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News Fronts
Letter to Editor
Dear Mr. Kuvin:
I was pleased to read
Michael Bleau’s article (Earned Success: A Case for Hard Knocks, The Business of Metalforming, May 2011 issue of MetalForming), and his reality-based discussion of “rewarding performance” and production, rather than “lowering the bar to make exceptions.” I make that same point as often as I can, and did so in a recent Fox News story. (View the story at www.youtube.com/ watch?v=EXuxeVnFoFQ).
Thank you for keeping the drum beat of manufacturing going. Let’s hope we can get others to dance.
Bob Roseman, CEO, Ehrhardt Tool & Machine Co., Granite City, IL
Associations
Change of Leadership at FMA
The Fabricators & Manu- facturers Association, Intl. (FMA), Rockford, IL, announced the retirement of president and CEO Gary Shankel, effective October 1. Taking the reins: Edward Youdell, group publisher of FMA Communications, Inc.
Awards
Delphi Honors Olson Internacional in Mexico
Olson Internacional, S, De R.I., de C.V., Matamoros, Mexico, has received Del- phi’s 2010 Pinnacle Award for Supplier Excellence, rec- ognizing the facility’s per- formance in the areas of
quality, delivery and service, and in meeting or exceeding competitive cost expecta- tions. Delphi named 16 sup- pliers from seven countries as Pinnacle Award winners in 2010. Olson Internacional, an operating unit of IMS Buhrke-Olson, Arlington Heights, IL, also operates a plant in Monterrey.
Morgal Machine Tool a Deere & Co. “Partner”
The McGregor Metalwork- ing Companies’ Morgal Machine Tool Co. business unit has attained partner- level status as a supplier to John Deere. Deere & Co. bestowed its highest supplier rating upon Morgal at its recent annual supplier con- ference. Morgal, Springfield, OH, one of only four metal stampers to be acknowl-
edged as a partner-level sup- plier, provides eight Deere & Co. facilities with stamped components, welded assem- blies and split metal pulleys.
Facilities
John Deere Horicon Welcomes New Press-Feed Line
Coe Press Equipment, Sterling Heights, MI, has shipped a new press-feed line to John Deere Horicon Works in Wisconsin to han- dle coil width to 18 in. and coil weight to 10,000 lb. The line can process steel to 1⁄4 in. thick by 8 in. wide, at 50,000-psi yield strength and attain a roll speed of
80 ft./min. The plant manu- factures lawn and garden tractors and lawnmowers.
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