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Culture - Feb 27, 2023

Promoting from within – a weapon for success

Looking back over the last 30 years, Todd Pagel, vice president of operations at Waupaca Foundry, said he expected his life to take a much different path than it did.

Heather Graves | The Business News

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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

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Culture - Feb 21, 2023

National Engineers Week: Mason Wellman

Mason Wellman, a mechanical engineer at Waupaca Foundry Plant 4, always had a knack for art and taking things apart and putting them back together. It wasn’t until his high school art teacher recommended looking into engineering school over art school that Wellman’s future really clicked.

Ally Melby | Waupaca Foundry

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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

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Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Dec 9, 2022

New Soft Exoskeleton Glove in Foundry Lends a Hand to Worker Wellbeing

Foundries have long been defined by their hard work environments and manual labor. However, in the last 25 years, Waupaca Foundry has both witnessed and led industry change. Since 2016 alone, Waupaca Foundry has invested over $360 million in capital to build, continuously improve, and maintain state-of-the-art operations. Technology and automation have made foundry and machining jobs safer, more ergonomic and skilled. Areas in the foundry where manual operations still outpace robotics do remain, though, such as in the mill room. There is an opportunity to bridge the automation gap and improve work environments that support team wellness and longevity. Enter the world’s first soft exoskeleton glove: The Ironhand®.

Ally Melby | Waupaca Foundry

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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

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Global MFG - Oct 17, 2022

Ironhand® Exoskeleton Protects Foundry Workers

Waupaca Foundry is using an innovative adaptive technology to support workers who manually grind iron castings in the foundry. The Ironhand glove is the world's first soft exoskeleton designed for the human hand to improve grip strength and reduce effort. The system was tested at the iron casting supplier's Etowah, Tenn. casting finishing plant and is currently in trials at the Marinette, Wisc. ductile iron foundry.

The BRAKE Report

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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

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Community - Jun 8, 2022

Foundry receives child advocacy award

The Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators recognized Waupaca Foundry with its statewide 2021-22 Bert Grover Child Advocacy Award.

waupacanow.com

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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

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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

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Community - Sep 13, 2021

Early engagement

Kirk Kallio, director of human resources for Waupaca Foundry, says youth outreach is an important focus at his company as well. The manufacturer offers co-op, apprenticeship and internship programs, scholarships, and financial support for STEM programs, as well as presenting a Foundry in a Box program that shows students and the community what foundry work looks like — in a small-scale way.

Jessica Thiel | Insight Publications

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Culture - Apr 15, 2020

Occupational Health Nurse Keeps Waupaca Foundry Employees Healthy Amid COVID-19

Common healthcare items, such as cleaning supplies, facemasks and hand sanitizers, are in short supply everywhere because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ally Melby | Waupaca Foundry

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Culture - Oct 13, 2019

Waupaca Foundry Sweeps Business Awards

Waupaca Foundry, a Hitachi Metals company, was honored Oct. 11 with community service and leadership awards at the annual McMinn County Economic Development Authority 2018 Industry Awards. The Etowah, Tennessee- based ductile iron component supplier and three members of its team were recognized with APEX awards & earning all but one student award.

Mike Geylin | The BRAKE Report

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