Sam Krage

Sam Krage
President, Krage Manufacturing

Sam is President and owner of Krage Manufacturing in which he founded in 2000.  Krage Mfg. started as a precision sheet metal fabrication shop with sheet metal punching, bending, welding and assembly operations.  Over the years, Krage Mfg. has continued to expand its capabilities with vertical integration both internally and through acquisitions. 

In 2003, Sam acquired Pueblo Powder Coaters which specialized in powder coating a wide variety of parts and assemblies.  In 2012, Western Control Systems, a leading manufacturer in the electric utility industry, was purchased by Krage Mfg.  Both acquisitions were moved to Krage Mfg. which added powder coating and electrical assembly to its manufacturing capabilities.

Today, Krage Mfg. is an original equipment manufacturer (OEM), contract manufacturer and job shop supplying many industries nationwide including a regional architectural steel market.  They have a unique niche as a leading manufacturer of custom electrical enclosures serving commercial OEM’s and electrical utilities throughout the country.  Krage Mfg. has excellent product design capabilities and prides itself on turning new designs successfully into cost-effective, finished products.  Their manufacturing facility consists of state-of-the-art laser cutting, CNC punching, CNC bending, robotic welding, machining, sandblasting, powder coating, painting, mechanical and electrical assembly.  

Sam is a partner in a startup, Tyrian Health that focuses on a natural prevention and treatment of urinary tract infections and prostatitis in the aging population.  Tyrian’s main product, TGuard includes a native Midwest berry, aronia, grown on the owners’ farms in Iowa and Nebraska. 

Sam has personally given back to his community.  He has served over a decade as a board member with the Pueblo Economic Development Corporation, Parkview Medical Center and the Historic Arkansas Riverwalk of Pueblo.  Sam is also an elected Board member on the Pueblo Board of Water Works where he is passionate about Colorado water issues and the responsible stewardship of this most precious resource.

Sam is a proud graduate from the University of Wyoming in 1988 with an Industrial Engineering/Operations Management degree.  Sam comes from a long line of pioneering construction entrepreneurs from both sides of his family.  Dating back to the 1880’s, the families were involved in concrete paving, asphalt paving and earthmoving while constructing roads, highways, railroads and dams in the Midwest.   

Sam and his wife, Brenda, split their time between their Lazy K5 ranch in the mountains near Westcliffe and in Pueblo.  They have three wonderful children, Victoria (Will Johnson), Garrett and Abby along with granddaughter, Joyce. They are fortunate to have all their children work for the family businesses.  Sam is an avid outdoorsman, traveler (dragging his family around the globe) and head ranch hand at the working Lazy K5.