Appleton, Joplin, Riverton, Kansas City, Moss Landing. As Johnny Cash might have said, “They’ve been everywhere, man.” While filming season two of the hit reality show “Manufacturing Explorers” for IMTS+, Travis and Max visited these cities to explore the future of renewable energy.
“Manufacturing Explorers” follows the father-son duo of Travis and Max Egan as they explore the technologies, innovations, and people that drive manufacturing. A manufacturing industry veteran, Travis is the chief revenue officer at AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology. Max is a mechanical engineering student at the University of Alabama with a passion for sustainability.
In the first season of “Manufacturing Explorers,” Travis showed Max the biggest and best of manufacturing technology – from CNC machines to additive processes. For season two, we put Max in charge. As an intern at Burns & McDonnell, the largest design and construction firm in the power industry, Max gave his dad – and all his viewers – an inside look at the future of renewable energy.
“Seeing the world of manufacturing through Max’s eyes was refreshing. His perspective is not burdened with preconceived notions,” said the elder Egan. “The future of renewable energy is bright. It is having a significant, positive impact on the energy market – not to mention the game-changing impact on the health and outlook of our planet.”
In the words of Max Egan, “Change is here … Participate … Be the Change!”
Set to launch in spring 2022 on the new IMTS+ – a digital platform dedicated to all things manufacturing technology – the second season of “Manufacturing Explorers” will take viewers on a tour of all things energy. From Burns & McDonnell’s headquarters in Kansas City to a solar panel array in Joplin, Missouri, to a power station in Riverton, Kansas, Travis and Max discover what happens when you flip the switch. They also stop at an industrial construction and fabrication company in Appleton, Wisconsin, to see how the infrastructure for power generation is built. Their journey continues to the facility boasting the largest battery storage in the world, located in Moss Landing, California.
Travis and Max may have traveled off the beaten path, but they never went off the grid. And they certainly learned a lot about the power grid. Tune in and see the places that are powering our nation and preparing for our sustainable energy future.
