GLMC Board Members :

President

COURT DOOLEY

Orchids Paper

Pryor, OK………..918-825-0616

VP—President Elect

MIKE TACKKETT

Ferra Aerospace

Grove, OK……….918-787-2220

Secretary/Treasurer

GEORGE MAY

Afton Manufacturing

Afton, OK………..918-257-4269

Past Presidents: BOB CEHELNIK RONNIE TAYLOR ANGIE SCHULTE

JERRY SALCHER

RAMIN ZARRABI

LARRY JOHNSON

DAVE MITCHELL

DENNIS THOMAS

DON MALONE

ROB MUTERSBAUGH

CHARLIE CAMPBELL

SCOTT HERBST

KEITH MARTIN

DWAYNE VANCIL

SCOTT LAWSON

BILL DUTTON

BETTY MEEKS

DAVE COOK

MIKE MITCHELL Manufacturing Extension Agent OK Manufacturing Alliance 918-244-2131

mike.mitchell@okalliance.com

MARSHA COLE, Coordinator PO Box 450282 Grove, OK 74345-0282 918-964-1521

marsha@glmc-ok.com

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Meet GLMC/GCMA Board 2

Msg from the President 3

Event Calendar……...…… 3

C2B Kick-Off …….……….. 4

OKLAHOMA MANUFACTURING

ALLIANCE

November 2017 Issue

November 14th GLMC will feature a plant tour of ORIZON in Grove, OK.

The Grove facility manufactures complex aircraft subassemblies for the military/defense and commercial industries.

Since the acquisition of the former Preci-sion Machine Aerogroup in Fall 2016, ORIZON has invested over $35 million in the expansion of the facility. A major part of the expansion is the installation of six Starrag Ecospeed state-of-the-art machin-ing centers and automated pallet shuttle systems. The Ecospeed uses six linear axes drives that move simultaneously to produce a range of aluminum structural components with unrivalled levels of effec-tiveness and efficiency.

The tour is limited to 20 participants and includes lunch at 1909 Restaurant in down-town Grove immediately following the tour. During lunch Josh Fink, General Manager, will be available to answer questions and discuss how Orizon drives performance through continuous improvement efforts.

On November16th the GCMA meeting will be a plant tour of RAE Corporation located in Mid-America Industrial Park, Pryor. RAE specializes in the design and production of engineered heat-ing, cooling and refrigeration system for commercial industries.

RAE is a family owned and operated busi-ness that was founded in 1971. They began operations in a small leased building that was originally used to store black powder during WWII. RAE now operates in a 220,000 square foot manufacturing facility, has over $50 million in sales and employs 260 people.

RAE has two full-time Process Engineers that lead, train and facilitate ongoing pro-cess improvements within their facility. Jerry Salcher, Plant Manager will be availa-ble at lunch following the tour to answer questions and talk about RAE’s Continuous Improvement journey.

The tour is limited to 30 participants and includes lunch on-site at RAE.

PLANT TOURS —

Make Reservations before NOON

on Friday, November 10th

Email: marsha@glmc-ok.com

Cost: $15 per person (includes lunch)

MFG DAY 2017 in the Mid-America Indus-trial Park (MAIP) included tours of manu-facturers and industrial training centers by students from local high schools and NE Tech Center.

Pictured below are students job shadow-ing at HE&M Saw. HE&M Saw is the band saw technology leader. They manufactur-er over 70 models of production ban saws.

The purpose MFG DAY is to create awareness of the varied careers in manu-facturing, as well as earning potential. MFG DAY is also intended to help im-prove the public perceptions about manu-facturing.

Below approximately 140 students from local high schools gather for “Movie in the Park” at Mid-Am Industrial Park.

Manufacturing Day Celebrations in Mid-America Industrial Park

November 14th (Tuesday) — Orizon Aerostructures, Grove, OK — 10:00 -NOON November 16th (Thursday) — RAE Corporat ion, Pryor , OK — 10:00 -NOON

Make Reservations before NOON

on Friday, November 10th

Email: marsha@glmc-ok.com

Cost: $15 per person (includes lunch)

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Meet Your GLMC/GCMA Board Members

GLMC/GCMA Secretary-Treasurer—

George May is president of GTSA and Afton Manufacturing located in Afton, OK. His companies are in-volved in machining precision parts, from small aerospace components to large lifting and rigging equipment for the oil and construction industries.

George is a goal-oriented, hands-on manager with over 25 years in manufacturing serving in various roles with plants worldwide. Prior to his purchase of Afton Manufacturing he worked for Gardner Denver most recently in the position of Global Director for Manufacturing & Quality Sys-tems and prior to that as Director of Operations at their Tulsa plant.

George graduated from Buffalo State, The State University of New York, with a Bachelor’s in Me-chanical Technology and a Master’s Degree in Industrial Technology.

George likes playing golf, but since becoming a business owner he has not found much time for the sport.

GLMC/GCMA Vice-President—

Mike Tackkett is Site Manager for Ferra Aerospace in Grove OK. The Grove facility is part of Australian-based Ferra Engi-neering headquartered in Bris-bane, Australia. Ferra (Grove) assembles aerospace parts for the F35, MH-60 Helicopter and other military aircraft.

Mike went to work for Ferra in 2015 and while the company continued to assemble parts in a leased facility, Mike oversaw the construction of the new, 35,000 square-foot facility. During the past 2 years Mike has attended International Air Shows in England, France and Australia representing both Ferra Aerospace and the State of Oklahoma.

Prior to joining Ferra, Mike was the Engineering Supervisor for Malone’s CNC & Machining and before that owned and operated his own fabrica-tion and machine shop for twelve (12) years.

Mike graduated from Pittsburg State University with Bachelor’s in Technology Education.

GLMC/GCMA President—

Court Dooley is Site Manager at Orchids Paper Products located in the Mid-America Industrial Park in Pryor. Court began his career with Orchids as Process Leader in October 2014, then became Converting Plant Manager in August 2015 and was promot-ed to Site Manager in June 2016. The Pryor facility operates a paper mill and paper con-verting lines that produce paper towels, bath tissue and paper napkins for retail and com-mercial markets.

Prior to working for Orchids, Court held various leadership roles for Kimberly-Clark Corporation at the Jenks plant for 7 years and held Engineering and Leadership roles for 4 years at Georgia Pacific in Muskogee.

Court attended OSU and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering. For down time Court enjoys hunting & fishing and annual mission work in Haiti.

In addition to the above elected positions, the Past President serves on the board for 1 year. Bob Ce-helnik, COO for Reading Midwest Distribution, currently serves as the Past President.

When you consider the current Board’s manufacturing backgrounds, they bring well over 50 years of diverse manufacturing skills and experience to the table. Their role is to guide the organizations to identify key topics and training that keep the organization relevant and worthwhile.

Tuesday November

14th

10-11:00 am

(11:15 Lunch at 1909

Restaurant)

G L M C P l a n t T o u r

O R I Z O N A e r o s t r u c t u r e s

Grove Industrial Park

500 Industrial Road Grove, OK 74344

Thursday November

16th

10-11:00 am (11:15 Lunch

on-site at RAE)

G C M A P l a n t T o u r

R A E C o r p o ra t i o n

Mid-America Industrial Park

Pryor, OK

Nov 13-Dec 14

Mon/Thurs 5-8 pm CNC II — Programming

NE Tech Center Afton Campus

Jan 18— Feb 22

2018

8-11:30 am

Thursdays

1-4:30 pm

GLMC Supervisor Training To Register: Contact marsha@glmc-ok.com

GCMA Supervisor Training

NE TECH AFTON

NE TECH PRYOR

483 Airport Road

FALL 2018

GLMC/GCMA Leadership Series

M E S S A G E F R O M O U R P R E S I D E N T . . .

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The primary reason that I volunteered to serve on the GLMC/GCMA Board is that I strongly believe that man-ufacturers need to engage with each other. We spend a significant amount of time (for good reasons) engag-ing our staff and our customers, but too often we may find ourselves too busy to reach out and engage with other manufacturers.

A fundamental objective of GLMC/GCMA is to create opportunities to network. Why? Because the manufac-turing problems that we encounter each day are proba-bly not unique to our specific company. There is an excellent chance that the manufacturer right down the street has wrestled with the same issue and has al-ready solved this problem to root cause, or developed an effective countermeasure. Similar to the “New Eyes” approach to process improvement —sometimes we are often too close to the process to see the real issues or causes.

My number one goal this year is to strengthen the en-gagement of local manufacturers so that we may be-come resources to each other. GLMC/GCMA provides each of us opportunities to develop relationships with other company leaders and at the same time, hear in-formation on topics relevant to all manufacturers.

The GLMC/GCMA Board met last week and as a team, we agreed we needed to shake things up a bit. To begin, we are going to try meeting on a different day of

the week (versus Friday). Another topic the Board discussed was to en-courage our member companies to identify future leaders within their companies and urge them attend the quarterly professional development meetings. These meetings can pro-vide members an opportunity to spend some one-on-one time with these key individuals as well as give them visibility in the community as representatives of your company.

Please let me know of other suggestions you have to make GLMC/GCMA a greater resource to you and your company. None of us need another meeting to go to, but we do all need the opportunity to learn from each other.

The November meetings will be plant tours of two of our local companies: Orizon Aerostructures in Grove and RAE Corporation in Pryor. This is a great way to get to know these companies and meet other manufac-turers in the process.

I hope to see you soon and I welcome the opportunity to connect with you and hear how you think GLMC/GCMA can maximize our impact.

Court Dooley Site Manager, Orchids Paper

MARK YOUR CALENDAR . . .

Court Dooley GLMC/GCMA President

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