Slovakia has a deep history of metallurgy dating back to the Kingdom of Hungary’s mining towns (Banská Štiavnica). Young Marek inherited the skills of a formier (pattern maker). Upon arriving in the US, he found work at a Woodman Casting facility in Cleveland, Ohio, where he quickly rose to become the Master Pattern Maker.
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