Kent Larson is the new co-owner and general manager of Zen Bathworks, the soaking tub and hot-tub micro-factory on Spruce Grove Road.

Larson most recently worked as a manufacturing and quality engineer for Metso, a company that makes mining equipment. Originally from Colorado, he moved here with his family from Columbia, S.C., where he lived three years, and took over the tub company April 17.

“I love manufacturing. I grew up on a farm. I…