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Meet the ‘face of manufacturing’ for the month of May

May 25, 2016 By Andrew Smith

Meet Martin Pleyer – he led the team in Coweta County to get the first German Apprenticeship Model approved in both Georgia and the United States.

Martin Pleyer - May 2016

Martin Pleyer got his first taste of manufacturing as a teenager, when he chose to work in the industry as part of his apprenticeship program, in which every teen in Germany required to choose a path, and has continued to work in the industry since.

Five years ago Martin and his family moved to the United States for an opportunity to work at Grenzebach Corporation in Newnan, Georgia. He quickly noticed that a quarter of the plant floor workforce would be retiring in the next five years. Having immediately gotten involved in Coweta County, he used his influence in the community to garner interest from partners and other manufacturers to help develop a similar apprenticeship program. In 2015, Georgia lawmakers enacted Senate Bill 2, allowing for the apprenticeship model to take place in the states.

FACESofMANUFACTURINGAnd on May 16th, Lt. Governor, Casey Cagle, officially launched the first path, Industrial Mechanic, in this apprenticeship model, termed Georgia Consortium of Advanced Technical Training (GA CATT) Program, allowing high school students the chance to work in manufacturing 80% of the time, while attending school 20% of the time, but still graduating on time, while earning technical college credit, and gaining hands-on experience working in industry.

Read Martin’s story and view his video as he takes you through his journey to launch the first German apprenticeship model program in the country and discusses how it can be replicated across the state of Georgia.

  • Story: www.facesofmanufacturing.com/portfolio/martin-pleyer/
  • Video: https://youtu.be/sXfrKn_9cE4

Nominate the next Face of Manufacturing at: http://facesofmanufacturing.com/call-for-nominations/

Filed Under: Georgia Tech News Tagged With: EI2, Face of Manufacturing, GaMEP, manufacturing

Meet April’s ‘Faces of Manufacturing’

April 26, 2016 By Andrew Smith

Faces of Manufacturing in GeorgiaThe team members at Beaulieu — a leading floor covering manufacturer headquartered in Dalton, Georgia — are working in conjunction with the Great Promise Partnership to help teens that are at risk from graduating high school gain confidence, earn a paycheck, complete their schooling, and alter their future. The program has these teens going to school in the morning and then working in Beaulieu in the afternoon, where they are valued team members in the plant, filling open positions and bringing fresh ideas to contribute to the processes within the company.

The team at Beaulieu have been named the “Faces of Manufacturing for the month of April 2016 by the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership.

Read their inspiring story at http://facesofmanufacturing.com/portfolio/beaulieu/ and view their video at https://youtu.be/lsU7-Z17Tn4 as the teens talk about the impact this program and Beaulieu have had on them and as the Beaulieu team talks about the impressions these teens have made within the plant.

 

Filed Under: Georgia Tech News Tagged With: Face of Manufacturing, GaMEP, Georgia, manufacturing, MEP

Duluth man is March’s ‘Face of Manufacturing’

March 25, 2016 By Andrew Smith

Scott Means of Nordson Corp.
Scott Means of Nordson Corp.

Meet Scott Means – he has spent the past 30 years at Nordson Corp. in Duluth, experiencing career diversification, taking on new challenges, gaining new rewards, and continuing to feed his creative side, all while working at the same company. With a graduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech, Means came to Atlanta for what was supposed to be two years in 1982 and has never left.

Scott is the March 2016 Face of Manufacturing in Georgia.

Faces of Manufacturing in Georgia

Read his story at http://facesofmanufacturing.com/portfolio/scott-means/ and view his video at https://youtu.be/5GoDLjHrWrU as he discusses his 5 patents, what it was like to join a mechanical engineering company as an electrical engineer, start-up a new department, and eventually make the change to a product manager – where he is able to bridge his love for engineering with his passion for business.

Filed Under: Georgia Tech News Tagged With: Face of Manufacturing, manuafacturing

Augusta man is the latest ‘Face of Manufacturing’

February 8, 2016 By Andrew Smith

Faces of Manufacturing in GeorgiaRogers Casteal’s nickname is “Old School”, but that just refers to his values by which he lives and not his way of thinking.

As the quality and training manager at a steel manufacturer in Augusta, he uses technology and employee training to further careers.

Founded in 1948, Macuch Steel Products is a fourth-generation steel manufacturer in Augusta, Georgia. During the past 65 years, the company has grown to more than 150 employees and has acquired multiple manufacturing companies and founded other enterprises related to its core business, in order to continue to provide additional and all-encompassing solutions to its customers. With the development of these further operations, Macuch Steel Products and its affiliates are known throughout the industry as “The Family of Steel,” providing structural steel projects from inception through completion.

Read Rogers Casteal’s story to learn how becoming a minister has changed his life for the better and the changes he’s witnessed being in the steel manufacturing industry for the past 45 years: http://facesofmanufacturing.com/portfolio/rogers-old-school-casteal/   

And watch his video as he discusses learning to build houses as a teen and how he educates and motivates the people within Macuch Steel: https://youtu.be/Zwa84VkB808

 

Filed Under: Georgia Tech News Tagged With: Face of Manufacturing, GaMEP, manufacturing

Principals of Atlanta gelato company are December’s ‘Faces of Manufacturing’

December 14, 2015 By Andrew Smith

Honeysuckle GelatoJackson Smith, Khatera Ballard, and Wes Jones have been friends for years. What started out as a conversation has turned into an 18-person craft gelato manufacturing company that is growing rapidly. In the past four years they have grown to manufacture and distribute to more than 100 restaurants and 85 retail locations across the Southeast. Additionally in the past six months, they signed a deal with Delta to put their gelato in the first class section of cross country flights and have opened their first retail location in Ponce City Market. Those two deals alone have doubled their manufacturing output.

Faces of Manufacturing in GeorgiaRead their story as they talk about how they started their successful business and what the future looks like: http://facesofmanufacturing.com/portfolio/honeysuckle-gelato/

And watch their video as they talk about their vested interest in giving back to their community, including hiring staff from the City of Refuge and donating more than 13,500 meals to the Atlanta Community Food Bank in the past six weeks. https://youtu.be/CerVs5AgywE

Filed Under: Georgia Tech News Tagged With: EI2, Face of Manufacturing, GaMEP, Georgia Tech, manufacturing, MEP

Call for nominations open until Oct. 31 for Georgia ‘faces of manufacturing’

October 19, 2015 By Andrew Smith

Nominations for the 2016 Faces of Manufacturing are open through October 31.

Faces of Manufacturing in Georgia

Why is Faces of Manufacturing so important?

  • It grows the exposure of manufacturing as an integral part of Georgia’s economy.
  • It gets younger generations interested in thinking of manufacturing as a viable future career.
  • It draws interest of state representatives lobbying for and representing counties/towns across Georgia.

Recipients of Faces of Manufacturing have earned local, state, and national recognition for their companies, cities/towns, and counties.

Nominate someone you know or forward the nomination form to HR managers, plant managers, and owners/CEOs of manufacturing companies and ask them to nominate their staff for this award. For more information, see: http://facesofmanufacturing.com/call-for-nominations

 

 

Filed Under: Georgia Tech News Tagged With: Face of Manufacturing, Georgia, Georgia Tech, manufacturing, MEP

Childhood dreamer is latest ‘Face of Manufacturing’ in Georgia

September 25, 2015 By Andrew Smith

As a kid Nathan Wilmoth was adventurous – he once attempted flight with just a parasail and a tractor! After getting off track during his teenage years and early 20’s, he went back to school as an adult and graduated from Georgia Tech with a 4.0. Now as the Vice President of Operations for M.A. Industries in Peachtree City, GA, he has co-authored six patents, manages a great team of individuals, and gets to tap into his childhood love of design and experimentation every day.

FACESofMANUFACTURINGWilmoth says, “Manufacturing has provided me with a sense of purpose, strengthened my character, enhanced my integrity, and gave me a strong sense of community,” he said. “I owe a lot to manufacturing and manufacturing does a lot for people.”

Read Nathan’s inspiring story at http://facesofmanufacturing.com/portfolio/nathan-wilmoth/

And view his video as he talks about working in a winery as a teenager, getting rejected from Georgia Tech the first time he applied and then getting his acceptance on his second try, his emotional attempt to turn in his resignation to go back to school full-time, and how manufacturing allows him to relive his childhood every day. https://youtu.be/jAzzC3-NaFc

Please share Nathan’s story with your manufacturing connections. Follow GaMEP on Twitter and Re-Tweet the announcement to your followers: https://twitter.com/GaMEPei2 – #GAFacesofMfg

Call for Nominations

Nominations for the 2016 Faces of Manufacturing will close on October 31, 2015. Please nominate someone you know or forward the nomination form to HR managers, plant managers, and owners/CEOs of manufacturing companies and ask them to nominate their staff for this award. http://facesofmanufacturing.com/call-for-nominations.  Recipients of Faces of Manufacturing have earned local, state, and national recognition for their companies, cities/towns, and counties.

Filed Under: Georgia Tech News Tagged With: EI2, Face of Manufacturing, GaMEP, Georgia Tech, manufacturing, MEP

Toccoa woman is latest ‘Face of Manufacturing’

September 15, 2015 By Andrew Smith

Ashley Jordan is a young woman out of Toccoa, GA, whose father founded Meadowbrook Machine & Tool (MMT).  Growing up she had no interest in joining the family business and instead dreamed of a day that she could teach elementary school.

Faces of Manufacturing in GeorgiaAfter graduating college a semester early, she joined MMT with the intent of working there until the start of the school year.  Instead, she quickly found an interest in the company, the products they were making, and their customers. She then went to North Georgia Technical College, earned her machining degree, and is now planning a career in manufacturing.

Read this extraordinary young woman’s story at: http://facesofmanufacturing.com/portfolio/ashley-jordan

Be sure to view her video as she talks about getting fired by her father from their family business, her experience in trade school, and what she hopes to do with her future in manufacturing: https://youtu.be/hW-TICWRS8Q

The Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP) is taking nominations for future “Faces of Manufacturing” in Georgia.  Please nominate someone you know or forward the nomination form to HR managers, plant managers, and owners/CEOs of manufacturing companies and ask them to nominate their staff for this award.  The nomination form is at: http://facesofmanufacturing.com/call-for-nominations/   Recipients of earlier Faces of Manufacturing have earned local, state, and national recognition for their companies, cities/towns, and counties.

 

Filed Under: Georgia Tech News Tagged With: Face of Manufacturing, GaMEP, MEP

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