English - McWane Ductile

Spring 2015
Effective
February 1,
2015 Atlantic
States
became
McWane
Ductile - New Jersey, a Division of McWane Inc.
Why the Change?
 Focus on national and international brand name for
our customers and supplies
 Focus on our production of ductile iron, as we
converted to ductile decades ago from cast iron
 Streamlines approvals with major customers,
municipalities given the tremendous overlap of our
three pipe planes
McWane Ductile - New Jersey
McWane Ductile - Ohio
McWane Ductile - Utah
This Issue
Desk of Dale P. 2
New Logo P. 3
Sales Update P. 6
Exports P. 8
Blood Drive P. 9
Lunch Room P. 10
WC Vo-Tech P. 11
Retirement P. 12
Years of Service P.
13
PFE P. 15
New Addition P. 17
Going Green P. 18
SAVE THE DATE
Record cold temperatures through the first two months of 2015
have made both operations and shipments a major challenge. I do
want to thank our entire team for their dedication and commitment in
keeping safe, as sub-zero temperatures, ice and snow present extra
challenges and risks every day.
Similarly, many of our key markets, especially in New England are
dealing with record snowfalls. We are
however very optimistic that our shipments will ramp up quickly with warmer weather and thankfully Spring is
just around the corner.
2015 will be an exciting year at
McWane Ductile - New Jersey with the installation in August of our
first high speed Dalian casting machine.
McWane Ductile - Utah is now installing their second machine
and achieving excellent results as of late on their first machine. We
have the advantage of learning from their commissioning and a team
from New Jersey will be visiting Utah in a few weeks for hands on
training.
Other exciting projects will be the installation of the bell grinding
robot on the hot line, upgrades to the cooling zone of the oven which
will help address reanneals and utilizing components from Alabama,
the upgrade to our materials/alloy handling equipment. All of these
projects will help to make us safer and more competitive, by lowering our costs.
As we have discussed in our meetings, the keys to moving from
good to great are teamwork and a proactive positive attitude. As a
unified team, we can make McWane Ductile - New Jersey the safest
and most efficient plant we can be. Let’s do it in 2015!
Dale Schmelzle - Vice President & General Manager
McWane Ductile - New Jersey
supporting Adopt-A-Highway on
Route 78 East Bound in New Jersey
McWane Ductile - New Jersey unveils their new name and logo
during the 19th annual CTAWWA & CWWA Technical Conference &
Vendor Expo in Cromwell, CT. 600+ Water Professionals attended
this event which included 70 Vendor Displays.
In process of the name change, all employees received a new blue
hard hat with the new logo in the front and Iron Strong in the
back. These helmets not only represent that we are a team and
unified but that we are also part of something much bigger.
―On behalf of the construction team we wish to thank you
for the trip to the plant. It was very informative and exciting to see how the product is made before we bury it
forever. Please extend our thanks to the folks at the
McWane plant for the tour and hospitality.
I hope to do it again sometime in the future.
Thank you.‖ Michael Trick, Construction Services
Supervisor, The Metropolitan District
On March 5th
McWane Ductile New Jersey hosted
a foundry tour with
a hearty group of
customers from
New England. Partnering with Ferguson Water Works
attendance represented the Metropolitan District of
Hartford, CT the
Town of Middletown, CT and
CDM-Smith Engineers of Hartford,
CT. A little winter
weather didn’t
slow down this
group of 33 participants from having
a well guided tour
of the McWane facility, catered
luncheon and Ductile Iron 101 training seminar prior
to their return to
New England.
McWane Ductile - New Jersey unveils their new name and
logo during the New England Water Works Association 2015
Spring Conference & Exhibition April 1--2nd at the DCU
Center located in Worcester, MA.
McWane Ductile Distributor Vellano Bros. Joe V.
(#72-Patriots Super Bowl 49 Championship Team),
Phil , Jeff, Colleen, Paul V., Barry, & Paul with the
Patriots Cheerleaders
McWane Ductile
Distributor Bay
State WW—Joe
A team of McWane Ductile - New Jersey (MDNJ) employees in conjunction with
the McWane International staff have worked together to develop procedures for container loading of Ductile Iron pipe for export at the MDNJ facility in Phillipsburg, NJ.
This particular project called for MDNJ to supply 16,600ft of 12‖, 900 ft. of 8‖ and
600 ft. of 6‖ pipe to Djibouti – Africa. The pipe will be delivered to U.S Navy Camp Lemonnier which is the only American base located in Africa. Djibouti sits on the horn of
Africa and supports approximately 2,500 joint U.S and allied military and civilian personnel and U.S. Department of Defense contractors (Military Bases.US)
MDNJ team (Hal Eddings, Bill Cochran, Fran Tone and Steve Shambeda) along
with the Shipping and Safety Departments; have perfected the procedure in loading
export containers. A unique pusher was designed to help push the pipe in the cargo
area which attaches to our forklift. Job procedures were developed by and for the
Shipping Department just for these designated orders. Once the export container
leaves MDNJ it is then put on a cargo ship and sent overseas to its destination. This is
not an easy job task due to rearranging the pipe to fit the export load container and securing the bundles so the pipe does not shift inside the container during transport.
In order to do a project of this size as efficiently as possible it required a buy in
by all departments. Special width bundles were prepared by the finishing department.
The entire shipping team banded and prepared the bundles for container/export. Shipping documents were prepared and sent to the McWane International staff to coordinate with the freight brokers.
By having the containers loaded on site, it saves the company money by not having to have the containers loaded at the port, thereby helping McWane International
secure orders in a very competitive global market. This can be classified as a true
team effort by two divisions of McWane Inc..
References: "Camp Lemonnier." Military Bases. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Jan. 2015. <http://
www.militarybases.us/navy/camp-lemonnier/>.
A blood drive was held on Thursday,
January 22nd at MDNJ. There were a
total of 25 registered donors and 20
pints of blood collected helping 60
lives!
The Wellness Committee put together
goodie bags which included healthy
snacks along with chap stick and tissues for the winter season. Thank you
to all of our volunteers and registered
donors!
This Spring the employee lunchroom will be completely renovated to a new
McWane Ductile - New Jersey look! All new appliances will be installed to
give it a new look! Vending machines will now tie into our health and
wellness programs offering healthy options and discounts to all employees.
Nutritional facts will be places around machines for information on food selections. In addition, all employees will receive a USConnect Card to be eligible for point redemptions, discounts and options to load money on your
USConnect Card. The USConnect card offers the following features:

1.5% of USConnect Card Sales Donated to a Charity

Cashless Convenience

Cash Back Rewards—Up to 10% Cash Back

Monthly Promotions

Earn 5 points for every dollar you spend
Look in the next Heard It Through the Pipeline for further details, pictures
and stories!
McWane Ductile - New Jersey (MDNJ) is currently working with Warren County
Vocational School to help their students in creating Engineering designs. A
team of students were selected to help engineer and build a lunch room for the
Shipping Department. MDNJ has supplied tools and materials for students to
custom make a lunch room that will be transported to our facility.
After 47 years of service, Nelson Greenleaf
retires from McWane Ductile - New Jersey!
Nelson has been through 4 name changes
with the company since 1968. Mr. Greenleaf
started in 1968 and has worked throughout
the entire plant and it notorious for saying,
“thanks for coming in today” which we will
all miss hearing. Nelson hasn’t been absent
or late since 1995 which gives him perfect
attendance for the past 20 years. He is an
exceptional and dedicated employee
McWane Ductile will truly miss. Nelson has
helped build what McWane Ductile - New
Jersey is today and we are thankful for all
his years of service. During retirement he
plans on spending time with family and going to his vacation beach house in Delaware.
Nelson we wish you the best of luck in this
next chapter of your life!
James Johnson
Jose J Justo
Tom Koshinski
15 years of Service
15 years of Service
15 years of Service
Casting Department
Casting Department
Maintenance Department
Emilio De Los Angeles
10 years of Service
Finishing Department
Luis Valentin
Leon Diehl
15 years of Service
10 years of Service
Casting Department
Maintenance Department
Henry Fernandez, an Electrician
Leadsman in the Maintenance
Department became a Citizen of the
United States of America in April
2015. Congratulations Henry!
Congratulations to our Casting Department for winning the
Golden Pig Award during the 1st quarter of 2015. The Golden
Pig award represents our Housekeeping values throughout the plant. The
award is presented to the department with the most improvements.
“The shipping team has done an outstanding job preparing export containers.
They continue to improve loading the containers with pipe for export orders.
Your hard work and dedication is appreciated.” - Fran Tone
“The entire Accounting Group has done an outstanding job in providing
accurate timely information as evidenced by their recent annual audit by
external auditors. Excellent teamwork!” - Dale Schmelzle
“Jeff and Paul took the
initiative to install a large
guard on the Presidential
lathe in the Mold Shop
instead of waiting for a
Millwright to do it. Installing the guard is not a
normal responsibility of
their daily jobs and it is
appreciated that they
took the time to make
the safety improvement.”
Brendon LaPort
“Juan has
gone above and beyond his normal duties in the
loader assisting in keeping the scrap yard full. Juan
has taken it upon himself to work extra hours,
come in on the weekends and most importantly
keep everyone involved informed of our current
situation regarding scrap metal in the yard. Juan
has shown great leadership qualities in the past
few weeks.” - Ben Leonard
The Goldberg Family
welcomes Aria Goldberg!
Michael Goldberg,
pictured with his new
sister is excited to be an
older brother.
Ten little fingers, ten little toes,
two beautiful eyes and one
button nose
The Gehringer Family welcomes
little Jacob Gehringer who is a
proud little brother!
In efforts to help our local community in the green
initiative, the McWane Ductile - New Jersey Recycling
Committee is going beyond the plant to help in community events. In addition, during the next few months you will
see changes occurring throughout the plant to help us become more efficient in recycling. Recycling stations will be mapped and placed throughout the plant to help keep recyclables separated. Sheds have been installed to collect boxes which is then given to the Firth Youth Center so they
can recycle the material and raise money for those in need.
Date: Saturday—April 25th
Location: Phillipsburg Boat Launch
Time: 9am - 3pm
McWane Ductile - New Jersey
is a platinum sponsor for this event
MDNJ will have a tent and volunteers handing out water bottles, pamphlets
and pens. This event is dedicated to having clean water supply in the Delaware River. For more info please visit: http://www.shadfishingcontest.com/
On Wednesday, April 22nd the Recycling Committee will
visit the Firth Youth Center and host crafts,
snack time and games with their after
school care students. There is approximately 25 students from 2nd - 8th grade
that will partake in this event. Keep posted in the next newsletter for pictures!
McWane DuctileNew Jersey
183 Sitgreaves
Street
Phillipsburg, NJ
08865