September 29 & 30 saw twelve of Carpenter Co.’s next generation of managers spend two intense, information packed days at the Reinhart Technical Center in Richmond, VA. Attendees met and heard from every senior executive in all functional business areas for updates and insights to our various businesses. As part of the development experiences for the group, they had the opportunity to meet CEO Stan Pauley and his entire executive team for dinner. The next two days followed with conversations on all our operating units. In addition to this experience, trainees have been participating in rotating job assignments and online training supplemented with one-on-one coaching with their respective Division Managers.

L to R attendees included: Mike McLane/Fogelsville, Josh Ferriall/Russellville, Ken Nyguen/Rivreside, Brandon Bednar/Fogelsville, Jonathan Ames/Temple, Travis Gnida/Conover, Barry Kubasek/Riverside, Joel Balaban/Lakeland, Charles Warren/Conover, Eric LaFaucia/Elkhart, Billy Chabot/Taylor and Cliff Paddock/Russellville.

Ed Malechek, President and COO, welcomes the participants to the Technical Center and overviews Carpenter Co.

Carpenter Co. Management for the Future

Trainees take in one of the presentations from the organization’s senior management.

Dennis Mater introduces our fiber operations while Eric LaFaucia listens intently.

Jonathan Ames checks out product samples during one of the presentations.

Scott Pugh, Director of the Reinhart Technical Center, describes the innovations and components of our new burn lab which help us better serve our customer base.

Ted McClure answers questions for trainees about the flammability test that is underway in the adjoining room.

Dan Schecter, Senior VP for Consumer Products connects the dots for the manufacturing trainee group on what they produce to the customers Dan’s team serves.