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48 www.CNC-West.com CNC WEST October/November 2018 F rom the time he was a child, Mike Hobeck was fascinated with speed. He began his time in the fast lane by racing dirt bikes. The dirt bike career was interrupted several times by injuries. Hobeck then moved onto racing jet skis, reasoning that the water was a little safer than the hard ground. His love of racing led him to begin building parts for the numerous motorized vehicles he owned. And his fabricating career has been on a fast track ever since. Hobeck began his fabricating career by working for several job shops in the Seattle and Spokane areas, fol- lowed by a stint with Boeing. He opened his own busi- ness in Marysville, WA in 1997 as a weld shop. By 1998, the company grew in size and fabricating services. To- day, Metal Werks Incorporated, with its 17 employees, is housed in a 10,000 square-foot facility. The company’s experienced and motivated team pro- duces, manufactures, and supplies OEM products and so- lutions to a wide variety of clients throughout the world. Customers served include such industries as: medical, energy, technology, race car parts, fish hatcheries, retail store display/point-of-purchase, food service, and many others. PLATINO FIBER LASER PROVIDES SPEED & QUALITY NEEDED BY WEST COAST JOB SHOP In 2017, Mike Hobeck, president & ceo, began to search for a replacement for an aging used CO2 laser. He chose the Prima Power Platino 5kW Fiber laser because of its open-cabin design and easy accessibility. Article & Photos Courtesy of Prima Power