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THE
DECEMBER
2006
Solutions from ESCO
Molten metal is poured into an AOD purifying
vessel in ESCO Portland’s Main Plant.
IN THIS ISSUE
BIG IMPACT
THE EDGE  DECEMBER 2006
ESCO MISSION
To be the premier provider of highly engineered, technically rich metal components and solutions for industrial applications.
The EDGE: Solutions from ESCO
The Magazine of ESCO Corporation
December 2006 Volume 3 Issue 3
ESCO Corporation, founded in 1913 in Portland, Oregon, USA, is a global group of
companies that manufactures engineered metal parts and components for
industrial applications. ESCO is comprised of two operating groups:
Engineered Products Group
Editor
John Howard
Innovation leader for metal wear parts, components and
earthmoving products used in global mining, construction,
dredging and other challenging industrial applications.
Designer
Natalie Maciukenas
Turbine Technologies Group
Director of Marketing Communications
Jodi Walder-Biesanz
Responsive manufacturing partner for precision
investment cast components in aerospace and
industrial gas turbine applications.
Contributing Writer
Robert C. Kenneth
Engineered Metals Group
The EDGE staff would like to thank the following
individuals for their help on this issue:
Western United States supplier of processed stainless steel,
and a provider of engineered metal parts and components.
Peter Bechen, David Bolton, Gary Charbonneau,
Robin Churchill, Candy Clardy, John Dillon,
David Dow, Lonnie Farber, Jeff Haugen,
Mike House, Pete Huget, John Russell, Jim Snook,
Adam Stitzel, Steve Tate, Chip Tran, Stephanie
Travis, Becky Van Raden, Joe Weber and Wei Yu.
Integrated Manufacturing Group
The EDGE is published
in April, August and December.
Readers’ comments and suggestions
are always welcome.
EDGE Magazine
ESCO Corporation
2141 NW 25th Avenue
Portland, Oregon USA 97210
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EDGE MISSION
• Show the strengths and problem-solving
capabilities of ESCO’s business groups
• Spotlight ESCO’s successes in the diverse
markets it serves
Premier provider and vertical integrator of technically
rich components, assemblies and replacement parts for
outsourced manufacturing and machining.
TO THE EDITOR
Natalie and John,
Jodi is getting tired of hearing me rave about this issue. I’ve been reading the EDGE
since you guys started doing it, but the August issue is over the top. The layout/
design pulled me right through the issue from cover to cover. The articles made me
want to join up or buy something to somehow be a part of the ESCO story. Wow!
Michael Walder-Biesanz
I just received the new [August 2006] EDGE. Congratulations for this job and for
the design. It looks very nice. It is a pleasure to read it!
Fabrice Simonet
Marketing Communications, ESCO Europe
• Communicate the values and traditions
that make ESCO unique
Dear John,
• Help build lasting and mutually beneficial
relationships with customers
It is not unusual for me to write a complimentary note to [you] about the incredible
issues of the EDGE. The 2006 August publication certainly is no exception.
© 2006 ESCO Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Printed in the USA.
ESCO, Helilok, Kwik-Lok, Posilok, Spherilok,
Super V, SV2, Toplok, Vertalok, and Zipper Lip
are registered trademarks, and Hi-Vis and Conical
are trademarks of ESCO Corporation. Bucyrus
Blades is a trademark of Bucyrus Blades, Inc. Vidaplate is a registered trademark of Bradken
Resources. All other trademarks are property of
their respective owners.
The interview with Bob Warren Jr. was a touch of class and most informative for
those who do not know Cascade too well. Bob Jr. has taken the legacy and done
something with it. The selection of people around him exhibit wonderful talent,
particularly in engineering and purchasing.
Bill Barber
Bill was technical director at ESCO before his retirement. His thoughtful letter, which
he copied to ESCO director Bob Warren, reminisced about Bob Warren Sr., who also
was a director of ESCO Corporation. Bill listed Bob Warren Sr. as a mentor and
a supporter of capital expenditures at ESCO for sophisticated technology such as
spectrographs and expensive x-ray units.
FROM THE EDITOR
CONTENTS
BIG IMPACT
In planning ahead for each issue of the EDGE, we try to assign a theme
that applies to all of ESCO’s diverse businesses and therefore hold interest
for the largest number of readers. For example, in the August issue we
explored the theme of water, and developed articles about submarines,
dams, bridges, offshore oil rigs, shipping, Persian Gulf dredging, etc.
Reader response to that issue was very positive.
This time we selected a more abstract theme: big impact. Some of the
articles emphasize physical bigness, such as a piece about the largest
dragline bucket manufactured by ESCO Engineered Products—big
enough to fit a pair of UPS delivery vans inside! Other articles focus
on internal initiatives or technologies that have had a big impact on
our manufacturing efficiency and improved customer service. Two
new computer-aided machining centers and an enormous coordinate
measuring machine added recently by ESCO Integrated Manufacturing,
for example, have increased its speed, capacity and capability to grow the
business. And the argon-oxygen decarburization vessel (AOD) that ESCO
first added in 1973 to make extra-pure alloys for US Navy components later
paid big dividends in ESCO Engineered Products’ business, as well.
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ESCO’S BIGGEST BUCKET
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“THE GUILLOTINE”
Programs like the corporation-wide quality-value-speed (QVS) initiative
have had a major impact on ESCO’s customer responsiveness and
cost containment. Without QVS and a global commitment to Lean
manufacturing, ESCO would not be enjoying the record sales volume
and market leadership that we command today.
To have a big impact with a product or program is almost always the
result of the sum of small impacts made by individual employees. The
willingness to learn a new process, the initiative to suggest a better idea,
the ability to work as a team member, a sensitivity to the needs of a
customer —these are the sorts of small, everyday steps that can lead to
success on a big scale.
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ESCO IMPELLER BARS
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As always, we hope you find this issue informative and we encourage
readers to contact us with your praise, complaints and suggestions
regarding the content and presentation of your ESCO EDGE Magazine.
TT PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS
AOD FURNACE
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CHARPY IMPACT TESTING
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ESCO EM CUSTOMER: DMC 10
IMPACT OF FLOGGING 12
ESCO’S FLOGGER STATUE 13
— John R. Howard, editor
DONHUANG SAND DUNES 14
ESCO ARMOR STEEL 19
INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR PETER BECHEN 20
QVS SUMMIT 22
IM EQUIPMENT MAKES BIG IMPACT 24
SERVICE ANNIVERSARIES 26
ESCO’S BIGGEST
BUCKET
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by John Howard
olks unfamiliar with modern day surface mining of
coal are often amazed at the scale of today’s mining
machinery. Dragline machines, nearly as big as a city
block and standing three stories high, are used to remove
the rocky material—called overburden—that rests on top of
coal seams. Like long-necked dinosaurs, dragline machines
are moved very slowly on enormous track pads. When the
operator gets the machine in position, he or she can cast
out the bucket, fill it, swing the boom and dump the bucket
contents to the side.
ESCO manufactures the huge buckets that dragline
machines use to remove and replace overburden. Open
at the front, a dragline bucket fills as it is drawn through
the material via huge cast steel alloy drag chains, also
manufactured by ESCO.
Economy of Scale
The larger and more powerful the dragline machine, the
larger the bucket it can handle. Using a large, high capacity
bucket allows more material to be moved with each pass.
To date, the largest dragline bucket manufactured by ESCO
measures 164 cubic yards. It was sold to the Black Thunder
Coal Mine in the Powder River Basin near Gillette,
Wyoming. Many hundreds of ESCO® dragline buckets are
in use today in coal mines throughout North America,
Australia, and other surface coal mining regions. ■
In 1973, ESCO was the first steel foundry in the U.S. to adopt argon
decarburization
(AOD) technology to purify steel alloys.
THE EDGE  DECEMBER
2006
oxygen
CHARPY IMPACT TESTING
by John Howard
O
ne of the many tools that ESCO’s Metallurgy Department uses to develop and test new steel alloys is the Charpy impact test.
This mechanical test is a simple, fast and economical way to determine the toughness of a sample of steel.
The test consists of a pendulum hammer that is swung to strike a notched sample of steel. The amount of energy absorbed by the
sample material can be calculated by comparing the distance the hammer swings without striking the sample to the distance it
goes when it does fracture the sample. Afterwards, analysis of the fractured surfaces can provide valuable additional information
on the percent of ductile and brittle fracture. Tough steels absorb a lot of energy before fracture, while brittle steels absorb
relatively little energy before they fracture.
“ESCO Engineered Products uses the Charpy test almost daily to determine if the heat treating was done correctly and the
castings meet requirements,” explained Gary Charbonneau, laboratory technician. “The results are measured in foot-pounds, and
the foot-pounds determine if the casting has the right toughness to continue through processing. In some cases, we find that a
casting needs more heat treating to achieve the required toughness.” ■
ESCO lab technicians study fractured
steel samples to determine if further heat
treating is necessary.
“THE GUILLOTINE”
Product Test Lab Measures the Impact of a
3 Ton Weight Crashing Down on Castings
by John Howard
I
n order to assure the strength and integrity of products
released to the market by ESCO Engineered Products, our
in-house Product Test Lab (PTL) subjects steel castings
and assemblies to a variety of tests. In some cases,
products are destroyed in order for engineers to learn how
designs hold up under extreme impact, fatigue or wear.
the weight is released, it plummets downward, reaching a speed
of 31 feet per second upon impact. A special steel “striker bar”
impacts the target product, usually shattering it into a number
of pieces. The noise is tremendous. Shock absorbers at the base
of the tower help minimize the vibration moving into adjacent
rooms and buildings.
Perhaps the most massive and destructive tool in the PTL’s
analytical arsenal is the instrumented drop tower, nicknamed
“the guillotine”. Similar to its infamous French namesake,
ESCO’s guillotine utilizes a dropping weight to do its damage.
The instrument does not slice the casting or assembly, however.
Instead, it strikes a powerful concentrated blow that breaks the
product into pieces.
In years past, visual examination of the broken parts afterward
provided some valuable information to the technicians and
engineers. Analysis of fracture surfaces and locations gave an
understanding of the part’s weaknesses and strengths.
The guillotine stands about 20 feet tall in a special room at
the back of the laboratory. Like a black missile tube, it extends
up through the ceiling into a specially built cupola. The tower
is fitted with a 6,000 pound (2,725 kg) steel weight which is
raised by electromagnet to a height of 15 feet inside a thick steel
tube. The product being tested is mounted on a robust fixture
and carefully positioned at the bottom of the tube. Heavy steel
safety/containment doors are closed around the target. When
Sophisticated instrumentation has been added to the
drop tower over the past 2 years to increase the amount of
information available from the testing. Now failure loads can
be measured directly and the sequences of failures documented.
This is particularly valuable for situations where more than
one component may fail during the test. The order of failure
can be critical information for understanding the function of a
complex system.
“Now we can review the entire sequence of failure, study the
data and make design improvements,” said Becky Van Raden,
project engineer.
Simulation Software in the Near Future
ESCO has recently invested in computer software to simulate
drop tower impact testing. The software will enable ESCO
engineers to predict where impact failures will occur in
earthmoving products and at what force level.
“We will be able to model the impact of a shovel dipper door
slamming ... or points and adapters impacting large boulders,”
said Becky. “We may even be able to model various soils and
how our products penetrate them. The software will allow us
to vary angles, weights, alloys, and the length of events.” She
emphasized, however, that the software may never entirely
replace the empirical data provided by the drop tower.
“The guillotine will always be valuable to validate what the
software indicates will happen when a product is struck by a
three ton load,” she concluded. ■
Engineers Severn Durand and Becky Van Raden review
super
slow motion video of a tooth being tested.
“Now we can
review the entire
sequence of failure,
study the data
and make design
improvements.”
- Becky Van Raden,
Project Engineer
BIG IMPACT: ESCO Engineered Metals customer DMC supplies
a majority of the hydraulic fittings for the world’s aircraft industry
“Our directive from the investment group and the management
team is to increase the value of the company,” noted Jeff
Haugen, DMC’s materials manager. “Right now, we’re the
dominant player in the hydraulic fittings niche. We’re enjoying
record orders and backlog.”
The firm currently employs about 450 at its Gardena,
California plant and an additional 150 employees at its facility
in France. The two plants design and manufacture aluminum,
stainless steel and titanium hydraulic fittings.
D
by John Howard
esigned Metal Connections (DMC) of Gardena,
California makes most of the permanent
hydraulic fittings used by the world’s leading
commercial aircraft manufacturers: Boeing,
Airbus, Bombardier, Cessna, Embraer, Gulfstream and others.
DMC also supplies hydraulic fittings for many military aircraft,
as well as the space program. When it comes to airborne
hydraulic fittings, DMC is #1 in the world.
“A key to our business is to keep abreast of upcoming aircraft
programs,” he continued. “Many aircraft manufacturers
invite us to be involved in the development of new programs;
they respect our skill and experience in hydraulic systems.”
Participation in the development of new aircraft often leads to
long-term agreements with aircraft manufacturers.
DMC is vertically integrated in its design and manufacture of
sophisticated hydraulic fittings. They cut, turn, forge, machine,
heat treat, finish, inspect, paint and mark the parts.
“We control the quality from start to finish,” Jeff noted.
“Customers like that our parts are quick to learn and easy to
install in the field. Our fittings are very reliable and require no
welding or special processes to install.” He added that DMC
The firm was founded in 1938 in Southern California by the
Deutsch family. It existed as a simple job shop until World
War II broke out and the United States suddenly needed
all the aircraft that could be built. Nearby Douglas Aircraft
approached Deutsch and asked if they could make hydraulic
fittings for airplanes—and the rest, as they say, is history.
Under the name Deutsch Metal Components, DMC quickly
developed processes and products that put them at the
forefront of the hydraulic fittings industry for aircraft. When
the war was over, they continued to expand and meet the
demand of the fast-growing commercial aircraft industry.
Boeing, Lockheed, and McDonnell-Douglas all relied on the
expertise of DMC for fittings.
DMC established a sister company in France, called
Permaswage. This manufacturing presence helped DMC
penetrate the European aircraft industry, both commercial
and military.
In January 2005, the Deutsch family sold the company to
an investor group, and the company name was changed to
Designed Metal Connections.
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Dave Bolton (ESCO EM sales) examines stainless steel
fittings with Jeff Haugen, DMC materials manager.
Nearly every major commercial aircraft manufacturer
in the world uses hydraulic fittings made by DMC of
Gardena, California.
has a reputation for problem-solving and building excellent,
long-term working relationships with customers.
ESCO Supplies DMC’s Stainless Steel
Approximately one-third of the hydraulic fittings manufactured
by DMC are made of stainless steel. For over 20 years,
ESCO Engineered Metals’ Los Angeles branch has supplied
their stainless bar material. Every two weeks or so, DMC’s
Purchasing Department releases a materials forecast that helps
ESCO keep ahead of the customer’s stainless steel needs.
ESCO’s Dave Bolton (outside sales) and Sheri Jakobsson
(inside) work very closely with DMC’s Rosalina Adrineda,
senior buyer; and Barbara Roberts, Purchasing manager, to
provide on-time deliveries of needed materials.
“We would love it if all our vendors were as good as ESCO,”
said Jeff Haugen. As a result of years of excellent service, ESCO
recently signed a two-year contract to provide all of DMC’s
stainless steel material.
DMC has a diverse and stable workforce. About 40 percent of
their employees have 15 years or more seniority—a testament
to the firm’s positive work environment. Purchasing Manager
Barbara Roberts insisted, “This is a wonderful company to work
for!”
Over the last 60 years, DMC has had a big impact on the aircraft
industry. ESCO Engineered Metals is pleased to have supported
DMC’s rise to market leadership in hydraulic fittings for
airplanes built in the United States, Europe and elsewhere. ■
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The IMPACT of Flogging
F
by John Howard
logging is the
process of
separating rough
castings from the gates
and risers that remain
attached after they pass
through molding and
shakeout.
Small castings are usually separated from their gating metal
with band saws or abrasive cut-off wheels. Very large gates and
risers, such as those attached to large mining bucket parts,
are normally burned off with an acetylene torch. A heavy
“pig” of steel is dropped from a height to knock-off some risers.
Most medium-sized castings, such as ESCO® mining teeth and
adapters, are separated from their gating systems by means of
flogging—the sudden, powerful impact of a hammer.
Manual flogging is heavy, tiring work. It is a job suited to strong
young men who find satisfaction in swinging a heavy sledge
hammer to efficiently separate castings with well-aimed blows.
Many shop employees started out in one of ESCO Engineered
Products’ flogging yards, burning calories and building muscles.
Floggers wear special equipment to protect their toes, feet, legs,
hands, eyes and other body parts from flying castings and slivers
of metal.
Pneumatic Hammers Deliver Mighty Blow
To speed the process and minimize injuries, however, ESCO has
invested in a number of pneumatic flogging hammers—devices
that use compressed air rather than human muscle power to
break castings apart. Suspended from small overhead cranes,
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James Hubbard uses a pneumatic hammer to
break apart castings.
the Power Hammer™ devices are maneuvered so that the barrel
is within inches of the casting cluster. Depending on the model,
from 750 to 7,000 foot-pounds of energy is instantly released,
sending parted castings skittering.
“The hammers allow us to flog castings that we used to have
to burn to remove the risers,” explained Lonnie Farber,
manufacturing manager for EP Portland’s Main Plant Finishing,
Heat Treating and Inspection Departments. “To burn risers
off, we have to normalize, anneal, burn, arc, water quench and
temper the castings—six steps. When we are able to hammer the
castings apart, we only need to water quench and temper. Our
first hammer paid for itself in three months.”
Because of the time and cost advantages of flogging over
burning, ESCO engineers and Methods technicians have worked
hard to design castings with floggable risers. Today, about 80
percent of medium sized castings are flogged and 50 percent of
large castings are flogged with pneumatic hammers to remove
risers. Only a small percentage is flogged with a sledge hammer
any more. ■
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ESCO’s Flogger Statue
isitors to ESCO Engineered Products’ headquarters building in
Portland, Oregon, may notice a stainless steel sculpture across from
the entrance. The sculpture, called The Flogger, was created over 35
years ago by renowned Northwest sculptor Frederic Littman. Littman began
with a clay sculpture which was then converted to plaster, then wax. The wax
replica was used to make molds. When the wax was melted out, a mold cavity
remained for the molten stainless steel. The larger than life-size sculpture was
cast in six sections, then welded together.
The statue was dedicated during a driving snowstorm on February 26, 1971 in a
ceremony attended by then-Governor Tom McCall. Inscribed on a plaque at the
base of the statue are the words:
A Tribute to the People of ESCO.
The statue has been
photographed in all sorts of
conditions, including when
Portland was dusted with
volcanic ash from Mt. St.
Helens and someone taped a
mask over the flogger’s face
as a prank (above).
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Donhuang Sand Dunes
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M
r. Jianguo Liu of the Jiangxi Copper Company’s Dexing
Mine, a major customer of ESCO and SCW, submitted
this excellent photograph taken in Gansu and Xinjiang
Provinces in far western China. Sometimes referred to as Inner
Mongolia, the region is characterized by vast
grasslands and deserts circled by towering
mountains. The empire of the great Genghis Khan
(1162-1227) was centered in this strikingly beautiful
region. ESCO thanks Jianguo Liu (at right) for
sharing this lovely photo.
Dunhuang Sand Dunes—A crescent-shaped lake surrounded by
“singing” sand dunes outside the oasis town of Dunhuang. The town
was once a major stop on the Silk Road, the ancient trade route
beteen China and Europe. The Mogao Caves near Dunhuang contain
extraordinary Buddhist murals dating back over 1,500 years.
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ESCO® Impeller Bars Give “Amazing”
Performance In Gresham Sand & Gravel’s
Horizontal Shaft Impactor
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by John Howard
A
Nordberg horizontal shaft
impactor (HSI) at Gresham Sand
& Gravel spins at 800 revolutions
per minute. Whirring around inside the
crusher is a set of four cast chrome white
iron impeller bars, made by ESCO. Each
weighs 960 pounds — nearly half a ton.
Twenty - four hours a day, seven days a
week these incredibly tough bars smash
softball-size river rock to bits.Ñ
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Impact after impact, the bars keep
crushing for 500 hours ... then 600
... then 700 hours—far longer than
the manganese bars made by ESCO’s
competitors. “We were totally
amazed by how long they lasted,”
said superintendent Mike House.
Gresham Sand & Gravel is one of
five aggregate operations in the
Portland, Oregon metropolitan area
run by Morse Brothers Inc. (MBI).
MBI, in turn, is owned by Knife
River Corporation (KRC), one of
the nation’s larger publicly traded
construction materials companies.
KRC has nearly 60 construction
materials companies located in 11
states in the central and western
United States, and ESCO has a
national supply agreement with the
organization.
Gresham Sand & Gravel has
produced millions of tons of sand
and aggregate. The aggregate is
used primarily by local building
contractors as foundation base
rock. The pit, located east of the
city of Portland, has been mined
since the 1940s. The material is
largely rounded river rock deposited
in ancient times by the Missoula
Floods.
MBI bought the Gresham pit in 2000
and the horizontal shaft impactor
type crusher was brought in a few
years ago to replace old jaw and cone
crushers.
impeller bars were lasting only 500 hours on
average.
They needed replacing every six or seven weeks,
which added up to a lot of costly downtime.
Mike consulted with Pete Huget of ESCO and
Chris Giles a purchasing agent in the MBI
organization. Pete and Chris suggested that
Gresham Sand & Gravel might want to try ESCO
impeller bars and take advantage of a national
supply agreement between ESCO and KRC.
“e 23 employees
that work here are
dedicated to safely
getting the job
done, taking pride
in our work, and
producing a product
that the customer
can count on being
the best quality in
the business.”
–Mike House,
superintendent,
Gresham Sand &
Gravel
“The first time, it took us about six
hours to change out the bars in the
HSI,” recalled Mike. “Now we’re more experienced at it and it
takes us only three hours, sometimes less.” But the non-ESCO
“We decided to try ESCO’s chrome white iron
impeller bars partly because we’d had such
good results with other ESCO products,” Mike
noted. The operation uses a variety of ESCO
earthmoving products on its pit equipment,
including a tough 5 1/2 yard ESCO XDP excavator
bucket with Super V® teeth and Kwik-Lok® wear
protection on their primary Hitachi ZX800
excavator.
“When the ESCO impeller bars were delivered,
they were clean, nicely painted, and they fit great,”
said Scott Livingston, the crusher foreman. “We
were skeptical that the bars would last as long as
the ESCO guys predicted—but they did!”
“They’re far and away the best ones we’ve ever
used,” added Mike House. When the original
ESCO set lasted over 200 hours longer than the
competition, he put in an order for a second set.
The longer-wearing ESCO bars mean the HSI is
shut down less often.
“We lose money every time we have to rotate
or change the bars in the crusher. And fewer
changeouts means fewer chances for people to get
hurt,” he added.
ESCO chrome white iron impeller bars benefit
both the safety and profitability of Gresham
Sand & Gravel and many other operations that
use our crushing and earthmoving products in the Knife River
Corporation group of companies. ■
< ESCO’s Pete
Huget and Scott
Livingston in the
field at Gresham
Sand & Gravel.
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> ESCO impeller
bars deliver longlasting performance
in horizontal shaft
impactors.
ESCO Provides the Security of Armor Plate
I
by John Howard
magine a trio of terrorists
sneaking through the woods
toward a nuclear power
plant. Armed with AK-47 assault
rifles, they are intent on entering
the guarded plant, detonating
explosive charges, and sending a
plume of radioactive smoke into
the nearby city.
ESCO Armor
Gard protects
against
high impact
projectiles.
Suddenly, the bad guys charge across the road toward the
main gate, firing their automatic weapons at the guard
house. Their bullets — traveling at 2,330 feet per second
— ping and spatter against the metal building, but do not
penetrate. The guards inside return fire from a narrow slot
in the armored building, stopping all three attackers. The
terrorist plot against the nuclear plant is thwarted, thanks
in part to the bullet-stopping Armor Gard® steel plate
used in the construction of the guard booth, which was
fabricated by ESCO Phoenix.
ESCO Phoenix (formerly Heflin Steel) — specializes
in armor grades of steel plate. ESCO Phoenix provides
military grade armor to a number of leading producers of
defense, ordnance and weapons systems manufacturers.
It supplies targets, gun shields, cockpit armor and armor
upgrade kits for military vehicles, such as the trucks and
Humvees used by the U.S. Armed Forces and civilian
contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan.
ESCO Phoenix also does custom fabrication for
commercial customers. ESCO Armor Gard armor steel
plate is used to shield limousines, money hauling vehicles,
vaults, safes, and many other security applications. At this
moment, ESCO Armor Gard is helping to protect heads
of state, government officials, military personnel, nuclear
and industrial facilities, and numerous private citizens
throughout the world.
“2004 was an incredibly busy time for us,” said Gregg
Wiggins, ESCO Phoenix’s Armor Products manager.
“There was a federal mandate to upgrade security on all the
nation’s nuclear power plants at the same time there was a
big push to armor vehicles in Iraq.” Since that surge, armor
steel orders have settled down to a more manageable level.
Armor Steel Repels the Impact of Projectiles
Kits supplied by ESCO Phoenix to Simula Government
Products, Inc. protect Army personnel against bullets, blast and
fragmentation mines. Mil-A-12560 specification armor plate is
generally used for combat vehicles. Mil-A-46100 specification is
a quenched and tempered high-hardness steel armor plate that is
well-suited for light weight armor applications.
ESCO Armor Gard has become the industry’s most widely
recognized name for commercial applications. Its unique
metallurgical characteristics offer outstanding ballistic protection,
good weldability, formability and flatness. Ballistic testing is
performed on each heat lot, assuring the armor steel’s ability to
withstand the impact of high speed projectiles. Bullets traveling at
3,000 feet per second are rendered into harmless metal discs when
they impact against ESCO Armor Gard steel plate (see photos
above). No question, Armor Gard has saved lives. ■
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INTERVIEW
Peter Bechen
Member of ESCO Board of Directors
P
eter F. Bechen is president and chief executive
officer of Pacific Realty Associates, L.P. (PacTrust).
Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, PacTrust is a
privately held real estate developer/investor with
over 16 million square feet of income-producing properties
located predominantly in the Pacific Northwest. The firm is
a fully integrated real estate entity with site selection, design,
construction, leasing and property management capabilities.
Peter was elected to ESCO Corporation’s board of directors
in 2000. This interview with EDGE editor John Howard took
place at the PacTrust offices in October, 2006.
Please tell us a little about your background, Peter. Are you
a native Oregonian?
Yes, I was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon, in the southern part
of the state. But I grew up in northern California, not far from
Lake Tahoe. I earned a bachelor’s degree in political science
and a master’s degree in business administration, both from
Stanford University. I completed my MBA in 1972.
Then, did you move to Oregon?
Yes, right out of college I took a job in Portland with Bancorp
Management Advisors, Inc., advisors to U.S. Bancorp Realty
Trust, which was at that time a publicly traded REIT [real
estate investment trust].
Did you part ways with U.S. Bancorp?
Yes, there were conflicts of interest and other problems in the
arrangement with Bancorp. We decided it was best to sever
ties in 1979. We became self-administered and retained the
name Pacific Realty Trust, or PacTrust. In the early 1980s, as
we righted the ship, there was a hostile takeover attempt. We
fought it in the courts but finally lost, so we began looking
for a ‘white knight’ and found it in the leveraged buyout firm
of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company. KKR raises blind
leverage buyout funds from institutions and other sources.
They bought all PacTrust shares for $38.50 a share and we
went private in 1983 and have been private ever since. Today,
PacTrust is a limited partnership whose partners are the
Washington State Investment Board and the Oregon Public
Employees Retirement System.
How does being a private real estate investment and
development firm differ from being a publicly traded REIT?
It is quite different. As the REIT industry has matured,
most tend to focus on a particular type of property for
investment—commercial, for example. As a private entity we
can and do invest and develop a wide range of properties. And
we have the luxury of managing the business for long-term
gains as opposed to short-term. We’re able to invest in projects
that may not make money for several years down the road.
What is a REIT?
REITs were created by Congress in 1961 to provide smaller
investors a means to invest in professionally managed real
estate. So long as 90 percent of the net income went to
the shareholders, there was no tax at the entity level. The
shareholders were income-oriented, looking for dividends.
I recall that REITs were very popular with small investors
for a while, but they fell out of favor ...
Yes, the economy went through a difficult period in the mid1970s. There was an energy crunch and interest rates were
very high. Contractors and tenants began defaulting on
loans. There were lots of foreclosures and REITs were hardhit. Between 1972 and 1975 our stock dropped from $25 to
$4. My boss left and I was promoted to president. It felt like I
was made president of a sinking ship [laughs]. But we began
working our way out of our problems.
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River Lodges in central Oregon is a
resort development of PacTrust.
What types of real estate does PacTrust invest in?
Our portfolio today is about 30 percent retail (see photo on
p. 21), 30 percent office/warehouse facilities—what we call
‘flex properties’, and 30 percent industrial. The remaining
10 percent is agricultural, energy and resort properties. For
example, we are partners in Sunriver in Central Oregon and
the Suncadia resort east of Bellevue in Roslyn, Washington.
“ESCO’s management team
is high quality and highly
intelligent. They run the business
the way it should be run.”
Has the recent rise in interest rates affected your business?
No, it really hasn’t affected high quality properties. It is still
a robust market. There is still so much capital trying to find
a home in real estate—foreign money, institutions, pension
funds—that commercial property investment is at record levels.
Oregon is known for strict land use regulations and a “slow
growth” attitude. How has that affected your business?
We’re primarily a suburban developer. Most of the land we buy
is already entitled or zoned for the use we have in mind, so it
isn’t a problem. Communities here are required to set growth
boundaries and designate land for industrial and commercial
development. In the resort business, where we may wish to
develop agricultural or undeveloped land, Oregon’s slow growth
attitude can and does sometimes stretch out the permitting
process.
Is it easier to develop properties across the river in
Washington State?
Yes, it is easier in Vancouver than it is in Portland—especially
Multnomah County. Washington and Clackamas Counties [in
Oregon] are about on par with Vancouver as far as development
red tape goes.
Would you please name some PacTrust developments that
local ESCO EDGE readers might be familiar with?
We developed Oregon Business Park I, II and III and the
Tualatin Business Center I and II here along I-5 north of the new
Bridgeport Village. We did Orenco Station Town Center and
Crossroads at Orenco Station in Hillsboro. We have properties
in Clackamas County, along the Banfield Freeway and out near
Airport Way—all over town. We have a couple of projects near
ESCO: the Guilds Lake and Davis Industrial Parks on Yeon
Avenue. Our largest project is in east Vancouver, the Columbia
Technology Center.
Let’s talk about ESCO. How is it that you were asked to join
ESCO’s board of directors?
I knew Frank Jungers, a long-time member of ESCO’s board. It
was Frank who introduced me to Hank Swigert and Steve Pratt.
I was elected to the board in 2000 and I received my five-year pin
just last year.
PacTrust develops mixed commercial/office/warehouse
developments like the Columbia Technology Center in
Vancouver (above) as well as recreational properties
(facing page).
Do you feel that your expertise in real estate development has
been helpful to ESCO?
I’ve advised them on some matters regarding long-term planning
for their corporate headquarters here in Portland and the facility
on N.W. Vaughn Street. Someday, ESCO may wish to build a new
corporate headquarters building, and when it does so PacTrust
might partner with them.
Have you enjoyed and benefited from your service on the
ESCO board?
It is a totally different business than what I’m used to, and it has
been very stimulating. I’ve enjoyed learning about Lean and
kaizens and other initiatives that ESCO has used with great
success . And I really like the people at ESCO and its unique
culture. I’ve enjoyed getting to know the Swigert family—Hank,
Bob Warren, Peter Adams, Charles Snow. ESCO’s management
team is high quality and highly intelligent. They run the business
the way it should be run.
Tell us about what you like to do when you aren’t running
PacTrust.
Well, I enjoy golfing and I’ve skied my whole life from a very
early age. We have a second home in Central Oregon and we
enjoy skiing at Mount Bachelor and elsewhere. My wife, Missy,
and I enjoy traveling. And we have a couple of grandkids nearby
who keep us entertained.
Thank you, Peter, for letting EDGE readers get to know you a
little better. And thank you for your valued service on ESCO’s
board of directors. ■
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QVS and the Big Impact for Customers
by Robert C. Kenneth
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SCO’s reputation as an innovative manufacturer is largely due to the
focus it places on customers’ ever-changing needs. The company’s
commitment to Quality, Value and Speed (QVS) is the guiding
principal and practice that translates goal into reality.
Above: QVS specialists and presenters Victoria
Arellano, Elizabeth King, Nancy Brown and
Marion Pender guided QVS Summit participants
through such tools as Training Within Industry
(TWI) and Problem Solving. Below: OC Tanner
representatives Fawnell Kirkham, Lori Meritt
and Sunday Taylor also participated in the QVS
Summit activities.
Elizabeth King is ESCO’s director of Organizational Development and one
of the company’s resident QVS experts. When it comes to QVS and Lean
Manufacturing practices, King says: “We actively engage all of ESCO’s
employees — from plant workers to executives — to provide customers
with value added solutions.” She adds: “Everything we do is geared toward
making sure our customers don’t pay for elements that have no value.”
This October, several ESCO employees gathered at the Snowbird Resort near
Salt Lake City, Utah, to study and practice several QVS tools — including
Problem Solving and Training Within Industry (TWI). Participants hailed
from ESCO locations throughout the globe and shared site-specific best
practices and special experiences that can be applied to the company’s
several product lines and operations.
Says King: “One of the most gratifying parts of the QVS journey is that we’re
constantly engaged in continuous improvement for our customers — we’re
constantly working with one another to find out if there are better ways to
do something. This is how we make sure our customers’ needs are always at
the forefront of everything we do at ESCO.” ■
Below: The QVS Summit participants were treated to a visit to ESCO’s
West Jordan plant — a model of how QVS and Lean Manufacturing
practices translate into benefits for the customer.
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Process Controls Impact Manufacturing Excellence
The starting point for each team is to establish a current state
baseline for each key input variable in the process, such as raw
material makeup, temperatures and times. This establishes a
benchmark and familiarizes team members with data collecting
techniques and statistical methods.
The teams are also learning that there are two types of variation in
every process: measurement variation and process variation. They
are learning how measurement consistency is crucial to determine
true process variation. In some cases where they find that the
existing measurement systems are inadequate, better technology
is installed. Once consistent and reliable data is obtained, the
teams shift their focus to improving the process using plan-docheck-act (PDCA) methods to achieve less output variation.
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by John Howard
SCO Turbine Technologies (TT) is engaged in a number
of initiatives to reduce scrap, improve manufacturing
consistency and enhance customer service. Teams at
all five TT locations — Syracuse, Cleveland, Belgium,
Slovakia and Mexico — are using proven methodologies to
identify root causes, find solutions, and minimize the variations
that lead to imperfect castings.
One of the initiatives in the business-wide “scrap attack” has been
to problem-solve by means of the A3 method. A3 is a technique
developed by Toyota whereby identified problems are tackled by
the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) approach, and the entire process
is recorded on a single A3 size worksheet to keep the task focused
and simple.
More than 60 A3s have been identified within TT since the
initiative was launched early in 2006. In 52 percent of those, the
root cause has been pinpointed and remedies enacted. In the
remaining 48 percent, progress is still underway to identify the
true root causes.
The solutions have ranged from mechanical fixes, alloy changes,
pattern changes, preheat temperature modifications, setup
procedure changes and other modifications. As a result, to date
TT’s overall scrap rate has been reduced by over five percent,
compared to 2005.
One example of a process control success occurred in the slurry
system used in making the shell molds for investment castings.
At TT plants, wax patterns are repeatedly dipped in a waterbased slurry which dries in thin layers to create molds. Some are
dipped by hand; others are dipped robotically. It has long been
recognized that the slurry grows thicker with time as its liquid
content evaporates. In the past, water was added to the slurry
periodically in batches. This resulted in large swings in slurry
viscosity, which in turn affected the quality and consistency of the
shell molds.
To mitigate the viscosity variable, the process improvement team
developed a simple drip system that adds water continuously.
Careful monitoring and adjusting of the drip system over the
course of two months helped the team determine the optimum
flow to get the desired, consistent output. Now, visual controls
help maintain the right viscosity level.
The success of the shell mold process improvement team at TT
Syracuse is being shared throughout the organization. Over the
course of the coming year, it is anticipated that all 20-plus slurry
tanks throughout TT will be fitted with a similar drip system.
Teams of ESCO Turbine Technologies employees in its wax,
shell and foundry operations are utilizing good measurement
techniques and statistical analysis to achieve better control of the
manufacturing process. By controlling and minimizing process
variables, they are producing castings that more consistently meet
customer requirements. ■
Process Controls Lead to Consistency
Another initiative is to introduce long-term process control
methodology. A central Process Control Team led by Adam Stitzel
is guiding 15 on-site Process Improvement Teams in the wax,
shell, and foundry departments in each Turbine Technologies
plant. The objective of each team is to monitor key processes in
their area, reduce variation of these processes, and sustain the
gains through visual controls.
Process improvement team members
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Glaister Welsh, Mike Roach, Antonio Cook and Neil DelCorso.
New Machining Technology at IM
Impacts Customer Service
E
by John Howard
SCO Integrated Manufacturing’s Tempe,
Arizona plant this year added two sophisticated
high speed horizontal machining centers in
order to cut turnaround time on machined parts
by over half!
The two new CNC machining centers are a Toyoda
FA1050 and an OKK HM1000S. The Toyoda, installed in
March, features a 120-tool changer; 14,000 RPM spindle;
4th axis capability with .001° resolution; and 6,600 pound
pallet load capacity. The slightly smaller OKK machining
center, added in September, has a 116-tool changer; 12,000
RPM spindle; 4th axis acapability with .001° resolution;
and 5,500 pound pallet load capacity.
“The new equipment increases our available capacity
for large format machining,” noted John Russell, sales
manager. “Our customers have been requesting twoweek turnaround on machined parts as opposed to the
traditional four to six weeks. The new equipment uses
high-speed spindles which reduce cycle times—and allow
ESCO to be more efficient and cost competitive. Both
machines have dual-pallet setup, which allows one part
to be loaded while another is being machined, which also
reduces total cycle time for machining.”
John praised the work of Greg Stein, Stuart Kadel, Isaac
Botiller and Andy Porter who operate the Toyoda FA1050
milling center, and Phil Bennett, Ira Lewis, and Chris
Bridgeman who operate the OKK HM1000S. ■
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Huge Coordinate Measuring Machine
by John Howard
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SCO Integrated Manufacturing’s Fremont, California
facility uses a coordinate measuring machine (CMM)
large enough to park a car under! The sophisticated
technology allows ESCO IM to precisely check the
dimensions of the very large and complex pieces it machines for
a list of high-tech customers.
First installed in September 2004, the CMM is a DEA model
Delta HA 305120 CR gantry-type device that straddles the
work surface. Coupled with PC-DMIS software, the Italianmade DEA CMM can measure parts as large as 200 x 118 x 78
inches—an envelope that could accommodate a Toyota Camry.
Rather than measure sedans, however, ESCO uses the
impressive CMM to verify the dimensions of large parts it
makes for Applied Materials, AKT, Lam Research, Intervac,
Vortec, Lawrence Livermore Lab and other customers.
capital equipment. ESCO machines and drills large aluminum
diffusers and susceptors that AKT uses in CVD process
equipment used to manufacture flat panel glass for television
and computer monitors and the screens used on cell phones and
PDA devices. The first generation diffusers had about 12,000
tiny holes. The current generation measures approximately 7
x 8 feet and has over 74,000 holes. ESCO uses the DEA Delta
CMM technology to verify the precise location, size and shape
of every one of those holes—a big task for a big machine.
The CMM verifies a long list of geometric criteria, including
position, straightness, flatness, roundness, cylindricity, profile,
angularity, perpendicularity, parallelism, concentricity, and
runout.
Operation of the big CMM at ESCO IM Fremont is supervised
by Chip Tran. The programmer / operator is Christian Mendoza
and the operators are John Cunnigham and Richard Villareal. ■
One example is the work that ESCO IM does under contract for
AKT, the leading U.S. manufacturer of flat panel display (LCD)
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Joseph Clark, Jr.
EP Portland
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Joe was born in Arkansas
and graduated from
McCroy High School.
He joined ESCO in 1966
as a pourer. He currently
works as a machine
operator in the mold and
core department. Before
coming to ESCO, Joe
worked as an automotive
mechanic. What he likes
most about working
for the company is “the
steady work.” Joe has
two children – Paul and
Amanda – and he lives in
N.E. Portland. In his free
time, he enjoys gardening
and chopping wood.
Dee Dee Weber
EP Portland
Ed Sillman
EP Portland
Ed was born near Sabetha,
Kansas, and graduated
from Hillsboro High
School. Before joining
ESCO, he worked
at Tektronix, which
primarily manufactured
Oscilloscopes at the time.
Ed started at ESCO’s
Plant 3 in 1966 on the
pouring crew and today is
a continuous improvement
technician. What Ed likes
most about working at
ESCO are the people and
steady work. He has two
adopted grandchildren,
Tianna and Noah, and he
lives in Aloha. In his free
time, Ed enjoys golfing,
hunting and fishing.
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DeeDee is a Portland native
and graduate of St. Mary’s
Academy. DeeDee’s first job
in 1976 was as an order entry
clerk at ESCO. She’s also been a
production control scheduler,
expediter and team leader in
paint and packaging. DeeDee
has also worked in human
resources. She currently serves
as a construction and OEM
group team leader in inside
sales. She says: “I have really
grown up here. The people
are my extended family.” She
is a third generation ESCO
employee. Her grandfather
worked here 45 years, and
her father worked here 42
years. Many more of DeeDee’s
relatives have also worked at
ESCO, including her daughter
Heather.
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William Smith
EP Bucyrus
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William is a native of
Columbus, OH. He
graduated from Bucyrus
High School and was in the
Navy for four years. William
joined EP Bucyrus in 1966
as a drill press operator,
worked in small and large
construction, and was a
supervisor for 12 years. He
is currently an inspector
in Paint Pack & Shipping.
William’s father and son have
both worked at EP Bucyrus.
He lives in Bucyrus, OH and
has two sons, Bill and Dan, as
well as two granddaughters.
Outside of work, William
enjoys fishing.
L.T. Windham
EP Newton
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L.T. was born in Jasper
County, MS, and worked in
construction before joining
ESCO in 1976 as a flogger.
He is currently a 3rd shift
core isocure operator, and
his cousin, Virginia Sanders,
also works in the core room.
L.T. and his wife, Georgia,
live in Rose Hill and have two
children, Jearline and Ciara.
What L.T. likes most about
working at ESCO is the pay, and
he spends much of his free time
helping out in his community.
Lyle Sumner, Jr.
EP Portland
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Lyle was born in Petaluma,
CA, graduated from
Portland’s Madison High
School, and attended
Portland Community
College (Cascade Campus).
and worked as a burner and
then as a leadman (LFA).
He currently works as a
machinist/welder. Lyle’s
family member Bill C.
Rogers works in production
control. Lyle and his wife,
Peggy, live in S.E. Portland.
They have two children
– Michael and Darrell – and
four grandchildren. In his
free time, Lyle enjoys ham
radio, hunting and working
on computers.
Dean Wittwer
TT Syracuse
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Dean was born in Syracuse,
NY and worked at K-Mart
before joining ESCO in
1976. His first ESCO job
was a shell puller/caster,
and he currently works
in maintenance. Dean’s
favorite thing about working
at ESCO is the people. He
and his wife, Franny, live
in Canastota and have
four children – Dean II,
Jeremie, Corey and Amy. In
his free time Dean enjoys
his many grandchildren,
woodworking and fishing.
Dean also volunteers time at
his church.
Ann Britton
EP Portland
Ann was born in Portland,
OR, and graduated from
Madison High School.
Before ESCO, Ann worked
for Jantzen, Inc. as a
transportation analyst.
She joined ESCO in 1976
as a clerk in production
control. She also worked in
manufacturing planning.
Ann currently works as an
MRP/DRP master scheduler
(main plant). What she likes
best about working for the
company is “the quality
and the friendliness of the
people.” Her sister Betty
Abel is also a well-known
ESCO employee. In her free
time, Ann enjoys camping,
reading and gardening. She
has two children and seven
grandchildren.
Derek Bernard
EP Port Hope
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Derek was born in Sydney,
on Cape Breton Island, Nova
Scotia, and he graduated in
Metallurgical Engineering from
Ryerson Polytechnic, Toronto.
Before coming to ESCO, Derek
worked 13 years as a laboratory
supervisor for Anaconda
Brass in New Toronto. He
joined ESCO in 1981 as a
plant metallurgist, and today
Derek works as a metallurgist,
quality representative and
plant spectroscopist. What
he likes best about working at
ESCO is the “tremendous interdepartmental cooperation and
‘can-do’ attitude.” Derek and
his wife, Susan, live at Pebble
Beach in Cobourg and have
two daughters. In his free time
Derek enjoys sailing, electronics
and is also a sailing instructor.
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Keith Ford
EP Newton
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Keith was born in
Newton County, MS
and graduated from the
Hickory High School.
as a stand grinder and
has held positions as a
machine operator and
a no bake molder. Keith
is currently a no bake
molder. Keith lives in
Newton and has five
children, Mikki, Anthony,
Stephanie, Santrez and
LaKeisha.
Percy Pearson
EP Newton
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Percy was born in
Jacksonville, MS. He
graduated from the
Louisville High School
and attended East
Central Community
College & Mississippi
State University. Percy
joined ESCO in 1981 in
Purchasing/Warehouse/
Receiving and currently
works in Purchasing.
Throughout the years,
he has held positions
as a painter and hoe
bucket planner. Percy
and his wife, Joyce live in
Decatur, MS. They have
three children, P.J., Steve
& Will. Percy enjoys golf,
hiking and fishing.
Fritz Goeth
EP Portland
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Fritz was born at Fort
Bragg, NC and served in
the US Army. He joined
ESCO in 1976, and his first
jobs included engineering
draftsman, manufacturing
supervisor, project engineer,
and engineering manager.
He currently serves as an
engineering process leader.
Fritz’ favorite thing about
working at ESCO is “the
variety of work, the quality of
the people and the quality of
the company.” Fritz and his
wife, Maureen, live in West
Linn, and he enjoys golfing,
reading, and exercising in his
free time. Fritz also volunteers
for West Point Admissions.
John Hemmingsen
EP Portland
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John was born in Victoria,
BC, and graduated from
Alberni District High
School and the University of
British Columbia, Applied
Science in Metallurgical
Engineering. He joined
ESCO in 1976 as plant
manager for Port Coquitlam.
John became Portland
foundry operations manager
in 1989 and later vice
president, manufacturing
services. He continues as an
ESCO consultant in China.
John and his wife Cherie
have two children and five
grandchildren, and John
enjoys ocean fishing and
terraforming in his free time.
Mark Kaiser
EP Bucyrus
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Mark was born in Upper
Sandusky, OH, graduated
from Wynford High
School and attended Tiffin
University. He joined EP
Bucyrus in 1976 on the
second shift and today is a
mill operator. Mark and his
wife, Tammy, live in Nevada,
OH, have two children
(Leslie and Benjamin), three
grandchildren and one more
one the way. In his free time,
mark likes watching high
school sports, and he is very
active in the Grand Praire
Baptist Church.
Doug MacGowan
EP Portland
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Doug was born in Seattle,
graduated from Chief Sealth
High School, received his
BSME from the University of
Washington and his MS from
Portland State University.
He joined ESCO in 1976 as a
UW senior year scholar. His
first jobs included project
engineer, plant engineer,
superintendent plant
engineering and maintenance
and manufacturing
engineering manager. Doug
is currently director of
manufacturing support, and
he especially appreciates the
friendships he’s made along
the way. He and his wife,
Midge, live in Lake Oswego,
have three children and
five grandchildren. In his
free time, Doug enjoys the
outdoors and fixing up his
beach house.
Rick Miner
EP Portland
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Rick was born in Santa
Barbara, CA, graduated
from San Marcos High
School and graduated from
Oregon State University.
Prior to joining ESCO,
Rick worked as a research
engineer for Chevron
Research in Richmond,
CA. He started at ESCO
in 1976, and his first
positions included various
jobs in engineering,
manufacturing and IT.
Rick is currently an IT
business analyst. What he
likes most about his work
is “the changing tasks, new
challenges and helping coworkers.” Rick and his wife,
Sue, live in Garden Home.
In his free time, Rick
enjoys home improvement
projects, BBQ cooking,
traveling and fishing.
Clint Rhea
EP West Jordan
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Clint is a Salt Lake City
native and has an Associate
of Applied Sciences degree
from Salt Lake Community
College. He also has APICS
– CPIM certification
from the Association for
Operations Management.
Clint joined EP West Jordan
in 1976 and serves as plant
manager. He appreciates
the company’s values and
business strategies, “as well
as the people I work with.”
His brother-in-law Doug
Smith also works at EP
West Jordan. Clint and his
wife, Penny, live in South
Jordan, have three children
and a grandchild on the
way. In his spare time,
Clint enjoys football and
tinkering with his Harley.
In the next issue of the EDGE, we will feature the Grand Opening of the new ESCO Engineered Products plant in Xuzhou,
China. The first heat was poured in December 2006 and an official opening ceremony was held on December 1st.
The plant has begun manufacturing ESCO® products for export and the booming Chinese domestic market.
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In contrast to the examples of big impact technology cited in this issue, there is also the impact of natural beauty. This image of a lace
leaf maple tree in fall color was photographed in late October in the Japanese Garden in Portland, Oregon. The 5.5 acre garden,
maintained by the non-profit Japanese Garden Society, was opened in 1967 to foster cultural understanding and celebrate the sister
city relationship between Portland and Sapporo, Japan. Photo by John R. Howard.
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