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Delores Smith Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Manchester Tank
Delores Smith just celebrated her 20th anniversary with Manchester Tank! The flowers Delores is holding are from her first customer with MTE, Tom Tarantin, the CEO of Tarantin Industries. Amazingly, Tom remembered her work anniversary and sent her flowers to show his appreciation for her help and support over the past 20 years. Delores is a Customer Service Representative in MTE’s Franklin office.
We appreciate Delores and her commitment not only to Manchester Tank but to the thousands of Manchester Tank customers.
McWane Gulf Celebrates Ramadan
McWane Gulf organized an Iftar dinner for customers and business associates to mark the holy month of Ramadan on June 5th at the Shangri-La Hotel in Dubai. The dinner event was attended by key officials from Dubai Electricity and Water Authorities, Dubai Municipality, and McWane Gulf’s UAE distributors.
On May 31st McWane Gulf hosted an Iftar dinner at Traders Hotel in Abu Dhabi for team members and their families. At the event, McWane Gulf CEO Yusuf Mohammad noted that team members from five different nationalities work at McWane Gulf and do not all speak the same language. “To bring everyone together is very important. Together, we can achieve the most difficult tasks.”
Congratulations Charles Smith on 50 Years of Service at Tyler Union!
Charles Smith joined Tyler Union on May 23, 1968, shoveling sand and pushing a wheelbarrow on the Squeezer Line. He then moved to the Alabama Core Room where they make shell cores and later worked on both British Molding Machines (BM1 and BM2) and the IBM, a molding machine which Tyler Union used for a brief time in the mid ‘80s.
Eventually Charles returned to the BM1 where he stayed for 30 years until the machine was removed and replaced with the IMF Fast Loop. He sets cores at the IMF now and says the automatic machines have made foundry work much easier than it was 50 years ago. To show our appreciation for his years of hard work and dedication, Charles and his co-workers were treated to breakfast from Cracker Barrel and of course cake.
Thanks Charles for being a integral part of the Tyler Union team!
Pictured top to bottom L-R: Charles Smith; Charles, Pete Cagle (IMF Manager) and Charlie Chastain (Operations Manager; Charles and Les Cunningham (GFD Manager; and Charles and his son Brian smith (Production Lab Technician)
Bruno Pavcic Retires After 23 Years of Service
Meet McWane: Marcia Calvert & Billy McMichael, McWane
McWane recently celebrated two of their team members that have over two decades of service with the company.
Marcia Calvert began working for McWane Coal/Empire Coke in 1989 in the Sales Department. Fifteen years later, in 2004, she transferred to McWane Pipe as Administrative Assistant for the General Manager and Executive Vice President for the Pipe Group. In 2008, she transferred to the Pipe Sales Department as the Inside Sales Manager until 2012 when she transferred to McWane International.
Billy McMichael started his career with McWane at Union Foundry in the summer of 1986 while still in high school. He worked after school and during the summer cutting grass and picking up trash in the parking lot. Union Foundry hired Billy on October 5, 1987, in the Flange Shop where he worked nights threading stand pipe. After about six months, he moved into the Warehouse/Storeroom as a clerk, but was later promoted to Warehouse/Storeroom Supervisor/Buyer in 1997, and promoted to Purchasing Manager in 1999. He worked in that position until January 2008 when he joined the Supply Chain Department in Birmingham, Alabama.
Thanks, Marcia and Billy, for your decades of service!
Meet McWane: Marlene Moody, Tyler Couplings
Meet Marlene! She is a team member at Tyler Couplings in Marshfield, Missouri, and has been with the company for 44 years – WOW! On Monday, August 31, a retirement reception was held at Tyler Couplings in Marlene’s honor. Cake and punch were served to team members, retirees, family, and friends.
Marlene was also presented a beautiful bouquet of flowers and a watch in appreciation of her many years of service.
Congratulations and happy retirement, Marlene!
Manchester Tank Elkhart Team Celebrates VPP Star Re-certification!
On Wednesday, June 17, the Manchester Tank & Equipment team in Elkhart, Indiana, celebrated the 5-year renewal of their VPP Star status. The Elkhart facility has been a Star site since 2008 and this latest renewal extends Elkhart’s Star designation to 2020.
Team members were congratulated by Jill Drajer (MTE-Elkhart General Manager), Robert Graumann (MTE President), and Tim Maley (Deputy Commissioner, Indiana Department of Labor – IOSHA).
Everyone enjoyed a hog roast, signed banners, and posed for a team photo to celebrate the re-certification!
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