WCA May 2016

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Company prepares for 26 years in business

MILTEC Corporation reflected on employee success last year and took the opportunity to recognise and thank employees, new and seasoned veterans, at its annual holiday luncheon. There were several employees who celebrated milestones in 2015. One employee was recognised for their 25-year anniversary, followed by four employees who celebrated ten years and three who celebrated five years. The company also recognised 12 employees who completed their one-year anniversary in 2015. Several new employees joined the team in 2015, some of those filling key management positions in sales, human resources and the bulb division, while ❍ Staff at the annual holiday luncheon

and provides on-the-floor instruction and training to co-workers. As the company approaches 26 years in business, president Bob Blandford took the opportunity to personally recognise and thank all employees, recapping 2015 and sharing the exciting forecast for 2016. For 2016, plans are to grow employee population to support new business opportunities and the release of several new innovative products. In addition, Miltec will continue to train employees, and partner with various Maryland agencies in support of training to promote business growth. Miltec UV – USA Website : www.miltec.com

others joined in research and development, purchasing and manufacturing. Each year, Miltec formally recognises one individual who exemplifies customer satisfaction, time management, safety, initiative and the company’s core values. A committee of former recipients of the award collects nominations and ratings and selects the recipient of this honour. This year’s award went to Jennifer McCullough, who will be celebrating her fourth year with the company, and is an electro mechanical assembler, heavily involved in both of Miltec’s MPI and HPI products. She ensures high quality assemblies

Clifford Welding Systems (CWS) has undergone a name change to Clifford Machines & Technology (CMT). The name change has been effected to better reflect the diversified range of machinery that is now being delivered to customers and to express the capabilities and ambitions of CMT to produce machines and solutions in the industrial equipment space. Craig Markham, CEO, said: “We increasingly find ourselves receiving enquires to build capital equipment for customers not in our traditional wire and steel industries, customers that recognise CMT’s world-class engineering, design, development and project capability. “The new name is a good fit for the type of projects that we find ourselves involved with; delivering machinery and services to exciting new markets where our core capabilities allow us to deliver solutions to challenging problems.” Iain Ambler, technical director, added: “The Clifford name has been linked to the wire and steel industries for the last 50 years and yet all this time we have been providing machinery and solutions to business in industries outside this segment. “Our new name reflects all the history and experience we have in the machine building space and speaks to our capabilities to produce equipment, incorporating cutting edge technologies, with the same Clifford quality, reliability and innovation that our customers have come to expect.” Clifford Machines & Technology – South Africa Website : www.cliffeng.com It’s all in the name as Clifford changes to reflect diversity of machinery Customer satisfaction Madem Gulf Ind concluded the 2015 customer satisfaction survey with 42 wire and cable manufacturing customers in Middle East, Asia and African countries. Madem Gulf received 38 (90 per cent) responses polled in three categories: bad, good and very good; 100 per cent of responses fell into the good and very good categories. Madem Gulf polled the following services: claim response, quantities shipped X received, documentation, deliveries, quality inspections, performance, and packing. Madem Gulf – Brazil Website : www.mademreels.com

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