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๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž: ๐๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ
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๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž: ๐๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ
Aug 12, 2026
Posted by Sean Frost
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Sean Frost
Director of Sales & Marketing

In the latest episode of Inspiring Innovations, we sit down with Derek Severson, Project Engineer at Polo Custom Products, to discuss how our engineering team helps move a product from an initial idea into production. Key takeaways include: ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ: Catching missing information or potential issues early to help prevent problems during production. ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  […]

podcast title "Solving what others can't: experience, quality & manufacturing partnership"
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๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐Ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐งโ€™๐ญ: ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ & ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ
Jul 22, 2026
Posted by Sean Frost
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Sean Frost
Director of Sales & Marketing

In ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ– ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, Michelle Coleman, Division Manager of Fire & Safety at Polo Custom Products, discusses how experience, transparency, and strong customer partnerships help solve complex manufacturing challenges. From regulatory changes and phthalate-free materials to product transfers, quality concerns, and make-versus-buy decisions, Michelle shares how Polo helps customers navigate uncertainty, improve reliability, […]

Domestic Strength Meets Nearshore Expansion in the DR
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๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ: ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐‘
Jun 4, 2026
Posted by Sean Frost
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Sean Frost
Director of Sales & Marketing

Why did Polo expand manufacturing to the Dominican Republic? In this episode, COO Brian Weber explains how nearshore manufacturing strengthens supply chain resilience, scalability, and customer success. Episode #37 discusses one of the most significant growth initiatives in company history. Learn why Polo selected the Dominican Republic after an extensive feasibility study, how the new […]

Title Summary Image for ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž... ๐Ž๐ก ๐Œ๐ฒ!
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๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐Ž๐„๐Œ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐‘๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ
Apr 24, 2026
Posted by Sean Frost
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Sean Frost
Director of Sales & Marketing

This episode breaks down how global events like disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz are driving major shifts in supply chain costs, material availability, and lead times across manufacturing. Jennifer Fennell shares how proactive planning, supplier diversification, and clear communication help OEMs stay ahead of risk and keep production moving.    
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๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ
Mar 10, 2026
Posted by Sean Frost
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Sean Frost
Director of Sales & Marketing

Summary:ย ย ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ! What happens when ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ฒ? In this episode, Washburn professor Dr. Michael Stoica shares how students work alongside Poloโ€™s executive team to solve real business challenges and gain hands-on global experience. Watch the full episode now! […]
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The Competitive Advantage No One Talks About: “Trust”
Feb 17, 2026
Posted by Sean Frost
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Sean Frost
Director of Sales & Marketing

Great manufacturing partnerships arenโ€™t built on price alone โ€” theyโ€™re built on value. In this conversation, ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ, ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ shares the story of a medical device launch that scaled faster than anyone anticipated. That kind of success doesnโ€™t happen by accident โ€” it happens when partners collaborate early, refine materials and processes […]

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