MFT Automation Blog

National Engineers Week is February 18-24, 2024, celebrating our nation’s innovators and problem-solvers, past and present. Engineers have been the backbone of progress and change.  The engineering field itself has gone through an immense amount of change over the past century. We set out to interview someone who has not only lived through the engineering field’s rapid advancements but also helped contribute innovations to new technology. Lucky for us, our very own founder of MFT Automation, Neal Nordling, was an easy choice. 

We're the same company, just with more space to grow.

In the Fall of 1995, Neal Nordling and his sons saw an opening in the market for a new kind of friction feeder. The idea sparked action and soon the business plan for Multifeeder Technology was conceived. The newly created Multifeeder Team bought a cell phone as the “business phone” and their office became the two folding chairs in Neal’s basement. After months of research and planning, Multifeeder Technology was founded on May 7th, 1996.

In a recent blog post, we shared our purpose with you; the Multifeeder Technology Way. A very important part of our purpose is our people. We make it a priority to hire and collaborate with people who support our purpose but also live by our core values. Why do we do this? Because we’ve found that when you create a vision and set of values that an entire company is behind, success and innovation are quick to follow. 

What defines a good company? A good machine and automation manufacturer? A good employer?