Fourth Quarter 2013 GREDE NEWS

Fourth Quarter 2013
GREDE NEWS
GREDE HOLDINGS LLC
On the Flipside
•
•
•
Grede Mexico Attends Truck Show
Grede Attends
Power-Gen Conf.
NEWS from the
Plants
NovoCast
Named One of
John Deere’s
Best Suppliers
(left) Antonio Sadurni, sales director, Novocast, and (right) Larry Meeske, director of
global strategic sourcing, Deere
Grede’s Novocast foundry
in Mexico is among John
Deere’s 16 best suppliers to
win a Deere award for quality and on-time delivery.
Deere, which is consolidating its suppliers in Mexico
from 122 to 72, presented
the award to Antonio Sadurni, Grede Novocast, director of sales.
Grede Encourages Ties With Educational
Institutions, Military Veterans
To help employees improve
their skills and to spur
interest in metal casting
careers, Grede has established a variety of ties with
high schools, colleges and
universities. Its facilities also
are hiring military veterans.
Grede’s support includes
scholarships, cash, equipment donations, student
internships, participation in
career fairs and foundry visits for students and faculty
members.
Here are a few examples
of Grede’s Commitment:
The Browntown, WI, facility,
has collaborated with the
Blackhawk Technical Col-
lege in Monroe to establish
a training program for its
skilled labor employees. The
Reedsburg, WI, foundry has
donated new welding jackets and helmets as well as
cash to the local high school
Industrial Arts Department.
At New Castle, IN, Grede
works with local colleges
to promote engineering
and machine maintenance
criteria.
In Alabama, the company
has endowments at Auburn
University and the University of Alabama. At Grede’s
original Liberty Foundry in
Milwaukee, a class of 31
students from the University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
recently toured the facility
to study the processes and
technology used in modern
production and to meet
one-on-one with experts on
Grede’s staff.
Grede also is actively
involved in the new “Get
Skills to Work” program that
aims to connect veterans to
careers in manufacturing.
The St. Cloud, MN, foundry
has established an endowment at the University of
Northern Iowa for scholarships in the metal casting
degree program.
Doug Grimm Elected OESA Chairman
Larry Meeske of Deere said
Mexico is one of Deere’s
highest performing global
units and they will continue
growing in Mexico and in
the world giving more business to their good suppliers.
Doug Grimm, chairman,
president and CEO of Grede
Holdings LLC, has been
elected board chairman of
the Original Equipment Suppliers Association (OESA)
for the 2013-2014 term.
OESA, formed in 1998, has
450 member automotive
suppliers with global sales
exceeding $300 billion.
“We are thrilled to have
someone with Doug’s
knowledge and enthusiasm
serving as chairman,” said
Julie Fream, OESA president and CEO. “I am honored and humbled to lead
such a prestigious organization,” said Grimm.
GREDE NEWS
Grede Representatives Meet with
Customers at Mexican Truck Show
Conference Attendance Targets
Industrial Sector
(left to right) Cesar Arce (Daimler), Tony Lovell (Grede), Raul Lopez (Grede Mexico), Sven
Losel (Daimler), Antonio Sadurni (Grede Mexico)
The Grede Industrial Sales Team attended the Power-Generation Conference in Orlando, FL, November 12th through
November 15th. The goal for this event was to develop new
customers in the Industrial sector of our business. We feel
that industrial products and associated volumes fall into the
“sweet-spot” of our low-to-medium volume divisions like
Berlin, Bessemer, Biscoe, Browntown and Teknik. It was a
great event and the team was able to secure contacts for
many potential new customers.
Grede was well represented at the Guadalajara truck show,
Expotransporte 2013, in mid-November. The show attracted 300 exhibitors, including numerous Grede customers,
and 29,000 visitors. Grede personnel held meetings with
Accuride, Sisamex, Daimler and Navistar.
NEWS from the Plants
St. Cloud’s United
Way Campaign
that New Castle’s results
have been better than 80%
of the BLS DART rate.
Iron Mountain
Re-Organized
Brewton’s Gold
6DIHW\$ZDUGD¿UVW
for Senior Consultant
Mary Knudsen, assistant HR manager,
prepares baked goods for sale
St. Cloud has a tradition
of supporting the community through various
fundraising events, with
the largest being its annual United Way campaign. Employees raised
$42,000 for this campaign
through events such as
gift baskets, a 5K walk,
chili cook-off and a baked
goods sale.
card and quality metrics in
2012. Among the criteria:
a perfect quality score of
100% for all 12 months.
(left to right) Stephanie Bartley (Liberty
Mutual), Kim Simmons (plant manager,
Grede), Larry Gallaway (safety manager,
Grede) and Jeff Hipple (general manager, Grede New Castle)
Chrysler Visits
Brewton
New Castle Awarded
(left to right) David Koski and Dan Nacic
from Chrysler. Darryl Konsler, Justin
Kunce, and Kenny Roley from Grede
The Liberty Mutual Gold
Safety Award for 2012 was
presented to Grede New
Castle on October 10,
2013. The award indicates
Chrysler Corp. recognized
Brewton “as a role model
supplier achieving ‘Perfect Quality’” based on its
External Balanced Score-
GM Darryl Konsler (left) accepts Liberty
Mutual’s Gold Safety Award from Frank
Davis, senior consultant, Liberty Mutual.
Brewton’s management
team and employees were
applauded for their continuing efforts towards maintaining a safe workplace.
“This is an outstanding
accomplishment and is the
¿UVW*ROG$ZDUG,KDYHHYHU
given to a foundry operation
in almost 38 years!” says
Frank Davis, senior consultant, Liberty Mutual.
A $900,000 project to reRUJDQL]HWKH¿QLVKLQJDUHD
and streamline the operation was completed this fall.
The ultimate goal is to
in-source the 1,200 to 1,500
tons of casting currently
cleaned monthly by outside
services.
Please direct questions
and comments to
Erin Millerschin at
emillerschin@
millerschingroup.com
Editor:
Erin Millerschin
Graphic Designer:
Dit Vannouvong
www.grede.com