Courtney Silver, president of Ketchie Inc. and plant manager Terry Smith were able to present a customer with an annual savings of $30,000 last year largely due to the shop’s advanced Mazak machining technology. In 2008, when Courtney Silver (who has background in finance and supply chain management) decided to help her husband Robert “Bobby” Ketchie manage his manufacturing business, she never thought that she’d end up running the Concord, North Carolina-based machine shop. Together, the couple operated and grew Ketchie Inc. until Mr. Ketchie passed away in March 2014. Ms. Ketchie-S...