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Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Jul 13, 2023

“Cast your own future” with the Waupaca Foundry

A business staple that started making products sold locally has now grown to several facilities in two different states and has customers worldwide. The Waupaca Foundry has become an industry leader and has its roots on the banks of the Waupaca River in downtown Waupaca. Some of the early products made by the foundry were Waupaca field plows, the jaws of the Waupaca stone crusher, and window sashays.

Nick Witwer | WFRV

#culture #jobs #waupaca #wfnews

Waupaca Foundry

Global MFG - Jun 8, 2023

The truth about trust and the real parts potential of foundry partnerships

Waupaca Foundry recently commissioned a new horizontal mold line at Plant 1, and they invited us to come when they had the first pour.

Kim Phelan | Casting Source

#foundry #manufacturing #technology #waupaca

Waupaca Foundry

Community - Jun 2, 2023

Waupaca Foundry Awards 2023 Scholarships

Waupaca Foundry is proud to support the next generation of ambitious leaders by providing scholarships to students in Waupaca Foundry communities.

Alexia Toney | Waupaca Foundry

#community #jobs #K12 #marinette #scholarships #tellcity #waupaca

Waupaca Foundry

Community - May 18, 2023

Waupaca County's 'Catch a Ride' program breaks down transportation barriers for workers

A Waupaca County program was highlighted for giving workers more than just a lift to work.

Fox 11 News

#community #waupaca

Waupaca Foundry

Global MFG - May 1, 2023

Pneumatic line abrasion resisted with defection elbows

Waupaca Foundry deployed deflection elbows to reduce pneumatic line abrasion at two of their facilities.

Charles Williston | Plant Engineering

#castiron #waupaca

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Apr 28, 2023

Women in Credit - Mary Hotvedt

Mary Hotvedt, Credit Manager at Waupaca Foundry, has maintained a career in the credit and collections field for over twenty years. Mary has spent most of her career at Waupaca Foundry; recently, Dan Pike, Director of Motor Credit at ABC-Amega, sat down with Mary to discuss her career.

ABC/Amega

#culture #employee-spotlight #waupaca

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Apr 28, 2023

National Welding Month | Matthew Mlodik

Matthew Mlodik, a maintenance assistant at Waupaca Foundry Plant 2/3 in Waupaca, Wisconsin, began pursuing his career in welding long before he could even legally have a job.

Karter Kaminske | Waupaca Foundry

#culture #foundry #Waupaca #welding

Waupaca Foundry

Iron Castings - Apr 26, 2023

Waupaca Foundry Adopts Horizontal Molding

The ferrous foundry group – long known for green-sand vertical molding – has added a Sinto America molding line and ExOne sand printer for cores, in response to customer demand.

Foundry Management & Technology

#iron-casting #waupaca

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Mar 31, 2023

Decades of Paving the Way

Women have carved out roles in the skilled trades for generations, each making the path easier for the next

Heather Graves | The Business News

#waupaca #wfnews

Waupaca Foundry

Iron Castings - Mar 23, 2023

Waupaca Foundry Reprises Horizontal Molding For a Great Fit

It has been over 30 years since Waupaca Foundry has had horizontal molding capabilities. In May of 1967, Waupaca Foundry installed its first vertical molding machine, and by the early 1990s, the last of the horizontal molding machines were removed.

Janelle Bailey | Waupaca Foundry

#iron-casting #waupaca

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Feb 27, 2023

National Engineers Week: Steve Nygaard

Steve Nygaard, a tooling manager at Waupaca Foundry Plant 2/3 in Waupaca, Wisconsin, chose a career path in manufacturing for a hands-on engineering experience.

Ally Melby | Waupaca Foundry

#culture #employee-spotlight #engineering #waupaca #wf

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Feb 16, 2023

Jeff Barden, tooling engineer and layout supervisor

National Engineers Week: Jeffry Barden

Jeffry Barden, a Waupaca Foundry layout supervisor and tooling engineer at Plant 2/3 in Waupaca, Wisconsin, developed the skill set to become an engineer while on the job.

Ally Melby | Waupaca Foundry

#culture #employee-spotlight #engineering #waupaca #wf

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Feb 1, 2023

Waupaca Foundry named Todd Pagel as vice president of operations.

Pagel is a 30-year veteran of Waupaca Foundry who has served in positions including molding supervisor, plant manager and, most recently, director of operations. He started in 1993 as an operator in the molding department at Plant 2/3 in Waupaca. In 2021, while working as plant manager at Plant 2/3, he was also responsible for melt and molding operations at Plant 6, which is located in Etowah, Tennessee.

Insight

#culture #waupaca #wfnews

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Dec 9, 2022

Pictured left to right: Matt Jacobs, Alan Crawford, Steve Sirkorski

To Munich and Beyond with Level III MAGMA Certification

Waupaca Foundry Tooling Engineer Alan Crawford earned his Level III MAGMASOFT® certification in 2022—one of only approximately 50 in the United States. His recent presentation at the MAGMA North American User Group meeting in Chicago, Illinois, on September 7-9, 2022, made a significant impact. In fact, the certification panel asked Crawford to share his capstone project again at the MAGMA International User Group event in Munich, Germany, on October 19-21, 2022.

Janelle Bailey | Waupaca Foundry

#culture #employee-spotlight #waupaca #wfnews

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Dec 2, 2022

Matt Jacobs, Ariel Bartel, Steve Sirkorski

Reducing Foundry Scrap Leads to Level III Certification

Congratulations to Waupaca Foundry’s Ariel Bartel, who recently earned her Level III MAGMASOFT certification through MAGMA Academy. MAGMA is a world-wide leading developer and supplier of finite element analysis software, including MAGMASOFT. Through certification, users become adept at maximizing the tool’s more advanced features in aim to improve metal casting quality, optimize processes, and reduce production costs.

Janelle Bailey | Waupaca Foundry

#award #culture #employee-spotlight #waupaca #wf

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Nov 10, 2022

Marines Staff Sergeant Deployed to 14 Countries Before Joining Waupaca Foundry Veteran Spotlight: Storekeeper, Hank Lynch

At the age of 18, Hank Lynch followed his instinct to enlist in the United States Marine Corps. Over the next seven years, Lynch went on a personal mission to travel as often and to as many places as the Marines would send him. Now a storekeeper at Waupaca Foundry’s gray iron Plant 2/3 in Waupaca, Wisconsin, Lynch reflects on how his journey in the Marines led him to be who and where he is today.

Ally Melby | Waupaca Foundry

#culture #employee-spotlight #veteran #veterans #waupaca

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Nov 3, 2022

Military Veteran Brings Sense of Ownership to Waupaca Foundry

If you were to ask Robert Larsen, a pattern vault attendant at Waupaca Foundry’s Plant 1 gray iron location, to recite his time in the Wisconsin Army National Guard, he would be able to provide the month, day and year of his enlistment, basic training and any extensive operations without even stopping to think — a testament to his ability to think three or four steps ahead during his job today at Waupaca Foundry.

Ally Melby | Waupaca Foundry

#culture #employee-spotlight #veteran #veterans #waupaca

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Oct 11, 2022

Coming home to Waupaca

Since she turned 18, Gabriela Ocampo has relocated from Miami to Texas, then to Chicago, before finding a place she calls home. Now 24 years old, she is living in Waupaca and working directly for Waupaca Foundry.

Robert Cloud | waupacanow.com

#culture #jobs #waupaca #wf

Waupaca Foundry

Community - Sep 19, 2022

Breaking ground for splash pad

A groundbreaking ceremony for the new spash pad at Swan Park was held on September 12. The project cost $1.5 million. Major donors were Community First Credit Union, Farmer's State Bank, Theda Care, the Waupaca Foundry, Peterson Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram, Faulks Brothers and Chris and Vic Anthony.

James Card | waupacanow.com

#community #donation #waupaca

Waupaca Foundry

Global MFG - Jul 15, 2022

Proving Our Metal

Wisconsin today maintains the fifth-most foundries of any U.S state. Which is home to both the largest iron foundry company in the world - Waupaca Foundry and the most recognizable Neenah Foundry

Insight Publications

#community #culture #foundry #Waupaca

Waupaca Foundry

Community - May 20, 2022

Waupaca Foundry Builds and Donates Hydraulic Ram for Waupaca and Portage County

After the Waupaca County Sheriff’s Department received a surplus MRAP vehicle, the department identified the need for a ram to make the vehicle more useful in keeping officers safe during high-risk situations. For manufacturing such a piece, the department reached out to Waupaca Foundry to design, fabricate and install a hydraulic arm and push plate that could provide entrance to a barricaded area.

Ally Melby | Waupaca Foundry

#award #community #donation #giving #safety #waupaca

Waupaca Foundry

Community - May 19, 2022

Waupaca Foundry Awards 2022 Scholarships

Waupaca Foundry is proud to support the next generation of ambitious leaders by providing scholarships to students in Waupaca Foundry communities. This year, we awarded $39,000 to 26 deserving high school seniors.

Ally Melby | Waupaca Foundry

#effingham #etowah #marinette #scholarships #tellcity #waupaca

Waupaca Foundry

Community - May 6, 2022

Discover Wisconsin | Waupaca: From the Chain to Main | S35 Ep. 2

Discover Wisconsin covers the City of Waupaca in its 35th season in episode #2. Fast-forward to minute 7:25 and spot an employment plug for Waupaca Foundry.

Discover Wisconsin

#community #waupaca

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Apr 29, 2022

Dennis Peterson Retires With 50 Years at Waupaca Foundry

Dennis Peterson reached that rare distinction when he retired in March 2022 with 50 years at Waupaca Foundry. And with decades of experience, few retire from the iron casting supplier having worked in a variety of areas of the foundry as Peterson.

Lydia Engelbreth | Waupaca Foundry

#culture #employee-spotlight #waupaca

Waupaca Foundry

Community - Mar 1, 2022

Cultivating a workforce

Workforce development has been part of Waupaca Foundry's mission for decades. The company encourages its employees to obtain further education and training to advance their careers at the foundry. The foundry has subsidized classes in management and engineering, worked with local high schools and Fox Valley Technical College. According to Mike Nikolai, Waupaca Foundry's president, CEO and COO, education represents an investment.

Robert Cloud | waupacanow.com

#intern #jobs #K12 #robotics #skillsgap #trades #waupaca #wf #wfnews

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Feb 4, 2022

Waupaca Foundry’s Brian Swan Named “Hometown Hero” by State of Wisconsin Assembly

The Assistant Chief/Volunteer Firefighter Helped Pass a Law Which Creates an Emergency Zone Around the Scene of Roadway Incidents to Keep Emergency Responders and Roadside Workers Safe

Kim Viduski | Waupaca Foundry

#culture #legislation #waupaca

Waupaca Foundry

Community - Dec 27, 2021

New sergeant sworn in

By James Card At the city council meeting on Dec. 20, new recruit Bryan Strobusch took his oath of office as the new police sergeant and was sworn in by city clerk Becky Loehrke. Strobusch has much experience in local and regional law enforcement. Originally from Waupaca, he went to UW-Oshkosh, earning a bachelor's of science in criminal justice in 2010. After a stint at the Waupaca Foundry when there were not many police jobs open, he worked for the Langlade County Sheriff's Department.

James Card | waupacanow.com

#award #safety #sergeant #waupaca

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Dec 10, 2021

50 Years at Waupaca Foundry Brings a Lifetime of Changes

On December 10th, 1971 Tracey Ambacher joined Waupaca Foundry. He started at Plant 1 in his senior year of high school. At the time, there was no application process. Tracey’s neighbor was none other than, Plant Manager Gary Thoe (who was later promoted to CEO). Gary recruited Tracey to join the team at the same time that Ambacher’s number was almost called to service in the Vietnam War draft.

Lydia Engelbreth | Waupaca Foundry

#culture #employee-spotlight #innovation #waupaca

Waupaca Foundry

Iron Castings - Nov 16, 2021

Underground Hero

Machining was, in fact, the lynchpin that ultimately enabled multiple Slimcast SKUs to be derived from a single casting, as opposed to producing multiple castings, each with separate tooling.

Kim Phelan | Casting Source

#innovation #waupaca #wf #wfnews

Waupaca Foundry

Community - Oct 28, 2021

Benches Brighten Waupaca Downtown Community

Waupaca Foundry and Alliance Industries jointly rallied around its local community to provide beautiful, functional park benches for the City of Waupaca as part of its Main Street Project renovation.

Lydia Engelbreth | Waupaca Foundry

#castiron #community #donation #giving #waupaca

Waupaca Foundry

Community - Oct 20, 2021

Peshtigo High School has vocational learning partnerships with more than 30 businesses | News | ehextra.com

Peshtigo High School's vocational studies program prepares students for employment. Business partners who work with the Peshtigo High School Vocational Program numbers more than 30. Some of those businesses include Badger Paper Mill, PHC Inc., Caterpillar, Lemke Heating and Cooling, Evergreen Tool Co. Inc. and Waupaca Foundry.

EH Extra

#community #skillsgap #waupaca #wfnews #workforcedevelopment

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Oct 14, 2021