SPIROL Welcomes Brazil to the Corporate Family

SPIROL
2012
Yearbook
BRAZIL • CANADA • CHINA • CZECH REPUBLIC • ENGLAND • FRANCE • GERMANY • MEXICO • SPAIN • UNITED STATES
SPIROL Welcomes Brazil to the Corporate Family
Indaiatuba, São Paulo, Brazil — October 15, 2012 — For the
previous six months, we have been diligently working with
attorneys and accountants on the formation of SPIROL Brazil.
At this time, the company has been established and a location
has been selected. For the first 18 months we expect the
organization to run as a sales organization only. This means
that the company will employ sales people who will develop
business for SPIROL within Brazil, but the product will ship
directly from the SPIROL manufacturing unit to the Brazilian
customer. During this period, SPIROL Brazil will be applying for
an import license that will allow us to import goods into Brazil.
Sometime between January and June of 2014, SPIROL
Brazil will begin importing and stocking product for Brazilian
customers. At this time, Brazilian customers will be serviced
directly from SPIROL Brazil. For the first 18 months, we
will not have a warehouse space as it is unnecessary.
We have hired our first three Brazilian employees who started
with SPIROL Brazil on October 15, 2012. They are: Mario
Gioto, Caio Delgado, and Alyson Schvarcz. All three are
Sales Engineers.
All three sales engineers arrived in Connecticut on
November 26 for 3-4 weeks. During this period, they
received intensive product training.
After that time,
Mario and Caio will continue their training in Brazil and
report into Luis Velasquez, Latin America Sales Manager.
From left: Caio Delgado, Alyson Schvarcz, Chris Jeznach (Product Sales
Engineer from CT) and Mario Gioto at the new office in the AnelBras building in
Indaiatuba. Chris was conducting product training for two weeks in November.
Alyson will relocate to SPIROL Connecticut for 18 months
starting in January, 2013 and will report into Christie Jones,
Business Development Manager, for his training period.
Training for the first three months will be extensive, and
we expect that we will begin SPIROL Brazil operations the
first part of January, 2013. Until that time, all three Sales
Engineers will be in training to execute our sales vision with
our customers in Brazil.
Bottom left: The SPIROL Brazil team poses in front of the AnelBras building.
With Alyson, Chris, Caio and Mario is Marcos Salina, Owner of AnelBras
Componentes Industriais Ltda., on the right. Below: New sales office.
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Cover Story
New Preferred Distributor
in Brazil
We have appointed a preferred distributor as our partner in Brazil whose
name is AnelBras Componentes Industriais Ltda. Marcos Salina is the
owner. SPIROL Brazil will be co-located with AnelBras for the first 12 to
18 months, and commensurate with the transition to being a distribution
operation, we will move to our own dedicated warehouse space.
Brazil Statistics
Total population of Brazil: 203 million
Official language: Portuguese
Above: Alyson,
Mario and Caio
take a break from
product training
to experience
snowfall. It never
snows in Brazil!
Right: While
Alyson and
Mario had seen
it before, it was
Caio’s first time
seeing, feeling
and tasting
snowflakes.
Total number of countries
bordering Brazil: 10 countries
São Paulo
Total percentage of literacy rate
of citizens between 15-24 years: 98%
Total life expectancy at birth: 73 years
Rank in land area worldwide: 5th largest country
Total percentage of Roman Catholic population: 70%
Map credit:
Wikipedia.org
Total GDP at the end of 2010: 3.675 trillion
Rank in highest number of billionaires worldwide: 9th
Total percentage of worldwide rainforests: 25%
Total amount of rain the Amazon Basin gets yearly: 7 Feet
Left: The SPIROL Brazil Sales Team
conduct a Lunch and Learn presentation
in the board room on their second day in
Connecticut.
Right: Amazon rainforest at sunset.
Welcome Mario, Caio and Alyson.
We are very excited to have you join
our Global Sales Team.
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Left: Octavio Frias Bridge and financial district in
São Paulo. Photo credit: Roberto Zimme
Below: Panoramic view of Indaiatuba.
Photo credit: Fábio Barros
SPIROL France
SPIROL Europe Logistics Platform
Reims, France — November 15, 2011 — SPIROL Europe inaugurated its new
logistic platform in Reims, France, capital of the Champagne region. This strategic
location, close to the border with Belgium and Germany, allows for effective
coverage of the European market providing logistic support to the other four
locations of SPIROL in Europe: United
Kingdom, Germany, Spain and the
Czech Republic.
The new installation includes 1,000
square meters (approx. 3,280 square
feet) of warehouse and 200 square
meters (approx. 656 feet) of offices
from which the 17-person team
serves customers from 56 countries.
Following its ‘Local Design, Global
Supply’ strategy, SPIROL’s European
Sales Team at the new address
includes professionals of seven nationalities and
communicates in eight languages — English, French,
German, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Polish and
Romanian.
Right: Entry and waiting room. Kitchen.
Above from left: Order Fulfilment
Department with Marie Alvarez, Order
Fulfillment and Office Manager and Noria
Deghmous, Order Fulfilment Specialist.
Sales Department with Ronja Fischer (in
grey sweater) and Stéphanie Choffat,
Product Administrators.
Right: Warehouse/Stores.
Right: Stores. All is good at the new
location as Latfi ‘Romario’ Moulay, Store
Packer, gives the ‘thumbs up’ sign.
Additional news from SPIROL SAS in France begins on page 31.
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SPIROL Connecticut
Sales Training is a Never-Ending Process
Members of the Global Sales Team
have the opportunity to visit SPIROL
Connecticut for product training
throughout the year. Here are some of
the members that have visited here for
training in 2012.
March 2012 – Grace Lin and Alex Dong from China,
Darren Ellis-Snell from the England, Edouard Bams
from France, and Thomas Jin from China.
January 2012 – Andy
Robinson, Mike Lentini,
Chris Jeznach, Ingo
Rutenberg, Heidi
Driscoll, Dave Tannert, Jon Higgins, Bryan Walsh, Justin Singleton, Tim Jordan,
Christie Jones, Paul Stichhaller, and Mike Kassian.
Protecting the
Environment
December 9, 2011 – SPIROL was presented with
the 2010 GreenCircle Award by the Connecticut
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
for the creation of our Nature Conservation area.
This is our second GreenCircleAward demonstrating SPIROL’s
continued commitment to environmental preservation.
March 2012 – Hans Wanner John Firlik, Edouard
Bams, Grace Lin, Mike Pasko, Crystal Fullam,
Christie Jones, Thomas Jin, Jon Higgins, Sabrina
Machnicki, Chris Jeznach, Jamie Shaw, Darren EllisSnell, and Alex Dong from China.
July 2012 – David
Reisinger from Ohio, Dana
Bein from Connecticut,
Sky Huang from China,
Samantha Dauphinais
from Connecticut, Richard
Pothier from California,
Evan Dowell from
Connecticut, Michael Wang
from China, and Adam John
from Canada.
Job Shadow Day 2012
March 6, 2012 — Killingly High School senior, McKenna
Shippee was a guest of SPIROL as part of a Job Shadow
graduation requirement. McKenna shadowed different
members of the Accounting Department throughout the
day to gain exposure to some of the routine activities of a
corporate accounting department.
McKenna, who is the daughter of Maggie Shippee, Mail
Clerk, is currently attending Quinebaug Valley Community
College.
At the Award presentation,
from left, are Mike Woznicki,
EHS Manager, Chuck Wells,
Facilities Maintenance/
Shipping Supervisor ,and
Daniel Esty - CTDEEP
Commissioner.
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Congratulations SPIROL CT!
Patrick Lefebvre,
Controller-SPIROL
Group, gives
McKenna a tutorial
on JDE accounting
system.
QVCC Manufacturing Technology Center
February 3, 2012 — State Senator Donald E. Williams, Jr.,
President Pro Tempore, and QVCC President Ross Tomlin,
Ed.D, hosted a press conference at Quinebaug Valley
Community College, in Danielson, to formally announce the
college as one of the three new Advanced Manufacturing
Technology Centers for the State of Connecticut.
The center will deliver advanced manufacturing education
focused on CNC machining and programming, quality
inspection and metrology, and mechatronics.
With the expansion of the center, both QVCC and H.H. Ellis
Technical High School have the capacity to serve 300 to 400
students annually.
As SPIROL is a partner in the development of this center,
Jeff Koehl was one of the presenters. Other conference
attendees were Brian K. Mignault, Sr., Ph.D., Principal of H.H.
Ellis Technical High School; Karen Osbrey, President of the
QVCC Foundation; Jeff Paul, President of Whitcraft Group;
and Mark Veslijag, Associate Professor of Engineering
Science/Technology Studies; as well as legislators, members
of the press and college staff.
Above: Jeff Koehl and Hans Wanner, Engineering Intern, discuss the future
of the center with QVCC Associate Professor Mark Vesligaj prior to the press
conference.
Below: QVCC President Ross Tomlin explains what the Manufacturing
Technology Center means to the future of manufacturing in the country and the
region; and the educational opportunities it affords area youths in the community.
Above left are Brian Mignault and Karen Osbrey. At right are Don Williams, Jeff Paul and Jeff Koehl.
Above: Connecticut State Senator Donald E.
Williams, Jr., President Pro Tempore, explains how
companies can be drawn to the state when there
exists a workforce with advanced manufacturing
skills.
Associate Professor Mark Vesligaj, who is the
Technology Studies Program Coordinator, discusses
the certificate and degree programs available at
QVCC.
Jakob Spjut, Instructor of Engineering & Technology,
discusses the renovation and expansion of the
laboratory into three distinct areas totaling 5,300
square feet.
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SPIROL Connecticut
QVCC School Counselor Workshop
Results in Student Visits to SPIROL
February 17, 2012 — QVCC’s College of Technology’s
Regional Center for Next Generations Manufacturing
hosted a half-day School Counselor Workshop for guidance
counselors from eastern Connecticut.
The workshop
provided an overview of today’s manufacturing environment,
and opportunities that are available to the next generation of
employees. SPIROL was there to drive home these issues.
Christie has been arranging student tours since the February workshop. Here are
a few of the area high school students who have visited SPIROL.
April 4 —
East Conn students.
Christie Jones, Market Development Manager; Seth
Fuller, Design Engineer; and Ben Zern, Mechanic – Inserts,
provided different facets to careers in manufacturing.
Christie captivated
the audience of
school counselors
with an explanation of
SPIROL’s successes
and presented a
recruitment video.
Gerard Fontaine gives
the East Conn students
a demonstration of the
manufacture of Slotted
Spring Pins.
April 18 —
Ellis Tech students.
April 19 —
Ellis Tech students.
Seth described the solution
engineering process and the
personal rewards he receives in
this endeavor.
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Ben explained his educational
background and his passion
for the hands-on approach to
manufacturing.
Below:
April 26 —
Woodstock Academy
students.
Following the three presentations, a Q+A followed as well as
an open invitation to have students tour SPIROL. There have
been many student tours since then.
April 23 —
Killingly High students.
Below:
April 30 —
Windham Tech
students.
SPIROL Coffee Hour
April 25, 2012 — Coffee, orange juice, donuts,
muffins and danish were plentiful at our Spring event.
Service Awards and Suggestion Awards were given
out.
Left: Jen Field and Richard Green. Above: Brian Smith received
his 25-Year Service Award from Bill Hunt. Right: Mark Avery
presented Suggestion Awards to John Sanderson and Gary Menard.
Summer 2012 Employee Luncheon
July 18, 2012 — Again, we were able to take it outside for
a couple of hours of food, fun and games. Hamburgers,
hot dogs, sausage with onion and peppers, watermelon,
potato salad, macaroni salad and frozen lemonade
were on the menu. After announcements and employee
recognition awards, it was time for raffles, prizes and
games.
Ben Zern and Seth Walker.
Jim Richard and Jackie Davis.
Bob Briere and Michael O’Keefe.
Tim Jordan received his 40-Year
Service Award from Bill Hunt.
Relay for Life
The SPIROL Keep on Walking Team this year was Susan
Fish – Team Captain, Jennifer Worden – Co-captain, Matt
Bartlett, Amanda Roy, Bobby McDonald, Kaytee Fish,
Morgan Sands, Brianna Worden and Cassidy Worden.
Many gave it their best pass at
the football toss.
No Summer Picnic is complete
without the Annual Rubber Duck
Race.
The event ended with a pick-up
game of volleyball.
Our company goal was $2,000. We held a lunch on July 27
from noon to 1:00 pm. A $2.00 ticket bought a hamburger or
hotdog, a beverage, and a bag of chips. All proceeds went
to the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Also,
through the Jeans Friday activity we raised $725. The
SPIROL Keep on Walking Team raised over $3,000 in the
2012 American Cancer Society’s Northeast Connecticut
event at the Woodstock Fairgrounds.
Thank you to everyone for your continued support –
We are already building a team for the 2013 event!
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SPIROL Connecticut
2012 SPIROL Scholarships
July 26, 2012 — SPIROL announced the recipients
SPIROL Scholarships at a special reception. Through
International Charitable Foundation, twelve
were awarded to graduating high school students
undergraduates in the localities surrounding its US
Connecticut, Vermont and Ohio.
of the 2012
the SPIROL
scholarships
and college
locations in
Six continuing and six new recipients of the 2012 SPIROL Scholarships
were announced at a reception on Wednesday, June 22. Connecticut
recipients were recognized in the presence of their families, area town
and school officials, and SPIROL employees.
New recipients include:
• Alon Cohen (Connecticut) - Alon is currently a student at QVCC working
towards a degree in Technical Studies Construction Technology which
focuses on residential construction.
• Michael Schaller (Connecticut) - Michael has been attending QVCC for a
year and is working on a Construction Technology degree.
• Ian Sorensen (Connecticut) - Ian is a 2012 graduate of Woodstock
Academy. He is attending the University of Connecticut is planning on
majoring in Biology or Biochemistry.
• Aubrey Waz (Connecticut) - Aubrey is a 2012 graduate of Woodstock
Academy and is majoring in General Sciences at Mount Holyoke College.
• Julia Burrowbridge (Ohio) - Julia is a 2012 graduate of Stow-Monroe
Falls High School, and is studying Engineering at Ohio State.
• Shelby Yee (Vermont) - Shelby is a 2012 graduate of Hartford High
School and will be attending Queen’s University in Canada. She plans on
studying either Geological Engineering or Geophysics.
The continuing 2012 SPIROL Scholarship award recipients are:
• Blake Willis (Connecticut) - Blake graduated from Woodstock Academy
in 2011. He is majoring in Diplomacy and International Relations with a
focus on Global Economics in the John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy
and International Relations at Seton Hall University.
• John Fisher (Ohio) - John graduated from Cuyahoga Valley Christian
Academy in 2011. He is majoring in Mechanical Engineering with a minor
in Finance at Geneva College.
• Austin Blackman (Vermont) - Austin graduated from Woodstock Union
High School in 2011. He is majoring in Computer Science (specializing in
system security) at the George Washington University in Washington DC.
• Gregory Selbo (Vermont) - Greg graduated from Woodstock Union High
School in 2011. He is majoring in Business Administration and plans to
minor in Communications at the Texas Christian University.
• Colton Blackman (Vermont) - Colton is a 2010 graduate of Woodstock
Union High School and is a Marketing major at George Washington
University School of Business.
• Ben Wilson (Vermont) - Ben is a 2010 graduate of Hartford High School
in Vermont and is majoring in Business at Mount Allison University in New
Brunswick.
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Every year, scholarship applications are reviewed by a volunteer SPIROL employee committee
that evaluates the students’ desire to pursue advanced education, their drive to achieve a
certain vocation, their academic achievements, and most importantly, their extracurricular
activities and community involvement. The award recipients must be committed to continuing
with community projects throughout their college experience, providing them the foundation to
continue to give back to society as they enter their professional lives. Scholarship grants are
up to $5,000 per year with a maximum total of $20,000 per student over four years. SPIROL
considers these scholarships a valuable investment in the future growth of our community,
state, and country.
Above from top: Jeff Koehl
opens, the reception with a
brief history of SPIROL and
the scholarship program. Bill
Hunt talks about the company’s
growth.
Right, from top: Christie Jones
presents the Scholarship Awards
to Alon Cohen, Michael Schaller,
Blake Willis, Ian Sorensen and
Aubrey Waz.
Below: With the recipients in the
foreground, Bill and Jeff flank the
CT members of the employee
committee, Mike Woznicki,
Christie Jones, Dawn Brayton
and Crystal Fullam.
Fall 2012 Employee Luncheon
October 24, 2012 — We had a SPIROL Cornucopia theme for our quarterly luncheon in
the HR Training Room. The menu consisted of corn chowder and vegetable stew in bread
bowls, corn bread, green salad, and apple crisp and pumpkin cookies for desserts.
Following the luncheon there were employee recognition awards, raffles and prizes.
Above: Lisa Labbe received her
25-Year Service Award from Bill Hunt.
Jen Schreier received her 15-Year
Service Award from Bill.
Above: Mike O’Keefe and Geoff
Boucher received their 5-Year Service
Awards from Bill.
Above: Mark Munger and Nicole
Sylvestre received their 3-Year Service
Awards from Bill.
At right, from top, Jackie Davis, Mike
Pasko and Marvin Mebane received
their 10-Year Service Awards from Bill.
At right: New employee from left are Jared Pfiefer,
Emilie Ratelle, Cassidy Arnold, Sondra Adams,
Thomas Simpson, Ben Davis, Stephen Ammatuna,
Jesse Ross, and Sarah Norton.
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SPIROL Connecticut
2012 20-Year/Retirement Dinner
October 25, 2012 — SPIROL held its Annual Recognition
Dinner in honor of our 20 Year/Retirement Club members at
The Imperial Room in downtown Danielson.
Recognized as a new member this year was Lisa Morrison
as a 20-year employee.
At left: Jeff Koehl welcomes
the new 20-year member,
Lisa Morrison, to the
20 Year/Retirement Club.
Seated, from left are: Kyle Lussier, Bob Montigny, Lisa Morrison, Pat Palladino,
Betty Hubert, and Jim Richard. Standing, from left are: Miles Mushlin, Bill Hunt,
Gerard Fontaine, Sue Mason, Bob Briere, Barbara Urban, Bob Sayles, Danny
Gingras, Flora Houle, Jim Shaw, Barry Hopkins, Brian Smith, Pauline Emond,
Lisa Labbe, John Firlik, Brian Deparasis, Estelle Girard, Wilma Jordan, Tim
Jordan, Hans Koehl and John Sanderson.
Above: Clockwise from left are Gerard
Fontaine, Dan Gingras, Barry Hopkins,
Pauline Emond, Bob Briere and Kyle
Lussier.
Left: Clockwise from left are
Wilma Jordan, Tim Jordan, Pat
Palladino, Bill Hunt, Miles Mushlin,
Jim Shaw, Barbara Urban and
Sue Mason.
Above: Lisa Labbe, Brian Deparasis,
John Sanderson, Jim Richard,
Bob Sayles and Flora Houle.
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Above: Brian Smith, Lisa Morrison,
Betty Hubert, Estelle Girard,
John Firlik and Jeff Koehl.
Above: Bob Sayles, Betty Hubert,
Jeff Koehl and Estelle Girard.
Above: Sue Mason, Wilma Jordan,
Jim Shaw and Tim Jordan.
Below: Brian Deparasis, John
Sanderson, Jim Richard and Bob
Sayles.
Below: Lisa Labbe chats with
Jim Richard and Bob Sayles.
Right: Gerard Fontaine, Bob Montigny
and Dan Gingras.
Fastener Trade Show
October 19-21, 2012 — We exhibited at the National
Industrial Fastener & Mill Supply Expo held at the
Sands Expo & Convention Center. Attendance was 4,238
registered (3,673 verified).
Manning our new exhibit were Ingo Rutenberg, Sales
& Marketing Manager - Ohio, Christie Jones, Market
Development Manager, and Mike Lentini, Distribution
Manager - North America.
Hurricane Sandy
October 29-31, 2012 —
SPIROL CT business was
disrupted for three days due
to the power outages caused
by this “superstorm” that hit
the northeast United States.
Christie Jones set up a temporary
office in the hallway.
Thanksgiving
November 16, 2012 — SPIROL CT employees and retirees
alike received fresh turkeys for their Thanksgiving Day
dinner.
Promotions/Transfers
November 10, 2011 — Flora Houle was promoted to the
position of Sr. HR Administrator. Flora has served diligently
and meticulously as our HR Administrator with main
emphasis on payroll for twenty years! She has a broad base
of HR policy and protocol knowledge, and exemplifies world
class customer service by building trusting and respectful
relationships with all of our employees. Flora is the most
experienced member of our HR team across all of our North
America companies.
February 22, 2012 — Geoff Boucher transferred as
Project Engineer in Engineering to Quality, reporting to Mike
Woznicki. Geoff has been working for SPIROL since 2007,
starting as a part-time Engineering Intern as he completed
his Engineering degree, and was hired on full time in March
2011. Geoff is currently pursuing a certificate in Lean
Manufacturing, and we welcome his contributions to Quality.
May 10, 2012 — Tom Cordeiro assumed the role of
Operations Manager for the US Operations of Metal Cut
Products. This includes all operations associated with
Inserts, Brass Compression Limiters and Nuts in Connecticut
and Vermont. All Connecticut and Vermont Metal Cut
Products production personnel (through Pat Howe in VT as
Plant Manager) will report directly into Tom. Mexico Insert
production personnel will continue to report to Ernesto
Castano with a dotted line into Tom for coordination of all
Metal Cut Products production related matters.
May 15, 2012 — Tony Dombkowski assumed the
role of Facilities Manager for SPIROL’s CT Division in
addition to his responsibilities as 2nd Shift Supervisor.
This shift in responsibilities creates a more effective
distribution of job duties for Chuck Wells, who will be
able to devote his focus to the Shipping Department.
Tony started with SPIROL in August 2011 as a
Packer and was promoted in April 2012 to 2nd Shift
Supervisor.
Tony has proven to be a quick study
and a strong leader, and we are pleased to have him
accept responsibility for the maintenance of our facility.
Tony brings to SPIROL seven years of leadership experience
from his military service in the US Marines.
November 20, 2012 — Amanda Roy has joined the
Business Systems team. Amanda started with SPIROL
October of 2010 and has spent the last two years working as
Accounting Coordinator. She now reports to Pam Cinami.
Congratulations to all in
your new positions!
Receiving turkeys from Tim Jordan, Tom Cordeiro and
Lisa Labbe are, from left, Al Labine and Betty Hubert,
Steve Ammatuna, and Hans Wanner.
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SPIROL Connecticut
Birth Announcements
“Still in labor... almost 20
hours!”
— Luis Velasquez
Baby Shower
August 15, 2012 — Jessica
van der Swaagh, Administrative
Assistant was surprised by a
baby shower held in the HR
Training Room.
July 16, 2012 — Luis Velasquez,
Sales Manager - Latin America,
and his wife, Rocío, welcomed
Carlos Velasquez
to the world at
11:00 am. Carlos
was 8 lbs, 3 ozs,
and 19 inches long.
Carlos seems to be a chip
off the old block.
Service Awards
Calendar Year
2011
25 Years
Wilma Jordan
Pam Cinami
Paul Alarie
September 4, 2012 — Jessica van der Swaagh,
Administrative Assistant, her husband, Adam, and daughter,
Amelie, welcomed a precious new addition to the family.
Harper Alice Quinn van der Swaagh has made her debut!
Harper arrived at 7:43 am. She was 6 lbs, 10 ozs, and 19
inches long.
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Congratulations to all the proud parents!
20 Years
Barbara Urban
Judy White
Bob Briere
15 Years
Jack Ferdinandi
Ruth Roy
10 Years
Donna Tetreault
Maggie Shippee
Dawn Brayton
Pat Lefebvre
Crystal Fullam
5 Years
Mark Pelletier
Jen Worden
Mike Rainville
Donavan Mckay
Jen Field
Tom Nowicki
Jody Dubreuil
5 Years
Tammy Manning
Kelly Weagle
Clayton Holmes
3 Years
Rolland Lacasse
Steve Bryer
Bryan Walsh
Duane Higgins
Nate Moore
Jamison Tryon
Keith Lussier
Mark Avery
Kara Mazzola
Wedding Shower
October 11, 2012 —
In
advance
of
Sabrina
Williamson’s October 27
wedding to William Machnicki,
Jennifer Worden organized a
surprise shower for Sabrina.
Wedding
Announcement
October 27, 2012 — Sabrina Williamson, Receptionist,
and William Machnicki married and held their reception at
Valley Springs Sportsmans Club in Thompson, CT. The
couple honeymooned at Jekyll Island in Georgia, missing
Hurricane Sandy by a day.
Congratulations to Sabrina and William!
Service Awards
Second Quarter
FY 2012
Third Quarter
FY 2012
Fourth Quarter
FY 2012
25 Years
John Sanderson
Brian Smith
40 Years
Tim Jordan
25 Years
Lisa Labbe
20 Years
Lisa Morrison
15 Years
Jen Schreier
Jeff Koehl
10 Years
Matt Bartlett
5 Years
Ben Zern
Donna Bayer-Carreau
3 Years
Michael Beaupre
Bob Goldman
5 Years
David Stall
Seth Fuller
Ken Mayo
Matt Bartlett
10 Years
Mike Pasko
Jackie Davis
Marvin Mebane
5 Years
Louis Labrie
Al Labine
On a Sales Call
5 Years
Mike O’Keefe
Jon Higgins
Geoff Boucher
3 Years
Mark Munger
Nicole Sylvestre
Jon Higgins visits Husqvarna’s demo room in
Charlotte, North Carolina, and fires up their very
large chainsaw.
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SPIROL Ohio
2012 20-Year/
Retirement Dinner
October 21, 2012 — Our dinner this year was hosted by
Jeff Koehl at The Bistro on Main located in Kent, Ohio. We
celebrated the new 2012 additions of Steve McCracken,
retiree, and Julie Frederick, 20 years’ service. We
recognized the loss of Harry Gatlin, retiree, in August, 2012.
Board of Directors
In August, 2012,
the Board of
Director’s
held
their
meeting
in Ohio and the
Shim
Division
hosted a lunch to
welcome them.
This was a great
opportunity
for
the staff to meet
the members, hear the history and future plans of SPIROL
International.
During the luncheon, Jim Shaw presented Steve McCracken,
Press Department, with a plaque congratulating him on 36
years of service.
From left: Julie Frederick, Austin Hughes, Mitch Arbogast, Ed Aurand, Scott
Makebakken, Dave Edwards, Steve McCracken, Ron Cazzolli, and Jim Adolph.
SPIROL Shim Web Site
Pictured above are Hans Koehl and Jeff Koehl congratulating Steve McCracken
on his dedicated service and wishing him the best on his retirement.
Thank you for your 36 years of service, Steve.
Enjoy your retirement!
December 21, 2012 — A web site, which has been developed
solely for the Shim product line, has been launched. The
web address is www.spirolshims.com.
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The home page has four rotating taglines and images
promoting the key messages that we want to get across to
our customers and prospects:
Precision Shims. Lower Costs.
Short Lead Times. No Tooling.
Quality Controlled. Strict Standards.
Local Design. Global Supply.
In total, the web site has 30 pages dedicated to Precision
Shims. While there is a link back to our corporate website,
the intention is to be a stand alone site for the sole purpose
of promoting and selling SPIROL Shims.
The site is initially being rolled out in English, yet the user
will have the ability to translate the website into 52 other
languages using Google Translate feature.
It is very easy to navigate and every page has a huge
“Request a Quote” button. Check it out!
SPIROL Striders
October is celebrated as Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
SPIROL Shim coordinated a team and called themselves the
“SPIROL Striders” to participate in the American Cancer
Society’s Making Strides in Breast Cancer fundraiser. The
SPIROL Striders pledged to raise $1,000, which some of the
management staff thought was a little ambitious, therefore,
a challenge was made. If the team met the $1,000 goal,
Dave Tarter, Operations Manager, and Mark Scott, Quality
Manager, would wear a pink shirt for a day. Then the team
raised the stakes and if they doubled their goal, Chuck Daff,
Production Foreman, and Bob Gray, Production Supervisor,
would also wear pink for a day. As you can see, the SPIROL
Striders achieved not only their $1,000 goal, but reached
their $2,000 goal by raising $2,058.62! The SPIROL Striders
would like to thank SPIROL International for sponsoring the
team, their generous donation and allowing us to participate
in a very worthy cause.
SPIROL Striders Team members from left: Christine Thomas, Kiara Meyers,
Andrea Smith, Yvonne Kerrigan, Tabatha Finnegan and Tara Amberson.
Suggestion Awards
During 2012, the following recipients provided suggestions
to improve the manufacturing process.
Andrea Smith
Suggestion: Design Arbor Press mount for safety
Ed Paul
Suggestion: Alcohol - storage with pump for easy access
Jackie Keller
Suggestion: To store skids away from Quality walkway for
safety
Honoring their lost bet are, from left: Mark Scott, Dave Tarter, Bob Gray and
Chuck Daff.
Service Awards
Jackie Keller
Suggestion: Partmarking Jobs Procedure
Sue Palmer
Suggestion: Design jig to stop Edge Bond part from being
built upside down
Presented on December 14, 2011.
Pictured, front row from left:
Elsa Medina-Ramos
Cathy Collins
Christine Thomas
5 Years
15 Years
5 Years
Jeff Koehl
Paul Hooper
Rachelle Morris
Steve McCracken
Dave Reisinger Terry Bryant 3 Years
3 Years
35 Years
15 Years
5 Years
Back row from left:
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SPIROL Ohio
Second Tour of Duty
December 19, 2011 — Dave Tarter returned to SPIROL as
Shim Operations Manager. Dave is a 1994 graduate of the
University of Akron with progressive work experience since
then. He worked for SPIROL Shims from 2003 to 2006.
Dave began as a Production Supervisor, and progressed
to Project Engineer / Environmental Manager. Before his
return, Dave worked as Production Manager for ATI Metals.
SPIROL Scholarships
A reception was held late summer to honor Ohio Shim
Scholarship recipients. Jeff Koehl presented the 2012
Scholarships to John Fisher and Julia Burrowbridge.
John Fisher is currently
in his Sophomore year at
Geneva College in Beaver
Falls, PA. John is studying
mechanical
engineering
and is a second year
SPIROL Shim scholarship
recipient. His Uncle Don
Fisher is a SPIROL Shim
employee in the Press
Department.
Laser Cutting Center
Julia Burrowbridge began
her studies this fall at The
Ohio State University in
Columbus, OH. Julia will
be studying engineering,
but has not yet decided what discipline. Julia is a member of
the SPIROL Shim Flex Pool Team in the Bench Department
and we look forward to her returning during her college
breaks.
Congratulations to Julia and John!
In May of this year, SPIROL Ohio took delivery of a new
laser cutting center. The new CL-920 Fiber Laser was
purchased from Cincinnati Incorporated, so it shares the
heavy duty frame, linear motor drive system, and Digital
Signal Processing motion controller with our current CL-707.
This allows us to share the same programming and nesting
software, as well as taking advantage of the experience we
have already gained with the previous two CL-707 machines.
The major advantage to the new CL-920 is its advanced
beam delivery system. Fiber lasers use single emitter
semiconductor diodes as the light source to pump the active
fibers through a solid state, fiber-to-fiber design. This means
that the laser is delivered though a fiber optic cable so
there are no mirrors or optics to align, adjust and maintain.
Because the diodes have an estimated life of over 100,000
hours, the laser itself is virtually maintenance free.
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Passages
We were saddened by the loss of two employees during the
past year. We’ll miss Tony Mars, Laser, and Jim Ross,
Bench. Tony had worked at SPIROL since June 1994 and
Jim started in April, 2011. They were both active employees
when they passed this year. Our thoughts go out to their
families.
SPIROL West
Organizational News
Effective with the new calendar year, 2012, SPIROL West
is an OEM Sales & Service Office, and as such, reports to
Andy Robinson, US OEM Sales Manager. This includes
Kevin Prokopchuk, Guy Prentice and Richard Pothier.
Barbara Winchester, Shipping Clerk, continues to report to
Kevin.
SPIROL Vermont
Holiday Luncheon – December 2011
Above from left: Pat Howe presented the 5-year Service Awards
to Pauline Anderson and Spencer Betts. Mitchell Pike received
the 3-year Service Award from Pat Howe.
Far left: Pat Howe received the 3-year Service Award from
Pauline Anderson.
Left: Kyle Dwinell received the 5-year Service Award from Pat
Howe.
Service Awards
20 Years
Michael Kingsbury
5 Years
Pauline Anderson Irving ‘Spencer’ Betts
Kyle Dwinell
3 Years
Charles Banta
Pat Howe
Mitchell Pike
At this get-together before Christmas, the
group was presented with the SPIROL hot/
cold mugs
Christmas Dinner
From left: standing is Spencer Betts; seated
are Mike Kingsbury, Kyle Dwinell, Ernie
Horton, Chuck Banta, Yout Suong, Ray Fotion,
Jamie Farnsworth, Mitchell Pike, and Harold
Green; and standing is Pauline Anderson.
Summer Cookout
The 2011 Christmas Dinner was held in December at a local
restaurant and included guests from Connecticut — Jeff
Koehl, Bill Hunt and his wife, Dee, and Matt Bartlett.
The Summer 2012 Cookout went off with out a hitch we all
ate too much, and the cook didn’t burn the food too badly.
Pat Howe was the cook.
Retirement
SPIROL Spirit Awards
Irving ‘Spencer’ Betts retired from SPIROL on June 15,
2012 after 5+ years of service. He was given a party and a
gift certificate to a golf pro shop. This came in handy as he
is an avid golfer.
Enjoy your retirement, Spencer!
Two “Shining Star” awards were given out at our summer
cook out. Pauline Anderson and Mike Kingsbury were
recognized for fulfilling a customer order when our time was
running out. Because of their extra efforts, we made the
delivery and the customer thanked us for not letting their line
go down.
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SPIROL Vermont
SPIROL Scholarships
Shelby Yee from Hartford High School was this year’s
recipient of the SPIROL Scholarship.
Congratulations to Shelby!
Miles Mushlin’s 1953 Nimbus Model “C”
The Model “C” design dates back to 1934. It is 746 cc’s, and has an overhead
camshaft and exposed rocker arms. The bike makes 22 HP and is shaft driven. The
chassis is made of heat treated strap steel and is very easily repaired. The machine
has a telescopic front fork developed one year before BMW claims to have invented
this feature.
My machine was one of 50 built for the Danish military, and was sent out to its
expeditionary force with gearing for a side car, but was never fitted with one. I
Miles purchased the motorbike at a swap meet in Pennsylvania in 2004. He met his
Nimbus mentor, a Swede named Lars Persson, over the Internet, and he guided Miles
through the entire process to get the machine up and running once again, after being
dormant 20 years. He took apart everything, and replaced mainly rubber parts. The
engine is terribly worn but still runs well enough that Miles has no need to rebuild it at
this time. It is fitted with a new four speed gearbox, developed by Folan Engineering
of Sweden.
Miles shipped the bike over to Copenhagen, Denmark during 2006, and Lars and
his friend, Lars Inge, rode with Miles from Sweden to Germany and down through
Italy camping all the way. “We returned through the Brenner pass in the Italian Alps
through Austria and Germany and ended up on Bornholm Island outside of Denmark.”
added Miles. “I attended my first Nimbus rally on Bornholm Island, and while there
I made a few additional friends. Pat and I have returned to Denmark every summer
since that time to go to this rally and we have made many more friends with whom
we stay during the course of our trips there. We also borrow a different Nimbus every
trip.”
This motorbike opened an entire new world to Miles and Pat Mushlin — an entirely
new community of friends.
These photos were taken this past summer when Miles rode the Nimbus to SPIROL
Connecticut from Vermont. Miles said, “The trip
was 190 miles, and was completely uneventful
as far as problems are concerned as the machine
is extremely dependable. It was interesting to
compare the technology of my Nimbus the that
of Jamison Tryon’s Suzuki Hayabusa. Most
of the engineering department had a great
appreciation for the design of the Nimbus, and I
shudder to think of the total engineering time lost
admiring it, but it was worth it!”
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SPIROL Mexico
Promotion
February 1, 2012 — Eleazar (Elio) Haro Gonzalez was
promoted to Production Manager of SPIROL Mexico. He
has full responsibility of all production related operations
— from raw material to the packing of finished goods —
and related operational metrics such as but not limited
to: production earned hours and productivity, production
quality, production budgetary development and control,
direct labor management and overtime, waste elimination,
and on-time delivery to finished goods. Elio works directly
with Connecticut planning and SPIROL engineering in the
execution of his job.
Elio will continue to report directly to Ernesto Castaño
and receive direct support from Jesus Paez in Tooling/
Maintenance and Jorge León in Quality.
Elio joined SPIROL in 2008 as a management trainee starting
as a Davenport Set-up Mechanic to develop his technical
machine expertise and has since expanded his knowledge
in Insert engineering, layout and tooling design. Since
joining SPIROL, Elio has progressed with higher levels of
management responsibility and became Production Leader
in 2011 in inserts production. Elio has greatly contributed
to developing insert production at SPIROL Mexico and is
intimately knowledgeable on the product and processes.
Elio received his Mechanical Engineering degree from
Nuevo León State University and has over 8 years total work
experience in production environment.
Congratulations, Elio, on your well deserved
advancement.
Customer Recognition
Rubén Chapa, Field Sale Engineer for Northern Mexico,
representing Spirol International, received recognition from
Ethicon. On the plaque he received, it states:
Thanks for your participation in the 2nd edition of the
Powered Echelon Stapler (AMP) Supplier Summit.
— Torres Facility, Ciudad Juarez, MX, November 7, 2012
Catch of the Day
While on a business trip to
SPIROL Connecticut during
the summer of 2012, Ernesto
Castano went fishing out
on the lake where Jonathan
Higgins lives. As you can see,
the fish were biting.
A Little Indulgence
On a December 2012 visit to SPIROL Mexico, Hans Koehl
saw this “must try” coffee. He was happy with his decision.
Quarterly Sales Meeting
Dinner at El Tio Restaurant
in October 2012 when Tom
Buchta visited Spirol Mexico
and participated in our
Quarterly Sales meeting.
Seated from left are Paco Garcia and
Tom Buchta.
Standing are Rubén Chapa,
Mario Garcia and Ernesto Castaño.
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SPIROL Mexico
Christmas 2011
November 26, 2011 – The Christmas party was
held at Bol-Bol in Monterrey from 5:00 pm to
9:00 pm. Activities included bowling, exchanging
presents, Karaoke, giving out souvenirs, dancing
and dinner.
Everyone had a nice time celebrating the holidays
with the fellow employees and their families.
The photographers in the group had this event
well covered. Here are a few.
From left: Bowling alley staffer helps Jesus
Paez, Maintenance, and Ernesto Castaño,
General Manager, bring all of the Christmas
gifts inside.
From left: Ernesto Castaño, General
Manager, seated behind Rubén Chapa, Field
Applications Engineer – Northern Mexico,
wearing the striped shirt; Paco Garcia, Field
Applications Engineer, in the pink shirt; Juan
C. Vega, Davenport Operator, in the red
shirt; Mario Garcia, Product Sales Specialist,
wearing the baseball cap; and Marco Mireles,
Shipping, wearing the white shirt and black
pants. The others are not Spirol employees.
Rubén Chapa takes aim.
Mario Garcia and Paco Garcia.
Viri Limon, Administrative Coordinator in action.
From left: Jessica Rodriguez, Administrative Assistant; Faustino
Luna, Washer Operator; a lady from the bowling staff; Ernesto
Castaño; and Viri Limon.
Everybody had a great time!
Pictured below from left are Paco Garcia, Ernesto Castano, Rubén Chapa, Rubén Moreno,
and Mario Garcia; Blanca and Juan Carlos Vega; Jessica Rodriguez, Viri Limón, Elio Haro,
Jesus Paez, Erick Hernandez, and Oscar Ibañez; Verónica Morales and Jessica Rodriguez.
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From left: The bowling tournament champions were Paco Garcia;
Eleazar Haro, Production Manager; Mario Garcia; Marco Mireles;
and Rubén Chapa.
Ernesto Castaño, Jessica Rodriguez and Viri Limon distributed Christmas gifts to
all of the employees in attendance. With Viri in the picture at the top right is
Rubén Chapa. With Jessi in the bottom row is Roberto Oyervides and Edgar Gtz.
Some of us danced the night away!
The couples dancing here are Emilia Muñoz and Israel Trujillo, on the
left, and Blanca and Juan Carlos Vega.
Some of us sang a few songs! The two ladies singing are Blanca Vega and
Emilia Muñoz.
Family Day 2012
July 7, 2012 — In this event Jack Ferdinandi had
the opportunity to join us. We had a great time in
a place called Incredible Pizza. We had food and
games. The families had the chance to play and
win tickets that they exchanged for prizes. The
event was held on a Saturday and went from 1:00
pm to 6:00 pm.
All of Spirol Mexico staff posed for the ‘family portrait’.
With Ernesto Castaño in the middle picture below are his children,
Ernesto Jr. and Barbara. That’s Jessi standing on the side.
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SPIROL Canada
Canada hosted the 2011 Global Sales Meeting
October 17-19, 2011 – The Global Sales Meeting in Windsor,
Ontario, was a great success and a fantastic opportunity for
the global team to bond.
After the meetings, many went to a winery and had a barn
fire by a river. The Canadian hosts had all the fixings to
make S’mores around the fire, but it rained all evening.
No one from Europe had heard of S’mores, so the Ohioan’s
took them to a restaurant that serves S’mores – graham
crackers with melted marshmallows and chocolate, prepared
over an open flame.
Looking sporty with a Ford Mustang convertible near the Hudson’s Bay
Company department store at a Toronto shopping centre are, from left: Václav
Kraus, Albert Tomas-Sánchez, Olivier Bore, Edouard Bams, Richard Meier,
Darren Ellis-Snell, Javier Raposo-Acebedo and Kinga Zamoyska.
The Global Sales Team waiting for S’mores.
Left: Richard Meier toasts a marshmallow. Center: Edouard Bams, seated, and Darren Ellis-Snell, standing, are about to apply the
molten marshmallows to their graham crackers. Right: Edouard is ready for the taste test as Eric Zhang puts the finishing touches on his
S’mores.
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Promotions
Jason McGrath was promoted from Shipper/ Receiver to
Shipping Coordinator.
Kevin Ward was promoted from Shipper / Receiver to
Secondary’s Supervisor.
Sarah Dowie upon returning from maternity leave was
promoted to Quality Manager.
Congratulations to all in your new positions!
Service Awards
35 Years
Ann Martire
Order Process
Specialist
3 Years
Paul Stichhaller
Automotive Field Sales
Engineer
10 Years
BJ Matthys
Manufacturing Engineer
Pat Dibbley
Press Mechanic
Melanie Schroeder
Administrative Assistant
5 Years
Paul Savenye
Dual Disc Grinder
Patrick Kelleher
Four-slide Mechanic
Jared Colwell
Canadian Distribution
Manager
Suggestion Awards
During the last quarter of 2011, the following recipients
provided suggestions to improve the manufacturing
process.
Randy Dupuis - 2 awards
Suggestion: Arbor Jig
Suggestion: Demagnetizer
Patrick Kelleher
Suggestion: Rust prevention on stacked material
Jason Hache
Suggestion: Downwinder sensor
Mike Sterling
Suggestion: Oil Tank Refill
Retirement
Ralph Poupard retired on August 31, 2012.
He emailed a heartfelt farewell to SPIROL people he had
worked with over the years. It is reproduced here:
Today, I am retiring from full time employment at SPIROL.
I started with the company in January 1971, when we were Koehl
Industries Ltd. on Crawford Ave. At the time there were 8 people
total. We had 6 production machines, 2 each of RST, RST II,
and RST III. The controls consisted of an on-off switch. Over the
years we grew, acquiring self powered lift trucks, new heat treat
furnace and generator, new RST IV, VI, VII machines, stamping
department and much more until we could expand no more on
Crawford Ave., and we moved to our new location on St. Etienne
Blvd. I guess I‘m showing my age when I admit that I used a
slide rule in college,
although electronic
calculators were just
around the corner.
Sensors? The only
sensors in those days
were used by Leonard
Nimoy on Star Trek.
In retrospect, starting
from the beginning,
I’ve been lucky.
SPIROL has been
good to me. I was
able to learn so
much over the years that sometimes I find it hard to believe.
From mechanics to metal forming and forging, heat treating
and finishing, toolmaking, electrical and electronic systems,
QA functions, purchasing, basic business concepts and human
nature, I had a chance to learn. Of course I never could have
survived without working with great people over the years, who
worked with me and for me, and those who taught me and had
the faith to allow me to do the things I was able to do. It wasn’t
always a picnic, but I learned the value of teamwork, persistence,
patience, and setting goals. I always tried to do what was best for
the company. My thought was that what is good for the company
is good for all of us. My early mentor, Bob Laflamme taught
me “Treat everything like it was your own”, and I never forgot
that. Personally, again I’ve been lucky. Over the years I met my
future wife, got married, we raised 3 daughters, been able to own
a home, have dogs and pets, a place on Skeleton Lake and a
couple of MG roadsters.
As they say, time has a habit of creeping up on you, and when I
was young I thought this day would never come. But, of course it
did, and here I am at the beginning of a new chapter. I will work
part time on projects for a time, so I won’t be totally gone. I want
to thank everyone at SPIROL present and past for their help and
for being so good to work with and for.
— Ralph Poupard
Thank you for your 40+ years of service, Ralph.
Enjoy your retirement!
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SPIROL Canada
SPIROL Industries
Production Floor
During FY12 our entire production floor was re-organized
to allow for a more effective process flow. The project
began in late December 2011 and was completed by mid
May 2012. Every piece of production equipment was
moved to a new location, the floors were refinished and
two new overhead crane systems were installed. The new
cranes have allowed for a drastic reduction in coil change
time, allowing one operator to change coils in less than 3
minutes. New lighting was installed in the production area,
with plans for the rest of the facility to receive upgrades.
During FY12 the Canadian Production team inherited three
Four Slides from the UK facility.
All our presses have been located in order of size and duty,
above are our 3 largest production presses.
Spirit Awards
Tom Buchta presented Sharon Clapp (top picture) and
Lillan Johnsson with SPIROL Spirit Awards for customer
service to SPIROL sister companies.
SPIROL Canada goes...
...Golfing! On July 21 ,2012 the employees
of SPIROL Canada kicked off our Annual Golf Scramble.
Groups consisted of Office, Plant and Sales personnel. The
weather was perfect and a fun time was had by all.
...Bowling!
On October 20, 2012 the
employees gathered again for a fun night of Rock N’ Bowl.
We had a few laughs and had a good time.
A big Thank you goes out to Pat Dibbley, Press Mechanic,
for organizing these great events. We’re all looking forward
to see what’s planned next.
New Employees
See inside back cover for more information on new
employees.
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Birth Announcements
SPIROL’s Shipping Department has Baby Fever!
Kevin Ward, Secondary’s Supervisor, and his wife Sylvia
welcomed a beautiful baby girl, Danica Rose on January 26,
2012. Weighing in at 7 lbs. 10 oz. and 19 inches long.
Frank Cammalleri, Shipper, and his wife Melissa, welcomed
a beautiful baby boy, Domenic Pietro on July 7, 2012
weighing in at 6 lbs. 15 oz. and 19.5 inches long.
Jason McGrath, Shipping Coordinator, and his wife Ashley,
welcomed a beautiful baby girl, Madelyn Anna on July 30,
2012 weighing in at 9 lbs. 3 oz. and 21 inches long.
SPIROL Receives
2012 General Motors
Supplier Quality
Excellence Award
December 13, 2012 – During an on-site launch audit, we
were presented with the award for our facilities service to
General Motors. We are at the top of our supplier deck in
terms of performance. SQE’s, Engineer’s and using plants
were all surveyed to support this, along with statistics for
quality performance in areas of line interruptions, recalls,
and corrective actions. This is significant considering the
millions of parts we supply.
From left are
Michael Kassian,
Automotive
Sales Manager,
Sarah Dowie,
Quality
Manager, and
Chris Stanton,
Operations
Manager.
Congratulations to the staff on this achievement!
Wedding
Announcement
BJ Matthys, Manufacturing Engineer, married Antoinette
Girard on September 29, 2012. Their wedding reception was
held at the Knights of Columbus in Tilbury, Ontario.
Top: Jason and Madelyn McGrath.
Above: Danica Rose Ward.
Right: Domenic Pietro Cammalleri.
Congratulations to all the proud parents!
Congratulations Antoinette and BJ!
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SPIROL England
Christmas 2011
09 November 2011 — The traditional annual
Christmas party took place at the Hunting Lodge
in Cottingham with another James Bond Theme.
Employees dressed up for the occasion and
enjoyed casino games.
At left: Malcolm Hupman, Mara Loncar, Rob Peterson,
Françoise Pinchbeck, Dave Dickson, Simon Harbour
and John Evans try their luck at the Blackjack table.
Holiday card decks.
Left: John Evans,
Bill Lumsden (retired)
and Dick Wallace
(retired).
Left: John Martin
(retired) and Les Hill.
Colette Kearns and Rob Peterson.
Above from top: Kath Earle (retired), Mara
Loncar, Andy Gracey and Henrich Pristiak
arrive at the lodge. Gaynor McDonald
and Marcel Correau. Jo Hepple and
Richard Fishwick. James Pinkerton, Lubos
Kovacick, and Simon Harbour.
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Peter Boddington and Wayne Maciuk.
Andy Gracey, Martin Parry and Ian Martin.
Birth Announcements
Above: Sean Wood,
Alex Duffield, Andy Gracey
and Colette Kearns.
Right: Steve Richmond and
James Pinkerton.
Above: Rob and Wynne
Peterson.
Top right: Luca Harbour.
Right: Dominic James.
Above: Lee McEwan,
Simon Harbour and
Lubos Kovacick.
Right: Henrich Pristiak and
Richard Fishwick.
Rob Peterson, Special Projects Manager, and wife, Ruth,
welcomed Wynne to the world on August 31, 2011. Wynne
weighed 8 lbs. 14 oz. at birth.
Luca Harbour was born on October 6, 2011 weighing 8 lbs.
8 oz., a baby son to Simon Harbour, Raw Material Stores
Coordinator and partner, Claire.
A big welcome to Dominic James born to James Pinkerton,
Stores Operative, and Elke on July 22, 2012. A baby brother
to Amy.
Congratulations to all the proud parents!
Mara Loncar, Customer Service Manager, became a “Baba”
to twins. Mara’s daughter, Maria, and son-in-law, Chris,
became proud parents to Sophia and Caine on January 13,
2012.
Standing from left are Lennie Barker, Wayne Maciuk, Emma
Basford, Alecia Smith, Martin Parry and Dave Dickson. Seated
are Jo Hepple, Andy Freeman and Kath Earle.
Baba Mara and the babies wish you all a Happy
Christmas and a Prosperous New Year 2013!
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SPIROL England
20-Year/Retirement
Dinner
February 2012 — The annual 20 year / retirement dinner took
place at the Falcon Hotel and Restaurant in Uppingham. As
every year, guests enjoyed a lovely dinner while reminiscing
about the past.
Recognition Awards
Emma Basford
Gaynor McDonald Malcolm Hupman
Alan Lowden Excellence Award
25 Years of Service (2011)
15 Years of Service (2011)
3 Years of Service (2011)
John Evans and Bill Hunt.
Clockwise from top left: Andy Freeman
presents awards to Gaynor McDonald,
Malcolm Hupman, Alan Lowden and
Emma Basford.
Les Hill and Dave Dickson.
John Martin and Hans Koehl.
Wedding
Announcement
December 1, 2012 —
Clark
Broadhurst,
Secondary
Process
Operative/Bowl
Sorting, and Sophie
were
married
at
the Cube in Corby
on
Saturday
1st
December 2012.
Andy Freeman and
Pauline Blachford.
In attendance was
Zac, 5 years old, who
was proud to be a
“mini” best man, and
make a little speech.
Bob Hay and Dick Wallace.
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Global Quality Council Meeting
November 1, 2012 — The Global Quality Council was formed, with
the first meeting held from October 30 through November 1, 2012
at the Corby office.
The meeting took place over three days and proved to be very
productive with a number of action items resulting from discussions.
Special mention must go to Mike Woznicki who had his flight to the
UK cancelled as a result of the storms in the US around the time.
Never one to be beaten, Mike chose to join the meeting through
teleconference from the Connecticut facility in the middle of the
night when the plant was supposed to be closed due to the terrible
weather!
The objective of the council is to globalize our QA process and
establish processes that meet the needs of our customers on a global
scale. This is a cross functional council that takes in staff from Quality,
Operations and Sales. Other staff will also be included from time to time
to assist the council as expertise within specific areas are needed.
The council consists of the following personnel:
Ian Martin, QA Manager SPIROL Europe - Council Chairman
Mike Woznicki, QA Manager - SPIROL CT
Grace Lin, QA Manager - SPIROL China
Mark Scott, QA Manager - SPIROL Ohio
Jorge E Leon, QA Manager - SPIROL Mexico
Chris Stanton, Operations Manager - SPIROL Canada
Mike Kassian, Automotive Sales Manager - North American Sales
Andrew Freeman, Managing Director - SPIROL European Operations,
is the SEC sponsor.
Top: The council members, with Mike Kassian holding the
teleconferencing speaker in honor of Mike Woznicki.
Above: After hours, clockwise from upper right are Chris
Stanton, Mike Kassian, Jorge Leon, Grace Lin (hidden),
Mark Scott and Ian Martin having a pint.
Wedding Announcement
September 15, 2012 — Karolina Ziezio, Purchasing Administrator,
celebrated her wedding to Mateusz Orzeszke. The celebrations took place
in Mateusz’ hometown close to Gdansk in Poland. Karolina’s coworkers
Emma Basford, Alexandra Duffield, Mara Loncar, Joanna Kennedy and
Alecia Smith were honored to join the couple and their families for the two
days of celebrations. The weekend was amazing and full of traditional
Polish music, good food, dancing, singing and, of course, the flowing vodka.
Karolina was a beautiful bride and the
whole wedding was perfect.
Above, from left, are: Alexandra Duffield, Joanna Kennedy,
Mara Loncar, Karolina, Emma Basford and Alecia Smith.
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SPIROL England
Retirement BBQ
SPIROL saw two long term employees retire during 2012
and organized a BBQ lunch for the occasion.
John Evans retired due to health after 27 years of service
and Dave Dickson retired after 28 years of service. John
was a setter on the RST VII and Dave was setting the 4-slide
and RST 4.
At left: Dave Dickson, Andy Freeman and John Evan.
Alex Duffield and Karolina Orzeszke.
Stephen Brown, Lennie Barker, Lee McEwan and
Dave Bolton.
Thank you for your contribution over the
years and very best wishes for a long
and happy retirement!
Rob Peterson, Ian Martin and Marcel Correau.
Less Hill and Darren Ellis-Snell.
John and Dave with Françoise Pinchbeck, above, and with
Bill Dunn below.
Dave, Colette Kearns and Jo Hepple.
Retirees Dick Wallace and John Martin.
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At left are Jack Ferdinandi, Radek Bober and
Andy Freeman.
SPIROL France
Paella Dinner
October 3, 2012 — After long months of dragging feet, Javier took advantage of his birthday to fulfill a promise made two
years ago... to cook a real paella for the SAS staff... recipe available on request.
It took Javier two hours to cook the dish.
Notice the SPIROL logo made with the
mussels... 2-1/4 coils!
Our table was built from skids
in our stores area.
Present were, from left: Andy Freeman, Managing Director
- Europe; Romario Moulay, Stores Operative; Marie Alvares,
Customer Service and Office Manager; Noé Priso, Stores
Operative; Arsène Jeanne, Stores Supervisor; Javier Raposo,
General Manager; Raluca Balan, Inside Sales; Stéphanie Choffat,
Inside Sales; Ronja Fischer, Inside Sales; Ludivine Collet,
Customer Service Representative; Noria Deghmous, Customer
Service Representative; and Edouard Bams, Field Sales
Engineer.
ABOUT PAELLA – Paella is currently an internationallyknown rice dish from Spain. It originated in the fields of
a region called Valencia in eastern Spain. Today paella is
made in every region of Spain, using just about any kind
of ingredient that goes well with rice. There are as many
versions of paella as there are cooks. It may contain chicken,
pork, shellfish, fish, eel, squid, beans, peas, artichokes
or peppers. Saffron, the spice that also turns the rice a
wonderful golden color is an essential part of the dish.
Javier presents the paella as Raluca and Stéphanie will soon get
a taste of this great dish.
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SPIROL France
Birth Announcements
Javier Raposo-Acebedo, Director of Sales - Europe/General Manager of
SPIROL SAS, and his wife, Esther, welcomed Cristina Raposo Marcos
to the family on November 24, 2011. She was 3.3 kg and 50 cm at birth.
Little Julia is over the moon with her new little sister.
Lou-Anne Jeanne, a lovely daughter to Arsène Jeanne, Stores
Supervisor, and Magalie, was born on April 16, 2012 weighing 2.66 kg and
measuring 47.5 cm.
Murielle Chevalier, Order Fulfillment Process Specialist, gave birth to a
gorgeous boy, Raphaël Chevalier, on November 4, 2012 weighing 3.160
kg and measuring 50.5 cm. Both Mum and baby are doing great.
Eva Olivier, Distribution Order Creation / Fulfillment Process Specialist,
gave birth to a gorgeous boy, Raphaël Olivier, on November 28, 2012
weighing 3.830 kg and measuring 55 cm. Both Mum and baby are doing
great.
Top right: Cristina Raposo Marcos.
Right/far right: Raphaël Chevalier at birth and at one month.
Below: Lou-Anne Jeanne at birth.
Left: Raphaël Olivier.
Above: New parents, Maalie and Arsène hold baby Lou-Anne.
Congratulations to all the proud parents!
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Christmas 2012
Following their move to their new premises, SPIROL SAS in France welcomed the
Autumn Europe Board Meeting at the beginning of December 2012 and held their
Christmas dinner at the same time.
In attendance were:
Marie Alvarez, Office and Order Fulfilment Manager
Latfi (Romario) Moulay, Stores Operative
Arsène Jeanne, Stores Supervisor
Alan Isaacs, Non Executive Director
Andy Freeman, Managing Director Europe
Noe Priso Njanga, Stores Operative
Stéphanie Choffat, Order Creation
Eva Olivier, Distribution Order Creation / Fulfilment
Edouard Bams, Sales Engineer France
Javier Raposo, General Manager France
Ronja Fischer, Order Creation
Hans Koehl, President and CEO, SPIROL Holding
Raluca Balan, Order Creation
At left are Stéphanie Choffat, Eva Olivier and
Bill Hunt.
At right are Murielle Chevalier, Ronja Fischer,
Hans Koehl and Raluca Balan.
Above, from left are: Andy Freeman, Edouard Bams,
and Javier Raposo.
Standing from left are Romario Moulay and
Andy Freeman; and seated from left are Arsène
Jeanne, Alan Issacs and Noé Priso.
SPIROL SAS Achieves
ISO 9001 Certification
Late November, 2012, saw SPIROL SAS achieve
certification to ISO 9001:2008. Ian Martin, Quality Manager
- Europe, attended the French distribution facility to host
a two-day certification audit with a BSI representative.
Several members of the SPIROL SAS Order Creation and
Order Fulfilment departments participated in the audit which
resulted in a recommendation that the European distribution
facility’s activities meet registration requirements.
A big “Well Done” goes to Javier Raposo, Director of Sales
- Europe/General Manager of SPIROL SAS, Marie Alvarez,
Order Fulfilment Supervisor, SPIROL SAS, and every
member of their hard working teams! Thanks!
From left are Marie Alvarez, Romario Moulay and
Arsène Jeanne.
SPIROL China
Promotion
June 1, 2012 — Daniel Fitzsimmons was promoted
to General Manager for SPIROL Asia.
Daniel has
made significant contributions to our development and
demonstrated exceptional leadership, and we are looking
forward to his continued contributions.
Congratulations, Daniel, on your well deserved
advancement.
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Welcome, New Employees!
On these two pages are all of your coworkers who have joined the SPIROL Global Team
since the last newsletter was published!
Brazil
Mario Gioto
Caio Delgado
Alyson Schvarcz
China
10/15/12 Sales Engineer
10/15/12 Sales Engineer
10/15/12 Sales Engineer
Canada
Branden Robitaille 11/28/11 Packer
Myles Roach
12/05/11 Machine Operator - Press
Paul Mailloux
12/12/11 Receiver
Alek Budziosz
12/12/11 Product Sales Engineer -
Tubular
Michelle Martin
01/02/12 Customer Service Representative
Dave Cazabon
01/09/12 Manufacturing Engineer
Megan Renaud
04/10/12 Product Sales Specialist
Anthony Abou-Elias 06/07/12 Finisher
Chris Hamashuk
09/24/12 Machine Operator - Four-Slides
England
Colette Kearns Stephen Brown Radoslaw Bober
Craig Dunn
Deven Maciuk
11/28/11 Management Accountant
02/06/12 Machine Operator / Setter
04/23/12 Inside Sales Engineer
06/20/12 Machine Operator
10/01/12 Apprentice Toolmaker
Alex Dong
12/26/11
Thomas Jin
12/26/11
Grace Lin
01/04/12
Diana Xu
03/12/12
Sky Huang
04/17/12
Michael Wang
05/28/12
Denbo Qiu
10/24/12
Regional Account Manager
Regional Account Manager
Quality Manager
Customer Service Representative
Supply Chain Supervisor
Automotive Regional Account Manager
Customer Service Representative
France
Latfi Moulay 01/02/12 Stores Operative
Ludivine Collet 07/02/12 Order Fulfilment Process Specialist
Mexico
Jesus Barrientos
05/14/12
Veronica Gonzalez 08/24/12
Francisco de Leon 09/10/12
Brenda Martinez
11/26/12
Davenport Technician
Davenport Operator
Davenport Operator
Customer Service Representative
Welcome one and all!
We are please to have you join the SPIROL family!
SPIROL Corporate News
SPIROL Executive Committee Established
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Hans Koehl, President and CEO of SPIROL International
Holding Corporation, delegated his authority and
responsibility to the SPIROL Executive Committee (S.E.C.).
The Committee consists of two permanent members,
Jeff Koehl and Andrew Freeman appointed by Hans, and
William Hunt, Thomas Buchta and Russ Radant appointed
by Jeff and Andrew and confirmed by the Board of Directors.
The SEC is charged with preparing a long term Corporate
Business Plan, review it annually for submission to the
board, and prepare an annual Business Plan and Budget for
submission to the Holding Board of Directors.
Welcome, New Employees!
U.S.A.
California
Richard Pothier
04/16/12 Product Sales Engineer
Connecticut
Klaus Slembek 11/14/11
Alan Gonyea
11/28/11
Corey Sederback
12/12/11
Samantha Dauphinais03/12/12
Amy Converse
04/09/12
Derek Ciabaszewski 04/16/12
Helen Burdick
04/30/12
Joseph Gay
05/21/12
James Lentini
05/21/12
Evan Dowell 06/04/12
Blake Willis
06/11/12
Wayne Hendrickson 06/11/12
Michael Geddes
06/18/12
Michael Schaller
06/18/12
Jack Weaver 06/18/12
Aubrey Waz 07/09/12
Nathan Murby
07/09/12
Dana Bein
07/16/12
Stephen Ammatuna 07/30/12
James Reeves
08/13/12
Thomas Simpson 08/13/12
Sondra Adams
08/20/12
Cassidy Arnold
08/20/12
Barbara Olstead
08/20/12
Benjamin Davis
08/20/12
Marcy Costantino 09/17/12
Kyle Koivisto
09/17/12
Christopher Labbe 09/24/12
Kris Karmon
10/01/12
Sarah Norton
10/15/12
Jesse Ross
10/15/12
Shawn Houghton
11/05/12
Kristina Villarreal
11/12/12
Tyler Smith
11/16/12
Margaret Snow
11/26/12
Travis Bourque
11/26/12
Drew Morrison
12/03/12
Ethan Slattery
12/03/12
Matthew Danburg 12/03/12
Production Supervisor
Heat Treater
Material Handler
Customer Service
Clerk P/T - Marketing
Packer
Sorter
Summer Intern
Summer Intern
Application Engineer
Summer Intern
Heat Treater
Summer Intern
Packer
Packer
Summer Intern
Staff Accountant
Customer Service
Service Technician
Packer
Tool Repair Mechanic
Flex Pool Worker
Flex Pool Worker
Flex Pool Worker
Quality Engineer
Flex Pool Worker
Operator-Inserts
Flex Pool Worker
Flex Pool Worker
Flex Pool Worker
Operator-Slotted Pins
Operator-Coiled Pins
Flex Pool Worker
Flex Pool Worker
Clerk-Engineering
Flex Pool Worker
Flex Pool Worker
Flex Pool Worker
Machinist
Ohio
Tom Martin
11/07/11
Bob Gray
11/28/11
Dave Tarter
12/19/11
Ingo Rutenberg
01/09/12
Shawn Light
02/02/12
Larry Sisson
02/14/12
Jim Clarke 02/14/12
Barbara Persinger 02/21/12
Mickey Brown
02/21/12
Stacey Craft
02/27/02
Arnie George
04/10/12
Terry Wain
04/10/12
Gary Spearing
05/01/12
Calvin LaVictoire
05/21/12
Rick Sanders
06/05/12
David Weick
06/11/12
Christine Callahan 06/12/12
Ian Knowles
06/18/12
Liam Buckley
06/18/12
Mike Scarberry
06/25/12
Julia Burrowbridge 06/28/12
Greg Baker
07/03/12
Rick Casane
07/09/12
Terry S. Ward
07/09/12
Mandalay Chou-Chan07/18/12
Dave Brindle
08/20/12
Al Zivic
08/30/12
Taylore Daff
09/10/12
Art Soulier
09/17/12
Monica Bastian
10/08/12
Taylor Salreno
11/26/12
Customer Service Representative
Plant Supervisor
Operations Manager
Sales & Marketing Manager - Ohio Shim
Flex Pool Team
Flex Pool Team - Finishing
Flex Pool Team - Heat Treat
Bench
Finishing
Laser
Flex Pool Team - Finishing
Flex Pool Team - Bench
Flex Pool Team - Maintenance
Stock & Shear
Flex Pool Team - Bench
Grind
Flex Pool Team - Bench
Finishing
Summer Intern
Press
Summer Intern
Grind
Product Specialist
Finishing
Bench
Methods Engineer
Product Sales Engineer
Flex Pool Team - Bench
Grind
Customer Service Representative
Flex Pool Team - Bench
Vermont
Bruce Resnicoff Chris Eastman Andrew Rhoad Daniel Gauvreau 01/30/12 Davenport operator
07/30/12 Davenport operator
08/20/12 Davenport operator
09/10/12 Tool Room Specialist
Welcome one and all!
We are please to have you join the SPIROL family!
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Community Support
Donation in Memory of Guenter Wexler
The icon stand which SPIROL International has donated
in memory of Guenter Wexler arrived on Saturday (May
26, 2012). If anyone wants to come and see it in person
please let me know and we can arrange for that. It is a
wonderful piece. It is practical, a work of art, and will last
several generations. It is hand carved oak in the Byzantine
style. It is called an Analogion. We are thrilled to have it.
Thank you so much.
— Father Nick Milas, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church,
Danielson, CT.
Guenter Wexler was the very first CT Machine
Shop employee. He embodied the SPIROL values
of hard work, attention to detail, honesty, integrity
and passion for continuous improvement. Before
his passing in 2010, Guenter was Vice President SPIROL International Corporation - North America.
The Gift of Giving
Every November we donate turkey and food to United
Services for distribution to needy families in the community
so that they may enjoy a hearty Thanksgiving Day dinner...
Helping a Customer
Heavy Hex Jam
Nut as Wedding
Ring
Barbara Urban got a request from a customer involving an
application for an H21. Her customer said, “My application
is actually a wedding band for my wife. I have been wearing
a H21,1/2 - 13, 303 Stainless, plain jam nut that I bored
out as my wedding band for just about 7 years (pictured
above). I have an anniversary coming up and I would like
to make a matching band for my wife. Because her finger
is smaller than mine, I need to start out with something that
has a smaller distance across the flats. The distributor I
purchased my nut from is no longer in business and I do not
know where to go.”
...Then in December we donate new toys to United Services
for them to give to children in the community as an extra
present in addition to what Santa brings them.
Thanks to everyone who contributes year after year!
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Barbara and Miles Mushlin were able to fulfill the customer’s
request.
To submit an article to this employee newsletter,
contact Bill Mattos @ [email protected].
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