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and explained what markets they served and how they got there. “I also found in AICC some great mentors that have re- ally coached me over the past 29 years. I believe mentors in life is what has made a difference of me being who I am and me being a failure, so I encourage everybody to find mentors,” Frisch said. Eventually, the company invested in better equipment, most notedly a three-color flexo folder gluer. It was per- forming beautifully, then within 45 days of startup, the economy collapsed setting off the recession of 2008. It was a stressful time to be making big payments on equip- ment, but Wasatch Container survived that crisis, wiser to the importance of keeping debt in balance. It was just one of the lessons he would stress as a men- tor himself to other box makers and chairman of the AICC. What's Luck Got To Do With It? He’s been told often over the years that he is lucky, but Frisch doesn’t think so. “I don’t believe in luck,” he said. “My definition of luck is when experience meets opportunity. If you don’t have experience, you don’t have opportunity.” Such was the case in 2010 when talking to a Boeing representative who was complimenting them on how great they were as a foam and corrugated manufacturer and that he wished his crate supplier was half as good. Though Wasatch wasn’t in the crate market, they told the man they absolutely built crates. “He said, ‘Great, when can you start supplying us the crates?’ I said, ‘Sir, right now we’re about 8 to 12 weeks out,’” Frisch said. Frisch said they purchased top-of-the-line equipment for the crate operation, and at less than $30,000, it was still less than the glue system on their flexo folder gluer. “Be prepared for what can happen to you in business,” he said. “You see an opportunity, you seize it.” In 2010, Wasatch Container was now a corrugated sheet plant, fabricator, and crate builder. His son, Ryan, Vice President of Sales, and daughter, Lauren, Vice Presi- dent of Administration, joined him at the helm, and today, each own 19.5 percent of the company. “I can’t tell you how wonderful it is to have great part- ners in business,” he said. A Second-Generation Company By 2019, Frisch said they had reached an inflection point and called a family meeting. “We needed to decide who we were and what we were going to do — sell the business or expand,” he said. “The question was answered in seconds. Both my kids said, ‘Dad, we’re all in. Let’s roll.’” That year they bought the lot next to them, hired an ar- chitect and started on a new building just before the Covid pandemic became the next kink in the chain. Supply chain and labor issues were just a couple of the
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