Newsletter - Steel Rule Diemasters

Newsletter
May 2015
SRD NEWS
January 2015: Steel Rule Diemasters
celebrated one year in new location
February 2015: Medical Presses
attended first trade show in Anaheim,
California
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Featured
SRD Employees:
Luke Eshleman, Vice President
John Reimer, Sales Representative
SRD Roll Feed:
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Celebrating One Year in
New Location
Featured Employees
We have officially been in our new Milwaukee location for over a year and have made many changes.
SRD has contially grown as a company with our new hire and also implementation of new departments,
such as Marketing. We have expanded our sales department with the addition of a new sales person,
John Reimer, who has spent many years working in sales and brings a wealth of knowledge to the SRD
team. Luke Eshleman has taken over as Vice President and is currently managing many aspects of SRD
to ensure higher quality standards. We are looking to expand even further this coming year.
Luke has been in one type of Manufacturing or another most of his life.
Growing up in the family business of the Forging Industry he started at an
early age of learning the ropes of Production and Management Control that
started with his Grandfather.
Luke states: “I feel like I can really succeed only when the people around
me are given the tools to succeed themselves. If I have learned one thing
throughout my carreer it’s that it all starts with the people, everything
else comes after.”
Luke has now been with SRD for the past two years and has found a place to
really dig his heels in.
“It’s exciting to be in an industry with so much growth happening right before
us. I have been very fortunate to be part of a company where
our employees have such an ambition in making SRD & Medical Presses the
best it can be. My role of Vice President is direction but with a purpose,
a lot of people can stand and point out the destination over and over, where I
try and point it out and ask how are we going to get there together. “
Mark Jeske and Luke Eshleman share their thoughts on the big changes:
“Energized! That is how I feel about the progress and changes in SRD and MP. The new space
we purchased has given us some great ideas on how to expand our product offerings. The first
step was to settle in and build the inside to be a top notch facility that impresses new employees
and customers alike. After getting settled, we are plowing ahead into our growth strategy and have
hired new employees and expanded our departments. This location has been great for deliveries
and centralized enough to obtain employees from all around Milwaukee and its Metropolitan area.
2015 looks and feels like another record year in sales for presses and dies alike and this move was
instrumental to it.”
Mark Jeske - President
“Being part of a company where you can not only feel the growth but see it first hand is a very
exciting thing. Our continued development within Steel Rule Diemasters is delivered by a team
of younger professionals all exceeding together towards a larger landscape of opportunity.
Personalizing business in this day and age is something that remains at the forefront for Steel Rule
Diemasters. With all of our technological advancements, we strive to maintain our Family Owned
status, through our employees and directly to the door of our customers.”
“Business is about the people-everything else comes after”
Luke Eshleman - Vice President
Luke Eshleman
Vice President
Not only are we still the leader in selling world class dies, we have expanded on our technology to bring
our customers even higher quality with a new patented manufacturing process.
Steel Rule Diemasters has also added two more die cutting press models which will extend our product
line to four press options. “Our two new presses are the SRD Clicker Press and SRD Roll Feed. We
added these because we received countless inquiries about a small format press that had the power of
our larger options and one that was semi-automated.” said Mark Jeske. Steel Rule Diemasters is always
looking to find new ways to satisfy the die cutting industry needs.
Medical Presses, a division of SRD, is our true area of innovation. We have always been a die shop and
have been for over 14 years, but in the last few years we have expanded into the Medical world. Medical
Presses is a fairly new division that brings cleanroom die cutting into the medical industry. Our presses
and dies can be used to cut skin grafts, heart valves, wound dressings, and other varied medical needs.
Since expanding into the medical industry, we have upgraded our two presses to continue to bring the
newest technologies available.
Overall, the new location has been a major step for SRD and MP and our growth in the Milwaukee Area.
Check out our article in BizTimes.
Away from work I enjoy being home with my wife and our newborn daughter,
trips up to Northern Wisconsin, and of course our beloved Green Bay
Packers.
John Reimer
Sales Representative
John Reimer comes to SRD / Medical Presses with over 15 years sales
development experience, specializing in sales operations, sales process and
sales leadership. The last eight years John has been working in the medical
distribution space. Former colleagues of John’s describe him as a “highly
effective leader”, as well as a “tough and persistent negotiator” while always
keeping an eye on the “big picture”.
John is just returning to work after taking a one year sabbatical to travel the
United States. John is also known as the “Baseball Buddha”, he writes a weekly
baseball blog under the same name. During his sabbatical, John attended a
baseball game in all of the 48 continental United States and parts of Canada,
went to a game at all MLB stadiums, saw the Little League World Series,
American Legion World Series, College World Series and the MLB World
Series. He attended 248 games in all.
With his unique perspective and his wealth of experience, John can cut
through all the “corporate speak” to become a zealous advocate for his clients,
he loves the one-on-one interaction that is needed to plan new projects and
maintain old relationships. John attended the University of WisconsinMilwaukee and is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and the American
Burn Association.
Check out his blog here: www.baseballbuddha.com
Industry Information
News•Articles•Blogs
• Our Engineer discusses “What Makes A Superior Die Cutting Press”
• Our President, Mark Jeske, discusses when to use a machined steel rule
die vs. a traditional steel rule die
• Converting Solutions Inc. shares “How to order embossing services”
• Medical die cutting
For more information, check us out on Twitter
@steel_rule_die
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