| August Birthdays - Aug 18, 2008 |
8/6 Larry Myking
8/7 Mandi Rauchman
8/15 Irene Klammer 91 yrs!
8/15 Stan Voelkel
8/18 Kelly McCabe
8/24 Robert Jones
8/25 Alan Baer
8/25 Reggie Williams |
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| August Anniversaries - Aug 18, 2008 |
8/8/2000 Mandi Rauchman 8 yrs
8/8/1994 Tom Wanta 14 yrs
8/10/2007 Terry Harroun 1 yr
8/14/1995 Matias Pantoja 13yrs
8/16/2004 Ann Austad 4 yrs
8/19/1991 Alan Baer 17 yrs
8/20/2007 Issac Helget 1 yr |
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| July Anniversaries! - Jun 30, 2008 |
7/18/2007 Bob Doring 1 yr
7/19/2007 Tommy Harroun 1 yr
7/23/2007 Steve Hundley 1 yr
7/24/2001 Teresa Stevens 7 yrs
7/24/2007 Craig Blais 1 yr
7/25/1980 Diane Prom 28 yrs
7/30/2007 Dan Russell 1 yr
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| July Birthdays - Jun 30, 2008 |
7/23 TOMMY HARROUN
7/23 WILL FLOWERS
7/30 MARY LYNN DEVENS |
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| June Anniversaries! - Jun 30, 2008 |
6/1/1996 VICKIE SCHREYER12 yrs
6/6/1988 CAL SCHULTZ 20 yrs
6/17/1978 TED SCHREYER 30 yrs
6/22/1992 REGGIE WILLIAMS 16 yrs |
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| June Birthdays - Jun 30, 2008 |
| There were no employee birthdays in June. |
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| May Anniversaries! - May 13, 2008 |
5/3/2004 TERRY MCMICHAEL 4yrs
5/8/1994 CURT SIEG 14yrs
5/11/2000 JAMMEY HARROUN 8yrs
5/18/2005 JARROD SCHREYER 3yrs
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| May Birthdays - May 13, 2008 |
5-1 Rita Heller
5-2 Thunder Fox
5-8 Terry McMichael
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| April Birthdays - Apr 10, 2008 |
4/7 LARRY PFEFFER (retired 2007)
4/12 PAUL NEEGAARD
4/12 RICHARD RODRIGUEZ
4/15 LARRY OLFERT
4/22 TED SCHREYER |
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| March Birthdays! - Mar 4, 2008 |
3-3 CHRISSY SATHER
3-7 JAMMEY HARROUN
3-11 BETTE SCHWEIM
3-22 EUGENE JOHNSON
3-23 DIANE PROM
3-26 SARAH WEATHERFORD
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| February Birthdays - Feb 8, 2008 |
14th John Kapsner
18th Tom Odean
25th Matias Ivarra
28th Scott Niss
HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!
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| January Birthdays! - Jan 8, 2008 |
2nd - Bonnie Smith
3rd - Jacob Sukalski
11th - Craig Blais
12th - Chuck Klammer
17th - Mike Reinarts
24th - Wayne Malecha
27th - Bernard Flowers
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! |
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| December Birthdays - Dec 4, 2007 |
Richard Carlson - December 8th
Evelyn Adams - December 9th
Kenneth Wikre - December 12th
Shari Small - December 13th
Terry Harroun - December 20th
Gene Hoffman - December 22nd
Tom Hince - December 23rd
Kathy Guetschow - December 26th
Matt Twedt - December 31st
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| Kaizen Winners - Nov 1, 2007 |
Kaizen winner for the month
September was Jake Sukalski winning a MP3 Player
October winner was Larry Olfert winning an AFI long sleeve shirt
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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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| November Birthdays - Nov 1, 2007 |
November 3 Cal Schultz
November 26 Dan Murray
November 28 Curt Sieg
November 28 Bill Muldoon
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| Chuck is Coater of the Year! - Oct 19, 2007 |
We are so proud! Chuck Klammer was selected as 2006 -2007 "Coater of the Year" . This award is presented every year by the National Board of the Chemical Coaters Association International. The award is given to one chemical coater that gives time, service and support to their local chapter. Presenting the award to Chuck is President Pat Cullen of the Twin Cities Custom Coaters Association International Chapter.
Congratulations Chuck, you are one in a million!
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| AFI Celebrates Anniversaries! - Oct 19, 2007 |
Associated Finishing wants to congratulate the following dedicated employees for their years of loyal service. Each employee received gift cards from local Mankato Businesses. They received their gift certificates at AFI's ESOP meeting on October 12, 2007 at Matt's Catering in Mankato.
Reggie Williams - 15 years, Shari Small -10 years,
Vicki Schreyer 10 - years. Phyllis Olfert 5 - years,
Kathy Guetschow, 20 - years. Bill Neegaard 10 - years.
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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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| October Birthdays - Oct 1, 2007 |
10-2 JARROD SCHREYER - JCI Line
10-2 BRIAN CHRISTNAGEL-Shipping
10-7 TOM WANTA-Silkscreen
10-7 BOB DORING-Maintenance
10-10 PHYLLIS OLFERT-Masking
10-11 TONY SENESE-JCI Supervisor
10-13 CONNIE KUMP-Powder Coater
10-15 DAN RUSSELL- Liquid Painter
10-18 GORDY SCHULTZ-Masker
10-24 TERESA STEVENS-Liquid
10-24 STEVE HUNDLEY-JCI Line
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| September Birthdays - Sep 18, 2007 |
9-1 Christine Doering - Sales and Marketing
9-8 Bill Neegaard - Liquid painter
9-21 Vicki Schreyer - Off line processes
9-23 Ann Austad - Human Resouces/IT
9-23 Wade Gordon - JCI line
9-30 Issac Helget - JCI line and order entry
9-30 Ryan Kapsner - Operations Assistant
Happy Birthday to YOU!!!
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| Happy Anniversary - Sep 18, 2007 |
We celebrate and thank the following employees for their years of service with AFI
Kathleen Guetschow 20 years
Reginald Williams 15 years
Bill Neegaard 10 years
Shari Small 10 years
Vickie Schreyer 10 years
Phyllis Olfert 5 years
This year they will be able to select gift certificates from a list of local businesses. The amount of the gift certificates depends on the number of years in service.
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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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| Christmas in August?!? - Sep 18, 2007 |
On Saturday, August 25th, 64 employees and guests loaded a bus heading for The Renaissance Festival in Shakopee, Minnesota. Because of everyones busy schedules in December we chose to celebrate together in August. The Renaissance Festival offers a variety of food and fun and of course shopping. The weekend theme was Highland Fling. I could not believe the number of men in skirts (kilts) that day!!!
From, 1-3 p.m. AFI rented one of the tents on the grounds and we had lunch as a group. The lunch was delicious, Turkey legs, stuffed Chicken, corn on cob, rolls, relishes, mini cheese cakes and cold drinks. During our Royal meal the Royal Insulter was invited to insult Al Baer, Quality Assurance, who was celebrating his 61st birthday that day. At around 3:30 we boarded our bus again and returned home. A jolly great time was had by all
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| Welcome to the new site! - Mar 30, 2007 |
| Welcome to the new website for Associated Finishing. We're excited to offer some new features on our website as well as new information about ourselves and what we do. If there are any important developments here at AFI you will find them here. |
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