XZ: Xenetech Zuelke - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

Here in Baton Rouge we really think of ourselves as a big small
town, where everybody knows everybody else. And Baton Rouge circles
do tend to overlap, particualry in business. But there are so many
small businesses out there you've likely never heard of doing
really cool things and making their mark - literally - on the local
economy and the world stage.

Guy Barone is President and CEO of Xenetech Global, a local
business with a worldwide reach that has made its mark with its
laser and rotary engraving systems that can etch a design into just
about anything you can imagine. Guy's brother in law founded the
company in the mid 1980's. Today Xenetech sells to more than 7,000
customers as far away as Australia.

Layne Zuelke is master engraver and owner of Southern Custom
Engraving, which does engraving the old fashioned way. Layne's
craft is an ancient and venerable one - he hand engraves firearms,
knives, tools and jewelry. Layne was formally trained as a jeweler
some 30 years ago but has spent about half that time hand
engraving, which he now does from his studio on Lobdell here in
Baton Rouge. his specialty is in guns but he also cuts a variety of
other objects from fine woodworking tools to watches and
jewelry.

Mansurs on the Boulevard was closed today so we recorded this
episode of Out to Lunch in the boardroom at The Baton Rouge
Business Report.

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