Made in Faribault 2017

N I E D A M T L U A B FARI Faribault Daily News

Š Faribault Daily News 2017. Published by the Faribault Daily News 514 Central Avenue, Faribault Minnesota 55021, 507.333.3100. All advertising contained herein is the responsibility of the advertisers. This publication is copyrighted by the Faribault Daily News and no content can be reproduced without permission.

LEADING WITH OUR INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY SageGlass® is the pioneer of the world’s smartest electrochromic glass and is transforming the indoor experience for people by connecting the built and natural environments. Electronically tintable SageGlass controls sunlight to optimize daylight, outdoor views and comfort while preventing glare, fading and overheating without the need for blinds or shades.

As a wholly owned subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, SageGlass is backed by more than 350 years of building science expertise that only the world leader in sustainable environments can provide.

LEARN MORE > sageglass.com

SageGlass has installed dynamic glass in more than 700 projects worldwide – including iconic buildings such as the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn and the Swiss International Scientific School Dubai, United Arab Emirates (shown above).

JOIN OUR TEAM SageGlass has made Faribault its home since 1999, and we continue to grow. We welcome you to visit our website to learn more about our company and our latest employment opportunities.

EARN THE LIFE YOU WANT.

MANUFACTURING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES ARE ENDLESS. South Central College’s manufacturing apprenticeship programs follow a Learn Work Earn model. Apprentices work for area manufacturers while going to school, allowing them to earn wages while gaining experience in the field.

By combining on-the-job training with traditional classroom instruction, we help you master your technical skills and earn the life you want.

Learn more at southcentral.edu/earn or call 507.389.7200

This workforce solution was funded by a grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration.

A member of Minnesota State

Aging fine cheese in Faribault since 1936 Mr. Felix Frederiksen made the first blue cheese in the United States of America right here in Faribault in 1936. We’re proud to be a part of this community, and are continuously grateful for your support. Thank you for helping us call Faribault home!

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The Faribault Chamber has over 100 years of experience helping area businesses reach their goals.

Whether you are a small business or a large corporation the Chamber has tools that can help you connect, advocate, educate and train your workforce.

Chambers are catalysts through which professional people, entrepreneurs, business leaders and employers can work together for the common good. The entire community benefits from the work and programs supported by Chamber members because the mission is to promote growth and prosperity of Faribault. Check the Chamber website at www.faribaultmn.org for a full review of the chamber programs. Here are a few Chamber programs that our largest employers and manufacturer’s find most valuable.

Career and Workforce Development: The Faribault Chamber Career Development effort is dedicated to meeting the future workforce needs of our business community.

By working closely with employers and educators we help bridge the employment gap. This group assists with tours at local businesses, job shadow experiences, along with work-study and internships that offer employers a pipeline to future employees with practical and valuable experience.

These opportunities offer students real world experiences that will help to shape their future.

Business Advocacy: The Chamber is the Voice of Business! Chamber members band together to impact decisions made in our

community. There is clout in our unified voice whether representing the needs of one business, or working on behalf of all businesses collectively. The Vision 2040 initiative is a current example of private sector involvement through the chamber that makes things happen in Faribault.

Faribault’s Future: Employees need leadership skills and local knowledge to increase their effectiveness at work and build their community connections. Offering leadership development and community understanding make the program valuable and fun. Class starts annually in September.

Look into signing up for the next class.

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GROW Faribault: Our business retention and expansion effort is part of the statewide GROW Minnesota program. We partner with the Faribault EDA with three goals in mind; to thank businesses for employing people and contributing to the local economy, to learn about their business goals and assist where we are able and to identify issues affecting the business climate so we can provide stronger advocacy for business. Contact the Chamber to request a visit.

Small Business Development: The Chamber houses the Rice County Small Business Development Center. With support from Rice County, The Faribault EDA and the Faribault Industrial Corporation, the SBDC provides free confidential counseling to businesses on all business topics including SBA loan financing. Through the SBDC and our association with SCORE, we can offer free and confidential business assistance.

Contact the Chamber office or check the Chamber website to inquire about any of these programs.

CONNECTING PEOPLE & WORK

Stop in today or call to see our open positions!

Office (507) 334-4099 www.PeopleReady.com 403 CentralAvenue N., Faribault, MN, 55021

Building For The Future.

Join Our Team.

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LEARN WORK EARN PROGRAM OFFERS HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE When Blake Pleschourt graduated from Medford High School, he headed to a four-year university. When that wasn’t what he imagined, he went to a community college and got a business degree. But again, something didn’t seem to fit.

Almost as soon as he started working with South Central College Machining Instructor Bill Block, the pieces fell into place.

“It’s a whole different experience,” said Pleschourt. “I like the handson experience that South Central has to offer.”

Pleschourt, who works for K&G Manufacturing, is taking advantage of the college’s Learn Work Earn program in which students work in their field while taking classes at SCC. Students enrolled in three SCC programs—Machining, Mechatronics and Welding—can participate in Learn Work Earn and earn a diploma or associate degree virtually debt-free.

Students enjoy the obvious benefits, and employers appreciate that SCC provides new employees necessary skills and helps experienced workers enhance or develop existing skills.

“We were able to move one of our students from assembly to the Fabrication Department,” said Cybex Fabrication Manager Jason DeMars which also hires SCC students. “It’s easier to fill assembly positions so this saved us searching for a machine operator.”

Pleschourt, who’s already completed his certificate in machining, is working on his diploma. Then he’ll finish up his associate degree. The program is structured so students can continue until they’ve finished all

Blake Pleschourt coursework or get a certificate and build on what they’ve accomplished later.

School and work, Pleschourt said, takes some juggling, but it’s worth it.

“Learning is actually enjoyable,” he said. “You’re not trying just to get a letter grade. You’re trying to figure stuff out and that’s pretty beneficial.”

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LEARN WORK EARN

• Three programs: Computer Integrated Machining, Mechatronics and Welding • Offers students technical skills education to prepare for employment in high-wage, in-demand jobs • Dual-training and apprenticeships available • Earn a certificate, diploma or Associate of Applied Science degree (AAS not available in welding) • Grants of up to $6,000 helps pay for tuition, books, fees and materials • Build on prior military or work experience

The City of Faribault’s EDA supports local manufacturers and our area students who are interested in the STEM studies. We are interested in assisting you in establishing your dreams, inventions, and your company.

Please give us a call at 507-333-0388.

During Manufacturer’s Week October 1-7, 2017, we celebrate with you the following STEM industries in our city: Engineering-chemical, construction, robotics. Fabrication-metal, plastics, fabrics, tool & die.

Skilled-programmers, electricians, inspectors. Administrative support-IT hardware support, management, testers.

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PIPELINE PROJECT OFFERS STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES ALONG WITH TUITION REIMBURSEMENT

Bishar Abdullahi, laid off from his warehouse job and a student at South Central College, needed an income and to pay for his tuition.

He found both through the PIPELINE Project.

The project gives students an opportunity to receive on-the-job training and tuition reimbursement. And it’s giving employers the type of employees they’re struggling to find.

A statewide program that started in 2014, it’s expanding dualtraining and apprenticeship programs. Employers partner with SCC to find new employees or give existing employees an opportunity to earn certificates associated with their profession.

It also lets students like Abdullahi find good-paying jobs without racking up huge amounts of student debt. His job at Cardinal Glass pays about 50 percent more than his prior job.

The PIPELINE Project provides up to $6,000 per student for tuition, books, fees and potentially any tools needed.

The state pays part of the tuition, and companies, depending on their size, chip in 25 percent of the costs.

Students apply to companies, which make the hiring decisions.

Bishar Abdullahi South Central College helps prepare students for interviews, and if hired, students work at least part-time each week. Abdullahi’s coursework will take about two years to complete and the goal is to have a full-time job waiting when he completes his classes.

“There’s really a lack of employees with these skilled labor positions,” said Sue Mieska, Cardinal Glass business manager. “This was a beautiful partnership.”

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Faribault Impact Economic Importance Manufacturing is the backbone of Minnesota’s economy, contributing $42.8 billion to the state’s economy and accounting for 16 percent of its private gross domestic product.

Manufacturing Average Weekly Wages - Rice Co. Total, All Industries

$839

Manufacturing $1,160 Nonmetallic Mineral Products $1,350 Food $1,236 Computer & Electronic Products $1,099 $1,066 Fabricated Metal Product Machinery $1,021 Furniture & Related Products $922 $839 Miscellaneous Printing & Related Support Activities $737 Plastics & Rubber Products $646 Source: DEED Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages (QCEW)

Minnesota’s manufacturing jobs are concentrated in the areas of

• Food • Computer and electronics products • Fabricated metal products • Machinery Employment Impact • Medical devices and miscellaneous Minnesota has 318,000 manufacturing products jobs, 13 percent of all private-sector • Printing jobs.

• Plastics and rubber products According to the Minnesota • Chemical products Department of Employment and • Wood products Economic Development, the average manufacturing job supports another Minnesota’s Manufactured 2.21 jobs. Manufacturing accounts Exports for between 7 and 22 percent of total Minnesota companies sold nearly employment, depending on the region. $18 billion in manufactured products in foreign markets in 2016. Almost 8,300 Pocketbook Impact Manufacturing pays an average annual companies had export sales in more than 200 countries. wage of $63,794. That’s 17 percent higher than the state’s overall average.

Manufacturing has the second-largest Top Five Export Industries total payroll among private-sector In 2016, Minnesota’s top five export industries at $20.3 billion annually in industries were: 2016.

• Optical and medical products at

$3.5 billion Top Manufacturing Industries • Machinery at $3.1 billion • Electrical machinery at $2.5 billion More than 40 percent of Minnesota’s • Vehicles at $1.5 billion Fortune 500 companies — including 3M, General Mills, Land O’Lakes, Ecolab, • Plastic products at $1.1 billion Hormel Foods, Mosaic, St. Jude Medical National Exports Rankings and Patterson Industries — operate in manufacturing.

Minnesota ranks 22nd in the nation for manufactured exports in 2016. In 2015, the state ranked 17th for the number of jobs (119,100) generated by manufactured exports.

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Manufacturers in Faribault Ashworth Factory Service

Cable Connection and Supply

866-204-1414 1405 Cannon Circle Unit 15 www.ashworth.com

507-334-6417 1505 30th St NW www.cableconnection supply.com

Ashworth is one of the top conveyor belt manufacturers in the world-they built their business around satisfying your needs. Whether your application is in food processing or in an industrial, transportation or technology sector, Ashworth has a conveyor belting system to improve your yield.

Provides products and value added distribution services from over 1,000 manufacturers to the telecommunication industry in the areas of Outside Plant, MRO, Network Distribution, Premise Wire, Central Office material, Tools, Test equipment and Safety products.

Established: 1946 FT Employees: 10 PT Employees: 0

Established: 1987 FT Employees: 40(Prospective) PT Employees:

B & B Manufacturing and Assembly

Caves of Faribault

507-334-2445 15770 Acorn Trail www.bbmfg.net

507-334-3988 222 3rd Street NE www.cavesoffaribault.com

B & B Manufacturing works with several customers ranging from Food, Medical, Agricultural, to Outdoor heating units. They are a contract manufacturer and assembler.

Award-winning artisanal blue veined cheese, handmade with all natural ingredients. Amablu Blue and Gorgonzola cheeses are handmade in small batches then cured and aged in sandstone caves.

Established: 2004 FT Employees: 19 PT Employees: 0

Established: FT Employees: 20 PT Employees: 4

Bio Wood Processing

Crown Aerosols

Faribault Energy Park

507-334-5594 300 24th Street NW www.daikinapplied.com

507-331-4791 4100 Park Avenue www.faribaultenergypark.com

Daikin delivers engineered, flexible solutions for commercial, industrial and institutional HVAC requirements with reliable products, knowledgeable applications expertise and responsive support.

Faribault Energy Park goes far beyond being simply a power plant. This 300 MW combinedcycle facility in southern Minnesota was built as a model of environmental responsibility and innovation. The result is an efficient and beautiful facility that has been welcomed as a longterm asset to the community and a good environmental neighbor.

Established: 1924 FT Employees: 350 PT Employees: 0

Energy Technology Unlimited-MN

Established: FT Employees: 19 PT Employees: 0

507-334-0442 1612 7th Street NW www.etu-mn.com

Faribault Foods

ETU provides an innovative, unique process for recycling antifreeze that makes it better than new.

Established: FT Employees: 2 PT Employees: 0

Environmental Tillage Systems 507-332-2231 85 Prairie Avenue www.soilwarrior.com

507-334-9663 22650 Bagley Ave www.biowoodprocessing.com

507-334-3981 PO Box 38 www.crowncork.com

Bio Wood provides a resource to help the environment by taking wood products that would otherwise end up in the landfill or burned. They dispose of these products in an environmentally and economic way to produce animal bedding and mulch.

Crown has a long history of leading the industry with innovative packaging technology.

From the time their founder William Painter invented the bottle cap to the ground-breaking SuperEnd™ beverage ends to today’s cutting edge shaping technology, Crown has led the way.

Established: 2011 FT Employees: 20 PT Employees: 0

Daikin Applied

Environmental Tillage Systems, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of conservation tillage, integrated planting and nutrient management equipment which enhances soil productivity and farm profitability.

Established: 2002 FT Employees: 20 PT Employees: 2

Established: 1892 FT Employees: 195 PT Employees: 0

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507-331-1400 1819 NW Second Avenue www.faribaultfoods.com Faribault Foods’ product line comprises canned vegetables, sauced beans, refried beans, baked beans, kids’ and family style pasta, soup, chili, and organic and Mexican specialties.

Established: 1895 FT Employees: 319 PT Employees: 0

Faribault Woolen Mill Company 507-412-5510 1500 2nd Avenue NW www.faribaultmill.com The Faribault Woolen Mill Company is one of the only fully integrated woolen mills still in existence today in America.

Established: 1865 FT Employees: 60 PT Employees: 44

Faribo Manufacturing Company 507-334-4376 820 20th St NW www.faribomfg.com Faribo Manufacturing Company are specialized in plastics molders with capabilities in: Rotational Molding, Vacuum Forming, and Fabrication.

Established: 1957 FT Employees: 15 (Prospective) PT Employees: 0

Faribo Powder Coating 507-334-9339 103 20th St. NW Suite 1 www.faribopowdercoating.com Faribo Powder Coating is a fullservice powder coating facility capable of exceeding all of your finishing needs.

Established: FT Employees: 2 PT Employees: 0

Genova Minnesota 507-332-7421 500 12th Street NW www.genovaproducts.com Genova has enhanced many home improvement products by producing them with sturdy, maintenance free PVC materials.

Plumbing Products, Vinyl Gutter and Vinyl Fencing Products, and new generation of vinyl products to include, Vinyl Wire Management, Vinyl Decking, Vinyl Railing & Choice Lattice.

Established: FT Employees: 103 (Prospective) PT Employees: 9

Glass Aggregate Systems 507-334-6437 1100 Cannon Circle www.glassagg.com Building Glass Recycling equipment that is durable, yet easily and inexpensively maintained.

Gold Star Manufacturing

Jennie-O Turkey Store

KGP Logistics

507-209-1940 515 Fowler St. www.goldstarstages.com

507-334-5555 1116 4th Ave NW www.jennieo.com

507-334-2268 2501 Morristown Blvd www.kgptel.com

Gold Star Manufacturing specializes in making carnival rides, repairs, fabrication, and making portable stages.

From deli meats to whole turkeys to ground turkey and sausages, they offer more than 1500 products and recipes that make it easy to eat well.

KGP is a leading diversity provider of supply chain services, telecommunication products and integrated solutions. Their distribution network is comprised of seven (7) regional distribution centers located strategically across the United States and complimented with five (5) product manufacturing facilities dedicated to providing fiber and copper factory terminated cable, custom assemblies, and AWT (assemble, wire, and test) services.

Established: FT Employees: 6 PT Employees: 0

Humphrey Manlift Company

Established: FT Employees: 600 PT Employees: 0

K & G Manufacturing

507-334-6193 PO Box 385 www.humphrey-manlift.com

507-334-5501 226 Park Avenue NW www.kgmfg.com

The Humphrey Manlift is a belt manlift built on tradition and recognized as an outstanding value for any type of facility needing to move people up or down floor flights with a limited use of space. Grain elevators, automobile parking ramps, chemical factories, beverage manufacturers and similar operations know Humphrey Manlift as a recognized provider of manlift solutions.

K & G machines parts and subassemblies for many critical performance products. Whether it is a component for a fighter jet, boat engine, MRI machine, super computer, or defense munitions, K&G delivers precision parts with unmatched quality at a competitive price.

Established: FT Employees: 8 PT Employees: 1

KBK Engineering

Innovative Food Processors, Inc 507-334-2730 2125 Airport Drive www.ifpinc.biz At Innovative Food Processors, they take pride in 25+ years of collaboration and partnership with leading global food, supplement, sports nutrition, and medical food companies. They offer customized support, turnkey manufacturing and have expertise in every stage of the powder product development process.

Established: FT Employees: 63 PT Employees: 0

Established: FT Employees: 130 PT Employees: 0

Living Greens Farm 952-226-2644 1512 30th St NW www.livinggreensfarm.com Living Greens Farm is the new, international business model for growing fresh, delicious, safe, pesticide-free, faster, better, stronger and more disease resistant.

507-334-6484 2660 Morristown Blvd. www.kbkengineeringinc.com

Established: FT Employees: 5 PT Employees: 2

KBK specializes as a tool and die job shop. They can handle manufacturing for both residential and commercial customers.

Lockerby Sheet Metal & Roofing Company

Established: FT Employees: 4 (Prospective) PT Employees: 0

Established: FT Employees: 200 PT Employees: 100

507-334-4840 217 Mill Street www.lockerbysheetmetal.com Lockerby’s employees are craftsmen with the practical design skills and knowledge to help you create just about anything out of sheet metal.

Established: FT Employees: 18 (Prospective) PT Employees: 0

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Established: FT Employees: 3 PT Employees: 0

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SAGE Glass

Tru Vue, Inc.

Mercury Minnesota

507-331-4848 One Sage Way www.sageglass.com

507-334-0051 2150 Airport Drive www.tru-vue.com

Mercury Minnesota is a global supplier of metal fabricated & assembled solutions they know what it takes to get the job done: competitively and efficiently.

Mercury Minnesota can work with you from concept through finished product with their design and engineering support.

SageGlass®, a product of SaintGobain, is an advanced dynamic glass that can be electronically tinted or cleared to optimize daylight and improve the human experience in buildings.

SageGlass enables you to control sunlight and glare without blinds or shade, significantly reducing energy consumption while maintaining your view and connection to the outdoors.

Tru Vue is known as a leader and innovator in the protection and conservation of all things framed and displayed. Whether it’s Museum Glass®, Conservation Clear® and Conservation Reflection Control®, or our acrylic glazing products including Optium Museum Acrylic®, no other company has such a complete portfolio of high-performance glazing options as Tru Vue.

Established: 1957 FT Employees: 71 PT Employees: 0

Established: FT Employees: 186 PT Employees: 1

Established: FT Employees: 105 PT Employees: 0

MRG Tool and Die Corp.

Southern Minnesota Woodcraft, Inc.

Trystar

507-334-5513 901 Hulett Ave www.mercurycorp.com

507-334-1847 1100 Cannon Circle PO Box 811 www.toolanddie.net MRG Tool and Die has been your single source for tooling and production needs since 1979.

Specializing in providing high quality, close tolerance metal working specialties.

Established: FT Employees: 62 PT Employees: 6

Northern Tool & Equipment 507-334-9310 2050 Airtech Rd www.northerntool.com Northern Tool & Equipment serves as the exclusive distributor of NorthStar TM brand equipment, which is fabricated and assembled at Northern’s 250,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in Faribault.

Established: FT Employees: 160 (Prospective) PT Employees: 0

507-334-4985 2700 Airport Drive West www.smwood.com Southern Minnesota Woodcraft, Inc. is a premier full-service architectural millwork company and woodworking shop committed who specialize in custom cabinets, countertops, fixture assemblies, plastic laminate casework, solid wood and wood veneer casework, as well as solid surface fabrication.

Established: 1947 FT Employees: 28 PT Employees: 1

507-333-3990 2917 Industrial Drive www.trystar.com TRYSTAR is a leading domestic manufacturer and international distributor of portable and permanent power solutions, industrial cables and power accessories.

Established: FT Employees: 51 PT Employees: 0

TyNik Molding 507-334-8000 1232 Willow Street www.tynikmolding.com TyNik Molding produces prototypes and production plastic injection molded parts for every conceivable market for over 26 years. This includes everything from game parts to pacemaker parts, to parts used by the military. They specialize in helping inventors and engineers from all over the world get their plastic parts in a timely and cost effective manner.

Established: FT Employees: 7 PT Employees: 5

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V/M Engineering & Associates 507-334-1758 1301 Cannon Circle Dr. Faribault MN 55021 www.vmengco.com V/M Engineering & Associates is a full service job shop employing 26 personnel in our 28,000 sq ft facility. V/M Engineering services consist of the following: Shop Software, CNC Vertical Machining Centers, CNC Horizontal Turning Centers, Lathe, Mill, Plasma Cutter, Break Presses, Horizontal Band Saw, Welding Stations, General Shop Equipment, Inspection, Powder Coating and Paint, and Delivery / Transportation Equipment.

Established: 1994 FT Employees: 26 PT Employees: 0

Willow Creek Concrete Products 507-331-3198 3701 NW Park Avenue www.willowcreekconcrete.com Willow Creek Concrete Products’ fine family of landscape and underground utility products: Willow Creek paving stones, VERSA-LOK retaining walls, Handy-Stone landscaping products, and concrete manhole products.

Established: FT Employees: 25 (Prospective) PT Employees: 10 Seasonal

Providing Help for Job Seekers & Businesses Seeking Employees

For more than 35 years, Faribo Manufacturing Company has been producing high-quality outdoor lighting covers and plastic storage containers for the food service industry. Using state-of-the-art plastic manufacturing technologies, we create proprietary products that save our customers time and money. We offer custom rotational molding and vacuum forming to meet the needs of your business.

Offering Classes, Workshops, and Other Trainings Email faribault.wfc@state.mn.us for more info Services

We help develop the skills of workers of all ages to improve their career prospects.

• Career counselors can help you identify a direction and develop a plan of action.

• Connect Young Adults with resources and programs.

• Align businesses with workforce assets in an effort to expand the economy and enhance prosperity for communities.

• Provide adults looking for new career growth opportunities.

(844) 842-7860 • faribomfg.com • 820 20th St NW, Faribault

201 Lyndale Avenue South, Suite 1, Faribault, MN 55021 507.333.2088 | Toll-free 888.234.5711 Open Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30pm

www.workforcedevelopmentinc.org

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Faribault Chamber

MRG values our Faribault Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Membership because of the partnerships with

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our community. This is the one organization that is able to work with, assists, or lead projects that directly impact MRG and the manufacturing community. The ability to assist the all the education partners in Faribault and Businesses in making career connections is important. To promote Faribault, Our community. A place to live, work, learn, and play.

- Rod

530 Wilson Avenue • Faribault • 507-334-4381 • faribaultmn.org

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Rod Gramse Director of Operations MRG Tool and Die Corp

INTEGRITY, COLLABORATION AND INNOVATION

BUILD A CAREER WITH

MERCURY CORPORATION A solutions-oriented contract manufacturer.

Hiring for multiple manufacturing careers in a With a strong focus on INTEGRITY, family owned company. We offer competitive COLLABORATION andaINNOVATION we wages and benefits with life/work balance. form close partnerships with our

Custom RaCks, Cabinets & enClosuRes

customers to provide manufacturing

PReCision sheet metal manufaCtuRing

solutions nation wide. We specialize in providing high quality, close

tolerance metal working specialties.

901 Hulett Avenue Faribault, MN 507-334-5513 mercurycorp.com

Must be 18 years of age or older. We are an equal opportunity employer.

MRG TOOL AND DIE CORP. Custom Machining Production Machining Production Stamping Waterjet Cutting Fabrication Design and Build Special Machines Dies Custom Fixturing and Work-holding

With a strong focus on INTEGRITY, COLLABORATION and INNOVATION we form close partnerships with our customers to provide manufacturing solutions locally and nation wide. We specialize in providing high quality, close tolerance metal working specialties.

AS9100 Certified

1100 Cannon Circle - Faribault MN mrgtoolanddie.com - 507-334-1847

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Industry and Education Partnering for Success

The Minnesota Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (MnAMP) is a statewide consortium of technical and community colleges who are working with manufacturers to close the skills gap in Minnesota through a restructured academic framework designed by and for industry. This new training emphasizes a statewide standardized core curriculum, which leads to career pathways and stackable, portable industry-recognized credentials that will be available to learners while working in industry.

Learn more about our new programs at www.mnamp.net!

MnAMP is a proud supporter and participant in the 2017 Minnesota Tour of Manufacturing.

For more information on the MnAMP project, please contact: Kelcey Woods-Nord, SCC MnAMP Project Coordinator kelcey.woods-nord@southcentral.edu | 507-389-7466

www.mnamp.net

A member of Minnesota State system and an Equal Opportunity Employer and Educator.

This workforce solution was funded by a grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration.

South Central College is the lead institution of the Minnesota Advanced Manufacturing Partnership.

Founded in 1994 as a contract welding shop and has since grown into a full service job shop employing 26 personnel in our 28,000 sq ft facility. Our ability to take your part from print to complete with exceptional on time delivery, competitive pricing, and with the quality our customers demand is what sets us apart.

Northern Tool Core Values: • • • • • •

Know Your Customer Provide Value Act With Integrity Empower The Individual Be Entrepreneurial Have Fun

▸ MINNESOTA FAMILY OWNED FOR 35+ YEARS IN OPERATION IN FARIBAULT ▸ 27 YEARS YEAR OPERATION IN FARIBAULT ▸ MAJOR PRODUCTS INCLUDE AIR COMPRESSORS, GENERATORS,

LOG SPLITTERS, PRESSURE WASHERS, SPRAYERS, WATER PUMPS

NORTHERN TOOL CAREERS: HELPING YOU BUILD THE FRAMEWORK TO A GREAT CAREER A solid framework is the most important element of any building or structure. Careers, too, need a strong framework on which to build. At Northern Tool + Equipment, you’ll find the opporunity to develop your framework and grow your career to new heights.

Assembly ▯ Machine Operators ▯ Welding - 2nd Shift Visit www.northerntool.com/careers today!

Manufacturing and Engineering Mission/Vision Statement Beginning in Faribault, MN in 1990 as KBAR Industries, Northern Tool + Equipment Engineering and Manufacturing has had a long history of high quality products. As a quality-driven organization, Northern offers customers great value and direct-from-manufacturer prices on premium consumer and commercial power equipment. Our mission is to create products that are not only revered by our customers, but that our own employees believe in and support.