A Chat With Harvey Dean, president/CEO, Pitsco

CS: What were the kits, exactly?
Dean: Well, probably the kit that lasted the longest was a wood lamination kit. It was a process where students could actually laminate thin pieces of veneer and make something out of it, for example, salad forks and spoons. We were showing the students how beams in churches had been built using laminated wood. Then we had one or two on mass production where there were management and labor components. The kids would actually set up a production line and use fixtures to mass produce 40 products. Then they’d set up a little company and actually sell the products. It was more of a junior achievement class as you’d think of it now.