Western Michigan Chapter Tuesday, February 10, 2015 Porto
Western Michigan Chapter Tuesday, February 10, 2015 Porto Bello’s Grand Haven, MI Cost $30, Social hour begins at 6:00pm President’s Comments February 2015 by Cortney VanOeffelen Last month’s, “Past President’s Recognition Night”, was very successful. It was an honor to have Chris Norch, AFS National President, as our keynote speaker. Once again there were many new faces at the meeting. February’s meeting will be February 10th, at Porto Bello’s in Grand Haven, with Guest Speaker Frank Garzelloni from CWC Textron. Please RSVP to Dan Arends at [email protected] by Noon February 13th, 2015. Also, please visit the AFS Website at: http://www.westmichiganafs.com _______________________________________________________________________________________ February Chapter Meeting Guest Speaker Frank Garzelloni, Operations Manager, CWC Textron “What’s New at Kautex Textron, CWC Division” Frank was born in Muskegon, Michigan and currently resides in Nunica, Michigan with his wife Kristi and their combined seven children ranging from 8 to 23 years of age. He graduated from Mona Shores High School before attending Muskegon Community College and Michigan State University where he graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1994. While working as an engineer, he continued his education at Western Michigan University and received a Masters in Science in Engineering Management. Upon entering a management position, he attended Bowling Green University and received a Masters in Business Administration. Frank started his career in the foundry industry in 1995 as a foundry process engineer in the Sealed Power Corporation piston ring foundry. During his 12 years with the company, he held positions as Foundry Project Engineer, Foundry Area Manager, Foundry Engineering Manager and finally Global Manager of Continuous Improvement responsible for deploying lean manufacturing throughout 11 facilities in five countries. He left the foundry industry in 2007 and joined ALCOA as a Lean Manufacturing internal consultant supporting the multiple facilities in North America. In 2009, became Manufacturing Manager for the Thermatech Operation of ALCOA Howmet. In 2013 was given the opportunity to come back to the foundry industry as the Operations Manager for CWC Textron. Outside of work, Frank is a board member for the Friends of Pendalouan and spends his free time with his family snowboarding in the winter and enjoying the lakeshore in the summer. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Mission Statement The Western Michigan Chapter of the American Foundry Society acts as a voice to promote the metal casting industry in the West Michigan area. The Chapter provides financing, materials, scholarships and instructors to high schools and colleges in an effort to aid in the creation of tomorrow’s industrial leaders. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ AFS Meeting Sponsorships Did you know you can help sponsor an AFS Chapter Meeting for as little as $100? Companies are recognized in the meeting announcement and at the chapter meeting and are also asked to give a brief synopsis of what their company does at the meeting. Many find this a great opportunity to tell a little bit about their organization and support the chapter at the same time. If you are interested in sponsoring one of our meetings, please contact Dan Arends at [email protected]. Sponsorships will be designated on a first-come, first-serve basis. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ AFS Membership If you are interested in joining the Western Michigan AFS or learning more about the benefits of being a member please contact Brendan Bolhuis at [email protected]. There are individuals and corporate memberships both available. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ AFS Scholarships If you are interested in learning about the scholarships available through the Western Michigan AFS please contact Jay Morrison at [email protected]. If you have children in high school please inform their teachers, counselors and/or principles regarding our scholarships available or pass on their contact information to a board member and we will contact them. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ SAVE THE DATE 76th Annual Western Michigan Golf Outing August 1st, 2015 Board Meeting: 5:00pm Social Hour: 6:00pm Dinner Meeting: 6:45pm For reservations please contact: Dan Arends – Office 231-733-2164 Cell 231-670-3134 E-mail to: [email protected] 2015 MEETING SCHEDULE FOR WM CHAPTER AFS 2015 Meeting Schedule: February 10, 2015 Topic: What’s new @ Kautex Textron, CWC Division Speaker: Frank Garzelloni , Operations Manager, CWC Textron Location: Porto Bello’s in Grand Haven Sponsor: Beacon Recycling March 10, 2015 Topic: Student Night Speaker: TBD Location: Muskegon Community College Sponsor: TBD Past Presidents Year 1941-42 1942-43 1943-44 1944-45 1945-46 1946-47 1947-48 1948-49 1949-50 1950-51 1951-52 1952-53 1953-54 1954-55 1955-56 1956-57 1957-58 1958-59 1959-60 1960-61 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 1967-68 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 Name D.F. 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Cousineau John Steger John Keener George Mako Rocky Corradin Wayne Jarvis Steve Bolhuis Charlie Rowe Brad Fortenbacher Steve Damschroder Andy Scherf John Steger Mike Johns Chuck DeVette Dick Evans Ken Groh Gary Nervig Pete Bialik John Monette Jeff Cook Mike Lenahan Jay Morrison Jim Perreault Reg Crowe Brendan Bolhuis Mike Thompson Bruce Peacock Lenny Basaj Company at Time in Office West Michigan Steel Foundry Muskegon Piston Ring Co. CampbellWyant& Cannon Muskegon Piston Ring Co. Challenge Machinery Co. Clover Foundry Co. West Michigan Steel Foundry Lakey Foundry Co. Dake Engine Co. CampbellWyant& Cannon Lakey Foundry Co. Nugent Sand Co. Centrifugal Foundry Co. Sealed Power Co. Neway Equipment Co. Blackmer Pump Co. Grand Haven Brass Foundry Enterprise Brass Works Engineering Foundry Muskegon Piston Ring Co. CampbellWyant& Cannon Westran Corporation American Seating Co. CampbellWyant& Cannon Cannon Muskegon Corp. Benfur Engineering Co. Alloyed Grairon Castings Corp. Grand Haven Brass Foundry Michigan Foundry Supply Co. CampbellWyant& Cannon Sealed Power Corporation Benfur Engineeri.ng Grand Rapids Foundry Sealed Power Corporation Muskegon Piston Ring, Sparta LeRoux Foundry Holland Pattern Company Delta Oil Products Sealed Power Corporation Louis Padnos Iron & Metal MuskegonCommunity College Sparta Foundry Wolverine Brass Great LakesCastings Carpenter Brothers, Inc. Acme Resin Sparta Foundry Grand Rapids Aluminum Castings Melt-Tech Eagle Alloy Fisher Steel Carpenter Brothers Tri-Cast Great LakeCastings Tri-Cast Borden Chemical Betz Industries West Michigan Steel Muskegon Cast Products Nugent Sand Company RavennaCastingCenter Foseco Paragon Pattern Eagle Alloy Resource Recovery Corporation Ravenna Ductile Iron Plant SPEC Abrasives & Finishing, Inc. Sandmold Systems Beacon Recycling Cadillac Casting, Inc. Cadillac Casting, Inc. Metal Technologies, Inc. OFFICERS Cortney VanOeffelen, Chapter President Van Hydraulics Conklin, MI Lenny Basaj, Immediate Past President Metal Technologies, Inc. Ravenna, MI Dan Arends, 1st Vice President Anderson Global Muskegon Heights, MI Matt Roobol, Vice President Great Lakes Castings Ludington, MI 49431 Ian Williams, Secretary Metal Technologies Inc. Ravenna, MI Jim Weathers, Treasurer COMMITTEES Dan Arends, Program Chairman Anderson Global Muskegon Heights, MI Jeff Johnston, Education Chairman MuskegonCommunity College. Muskegon, MI Jay Morrison, Scholarship Chairman Carpenter Brothers, Inc. Muskegon, MI Jillian Koebbe, Environmental Liaison Air & Water Compliance Group LLC. Whitehall, MI Brendan Bolhuis, Membership Chairman Beacon Recycling Muskegon, MI Andy Scherf, CPM, Advertising Chairman Casting Technology Company Fruitport, MI Mike Lenahan, Publicity Chairman DIRECTORS Term Expires 2015 Bob Rimmer Nic Tarzwell, Eagle Alloy, Inc. Dan Arends, Anderson Global John Steger, HA International Term Expires 2016 Matt Roobol, Great Lakes Castings Ian Williams, Metal Technologies, Inc. Jay Morrison, Carpenter Brothers Adam Snyder, Midwest Specialty Products Term Expires 2017 Reg Crowe Dan Elliot, Non Ferrous Cast Alloys Dave Bolhmann, Casting Technologies Company Rich Chase, Eagle Alloy Western Michigan Chapter American Foundry Society PO Box 1398 Muskegon, MI 49443
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