| February Birthdays - Feb 1, 2012 |
John Kapsner
Jessica Schreyer
Scott Niss
Marv Allen (retired) |
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| February Anniversaries - Feb 1, 2012 |
Rita Heller 25 years
Dexter Oswald 1 year |
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| AFI approved for Joint Certification Program - Dec 7, 2010 |
| Associated Finishing has been approved by the United States/Canada Joint Certification Program to receive quotes for defense articles. If you need more information about this program or our approved JCP number please contact Christine Doering at 866-345-5861 ext 212. |
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| 5 - S Training at AFI - Nov 1, 2007 |
On September 26th - 52 employees from the AFI team came together for a training. For some it was a review, for others it was a first time training. Al Baer, Quality Assurance, and Ryan Kapsner, Operations Assistant led the training.
5S categories are: (Are we at the Academy Awards?) Sort/Set in order/Shine/Standardize/Sustain and the winner is SUSTAIN! Al and Ryan both stressed we need to keep up the work we began 2 years ago. AFI's team will continue our monthly audits in each area of the building. Al also briefly explained Kaizen's and what they are and how they will improve our work which ultimately improves our service to our customers. Every month we are encouraging participation by giving a prize to one of our employees ideas.
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| Artwork Requirements - Oct 2, 2007 |
| When setting up new orders that require either silk-screening or pad printing, we frequently have trouble explaining exactly what is required for artwork to our customers. AFI has in-house silk-screen and plate exposure units. Artwork needs to be the exact graphics sized to fit on the part on a clear sheet of film. Any imperfections on this film will show up on the finished product. E-mail has become a very useful tool for sending artwork. While PDF formats are very popular, they can sometimes be difficult for our Graphic Designer to deal with. Adobe Illustrator files are the file format of choice, it allows the most flexibility for resizing and since it is vector based, text and lines tend to come out much "cleaner" not pixilated. Other popular file formats that will also work include: QuarkXPress, InDesign and Corel Draw. Please e-mail files to quotes@associatedfinishing.com and we will take care of the rest. |
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| On the Job Training - Sep 18, 2007 |
| AFI has invested in new electrostatic guns for our liquid paint line. To be more effective and also in an effort to provide our customers with better service we have invested in this new technology. Our training was conducted on Thursday, September 6th in our lunch room with 17 painters in attendance. This training will be the first of many to assured that we are all using the correct technique to get the best quality coverage for our customers. |
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