March/April 2020

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Spotlight of the Month: Cohl McClung

Product of the Month

We would like to welcome the newest member of the Valco Team. We have purchased a Trubend 7036 Press Brake to complement and improve our bending capabilities.

This advanced press brake will bend work piec-es/parts up to 40’ in length with up to 40 tons of power. It is an electric press brake which means there are no hydraulic cylinders to generate force. Driven by electrically powered ball screws, it is both extremely accurate and fast. The ergonomic design of the machine makes it easy for the opera-tor to bend large quantities of smaller parts while seated. We are now fully operational and excited with having this state of the art brake press as part of our brake press department. We are glad to be able to continually improve our capabilities and efficiency while investing in all of our futures.

Our product of the month is a very long and intricate frame that serves as a support for a ladder apparatus on a first responder’s emergency vehicle. In order to assist in mak-ing a perfect fit, all of the framework was tabbed which allowed for a precise fitting. The long channels and angles were cut into different lengths to allow them to be welded behind the framework. This added strength and concealability.

We make several different size frames like the one pictured here, but this is by far one of the biggest/longest. We are very happy and honored to be part of manufacturing vi-tal parts for first responder vehicles.

Our Associate Spotlight this month shines on Cohl McClung who has been part of the Valco Team since October 2019 and is part of our first shift brake press department.Cohl was born and raised in Springfield. He attended the Springfield City Schools, but decided to enroll in the new Global Impact Stem Academy for his ninth grade year. He was part of the first GISA class of ninth graders. He spent two years at GISA and then decided to transfer back to Springfield High School for his final two years. He graduated from Springfield High (Go Wildcats) in 2017.

During his high school years he started working part time at the Burger King facility located at McCreight and Plum Streets and worked there for almost four years. He became the store manager for his last 9 months at Burger King. He then took a job with E.B. Brown as an order picker/packer and also helped with the loading of trucks each day. For those of you who might not know E.B. Brown is the main supplier of a large number of different products to the various Speedway convenience stores.

After working at E.B. Brown for about 18 months Cohl was encouraged to join the Valco Team by his grandfather Ed Ledent and his father Chris, both who work at Valco. Ed Ledent, a long- time brake press operator for Valco trained Cohl on brake press operations for several weeks. With some excellent training and hands on experience Cohl has now become an excellent brake press operator himself.He is the proud father of a 15 month old daughter, Luna May. During his limited free time, he enjoys playing video, board, and card games. We are very happy to have Cohl as part of our team and look forward to working with him in the months and years ahead.

Frankie Knight . . . . . . . . .April 2ndMike Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 4thAaron Bray . . . . . . . . . . . . April 9thJordan Shinlger . . . . . . . . April 19thTeddy Griffith . . . . . . . . . April 22ndDarren Perez . . . . . . . . . . April 23rdJett Van Culin . . . . . . . . . April 26thJerry Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 16thBill Brougher . . . . . . . . . . . May 31st

April and May seems to be very good birthday months for Valco Associates. We wish each of you a great day on your special day as well as a year of good health, lots of laughs and much personal and professional cusses. Here’s hoping for a lot more birthday celebra-tions in the years ahead.

Years of Service

DanWoodruff. . . April 12. . . 9 YearsJeremiah Staup. . April 16 . . 2 YearsDave Denney . . .April 25 . . .14 YearsMike Hughes . . . April 30. . .13 YearsJamie Callan . . . . May 2 . . . .9 Years!!Art Beckel . . . . . May 3. . . . . 2 YearsMegan Watson . . . May 13 . . . 1 YearJerry Reed . . . . May 18 . . . 22 Years!!!Bradley Castle . . . May 2 . . .12 yearsBrennen Kumbusky . May 22 .3 YearsMano Sergakis . . . May 28 . 1 year

We thank each of you for being such an important part of the Valco Team and for doing such a great job for Valco and our many customers. Your many contribu-tions are greatly appreciated, and we look forward to continuing to work with you in the months and years ahead. We especially want to recognize and thank Jerry Reed for all his has done and contribut-ed as he celebrates his 22nd year of working at Valco.

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Great Quotes“Ambition can creep as well as soar” Edmund Burke“If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of payments.” Stephen Wright“It’s but little good you’ll do a-watering last year’s crop.” George Eliot“I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow as well.” Woodrow Wilson“The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and

which to burn.” David Russell

For those of you who like to plan ahead here’s a heads up that Memorial Day 2020 is on Monday, May 25th and is of course a paid holiday for all full-time

Valco Associates. We will resume normal production, shipping and receiving hours on Tuesday, May 26th. Hopefully life and activities will be back to normal by that time so we can all better enjoy the holiday.

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As most of you know Valco has been designated as a criti-cal industry during the coronavirus pandemic. Fortunately, we have been able to continue to be fully operational in order to meet our customers ongoing requirements. Most of our cus-tomers have also been designated as critical industries and as such we have done all we can to continue to meet their critical needs and so they in turn can meet their customers’ require-ments as well.

We want to thank all of our Associates for their willingness and “can do” attitude to continue working during these very trying and challenging times in our lives. This “science fiction movie” feeling we are living through certainly is nothing like any of us have experienced before, and hopefully something we will never again experience in our lifetimes. We have and will continue every day to do all we can to be sure that Valco remains a safe and healthy place to work and continue to encourage all of our associates to follow all of the recommended hygiene and safety precautions that have been provided to all of us over the past several months.

Welcome to: Joe McCrite who started on April 9th and is part of our first shift welding department. Joe is a graduating CTC welding student and we look forward to working with him in the months and years ahead.