Brett Maister

About Brett Maister

Professional product design, engineering, prototyping and testing are a unique skill-set when it comes to moving your company in a new direction. It takes experience that no school can teach you and I have over 30 years of experience developing products with world class manufacturers. Manufacturing: I co-own two facilities in mainland China with the most advanced manufacturing capabilities Stainless Steel. We have won many awards for high technology manufacturing. My partners based out of Hong Kong are some of the leading manufacturing minds in China. We have over 30 engineers and industrial engineers available to us in all of the relevant fields. We have just completed the HUBEI factory boasting 1.4 Million Sqft fully automated and solar powered. Industrial Metal Works Mexico has just opened to bring manufacturing back to North America. With the trade alliance Mexico is the next manufacturing hub for all of North American products, BBQ Industry: I have been in the BBQ Industry for over 27 years both on the retail side and manufacturing/design side of the business. My company Leisure Import has successfully partnered with one of the most innovative factories in Asia. Located in Wuxi china this once small factory is now moving us into a Sq Ft facility with some of the most modern manufacturing techniques in the world. Leisure Import has partnered with 1STOP manufacturing (HK) to create a design/develop/manufacture of pellet bbq\'s, electrical grills and smokers, South American grills and Santa Maria style grills. We have the facility to manufacture any/all Kamado accessories as well as Grill and furniture covers. The demand for our products and service is astounding for we bring the professionalism of American Business with the cost savings of Asian manufacturing. We have perfected all of the equipment for the outdoor kitchen and all gas and storage components are now offered at unbeatable prices. Automotive: Tuff Stuff Overland has the largest offerings of recover and overland products in the USA. We have developed over 6 roof top tents that range from $700 to covering all price points. Tuff Stuff Overland has also designed and developed 3 Overland Trailers with DMV approval in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Colorado. Overland in the USA is one of the only growing automotive categories. TRIBE Trailer Corp TRIBE was created for the overland enthusiast to manufacture the \"Basecamp\" overland trailers. The company has over 120 dealers and has shifted all production to Mexico.

Experience

1. President

   Leisure Import Llc

   Jan 2011 — Present · Santa Ana, CA, US

   Leisure Import and HH Fire Corp have partnered to bring the global market a “One stop” solution for all outdoor products. 4 Million Square foot state of the art manufacturing facility allows for global companies to bring their programs to the market in a professional and cost effective way. USA lead Industrial designers bring programs to life with innovative designs and over 40 factory professional engineers are available for combustion and design engineering. All of the manufacturing from raw material to finished products are done in-house under the HH Fire group of manufacturing. Manufacturing is split into many devision and cover the following: Stainless steel fabrication at the highest levels / Porcelain steel and high temperature powder coating / Volume manufacturing requiring tooling and punch machinery / Burner, accessory and rotisserie motor manufacturing / cast aluminum manufacturing / Soft cover manufacturing. HH Fire has a certified testing lab for many of the top global testing labs as well as a complete A-Z tooling department manufacturing our own tooling. HH fire meets and exceeds all environmental standards and the factory is 100% powered by solar energy. We work with some of the best “high technology” companies in china and bring Smart Control technology to all of the customers. Our technology partners supply some of the biggest companies in the world and we have our “finger on the pulse” of trending and changing technology for the outdoor products. Leisure Import and HH Fire will be opening two new global factories in the future. MEXICO & TURKEY are being planned and executed for a closer reach to our international partners.

Education

• California State University, Long Beach

  Bachelor of science psychology, Psychology

• California State University-Long Beach

  BS, Psychology

  1989 — 1993