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title: Veterans Day
description: Hurco customer and veteran-owned company Bottle Breacher uses ammo to make bottle openers. Watch this behind-the-scenes video.
image: https://blog.hurco.com/hubfs/bottle%20breacher%20video.png
---

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We have many employees and customers who are veterans and we are so thankful for their service.

One such veteran-owned company, [Bottle Breache](http://bottlebreacher.com/)[r](http://bottlebreacher.com/), was started by a Navy SEAL, Eli, and his wife, Jen. The Military Veterans at Bottle Breacher used to use 50 caliber ammunition to defend our country. Now they use ammo to make bottle openers, whiskey bullets, cigar bores and much more. When they're cutting metal, they use Hurco CNC machines. Check out this cool [video](https://youtu.be/p7cXG0exVcM) that shows how the bottle breachers are made.

 [![bottle breacher hurco video.png](https://blog.hurco.com/hs-fs/hubfs/bottle%20breacher%20hurco%20video.png?width=339&name=bottle%20breacher%20hurco%20video.png)](https://youtu.be/p7cXG0exVcM)

**Last, but definitely not least, we would like to recognize the many veterans who work at Hurco. **

- Nick Brooking
- Robert Buckland
- Mike Cope
- Harold Cox
- Greg Dozier
- Mark Gilmore
- Ron Goodhart
- Don Hammer
- Doug Hilker
- Lonnie Leffew
- Douglas Lewis
- Greg Loman
- Juan Lopez
- Dave McGilvrey
- Cory Miller
- Todd Musall
- Dave Plank
- Karl Szabo
- Chris Trueblood
- Joseph Wade

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***Originally posted June 8, 2018 | Updated October 4, 2018***

**The Back Story of Bottle Breacher**

Eli...

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We are pleased to announce our final group of 20 winners of our VIP 50th Anniversary Bottle Breacher drawing!

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