kennametal needed to hire skilled machinists across some of the tightest manufacturing labor markets in the country. Laborup helped the company fill critical roles 5× faster, cut hiring costs by more than 50%, and drive more than 3× better retention, quickly expanding from one facility to operations across six states.
Bush’s Beans
1-2 weeks to stand up new hiring ramps
As Bush’s Beans expanded production, it needed a faster way to find skilled technical talent and ramp new lines without lowering the bar on quality or culture. Laborup helped the company hire 5 to 10× faster, stand up critical workforce ramps in as little as one to two weeks, and become a go-to workforce partner across the business.
