‘I want to hire him’: Trump praises Lamoncha’s turnaround story and gifts Small Business Award

US President Donald Trump gifts the Small Business Award to Humtown Products President and CEO Mark Lamoncha.

“I want to hire him. How big is his business? I want to get him, Mark Lamoncha,” Mr Trump said.

“He’s the owner of Humtown Products, a metal casting and 3D printing company.

“In 2008, the company was nearing bankruptcy … but that’s when Mark patented a system to boost productivity at the company by more than 400 per cent.”