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< Pedro Soto-Gutierrez Portland, OR
Pedro Soto-Gutierrez currently works as a grinder and fitter. He attended Cuauhtemoc High School and Cetis Tecnologico and has worked as a pre-inspector at ESCO. Pedro and his wife, Victoria, live in Vancouver, Washington, and have two children.
< Craig Staff
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Port Coquitlam, Canada
^ Roger Palmer
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Port Hope, Canada
Roger Palmer is currently a welder in Port Hope, where he attended high school. While at ESCO, he has also worked as a refractoryman and grinder. Roger serves his community as a volunteer firefighter. His hobbies include hunting, fishing, and coaching youth hockey.
Craig Staff currently works as a molder, after starting with ESCO in shakeout. He graduated from Port Coquitlam High School and currently lives in Pitt Meadows, Canada. Outside of work, Craig likes to spend his spare time on the golf course.
^ Kevin Thomas Portland, OR
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Kevin Thomas lives in his hometown of Portland, Oregon and currently works as a plant inspector. He graduated from Franklin High School and began his career at ESCO as a grinder. Outside of work, he enjoys taking tours of the region’s many breweries and attending beer and wine tastings.
ESCO Newton Recognizes Retirees
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Tradition Honors Employees’ Longtime Service he team in Newton, Mississippi, sends its retirees off in style. Each employee retiring is honored in a special ESCO way: with the gift of a commemorative bench that has been designed, crafted and painted by their colleagues. “Each bench is cast with ESCO steel, and the back and seat are made with a composite decking material that won’t succumb to decaying of traditional wood,” said Andy Rowzee, general manager of foundry operations. The retiree’s name and years of service are cast into the bench, making it unique to every employee. “They get to take a piece of ESCO home to enjoy and remember us by,” continued Rowzee. “This is entirely an employee-driven project, led by the folks in the pattern shop who came up with the idea.” More than 30 Newton retirees have received the special honor so far.
At left, Tyler Lewis, welder, relaxes with his wife, Paula, on his personalized bench comemorating 41 years with ESCO. At right, Henry Chapman, an ESCO crane operator, recently celebrated his 35th anniversary before his retirement in March 2015.
THE EDGE | APRIL 2015
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