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Community - Aug 23, 2024

Waupaca Foundry Awards 2024 Scholarships

Waupaca Foundry is proud to support the next generation of ambitious leaders by providing scholarships to students in Waupaca Foundry communities. This year, we awarded $24,500 to nineteen deserving high school seniors.

Alexia Toney | Waupaca Foundry

#community #jobs #k12 #marinette #scholarships #tellcity #waupaca

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Global MFG - Jun 7, 2024

The Manufacturing Skills And Labor Challenge Is Real—Here Are Three Things To Do About It

But with a new world comes new solutions. Manufacturers can meet labor and skills gaps and operational challenges head-on with a connected plant floor where people and technology collaborate. Key steps of the journey include focusing on visibility, augmenting the workforce and optimizing quality. Let’s take the first step.

Andy Zosel | Forbes Magazine

#jobs #manufacturing

Waupaca Foundry

Iron Castings - Jan 15, 2024

What U.S. Metalcasters Need to Know About New Regulations Going into 2024 | Modern Casting

Heading into 2024, several regulations should be on the radar of U.S. metalcasters. U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Overtime Rule. The DOL has proposed increasing the overtime exemption threshold regulations applicable to executive, administrative, and professional employees. The current threshold is $35,568 annually, and under this proposed rule, employees making less than $1,059 per week or $55,068 annually would be eligible for overtime pay. It will also increase the earnings thresholds every three years automatically.

Stephanie Salmon | Modern Casting

#jobs #manufacturing #metalcasters

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Jul 13, 2023

“Cast your own future” with the Waupaca Foundry

A business staple that started making products sold locally has now grown to several facilities in two different states and has customers worldwide. The Waupaca Foundry has become an industry leader and has its roots on the banks of the Waupaca River in downtown Waupaca. Some of the early products made by the foundry were Waupaca field plows, the jaws of the Waupaca stone crusher, and window sashays.

Nick Witwer | WFRV

#culture #jobs #waupaca #wfnews

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Community - Jun 2, 2023

Waupaca Foundry Awards 2023 Scholarships

Waupaca Foundry is proud to support the next generation of ambitious leaders by providing scholarships to students in Waupaca Foundry communities.

Alexia Toney | Waupaca Foundry

#community #jobs #K12 #marinette #scholarships #tellcity #waupaca

Waupaca Foundry

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

#culture #jobs #waupaca #wf

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Global MFG - Oct 5, 2022

Job openings unexpectedly plunge in August to lowest level since June 2021

The Labor Department reported on Tuesday that there were 10.1 million job openings at the end of August, lower than economists expected as the labor market cools off.

Megan Henney | Fox Business

#economy #jobs #manufacturing

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Apr 21, 2022

Waupaca to idle most of Etowah foundry, cut 540 jobs

A decade after Waupaca reopened its Etowah foundry following a yearlong shutdown during the Great Recession, the company said in a layoff notice received by the state Wednesday that it will idle its melt, molding and core room production in McMinn County.

David Flessner | Times Free Press

#etowah #jobs

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Global MFG - Apr 8, 2022

US weekly jobless claims

The labor market tightened further last week, with initial jobless claims falling to their lowest level in more than 53 years, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Last week's total was the lowest since November 1968.

Jeff Cox | cnbc.com

#economy #jobs

Waupaca Foundry

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

#intern #jobs #K12 #robotics #skillsgap #trades #waupaca #wf #wfnews

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Feb 28, 2022

Waupaca Foundry Helps Celebrate 75 Years Of The Foundry Education Foundation

In 2022, the Foundry Education Foundation less formally known as FEF celebrates its 75th year. The program started in 1947, two years after WWII ended, due to the high demand for skilled workers in the metalcasting industry.

Lydia Engelbreth | Waupaca Foundry

#culture #engineering #intern #jobs #scholarships #skillsgap #workforcedevelopment

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Feb 15, 2022

Casting Call: Dale Atchison

Mill Room Foreman, Dale Atchison shares insights about the honest, down-to-earth culture at Waupaca Foundry. The gray and ductile iron foundry is located in Tell City, Indiana, and attracts a working-class community. "I learned that it's not only what we make but what we are, we're pretty close-knit here," says Dale. For him, it's the relationships that have turned a job into a second family.

Waupaca Foundry

#employee-spotlight #jobs #tellcity

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Oct 14, 2021

Casting Call: Ethan Lamar

Ethan Lamar, Shakeout Division team leader at Waupaca Foundry in Tell City, Indiana shares “At Waupaca, our leadership team makes it possible where you have every chance to learn the craft of working in a foundry" Ethan’s dedication to safety and passion for his coworkers is part of the reason he calls the men and women he works with “My family outside of my family”.

Waupaca Foundry

#employee-spotlight #jobs #tellcity

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Oct 11, 2021

Casting Call: Laura Roloff

Laura Roloff, core room team leader at Waupaca Foundry in Waupaca, Wisconsin shares her move from CNA to the foundry, Laura states, "I always grew up thinking I would be a nurse, my whole life, then I was a CNA for 7 years and ended up not being happy doing that. So I needed a change." Laura's need for change drove her to take a risk and move to Waupaca Foundry, she has turned her job into a second home with a new work family as well.

Waupaca Foundry

#employee-spotlight #jobs #waupaca

Waupaca Foundry

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

#jobs #trades #training #wf

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Aug 3, 2021

Ron Cronin core room supervisor in Etowah Tennessee

Casting Call: Ron Cronin

Ron Cronin, Core Room Supervisor at Waupaca Foundry's plant in Etowah, Tennessee shares his career journey. Ron says, “My expectations were really high, and they have exceeded every single one of them.”

Waupaca Foundry

#employee-spotlight #etowah #jobs

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Jul 8, 2021

Tim Cayemberg, pattern repairman in Marinette, Wisconsin

Casting Call: Tim Cayemberg

Tim Cayemberg, Pattern Repairman at Waupaca Foundry's plant in Marinette, Wisconsin shares his journey in his career at Waupaca. Tim expresses "At Waupaca you're not a number, they're there to help you, and that's what I love about it."

Waupaca Foundry

#employee-spotlight #jobs #marinette

Waupaca Foundry

Global MFG - Jul 2, 2021

Economy added 850K jobs in June, and unemployment rose to 5.9% as COVID cases declined, states lifted restrictions, vaccinations rose

Despite worker shortages, employers added 850,000 jobs in June as COVID cases declined, economy reopened and vaccinations increased.

Paul Davidson | USA TODAY

#jobs

Waupaca Foundry

Global MFG - Jun 18, 2021

Wisconsin's Workforce Woes Go Much Deeper Than $300 Unemployment Payments

A $300 per week supplemental unemployment payment has become a political lightning rod, but Wisconsin's workforce woes go much deeper than that.

Rob Mentzer | Wisconsin Public Radio

#economy #jobs

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Global MFG - Jun 4, 2021

Where have all the workers gone?

National reports on staffing shortages are not exaggerated as Perry County businesses are feeling the effects of the void left by former employees not returning to work.

Eric Whittaker | Perry County News

#economy #jobs #tellcity

Waupaca Foundry

Culture - Feb 24, 2021

Foundry grows skilled labor force

The brakes that stop your car, the drive train in a semi truck, even the fire hydrant on the street are there thanks to engineers from Waupaca Foundry.

The foundry employs environmental, process, mechanical, electrical and industrial engineers throughout its production processes to design and cast iron parts that are in the products we use every day. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mechanical and industrial engineers are second and third in projected job growth among engineers (behind civil engineers). Together, these two occupations will be among the fastest growing occupations in manufacturing.

WaupacaNow | waupacanow.com

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Waupaca Foundry

Global MFG - Sep 2, 2020

Job growth expected to slow sharply over the next decade, Labor Department says

The pace of job gains over the next decade will slow considerably amid a sharp decline in the active labor force and an aging population, according to Labor Department projections released Tuesday.

Jeff Cox | cnbc.com

#economy #jobs

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Culture - Aug 10, 2020