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Waupaca Earns Community Awards
The Waupaca Area Chamber
of Commerce has named Wau- paca Foundry Inc., Waupaca, Wis., “Large Business of the Year” for 2013. Qualifying companies must be in business for five or more years, have more than 20 employees, pro- vide community service and enrich life in the community. Waupaca Foundry is the larg-
est employer in the area with 1,620 people in the Waupaca county region and 2,070 employees at plants in Marinette, Wis., Tell City, Ind., and Etowah, Tenn. T e company operates three production facilities in Wau- paca County and employs residents in roles including management, administration, metallurgy and gray iron casting production. T e county has had a metalcasting facility in continuous operation since 1871. Residents of the Waupaca County
region also voted Waupaca Foundry the “Best Place to Work” based on a poll taken by local publications owned by Multi-Media Channels. “We’re proud of the hardworking,
skilled workers in the region,” said Joey Leonard, vice president, hu- man resources, Waupaca Foundry. “Our goal is to provide dedicated employees with high quality em- ployment and in return, their loyalty has helped us realize extremely low turnover throughout the years.” Waupaca Foundry Inc. produces
gray and ductile iron castings for the automotive, commercial vehicle, agriculture, construction and indus- trial markets.
Spartan Earns Automotive Quality Award Spartan Light Metal Products,
Sparta, Ill., a supplier of aluminum and magnesium custom die cast- ings, was recognized as an Excellent Quality Performance Award win- ner at Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.’s
(TEMA) Annual Supplier Business Meeting (ABM) on March 19. Of Toyota’s 388 suppliers, only nine
received a Quality Performance Award. In addition, Spartan Light Metal Prod- ucts was the only U.S.-based supplier to receive the award.
Waupaca Foundry makes gray and ductile iron components like this engine bed plate.
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