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All Stars represent outstanding manufacturing
employees who are between the ages of 18 and 35
and have great stories to tell about their achievements.
All Star mentors represent standout manufacturing
employees of any age who are the best examples of those
who strengthen their company's workforce or participate
in outreach in schools or the community. All Stars can
represent any career area within manufacturing and
are nominated by NEW Manufacturing Alliance company
members. Click on the photos in the online version of this publication to
learn firsthand from the All Stars about their chosen career paths. Who
knows? Maybe you could be an All Star, too.
HOW CAN I BE AN ALL STAR
OR ALL STAR MENTOR?
Name Company
Andrew Starks B&W MEGTEC
Jason Nessinger ExacTech, Inc.
Randy Leopold Gardan, Inc.
Dan Strassburg Gardan, Inc.
Tyler Winterfeldt Great Northern Corporation
Dustin Chapin Jay Manufacturing
Oshkosh, Inc.
Jim Kunst Jr. Johnsonville Sausage, LLC
John Buyarski KI
Megan Frelich KI
Carrie Pleau-Ascher KS Kolbenschmidt US, Inc.
Corey Nugent Laminations/Great
Northern Corporation
Summer Collard N.E.W. Plastics
Bryan DeRuyter Rockline Industries
Amie Borchardt Waupaca Foundry
Kellsey Welter Waupaca Foundry
ALL STAR NOMINEES: REST OF THE BEST
Just being nominated as a manufacturing All Star is an honor. The following outstanding
individuals were also nominated for All Star recognition:
Name Company
Ron Buchinger CMD Corporation
Chad Winkka EMT International
Jason Nessinger ExacTech, Inc.
Jeff Schmidt Great Northern Corporation
David Molnar Jay Manufacturing Oshkosh, Inc.
Nick Ashworth Johnsonville Sausage, LLC
Pete Goetsch KI
Tim Heyrman KI
William Gunzel Kohler Co.
Angela Zabel Laminations/Great Northern
Corporation
Louis Ledvina N.E.W. Plastics
Rick Guetschow Rockline Industries
Charles Mersberger Sargento Foods Inc.
Michael Altman Sargento Foods Inc.
Tina Larson Sturm Foods
The following individuals
were nominated for their
outstanding efforts as mentors:
OTHER RESOURCES
Colleges
Fox Valley Technical College:
www.fvtc.edu
Lakeshore Technical College:
www.gotoltc.edu
Moraine Park Technical College:
www.morainepark.edu
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College:
www.nwtc.edu
UW-Fond du Lac: www.fdl.uwc.edu
UW-Fox Valley: www.uwfox.uwc.edu
UW-Green Bay: www.uwgb.edu
UW-Manitowoc: www.manitowoc.uwc.edu
UW-Marinette: www.marinette.uwc.edu
UW-Oshkosh: www.uwosh.edu
UW-Platteville: www.uwplatt.edu
UW-Sheboygan: www.sheboygan.uwc.edu
UW-Stout: www.uwstout.edu
Career websites
NEW Manufacturing Alliance:
www.newmfgalliance.org
WISCareers: wiscareers.wisc.edu
My Skills My Future:
www.myskillsmyfuture.org/
WORKnet: www.worknet.wisconsin.gov
Dream It – Do It: www.dreamit-doit.com
Nuts, Bolts and Thingamajigs
www.nutsandboltsfoundation.org
Skills Explorer:
skillexplorer.wisconsin.gov
Society of Manufacturing Engineers:
www.sme.org
Wisconsin Career Pathways:
www.wicareerpathways.org/
Apprenticeship
Department of Workforce Development:
dwd.wisconsin.gov/apprenticeship
The average manufacturing worker earns
$52,427
per year,
20%
more than the average wage
for all private-sector workers in Wisconsin.
Source: DWD 2013 Manufacturing Month Report
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