What’s Inside: Maag Americas Message Featured Team - Recycling New Video – Plastic Bag Free Day
New Hires and Farewells Employee Appreciation Employee Chili Cook off Service Anniversaries
MAAGAZIN
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July 2023 Newsletter
Dear Team MAAG Americas, June closes out the second quarter and our halfway point in the year. Revenue continues to be strong, and we are on track versus our plan. Unfortunately, new bookings continue to be quite soft, especially for the capital (major equipment) projects. In the second quarter we saw a significant reduction of bookings versus the first quarter and are currently about 20% behind plan. Over the next several quarters, MAAG Americas will see a slowdown in some areas. These are the times to complete projects that optimize your area and improve how we work. Through this slow time, we also encourage people to take vacations and prepare for when we get busy again. In this edition of the MAAGAZIN we highlight the Recycling Market team. Recycling is a very important business for MAAG. We provide pumps, filters and dryers specifically designed for this market. Paul and his team are experts at explaining how the technologies can provide benefits to our customers. This year, low oil and virgin polymer prices are challenging the recycling market. Many of our customers are slowing down lines and, therefore, investment in recycling technology. The good news is that recycling is here to stay and is a great bet in the long-term. Also, in early July, Ueli announced that Paul Merich has accepted the role of Vice President for MAAG Americas. Paul will be moving from China in August and live in the Roanoke area. In a future edition we will highlight more about Paul and his history with MAAG. Bill
One Maag America – Together, as a team, we can accomplish more Recycling Solutions: Maag Americas Outside Sales Team The Recycling industry offers many challenges. There is no magic machine that will turn garbage to gold. The process starts with understanding the challenges the customer is facing before any recommendations can be made. Many of our projects consist of retrofitting new technology onto old lines that were never designed for recycling. In many cases, the new technology costs twice as much as the entire line, which is one of the many challenges we face, especially when the market is tight, and customers are struggling to keep the doors open. Lately, more and more low- cost extruders are entering into the market from Asia. These systems were never designed for the contaminated material streams we process in the United States. They often come undersized and struggle to reach the capacity the customer was promised. This is where MAAG shines!
Dibby Dey Sales Manager
Paul Hueter Business Lead
Jeff Masar Regional Sales Manager
Korey Trahan Sales Manager
New Video
Keeping It Green - What Is Plastic Bag Free Day July 3 - International Plastic Bag Free Day Plastic bags may seem like a grocery shopping convenience, but they are also a huge strain on the environment.
Welcome June New Hires It was a wonderful June as we welcomed new employees. When you see them, check in, see if they have any questions, ask them how they are doing and give them a warm Maag Americas Welcome!
Griffin Croghan Operations Intern - Machining Kent
Christopher Overfelt Braze Technician Eagle Rock
FarynSwan Operations Intern - Assembly Kent
Daniel Diletti Accountant Eagle Rock
Rob Weikel Industrial Electrician Eagle Rock
Cameron Kern Maintenance Tech Eagle Rock
Chad Clement Export Shipper Eagle Rock
Farewell We wish the following people who left in June the best of luck in their future endeavors: Eagle Rock: Harold Defibaugh
June Raffle Winners Kent:Andrew Smith and Jeremiah Stone EGR: Brian Gentry and Patty Krause
Congrats to our winners!
Tickets for July are White Good luck to everyone!
Hot Dogs and Chili Cookoff at Eagle Rock
July Anniversaries
Department
Location
Name
Yrs. Of Service
Timothy Falls
26
Engineering
Eagle Rock
Paul Kay
25
Operations
Eagle Rock
Lorrie Breeding
23
Sales & Marketing
Eagle Rock
John Waugh
23
Purchasing
Eagle Rock
Steve Lavinder
23
Engineering
Eagle Rock
Chris Theimer
17
Sales and Marketing
Eagle Rock
Darryl Johns
15
Manuf. & Operations
Eagle Rock
Timothy Hiner
13
Engineering
Eagle Rock
Drew Thompson
9
Sales and Marketing
Charlotte
Rodney Corl
8
Sales and Marketing
Eagle Rock
George Lloyd
8
Manuf. & Operations
Eagle Rock
Gregory Stinnett
8
Manuf. & Operations
Eagle Rock
July Anniversaries
Department
Location
Name
Yrs. Of Service
William Hurt
7
Manuf. & Operations
Eagle Rock
Ken Newby
6
Manuf. & Operations
Eagle Rock
Elijah Patterson
6
Engineering
Eagle Rock
Ray Starkey
5
Customer Service
Georgia
Jeremy Tabatchnick
4
Engineering
Charlotte
Christian Newbury
4
Engineering
Eagle Rock
Beatrice Williams
3
Administrative
Eagle Rock
Don Brosius
2
Manuf. & Operations
Eagle Rock
Seth Shreve
2
Customer Service
Eagle Rock
Bryan Gomez
1
Engineering
Eagle Rock
Sam Hostetter
1
Manuf. & Operations
Eagle Rock
Ria Jordan
1
Manuf. & Operations
Eagle Rock
Safety Message
Safety First Document Dehydration
Hobbies
The Trails of Enduro
Ten years ago, a life-long love of dirt (motor)bikes led Juan Corredor (Design Engineer, Witte) to Enduro – a form of motorcycle sport run on extended cross- country, off-road courses. Enduro consists of many different obstacles and challenges over a long course and riders are usually competing against a time clock instead of other competitors. The focus is on endurance through tough terrain. While you may be more familiar with the dirt track racing of Motocross, Enduro has a few defining characteristics: courses are mostly natural
terrain, marked out through woodland, with unique man-made obstacles added for excitement. Juan loves this sport, not only for the adrenaline-pumping races through the woods, water and dirt but because of the people he meets. There is a great sense of camaraderie amongst the riders as they challenge themselves to be better and help one-another to be successful. Riders, including Juan, need to know how to fix and maintain their own bikes – sometimes in the midst of a competition and it isn’t unusual to see other competitors helping out a fellow rider. The competition season runs from October to June in the southern part of the US and Juan usually competes once or twice during each of those months. When he is not competing, he is out on the
trail every weekend practicing for 5 or more hours a day. The last four races that Juan has competed in he placed 4 th or 5 th and is looking to move up a level at the start of the next season. He now has three bikes and can choose which bike to use based on the technical difficulty of the course. If the course is known to be really challenging, he picks the bike with the best suspension and electric start. Is Enduro safe? Unlike motocross, Enduro isn’t necessarily about speed and jumps. “Safe” might be a stretch…. but, according to Juan, if you get the right power of motorcycle for your skill level, and you seek out advice from experienced Enduro riders, your chances of getting hurt will be greatly reduced. To his point, Juan’s first day out on a new motorcycle, he went to ride with friends, lost control and ended up breaking his wrist. Since then, he has had a few other accidents, but nothing severe enough to keep this adrenaline junky off the trail.
Employee Interests
Best Friends
Favorite Recipe
Chicken Tikka Masala Submitted by Siddarth Ramkumar, Dir. Of Operations, Kent (Ingredients can be acquired in an Indian or Asian specialty market)
Say hello to Coco , Matt & Julie Upton's Boykin Spaniel.
Chicken Marinade
Curry Sauce
600g (1.5lb.) Chicken breasts
3 Tbsp. Oil
1 Tbsp. Lemon juice
1 C. Chopped onion
Pinch of Salt
2 tsp. Ginger garlic paste
1 Tbsp. Ginger garlic paste
1 C. Tomato puree ½ tsp. Turmeric 1 tsp. Coriander 1 tsp. Ground cumin
1/3 C. yogurt
1 Tbsp. Red chili powder ½ tsp. Garam masala 1 tsp. Ground cumin
Pinch of Sal
2 Tbsp. Oil
2 tsp. Red chili powder 1 C. Water 125 ml (½ C) Heavy cream ½ tsp. Garam masala 1 Tbsp. Dried fenugreek leaves
1. Combine marinade ingredients and add chicken. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to 4 hours. (Longer is preferred). 2. In a flat-bottomed, high-walled pan, add 2-3 Tbsp. of oil and heat. Pan fry the chicken on all sides until 75% cooked. Remove from pan and set aside. 3. Clean pan and add 2 Tbsp. of oil. Sauté chopped onions for 5 minutes until mild brown color. 4. Add ginger garlic paste and sauté for 2 minutes. 5. Add tomato puree and cook 5 min. until thickened. 6. Add spices (except garam masala and fenugreek) and sauté for 1 minute. 7. Add partially cooked chicken back to the pan and cook for 1 min. 8. Add 1 C. water and cook on low heat for 10 minutes while covered. 9. Add cream and stir frequently for 2 minutes. 10. Add fenugreek leaves and garam masala and stir for 1 min.
The Boykin Spaniel is the state dog of South Carolina. The first day of duck season in SC is Boykin Spaniel Day. There is also a Boykin Spaniel postage stamp in SC.
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