The Recoiler January 2018

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2018 Community Outreach & 2017 Recap At Mill Steel we are fortunate to work in a place that allows us to make a difference and give back to our community. Not only that, but we’re given a voice on which organizations we’d like Mill Steel to support and raise funds for. Our community outreach strategy allows us to execute fundraising events and better plan Give 2 Get volunteer projects in advance, which truly allows Mill Steel to have a greater impact on the community. But you don’t have to take our word for it, to recap, we’ve listed the four charities that we voted on in 2017 and the funds raised for each charity throughout this past year.

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2017's selected charities and the total amounts raised: Q1: Helen DeVos Children's Hospital - $2,176.00

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Q2: Alzheimer's Association Greater Michigan Chapter - $5,958 Q3: D.A. Blodgett - St. John's - $205,748 Q4: Operation Injured Soldiers - $1,843.00 The votes are in and the four charities you have selected for the year 2018 are listed below. We will continue to raise money for the new charities through our Recoiler events and fundraising projects. We thank you again for your generous support during 2017 and we're excited to see what we can accomplish this year!

Q1: Helen DeVos Children's Hospital

Mission: Philanthropy helps make it possible for us to launch, expand and sustain important programs and services. Donations to the foundation help save lives and advance the health and well-being of our young patients and their families.

Q2: Alzheimer's Association Greater Michigan Chapter

Mission: The Alzheimer's Association advances research to end Alzheimer's and dementia while enhancing care for those living with the disease.

Q3: D.A. Blodgett - St. John's

Mission: Helping children and empowering families by providing safety, advocacy and support.

Q4: Feeding America West Michigan

Mission: Feeding America West Michigan exists to ensure safe food is available to the hungry in our community.

Article by: Kaley Shaheen

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People We believe in ourselves and trust one another.

Customer Satisfaction We will do everything necessary to meet the needs of our customers.

Accountability We are accountable to our customers and to eachother.

Quality Work Environment We will provide a challenging work environment.

Community We support our community needs.

Profit We will earn a reasonable profit to assure stability and security for ourselves.

Employee Empowerment We are empowered to do our jobs.

Quality and Continuous Improvement We believe in continuous improvement through the use of corrective action process.

Facilities We will have a clean, safe place to work.

Integrity/Ethics We will be honest and fair.

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Associate Highlight Dot Jones, Inside Sales Representative

Dot and her husband, Kirk, on their five year anniversary last October.

What is your role here at Mill Steel?

I'm an Inside Sales Representative for SSP. I have the pleasure of entering orders and quotes, along with providing the best customer service that I can for our customers and outside sales team.

What do you like best about your job?

The best thing about my job is that I get to interact with a ton of remarkable people.

Our customers, and the awesome people I work with, make me enjoy coming to work every day.

What is the biggest challenge?

My biggest challenge is letting go of things that are out of my control. If something happens where, for some reason, the customer isn’t completely satisfied with how an order went,

I take it more personally than I should.

Where are you from, and who makes up your family?

I grew up in Roseburg, Oregon but have lived mostly in or around the Louisville, KY area for the past 20 years. My family consists of my husband, Kirk, daughter, Olivia, and step-son, Chris. We also have five fish tanks, two dogs, two cats, and a leopard gecko.

What is one of your favorite quotes and why?

“It’s the mosquitoes that bite, not the elephants” – It’s just a reminder to not let the little things get you down even though they’re the ones that get under your skin and aggravate the heck out of you.

What are you interested in that most people haven’t heard of?

Yurts; I’m obsessed. I want 40 acres of land with several yurts that are all connected and surrounded by fruit trees, gardens, pets, and wildlife.

What would you name the autobiography of your life? What would the first or last sentence say?

From Government Cheese to Brie.

This is the story of one girl that has had some really high highs and some very unfortunate lows, but she persisted.

What are you most looking forward to in the next 10 years?

As much as I don’t want my daughter

to grow up, I can’t wait to watch her flourish into the little person she’s becoming.

If you won the lottery, what would your life look like a year after you bring home the winnings?

Remember those yurts I talked about earlier? It would look a lot like that, with a lot of adventures to far off lands, thrown in for good measure.

What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?

My dream job would be a Forensic Pathologist. I love anatomy and the ins and outs of how our bodies work, but I get too attached to people to want to be a doctor.

Dot's daughter, Olivia, at King's Island.

Article by: Amanda Massar

T ec h Ti ps with k evin s anc h ez : H o w D o i D elet e m y Vo ic e m a i l?

If you are receiving an email that says, “Your voice mailbox has exceeded the quota warning threshold specified by your administrator. Please reduce your voice mailbox size by deleting a few items from your mailbox," this means that your voice mailbox is full and you need to delete messages to clear up space.

There are two ways to go about this: 1. You can permanently delete the messages out of your Outlook mailbox.

• To delete a message permanently, you must delete it from your deleted items folder. That means that if the voicemail is in your deleted items folder, essentially, it’s still in a folder in your mailbox. Please note, it will take 24 hours for the message to register as deleted in your voicemail.

2. You can go into your voice mailbox on your desk phone and delete messages there.

• To delete messages through your desk phone, press the voicemail button and enter your pin. Press 1 to play new messages or 3 to play saved messages. When the message has played, press 3 to delete it.

If you have any questions, feel free to email techservices@millsteel.com

Name: Josh Ketchum Location & Department: Grand Rapids / Material Applications Josh joins our Materials Applications team in Grand Rapids, MI. Josh has a sixyear-old daughter named Abigail, who loves animals and superheroes. In his free time, Josh enjoys taking his daughter out on adventures to places like the park, the zoo, and Lego Land. He also enjoys fishing and kayaking. Josh has two dogs, a Labrador Retriever named Otis and a Wired Haired Pointer mix named Roscoe. His daughter also has a cat named Alfie. One day Josh would like to take an extended kayaking/fishing trip in Montana.

our Mill These individuals are recent additions to them to Steel family. Please join us in welcoming Articles by: Taylor Keefer the team!

Name: Aimee McCurdy Location & Department: Grand Rapids / Logistics Aimee joins our Logistics team in Grand Rapids, MI. Aimee has two sons, Ben, 14 and Luke, 12; they both play sports and musical instruments. She also has two dogs, a Brittany mix named Tess and a Beagle named Olive. Aimee loves the cooler weather in the fall and watching the leaves change color. In her free time, Aimee enjoys trying out new ethnic restaurants, cooking and thrift shopping.

Name: Eric Burnett Location & Department: Jeffersonville / Operator

Name: Michael Gallegos Location & Department: Outside Sales / Building Products Michael joins our Outside Sales team for the Building Products Division. While he is originally from Northwest Indiana, he currently resides in sunny Saint Petersburg, Florida! Michael has a two-year-old Border Collie mix who loves to go boating, paddle boarding and play at the park. In his free time, Michael enjoys hunting, golfing, and fishing. He also loves history, old black and white movies and old western films. One item on his bucket list is to watch the Tour de France stage in the Pyrenees!

Eric joins the team in Jeffersonville, IN on the cut-to-length line. Eric has a brother named Mike and a sister named Emily.

Eric has two dogs named Chubz and Hazel. Eric is an enthusiastic sports fan; he loves baseball and Indiana University basketball.

New Year's Weight Loss Challenge The start of a new year calls for new resolutions! This year’s holiday weight loss challenge is designed to help participants maintain, or even lose weight, and to make healthy choices after the hectic holiday season. Make sure to stick to your goals for 2018 and stay strong this month, because those that can maintain their weight or lose it, will be rewarded with prize money! The weigh out for the competition will take place in February. There will be 1st ($250), 2nd ($150), and 3rd ($100) place prizes for the biggest losers in the Men’s and Women’s divisions based on percentage of weight lost. Good luck to all and Happy New Year!

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Anniversaries

Congratulations to Chris Bertram and his fiancé Chelsie Mcguffey on the birth of their handsome baby boy, Greyson Bryant. He was born on December 10th and weighed in at 8 lbs 10.5 oz and was 20 inches long. Mom, Dad and Greyson are all doing well. We were informed that he is going to be a future Mill Steel Maintenance Tech. He waited just long enough for his dad to finish a major improvement project on the 66 in Anderson before he decided to come meet Mom and Dad. Welcome to the Mill Steel family, Greyson!

Article by: Tammy Root

Annual Ugly Sweater Contest Our annual Ugly Sweater Contest took place on Monday, December 18th.

There were several tacky, uncomfortable, and just plain ugly sweaters at the office, making this year’s vote a very difficult decision. In the end, Brian Holzgen’s iconic lamp sweater won the most votes for ugliest! Tammy Root came in second for the most creative sweater in the office, and Larry Tiffany won third place for his “festive” sweater. Great job to everyone who participated and congratulations to the winners.

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Contest Corner

Clever displays of creative description were aplenty in this month’s fundraising contest.

The game was Heads Up and the competition for the title was fierce. It came down to the reigning champions, a team of Amanda Massar and Sara Zimmer, vs. rising challengers, Nick Gagnon and Casey VerStrate. The teams fought to a pair of ties to start the championship round, setting up a winner take all third bout. Nick and Casey pulled off an upset for the ages, knocking off the champs 8-7, in an intense final round. All proceeds will go to our Q4 charity, Operation Injured Soldiers.

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Each quarter an associate from every plant and the corporate office are recognized for their exceptional performance. This award is known as Prime Performers because much like the prime steel we buy and sell, these team members shine bright for going above and beyond in their daily duties. The winners are featured in the Recoiler at the beginning of each quarter, and receive a prime parking spot and a $200 Visa gift card.

If you would like to nominate a fellow co-worker, please email Amanda Allspach. Winners are selected by the management team.

A n d r ew B e n da l l "Andrew Bendall has worked countless hours getting ready for and implementing our data center move (while sick, I might add). He is sent to our remote facilities at the drop of a hat to help them with whatever is needed. He can always be reached for any system issue day or night, on weekends or even when he is on vacation. Overall, he does a terrific job and works extremely hard!"

- Sheryl King, IT Manager / Senior Systems Developer

Johnny Bussey "Johnny Bussey possesses a great attitude along with an excellent work ethic. His attention to detail is second to none. Johnny is not a big fan of overtime, but he will give you his all until the work is done, no matter how many hours it takes. We can count on Johnny to be here every day, on time and ready to work. Johnny is a great addition to our growing team."

- Jason Meads, Steel Structural Products Birmingham Plant Manager

Mike Fuller "This past quarter, Mike displayed exemplary leadership and dedication to the success of SSP. Mike has shown a desire to learn multiple positions, none more critical than the role of shipper that he currently performs. With a strong backlog on the SSP books, Mike transitioned into this role and is successfully driving trucks out for us. Mike willingly took over this role as he was thrust into service faster than expected due the busy season. He has worked long hours learning the role and assuring that customer orders get out correctly and in a timely fashion.

We greatly appreciate Mike’s efforts and look forward to his continued success."

- Dave Dziuban, Jeffersonville Plant Manager

Jam es H a l l “James Hall is an important contributor to our production team in Birmingham, AL. He is our 77” set-up-man, he is also cross trained to set up on the 64”, and he can run the pack lines. James demonstrates a great work ethic at Mill Steel; he is a team player and is very reliable! Congratulations and thank you for all of your hard work, James!"

- Kevin Farley, Birmingham Plant Manager

Gabriel Mendoza “Gabriel Mendoza has been slitting coils at Mill Steel for over 20 years, and is able to run every machine in Anderson. He is a figure-it-out type of guy because he never says he can’t do something, instead he offers a solution of how we can do it. It’s his persistent personality that makes him so reliable, no matter the task at hand. Gabriel is always willing to work before or after shift to finish a product.

Thank you for your many years of hard work, Gabriel, you deserve this award!”

- Martin Tobey, Anderson Plant Manager

Jose Niera “Jose is not only the cut-to-length operator, he is also cross trained on the drywall line, shipping, packaging, maintenance and is learning the 60” slitter. Jose has a great attitude, work ethic and attendance record. He is one of the pillars that we are building this Houston facility around. In one week, the cut-to-length line ran 142 skids off of 26 charts for a hot order. Congratulations Jose, this award is well deserved.”

- Mike Tomasaitis, Houston Plant Manager

Kody Reynolds “Kody joined the Mill Steel family in March of 2011. He has spent most of his time in our shipping department with stints in maintenance and production. Kody is a very dependable and knowledgeable team member, and he always gets the job done. I have worked closely with Kody for a large part of his career. He is one of the main reasons our year-end inventory runs smoothly. He is always willing to give a hand when needed. Congrats Kody, you are well deserving of this award!”

- George Knarr, Grand Rapids Supervisor

Terry Smith "Terry is a valued leader at the Melvindale facility. He is a fantastic slitter operator wherever we need him, but his home is on the 74” heavy gauge slitter. Terry consistently posts the lowest blended non-efficiencies (PPM’s, IPF’s, Unplanned Rework) in the shop month after month, and has been instrumental in the success of project One Million on the production side. Aside from operating, Terry has done a fantastic job of leading our weekly and monthly safety training programs, helping develop and mentor new associates in training, handling all of our daily calibrations, and is ALWAYS there whenever we need him! Great job Terry, you are greatly appreciated by all of us and we’re thankful to have you on our team!

- Kevin Bodner, Melvindale Plant Manager

P at r i c k W h i t e h a i r "During the past quarter, Patrick showed tremendous leadership and dedication to the success of Mill Steel. Patrick’s positive attitude and team mentality makes him a great part of the 78’s success. Patrick recently transitioned from setup man to operator on the 78” slitter and he shows great potential. We look forward to his continued growth and future successes with the Mill Steel team."

- Dave Dziuban, Jeffersonville Plant Manager