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A publication of Advance Turning & Manufacturing

Edition IV • Winter 2015

A publication of

4005 Morrill Rd., Jackson, MI

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John RappleyePresident,

Advance Turning & Manufacturing

Joe SorensonVice President of the Medical Business Unit

Scott HalsteadVice President of

the Aerospace Business Unit

John Macchia, Sr. Founder

John Macchia, Jr. CEO

Cover:2014 Company Picnic

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Cheers to 2015!

Advance Turning & Manufacturing wishes you and your family a happy, healthy, and successful New Year!

2014 was a busy year for ATM, filled with new faces, new systems, new tools, and new achievements. In August, with the guidance of our quality department and commitment of all ATM employees, we earned ISO 13485 certification. This significantly broadens our qualifications within the medical device industry, here and abroad.

Throughout the year we purchased new inspection equipment and machinery, including additional shop floor CMMs and Vision systems, a Mazak Integrex, Swiss machines, a multi-spindle Miyano, and many more. These latest additions to our best-in-class equipment line up allow us to meet our customers’ needs and open doors for future growth opportunities.

We’ve also implemented a brand new ERP system, bringing us to the next level in real-time productivity monitoring. Our teams now work more efficiently, viewing real-time data and information with just a couple clicks of the mouse! Tasks that once took days can now be completed in minutes. By embracing new technology we continue to lead the industry and exceed our customers’ expecta-tions.

Our sales team connects us to the world, so we’ve focused on implementing new sales and marketing strategies over the past year. We added two experienced out-side sales representatives to our team, which exhibited at tradeshows in Chicago, Ft. Worth, and Anaheim—connecting with new faces from all over the world, and familiarizing us with the latest advancements within the industries we serve. We value these relationships and keeping abreast of industry developments just as much as we value the opportunity for new business.

There’s a lot to look forward to in 2015! We’re focusing on expansion and enhancement, with plans to expand our plants, enhance our prototype depart-ment, upgrade our SPC data collection system, explore acquisition opportunities, implement a corporate-wide wellness program, and more!

We’d like to extend our thanks and appreciation to each of you. Without your business and loyalty, we would not be able to share in this success. As always, we welcome your feedback and advice. If there is anything we can do to make your lives easier, please let us know!

Make sure to check out our newly updated website: www.advanceturning.com

Next stop: Anaheim, CA, February 10–12th for the MD&M tradeshow. Come visit us at Booth #1179!

Warmly,Shaun Macchia

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contentsWhat’s Inside

Company Picnic Highlights � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �4

Chicago MD&M � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 12

How did you earn your first buck? � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 13

Facility Renovation � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 14

and more!

“Advance Insider” is a publication by and about the men and women of Advance Turning & Manufacturing in Jackson, Michigan.

Brian Adams Bryon Albert Zachary Andrews Douglas Backinger Jerry Beach Jr. Charles Beebe Joseph Benn Arthur Bevier Phillip Bliven Paul Borener John Brierly Travis Bristow Benjamin Britten Timothy Brown Shaun Bruemmer Emily Bullinger Michael Burton William Byrd Mark Carmoney Shellie Clem Jerry Clemons Timothy Crandall Norman Crittenden Matthew Cropsey Andrew Cunningham William Debozy Gary Dennis Drew Derr Kimberly Downard Charles Edwards Laurn Ellis Austin Elrod Aaron Elsass Dale Elsass Scott Eubanks Joseph Farnham Kaila Fitzgerald Mark Flanders Kristin Flick Wilbur Fuller Jason Gallatin

Steven Ganton Christopher Gebhardt Andrew Gerrish George Goodell III Ronald Gould Thomas Gove Lavell Green Gary Greenwood Danny Grier William Grinage John Gunn Chris Guynn Mason Haas Jamie Hall Jennifer Halstead Scott Halstead Tad Harmon Trevor Harris Albert Harvey Valin Hawes George Haynes Michael Hendershott Wayne Hill Donna Hinton Troy Hoffmann Ellen Holdridge Eric Hollis John Humphrey Clark Hutchens Jennifer Jaquish David Jones Wallace Jones Ronald Jones Jr. Gerald Juszkowski Barbara Kavanaugh Timothy Keith Yvonneda Kennell Thomas Keyes Tammy Knox Michael Koziol Cory Krutsch

Ryan LeyAnthony Macchia John Macchia, Sr.John Macchia, Jr.Shawn MansonTimothy MatthewsCory MayRonald McLainMatthew McMillan IIGustavo MedinaLarry Melendez John MietelkaLarry MilesKenneth MillerClaude MoreyMichelle MorrisonThomas MorrisseyWilliam NewmanGerald NodinePaul OlszewskiBrian OwenHarold Owen John Pajot John PelhamKirk PetersonWilliam PogueTerry PolewkaIrvin PraterTamera PraterNicholas PrestonRichard Pulver John RappleyeDaniel ReeveBrooker RenferRobert RenferRandal RichardsonChad RogersNathan RowleyMicah SagravesLeAnn SchmidtWilliam Schultz

Arthur Shepherd Pamela Shepherd Shannon Shepherd Brian Showerman Robert Showerman William Showerman Gregory Skinkle Andrew Sladick Paul Slone Jeffery Smith Russell Smith Joanne Sorenson Joseph Sorenson Paul Spicer Matthew Stemen Jason Stephens Cynthia Stevens Michael Stevens Eric Stevick Patrick Stiles Brent Sundermeyer Michael Sutton David Szpunar Cody Tackett Bradley Tase Cynthia Taylor William Thompson Bobby Thornton Nathan Tingley Kathy Tramel Loraine Tripp Gregory Vinton Richard Vinton Alex Whitney Marcus Whitt Steven Willey Antuan Williams Bryan Willnow Jack Yager Shelley Zonts Ronald Zyla

Submit your articles: [email protected]

We want to thank our employees for their help and commitment in moving our business forward to the next generation.


JanuaryJanuary 7 ..........Mason HaasJanuary 12 ........Albert HarveyJanuary 15 ........ Jack YagerJanuary 16 ........Timothy CrandallJanuary 19 ........ John MacchiaJanuary 23 ........Cory KrutschJanuary 24 ........Kristin FlickJanuary 24 ........Kirk PetersonJanuary 28 ........Chris GebhardtJanuary 28 ........ Jason StephensJanuary 29 ........ Jason Gallatin

FebruaryFebruary 2 .......Barb KavanaughFebruary 3 .......Bill GoodellFebruary 6 .......Brian ShowermanFebruary 6 ........ William ShowermanFebruary 6 .......Marcus WhittFebruary 7 .......Paul BorenerFebruary 8 .......Charlie BeebeFebruary 14 .....Daniel ReeveFebruary 16 .....Shawn MansonFebruary 17 .....Tamera PraterFebruary 22 .....Ron GouldFebruary 25 .....Michael KoziolFebruary 27 .....Chris Gunn

MarchMarch 3 ...........Chad RogersMarch 5 ...........Tom MorrisseyMarch 6 ...........Steven WilleyMarch 8 ...........Eric HollisMarch 8 ...........Greg VintonMarch 11 .........Tim KeithMarch 12 .........Nathan RowleyMarch 13 .........William DeBozyMarch 12 .........Eric StevickMarch 24 ......... Jay PajotMarch 26 .........Patrick StilesMarch 27 .........William SchultzMarch 28 .........Greg SkinkleMarch 31 .........Troy Hoffmann

AprilApril 1 .............Michelle MorrisonApril 1 .............Nate TingleyApril 5 .............Shaun BruemmerApril 5 .............Scott HalsteadApril 8 ............. John HumphreyApril 8 .............Cody TackettApril 9 .............Tammy KnoxApril 14 ...........Claude MoreyApril 15 ...........Steven GantonApril 16 ...........Brooker Renfer

April 19 ...........Paul OlszewskiApril 19 ...........Pam Shepherd

MayMay 1 ..............Andrew SladickMay 3 ..............Shelley ZontsMay 5 ..............Ron McLainMay 13 ............ Joe SorensonMay 14 ............Wilbur FullerMay 16 ............Alex WhitneyMay 17 ............Drew DerrMay 28 ............Aaron ElsassMay 30 ............ Jennifer JaquishMay 31 ............Tim Matthews

JuneJune 5 ..............Terry PolewkaJune 9 .............. Jennifer HalsteadJune 11.............Mick HendershottJune 14.............Travis BristowJune 19.............Paul SloneJune 20.............Tad HarmonJune 21.............Trevor HarrisJune 25.............Loraine Tripp

HappyBirthday!COMPANY

BIRTHDAYS.. .


AnniversariesCompany

January18 years of service Pam Shepherd .................... January 714 years of service Wayne Hill ........................ January 2210 years of service Kathy Tramel ..................... January 238 years of service David Jones .......................... January 4 Larry Miles .......................... January 4 Micheal Koziol .................. January 176 years of service Ron Gould ........................... January 74 years of service Shannon Shepherd ............ January 17 Ron Jones Jr. ...................... January 24 Tammy Knox ..................... January 313 years of service Laurie Ellis ........................ January 23 Mick Hendershott ............. January 232 years of service Claude Morey ...................... January 7

February26 years of service Robert Renfer .................. February 2824 years of service Brent Sundermeyer .......... February 1110 years of service Dale Elsass ........................ February 68 years of service Micah Sagraves ................ February 235 years of service Matt Stemen.................... February 154 years of service Larry Melendez ............... February 223 years of service Jenny Halstead ................... February 6 Charlie Beebe ................. February 15 Tad Harmon .................... February 22 Tim Matthews ................. February 221 year of service Cory Krutsch ................... February 24 Arthur Shepherd ............. February 24

March17 years of service Ron McLain ..........................March 2 Brian Owen ...........................March 915 years of service Floyd Macchia .....................March 2711 years of service Irvin Prater ...........................March225 years of service Alex Whitney .......................March154 years of service Jay Pajot ...............................March 143 years of service Brian Showerman .....................March 26 Greg Skinkle ........................March 262 years of service Benjamin Britten .........................March 25

April30 years of service John J. Macchia ......................April 22 Michael Stevens .....................April 2318 years of service Joanne Sorenson ......................April 711 years of service Jerry Beach Jr. ........................April 258 years of service Richard Vinton ......................April 235 years of service Emily Bullinger .....................April 122 years of service Ellen Holdridge .......................April 91 year of service Trevor Harris .........................April 15 Paul Borener ..........................April 21 Timothy Brown .....................April 21

May34 years of service Charles Edwards..................... May 154 years of service Matt Cropsey .......................... May 152 years of service Jeffery Smith ........................... May 20

June43 years of service John A. Macchia ....................... June 118 years of service Brad Tase .................................. June 917 years of service Joe Benn ................................. June 12 Chad Rogers ........................... June 2916 years of service Nate Rowley ............................. June 715 years of service Norm Crittenden ...................... June 5 Billy Newman ......................... June 1911 years of service Kim Downard ......................... June 289 years of service Wallace Jones ............................ June 58 years of service Ron Zyla ................................. June 297 years of service Zach Andrews .......................... June 2 Brian Adams ............................. June 6 Bryon Albert ............................. June 6 John Brierly .............................. June 6 Chris Gebhart .......................... June 6 Bill Goodell .............................. June 6 Tom Gove ................................. June 6 Albert Harvey ........................... June 6 Shawn Manson ......................... June 6 John Mietelka ........................... June 6 Daniel Reeve ............................ June 6 Randy Richardson .................... June 6 William Schultz........................ June 6 Patrick Stiles ............................. June 6 Cynthia Taylor .......................... June 6 William Thompson ................... June 6 Loraine Tripp ........................... June 65 years of service Kenneth Miller ......................... June 2 Drew Derr .............................. June 22 Gary Dennis ........................... June 283 years of service Andrew Sladick ........................ June 81 year of service Mason Haas ............................ June 23

Steve Ganton is inductedinto Western Hall of Fame


TREVOR HARRIS!JAMA STUDENT OF THE YEAR

Trevor Harris was chosen as this year’s JAMA Student of the Year. The Napoleon High School senior is also enrolled in the machining program at the Jackson Area Career Center. Advance Turning is sponsoring Harris’s enroll-ment in the Jackson Area College and Career Connection Early/Middle College program.

“Trevor is doing a great job,” said Joe Sorenson, vice president of the medical business unit at Advance Turning. “He shows up every day with great attitude and is a quick study. We have him on one of our ‘tougher’ medical component cells, and he fits right in.”

Congratulations

McDivitt Road Bar Stock Organization

Engineering Department NewsDanny Grier has returned to the ATM team in the Engineering Department. With his 15 plus years experience, we are confident that with his talent he will bring fresh, new ideas.

We are also excited to see progress on the new Mazak Integrex. We now have the Esprit post for this machine and if you would like to see the angle housing run on the PC, please see Paul Olszewski.

The Engineering Department is encouraging all employees to continue with your ideas on how to improve processes; you are the ones that know the process the best! Each operator who has submitted improvement ideas will get a progress report from the Engineering Team as to what action will be taken. Please keep them coming!

Thank you,

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Chicago MD&M 2014October 15th and 16th, Advance Turning exhibited at the Medical Device and Manufacturing tradeshow in Schaumburg, IL. This was a 2-day show that attracts potential customers within the medical device industry. We met and talked with engineers and buyers in regards to ways we could share our services with them. We feel our most profitable lead were the two engineers from Johnson & Johnson. We are continuing to follow up and build this relationship as we feel the right con-nection with them would turn in to a long-term partnership.Feb. 10-12th, 2015 is the next show we will attend. This is another MD&M show in Anaheim, CA. It is the same one we went to last year in which we secured our newest customer, Heartware.Thanks for your support as the sales team continues to seek out new opportunities to help continue the success of Advance Turning!


Drew Derr, Shellie Clem, and Jamie Hall

Halloween 2014


How Did You Earn Your FirstBuck

Bullinger, Emily I worked every summer throughout high school at Cascades Ice Cream. I made $7.00 an hour. It was lots of fun as my sister and many of my friends worked there as well.

Byrd, BillDoing odds & ends helping the neighbors earning $5.00 back in the 70’s. That was good money then.

Clem, ShellieI babysat the neighbor’s children and used my money to help buy my school clothes. I was 14 years old when I started babysit-ting.

Elsass, AaronI earned my first buck shoveling the neighbor’s driveways or I worked on the local farm.

Elsass, DaleI earned my first buck delivering newspapers (Dayton Journal Herald) and chores at home for an allowance.

Flick, KristinWhen I was 11 years old, I would spend hours everyday selling sweetcorn at the family farm for $2.00/dozen. Great memories of this experience with my siblings and cousins.

Ganton, SteveI earned my first buck washing dishes at Litchfield Manor.

Goodell, BillI earned my first buck having my own neighborhood lawn ser-vice.

Green, LavellI earned my first buck by going out shoveling snow and working for my grandmother’s cleaning service, McEd’s cleaning.

Hall, JamieWhen I was eight years old my father and I mowed the park & cemetery lawns for Rives Township.

Halstead, ScottIn 1959 I was six years old. I raked my father’s entire yard and earned $.10 cents, which I promptly took to the party store and bought a bottle of coke.

Harmon, TadI earned my first buck doing construction work on summer break with my dad. Anything from roofing, siding, installing flooring and painting.

Hawes, ValinAt a young age if was always known that I could go pick up sticks at my Grandparents house for a few extra dollars.

Hill, WayneMy first paycheck was from Teer-Wickwire. I worked as summer help in the factory running machines.

Hinton, Donna I worked at Target. It was my first ever-paying job, started a week and a half after graduation day. I worked there 5 years as a backroom stocker/truck unloader.

Humphrey, JohnThe first job I had was cleaning the kill floor up at Milligan’s Meat. I had to scrap up all the (stuff) and then power wash ev-erything in 1970 when I was 12 years old.

Macchia, John Jr. I earned my first buck when I was 5, picking up rags and pop bottles at the plant.

Owen, BudI earned my first buck selling sweetcorn for $.50/dozen (Baker’s dozen = 13) from my Grandma & Grandpa’s house when I was 14 years old. I earned enough that summer to buy a new 10-speed bike, thanks to my Grandma & Grandpa.

Schultz, WilliamDoing garden chores at home as a kid.

Shepherd, ArtI had a 67 customer paper route.

Shepherd, ShannonSweeping floors at $2.30 per hour at Precision Form in 1976 prior to it becoming Advance Turning & Manufacturing.

Skinkle, GregI earned my first buck by working for my grandparents at the family owned flower shop.

Sladick, Andy I earned my first buck picking blueberries for $1.50 a pale when I was ten. My first actual job was at Michigan Adventure when I was 15.

Slone, Paul I earned my first buck working on a local farm.

Sorenson, Joe I had a paper route in 6th grade.

Stevens, CindyMy first was at a very fancy Italian restaurant as a bus girl. I cleaned tables, set them up and did dishes. The year was 1967 and the restaurant was in a small town named Algonquin, Il-linois, thirty minutes from Chicago. My wages were $1.00 per hour and tips from the waitresses. Unfortunately, my mom found out it was a favorite of the Chicago MOB so I had to quit.

Whitney, Alex The first buck I made was from pushing my lawnmower around the neighborhood. Not a bad living for a 12 year old.

Zonts, Shelley I earned my first buck working for a local farmer, Charlie Hamp cleaning his house and mowing his lawn.


Congratulations

Alex & Siera Whitney!

Haley Beatrice Whitney7 lbs. 15 oz. 20.5 inches long

Born October 26, 2014 @ 12:26 p.m.

McDivitt Rd.

Facility renovationPHASE TWO HAS STARTED!!

Over the Labor Day Weekend all the aisles at the McDivitt Rd. facility were stripped from the old blue epoxy and diamond ground to a very bright and reflective finish.This surface is easy to maintain with just plain water and a floor polisher. Once per week seems to be enough to maintain the finish. We are thrilled with the results and appreciative of the fact that in addition to all the improvements made over the last year; this seemingly small one again promotes a positive atmosphere and enhances the working environment even more.Come over and CHECK IT OUT!

Scott Halstead

Slips, trips, and fallsfeaturing our own Bill Goodell, Materials Manager


ATM has partnered with ADP to process our company payroll. This will take our payroll processing to the next level. ADP is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that only YOU can access your personal information. To assist us in meeting that commitment, you must register with ADP before using their online paperless services. Employees with smartphones can also access their information through an “app”. Below are some iPhone screenshots which show you some of the information you will be able to access. If you have any questions or need any assistance, please do not hesitate to stop and see Shelley Zonts or Kristin Flick.

iPhone Screenshots

Payroll Goes Paperless!

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Thank you for all of your hard work this year!!!

Save the Date!ATM Company Picnic

July 25, 2015Clarklake Beach & Boat Club

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