SNYDER — This little village of 300 in eastern Nebraska has become such a manufacturing powerhouse, its population more than doubles when the morning shifts start at the four factories lining the highway.
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Workers assemble fire apparatus at the Smeal facility in Snyder. The population of the Nebraska village of 300 people rises precipitously when employees pour into town each work day.
Cheyenne Renter buffs the finish on a truck at Danko Emergency Equipment Co. in Snyder. She said she loves being able to see the finished product and “knowing what you do helps people.”
Snyder in Dodge County, is a town with a large manufacturing footprint for a town of less than 300 people.
A worker welds at Hunke Manufacturing in Snyder.
Photos: Manufacturing in Snyder, Nebraska
Workers assemble fire apparatus at the Smeal facility in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
Cheyenne Renter buffs the finish on a truck at Danko Emergency Equipment Co.in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
Sunlight shines inside the Danko Emergency Equipment Co.in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
A worker uses an angle grinder at the Smeal facility in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
Luis Gonzalez welds at the Danko Emergency Equipment Co. in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
Mark Kreikemeier, president of the Danko Emergency Equipment Co. talks about their manufacturing facility in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
Snyder, Nebraska, is a town with a large manufacturing footprint for a town of less than 300 people, photographed on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
A worker carries a baox at Hunke Manufacturing in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
Jeff Hunke talks about the pump hoist trucks they make at Hunke Manufacturing in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
A worker uses an angle grinder at the Smeal facility in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
Two nearly finished trucks at Danko Emergency Equipment Co.in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
A worker walks across the floor at Hunke Manufacturing in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
Luis Gonzalez welds at the Danko Emergency Equipment Co. in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
Cheyenne Renter talks about the work she does at Danko Emergency Equipment Co.in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
Two nearly finished trucks at Danko Emergency Equipment Co.in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
A worker assembles fire apparatus at the Smeal facility in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
A worker assembles fire apparatus at the Smeal facility in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
Workers assemble fire apparatus at the Smeal facility in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
A worker assembles fire apparatus at the Smeal facility in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
Kevin Strudthoff, general manager, poses for a photo in front of a firetruck at the Smeal facility in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
Hunke Manufacturing photographed in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
Workers help build pump hoist trucks at Hunke Manufacturing in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
Workers help build pump hoist trucks at Hunke Manufacturing in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
Workers help assemble vehicles at Danko Emergency Equipment Co.in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
A worker welds at the Smeal facility in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
A worker walks on the factory floor at the Smeal facility in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
The Smeal facility photographed in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
A control panel for a pump hoist truck photographed at Hunke Manufacturing in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
A worker welds at Hunke Manufacturing in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
Snyder, Nebraska, is a town with a large manufacturing footprint for a town of less than 300 people, photographed on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
Snyder, Nebraska, is a town with a large manufacturing footprint for a town of less than 300 people, photographed on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
The Danko Emergency Equipment Co. manufacturing facility photographed in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
The Smeal facility photographed in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
Wonder Meats Inc. photographed in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
Wonder Meats Inc. photographed in Snyder, on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
