Quality Products Makes Key Addition to Management Staff
CHARLOTTE, NC – October 28, 2025– Quality Products & Machine has experienced an incredible amount of growth throughout 2025. Therefore, it only makes sense for the company to add to its managerial staff.
Quality Products officially announced Tuesday it has hired Chris Bode as its new Machine Shop Supervisor.
Chris will bring nearly two decades of experience in the manufacturing and fabrication industries. Chris will play a significant role in Quality Products’ continued efforts to become more efficient.
“He’s going to bring a ton of value in terms of direction and keeping the team motivated,” said Quality Products Vice President and General Manager Dustin Jones. “Continuing to team build the machine shop and continue to drive efficiency and throughput is kind of his main talent.”
Chris strongly suggested he is looking forward to the challenge. About a year ago, he began looking for a new opportunity to further advance his career.
Initially, Chris wasn’t sure if Quality Products was the right opportunity for him. But after talking with the operating company’s management team, he said he knew it would be an excellent fit.
“I got to the point where I was like, I wasn’t necessarily bored, but machining and CNC programming almost became like muscle memory. I no longer really had to think about it to do it. I didn’t feel challenged. So, I started looking at other opportunities, and Quality Products found me,” said Chris.
“I was a little apprehensive at first because it had been awhile since I had been in the management world. The last management position I had left a bit of a sour taste in my mouth. But I knew I needed to do something different.”
Chris said he became convinced Quality Products was the place for him while walking on the shop floor with Dustin. Speaking with Engineering Manager Alan Silva and XXX Greg Donaldson also reassured Chris that Quality Products was a great opportunity.
“Quality Products is not ok with being ok,” Chris said. “The attitude here is ‘We can always be better.’ There’s always room for growth in everything no matter what you’re doing. So that was a really big draw for me.”
Overall, Chris said his main goal at Quality is to make the company more efficient. One of his first objectives to achieve that goal is to build a tool room.
With that addition, Quality will have an opportunity to create an automated tooling set up process for its machine operators. This should lead to better organization and preparation, driving further efficiency.
On top of Quality’s growth potential, Chris also saw the operating unit being part of a larger organization with Compass Precision and its sister companies as a huge advantage.
“Being in a corporate structure means that your room for growth is exponentially higher,” Chris added. “As long as they see initiative and positive productivity coming out of a company, that means they have the funding to back further growth. Also, it sets a standard of operating on a corporate level of manufacturing.
“So I would definitely say that Quality having sister companies that are all under the Compass umbrella was a big draw as well.”
After graduating high school on Long Island, New York, Chris earned seven American welding society certifications and began his career as a high-rise construction steel welder. He moved to North Carolina looking for a new opportunity following the economic collapse in 2007. Chris landed his first job in the state as a machinist/welder in an electrical motors repair shop in Charlotte.
During his tenure at the shop, Chris learned manual machines. He then made the jump into CNC machining at his next job opportunity in 2016.
“Once you know how to machine, then you just have to teach the machine to do what you want it to do. It was a pretty easy transition for me.”
Chris worked his way up into a management role with that company. Just prior to accepting his role at Quality, Chris worked at International Construction Equipment and DRT Manufacturing.
Away from work, Chris enjoys going to the gym and outdoor activities such as hiking, camping and activities around the lake. He also loves music, especially attending live concerts.
Chris called heavy metal his favorite genre, which he finds ironic given his career. Metallica is his favorite band.