Insight on Manufacturing

May 2015

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24 | /INSIGHT ON MANUFACTURING • May 2015 w w w.in s i g h t o n m f g . c o m PLANT|NEWS A er months of design, collaboration and construction, three Project Mini-Chopper teams in Manitowoc County unveiled their completed choppers to the public during the Ant Hill Mob Bike Show. In its seventh year, the Chamber of Manitowoc County and Progress Lakeshore partnered with local businesses and the county school districts to help students learn manufacturing skills. e mission of Project Mini-Chopper is to assist students and show parents, educators and the community how manufacturing provides excellent career opportunities. roughout the school year, the student teams worked hand-in-hand with their corporate sponsor in designing, fabricating (and troubleshooting) the bike, as well as managing the budget, schedule and overall project. Student team members also had the opportunity to apply for one of five scholarships provided by A.C.E. Building Service, Inc., Lakeshore Technical College and the Ant Hill Mob. Broadwind Towers & Heavy Industries sponsored the Two Rivers High School team; Manitowoc Cranes MINI-CHOPPER STUDENTS UNVEIL BIKE PROJECTS sponsored the Mishicot High School team and Formrite Companies sponsored the Valders High School team. For more information on the Mini-Chopper project, contact e Chamber of Manitowoc County at (920) 684-5575 or info@chambermanitowoccounty.org. Students from Two Rivers High School (shown), Valders High School and Mishicot High School unveiled their Mini-Chopper projects in April. The Chamber of Manitowoc County and Progress Lakeshore partnered with businesses and county school districts on the program, which is aimed at building manufacturing skills. The winning team was Two Rivers High. COURTESY PROJECT MINI-CHOPPER WISCONSIN PORTS REACT TO PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS Wisconsin's port operators are disappointed with Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget cutting funding to the Harbor Assistance Program. The fund, which helps pay for harbor projects like dock repairs, dredging and shipbuilding, etc., consists of segregated transportation funds and bonding. The HAP received $12.9 million in the last budget, but under the current budget proposal, all bonding from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation has been eliminated, leaving only $1.3 million in the next budget for the HAP, essentially putting the program in a holding pattern, says Dean Haen, director of Brown County Port & Resource Recovery and president of the Wisconsin Commercial Ports Association. The HAP was created in 1979 to help harbor communities maintain and improve waterborne commerce. Local government and owners of harbor facilities are eligible for funding through a grant application process. Each year, more than 30 million tons of cargo worth more than $2.4 billion are imported and exported from Wisconsin ports. BPM PAPER MILL HIRES NEW MANAGER BPM in Peshtigo promoted Ryan Day as its new paper mill manager. Day will oversee all aspects of the mill's paper machines. Day is a paper science graduate from UW-Stevens Point and began his career in the paper industry at Badger Paper Mills. He spent time working at Kemira Chemicals, and returned to BPM in 2009. During his career at BPM, he served as process engineer, technical manager and, most recently, technical and quality manager. Day will be based in Peshtigo. FIRST BUSINESS RECOGNIZES FAMILY-OWNED COMPANIES In April, three area companies were named as winners of the 2015 Family Business First Awards of Northeast Wisconsin during the 19th annual Wisconsin Family Business Forum Celebration. Mickey Noone, president & CEO of First Business c o n t i n u e d >

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