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Composites Age | Fall 201

On August 23rd, the Molded Fiber Glass Companies hosted the15th Supplier Recognition Day at the Madison Country Club inMadison, Ohio. wenty-two supplier companies were recognizedor their outstanding support to MFG, with Hexion SpecialtyChemicals being honored as MFGs Supplier o the Year.

Accepting the award or Hexions Epoxy and Phenolic ResinsDivision was erry Loy, corporate account manager or composites.

As MFGs principle contact or Hexion, erry did an exemplary jobo accessing his companys vast resources in support o MFGs specicprocess and technical requirements. As a supplier, Hexion bringsspecialized understanding o composites or wind energy that wasa critical asset as MFG pressed ahead to expand and improve ourcomposites manuacturing capabilities.

Working with MFG purchasing teammates om Yeary at MFGexas and Richard Frankhauser at MFG South Dakota, Hexiondemonstrated world-class management o a global supply chainduring a very challenging year or the epoxy industry. In anindustrial environment plagued by supply challenges, Hexiondelivered 100% o MFGs requirements on time insuring

steady production throughout the year.

Hexion Specialty Chemicals Given Top Honor at 15th Annual Supplier DayRichard Morrison Applauds MFGs Suppliers for Outstanding Support and Product Quality

Dan Plona updates the group o MFG suppliers.

wenty-seven companies were represented at MFGs annual Supplier Recognition Day.CEO Richard Morrison welcomed the group and acknowledged the importance o theircontributions to MFGs past and uture success.

Special thanks to MFG teammateKaren Rossetti in Corporate

Purchasing whose attention toplanning details helped makeSupplier Recognition Day an

enjoyable time or all.

Hexion Specialty Chemicals was recognized as MFGs 2010 Supplier o theYear. Te award is presented annually to a supplier whose dedication andservice place them in the oreront o MFGs business. Hexion oered a portolio solutions with technical service and support. Pictured (L to R): Richard

Morrison, CEO o MFG; erry Loy, Hexion corporate account manager orcomposites; Dan Plona, MFG VP corporate director o purchasing.

THE OFFICIal NEWSlETTER OF MOlDED FIBER GlaSS COMPaNIES

Fall 2010

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Getting to Know Joe

Go Green Use Your Screen: Composites Age Now Online!

Since October 2007 Joe Cotman has served asMFGs corporate controller. A amily man whohails rom Olmsted Falls, OH, Joe is responsibleor working with all o MFGs entities to ensurethe integrity o their nancial reporting.

Asked what makes his 77-mile drive to work each

day worthwhile, Joe answered, Te people. Ireally enjoy the teammate concept and its myexperience that everyone throughout the companybelieves in and lives that concept. He believesthe MFG eammate Values are responsible or

staying ocused on the common goal o protand success.

Joe and his wie Debbie have three children andare coming up on their 25th anniversary. Teiroldest son Steven is in his rst year o medicalschool at NEOUCOM and just married his high

school sweetheart Vanessa. Younger son Matthewis a senior at Heidelberg University and daughter

Jennier is in the 10th grade at Holy Name HighSchool in Parma Heights.

As part o the ongoing eort to reduce paperconsumption and waste and at the same timeincrease the audience or Composites Age, MFG

has created an online electronic version o thenewsletter. You can access current and past issuesany time, rom anywhere via the company website.I you sign up to receive the electronic newsletter onthe home page o the Molded Fiber Glass website(http://www.moldedberglass.com/), an email withan embedded link to the online issue will be sentto you each quarter when the new issue comes out.

When you sign up or the e-newsletter, you willbe removed rom the hard copy mailing list at thesame time.

Kurt Fink, MFGs Marketing/Media Coordinator,

and his website team designed and produced thenewsletter site. I you have eedback or ideas toshare, Kurt can be contacted by email at knk@moldedberglass.com.

Tis is the rst ofcial issue o Composites Age Online. Enjoy reading and sharing news updatesrom the Molded Fiber Glass Companies directly rom the company website. I youd like toreerence something that you saw in a past issue, archives are accessible as well starting withSummer 2010.

MFG Tray Company WelcomesLinda Noles to the Sales TeamJohn Tompson, General Manager o MFG ray Company, proudly announced the promotion o

teammate Linda Noles to the position o Food Service product line manager.

Linda brings rich knowledge o MFG ray Companys products, production and process methods, havingserved the last 3 years in the companys manuacturing operation. She is excited about her new positionand we look orward to watching the progress that she and her teammates make with the product line.

Linda is a native o Conneaut, Ohio, where she lives with her husband Andrew and son yler. She enjoysmotorcycle riding, spinning her own yarn rom various animal and plant fbers, knitting and weaving.

Linda can be reached by email at lnoles@mgtray.com or 814-683-4500 x219.

Linda Noles, Food Serviceproduct line manager forMFG Tray Company.

printed on recycled paper

Joe Cotman is the corporate controlleror MFG. His ofce is at headquarter s inAshtabula, and he can be contacted byemail at jcotman@moldedberglass.comor phone at (440) 994-5214.

GOGREEN

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Chips Boosts Support forMFG Wind Energy Business

Dan Chips, Director of Wind EnergyEngineering for MFG Corporate.

o support the growth o MFGs wind energy business, Dan Chips has joined the company inthe new position o corporate director o wind energy engineering, reporting to Carl LaFrance,MFGs wind energy champion. Dan comes to MFG rom the marine crat industry and bringsdeep experience in engineering, acility and manuacturing management. During his 13 yearswith the composite boat builder he had responsibility or a number o their production acil itiesin the Southeast.

Dan describes his mission at MFG as providing corporate-level support to the various entitiesthat produce wind energy products. He will be the primary customer point o contact orengineering issues, complimenting Carl LaFrances role or commercial issues.

We welcome Dan and look orward to working with him. You can reach him by email atDChips@moldedfberglass.com or 865-661-8033.

Chris Stebnisky at MFG Water

reatment Products became therst LEED Green Associate or tMolded Fiber Glass Companies.

Stebnisky and MFG Water Treatment LEEDing the WayStandingfor ExcellenceIn late 2009 teammate Chris Stebnisky at MFG Water reatmentProducts became the rst LEED Green Associate or MFG. Teend-point o attaining this certication was passing a rigorous examo 200 intensive questions with a score o 170 or better. But a loto concentrated eort was involved along the way establishingproessional eligibility, classroom time in Philadelphia, and monthso intense independent study.

Te LEED Green Building rating system is the internationally

accepted benchmark or the design, construction and operation ogreen buildings. Tere are dierent levels o certication LEEDCertied, Silver, Gold and Platinum. Te level o certication isdetermined by a point system that ranks the environmental impacto various things such as energy efciency, material composition,material use and waste, etc. It is now common practice orconscientious developers, building owners and government agenciesto require construction companies to design to this standard in orderto compete or their projects.

How can speciying MFG Water reatment Products help builderstoward LEED certication? According to Chris Stebnisky, I youare designing to achieve LEED credits on a building project, it is

important to understand the sections, credits and products thatare impacted by materials choices. Speciying ber glass reinorcedplastic (FRP) materials can help you to quali y or credits within theLEED rating system. With the knowledge that we have about howour products contribute to reducing environmental impacts, we canhelp customers at the design stage o their projects.

Tese are a ew ways that MFG Water reatment Products helpearn points:

Reducedlifecyclemaintenanceandrepaircostsbecauseitislonger lasting and renewable materials require ewer resourcesor replacement.

Uniquemanufacturingprocessallows or actory-applied colorand delivers a quality nish virtually eliminating the VOCsthat occur during painting.

LowthermalconductivityofFRPreduces energy consumption orheating and cooling when used in

building structures.

Lighterweightthanmanyalter-native materials, FRP reducesthe impact o transporting theproduct to the site.

FRPproductscanbecustomdesignedforexactt,reducing abrication, handling and waste at the site.

As part o our sales growth strategy, it was our intention to have aLEED-certied teammate at WP to aid customers in the designphases o their projects, said Dennis Vorse, general manager o MF

Water reatment Products. In addition, we also saw the benet osupporting continuous improvements in our own processes, materiachoices and work environment.

Congratulations Chris or your outstanding eort andaccomplishment!

For more inormation on LEED certication, visit the(USGBC) web site at: www.usgbc.org or contact Chris by emailat cstebnisky@mgwtp.com or by phone at 814.438.3959 x6732.

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Keith OConnellMFG Composite Systems

Company, Environmental aSafety Coordinator

Eric HutchinsonMFG Corporate, Controller

for MFG Alabama, MFGGalileo and WES

Renee MittelstadtMFG Corporate, Payroll

Administrator for MFG CSC,MFG Alabama and WES

Ron OrrMFG Composite SystemsCompany, Senior VP and

General Manager

TeammateApplause

Achievements and New Arrivals

Milestones

Plenty to Smile About in Alabama

On September 3, MFG Alabama had a companywideluncheon to celebrate milestones o many kinds:shipments, saety and teammate service. Tis month

also marked the 5-year anniversary o the Opp, ALplant opening.

General Manager Mike Leonard congratulated andthanked the entire company or the successul shipmento the 3000th wind turbine nacelle, and or achieving arecord 400+ days without a recordable accident.

Five teammates were recognized or 5-years o serviceto the company: Ron Atkinson (Process echnician Lamination Systems), Paula DeCheck (HR/HSManager), Patricia House (Purchasing/InventoryClerk), Don Bowers (Maintenance echnician III),

and ammy Farmer (Accounting/Logistics Clerk).

MFG Now Producing Safety

Tiles for Public Walkways

Over the summer MFG Composite Systems Company revvedup production o a new product Alertile. Tese tiles arered, yellow, black and grey colored composite panels with pro-nounced raised texture (truncated domes) that provide a saetymeasure in public spaces or citizens with vision disability.

Te current line o Alertiles are constructed o a speciallyormulated, UV resistant SMC material that was customdeveloped by Kurt Butler and iCom team or this application.

Alec Raa, MFG Sales Director and team led the successulsales eort to win this new business.

Crawford County Cows

Lookin Pretty Again!

Congratulations to MFG Alabama or shipment o the 3000th nacelle. Shown here is thmilestone 1.5Mw nacelle and MFG teammates that made it happen.

Alertile detectable warnings solutions are engineered or newconstruction and retrots or compliance with the Americans withDisabilities Act. Tese are now being produced by MFG Composite

Systems Company in Ashtabula, OH.

eammateDan Bowers

eammatePatricia House

eammateammy Farm

eammatePaula DeCheck

eammateRon Atkinson

New Markets In The Community

Teammate Vicki Greer of MFG UnionCity captured this picture of the cowdisplay that MFG Union City andMFG Tray Company repaired for the

community of Crawford County, PA.