Published by the Employees of the Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe Co.

Inside this issue:

From the Desk of Kent Brown 2

ABCD Awards 3

Service Achievements 4

Family Faces 5

New Arrivals 8

1st Quarter 2013

Volume XXVII, Issue 9

PSCIPCO Wins the “Screaming Eagle”

Safety Awards

L to R Brian Lichtenfels - PSCIPCO Safety Director, Michael Parker -Group Safety Director, Jeff Otterstedt - McWane Senior Vice President - Pipe Division, Kent Brown - PSCIPCO General Manager, Scott Jarvis - PSCIPCO Plant Manager.

PSCIPCO recently attended the Applied Ergonomics Conference in Dallas, TX, representing McWane, and won the Excellence Award for Risk Reduction for our Core Break Out.

This award is particularly gratify-ing. Excellence awards are voted on by all conference attendees. Many companies-Toyota, Honda, GE, Johnson & Johnson, Gulfstream, and others sent multiple teams to the competition.

Winning this award is a tribute to the Pac States team project and how well we explained and demonstrated our project to all the attendees. Team member Martin Christensen impressed the group with his ability to verbally convey our project to other at-tendees that visited the booth.

PSCIPCO won two McWane Safety awards for 2012. The McWane Safety Excellence Award (for Best Overall Safety Performance) and the McWane EHS Ex-cellence Award (for Best Combined Safe-ty and Environmental Performance) also known as the Screaming Eagle. This is a huge accomplishment. A big thank you to all of our employees who focus on safety everyday.

Ergo Cup Award of Excellence

L to R Mark Webb, Chase Holman, Matt Fenn, John Critchlow, Jim Gabbitas, Brian Lichtenfels, Martin Christensen, Richard Jacobson.

From the Desk of the

General Manager

Bye George I remember the first time I came to Pac States in 1999. It was the first McWane Audit I went on and the first time I saw the Rocky Mountains. It was also the first time I ever rode a horse. George Black and John Critchlow took a group of us on a several hour ride in the mountains. It was easy to see that George knew plenty about horses, and he and John made sure we all had a great day. My stepson and his wife came to visit us recently from Texas. We had given them our roll top desk when we left Texas, and they had found some old pictures in that desk and brought them to us. One of the pictures was of the day George took us horseback riding. I didn’t even remember anyone taking pictures that day. George had just

passed away a few days earlier when the pictures were returned to me. It was only fitting that my stepson and his wife had their first horse-back ride here in Utah in the Rockies the next day. They were very impressed by the Rockies (the Rockies have got the first impression thing down), but I don’t think they enjoyed their first ride as much as I did mine, but then again, they didn’t have George with them. We are all Pac States and we make first impressions with our cowork-ers, customers, and other plant visitors. I try to always remember the way George and John treated me on that first visit, and treat people I meet the same way. I am thankful and proud to be here (like I think George was), and I hope you are too.

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Rod Taylor 40 Years Service

Rod Taylor started his career at Pacific States on January 31, 1973. His first job was pouring iron. Soon after starting he transferred to the Cupola area where he worked all positions. He spent 20 some years in the Cupola area before transferring to Raw Materials switching railcars. During the early part of his Raw Materials work, his schedule was Tuesday through Saturday with Saturday’s spent working in the Storeroom.

It was the Storerooms duties that allowed Rod to train as a First Responder. He has been on the Safety Committee/VPP Commit-tee for many years and takes safety very seriously.

Rod transferred full time to the Storeroom in 2000 where he worked day shift. He transferred back to Raw Materials to be

Shear Operator in 2009. He is cross-trained and operates all the heavy equip-ment very well including, shear, material handler, front end loader, dump truck, and locomotive. He pro-cesses scrap pipe into cooling iron very quickly. He is always willing and cheerful to do any Raw Materials tasks.

Rod has a very easy going temperament and is quick with a laugh. He has been well-liked here at the plant throughout his 40 years. Rod’s favorite after work activity is bowling. He has been representing Pacific States in a bowling league for many years.

Thank you for all your hard work for the last 40 years!

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ABCD Awards Above and Beyond the Call of Duty

Gary Wood

With the start up of the poles as-sembly, a lot of safety training had to be done. Gary was responsible for conducting the practical demonstrations for the crane. With twelve different crews oper-ating over 24 hours a day Thurs-day - Sunday, Gary came out for each of the shifts to complete the training for the employees.

We had 60 new employees to train in the pole assembly area when we started the new schedule. Octavio is part of the "experienced" pole crew. He was willing to come out each day to help train new employ-ees and supervisors on pole produc-tion. He was patient in his training and helped to teach the new em-ployees the "tricks" of the trade. Through his efforts and others, the pole assembly among the various crews started up relatively smooth-ly.

Octavio Garcia

With over 60 new people starting to work in poles, it was very im-portant that we have good work processes and quality standards so that the poles that get produced meet customer expectations. Jeff was given the assignment to work with poles for two purposes, 1.) to become familiar with the process so that he could help train new employees, and 2.) develop work instructions that could be under-stood by all employees that go to work in pole assembly. Jeff quick-ly realized, with help from the pole employees, that the pole build sheet was confusing and difficult to use. He built an Access data-base so that the data could be cap-tured and reported in a simple, easy to understand manner. He then worked to develop easy to understand work instructions for each of the processes in pole as-sembly, and stayed until 8:00 one evening to have them ready for training on the following day.

Jeff Perkins

John has spent a great deal of time helping us prepare for pole produc-tion. He worked very closely with Steve Jeffers to assist him in his new position. He also worked closely with a number of depart-ments to get raw materials on site for poles, to get the pole building and equipment ready for produc-tion, and to work on staffing. All this has been going on at the same time performance evaluations were due. John worked closely with his department heads to see that they got turned in on time and at a very high quality. In order to achieve all of this, John has worked extra hours and extra days to see that everything was accomplished on time and at a high level.

John Critchlow

Nick Cleaver

When we received very expensive quotes to remove equipment from the McWane Pipe facility, Matt, Derek, and Nick went to McWane pipe twice to retrieve this equipment and other materials to use at Pacific States. On their trips, they worked 12-14 hour days at the plant removing tanks, compressors, heaters, and other equipment. One day, they worked all day in a heavy rain storm. They were able to remove the materials for less than half the cost of the contractor. They impressed the local McWane employees with their work ethic and were a positive representation of Pacific States.

Derek Webster Matt Fenn

Service Achievements

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January

Rod Taylor, Melting, 40 Years

Carolyn Lopez, Los Angeles Sales, 10 Years

Martin Rodriguez, Casting, 5 Years

March

Kim Christensen, Sales, 10 Years

Mariano Santana, Casting, 5 Years

February

Sioeli Folau, Finishing, 15 Years

Jason Barnes, Sales, 10 Years

Darron Bradford, Melting, 5 Years

POLES AT PSCIPCO

Last fall PSCIPCO was fortu-nate to be given the oppor-tunity to make utility poles. For those who have questions about ductile iron utility poles, allow this brief descrip-tion. Ductile iron poles are engineered structures, up to 70 feet long, used mostly in the distribution of electricity, though they can also be used

in lighting, communication or other similar applications. They are de-signed to be used to wood pole equivalency with all of the strength of steel and the corrosion resistance of cast iron. They are less costly than steel poles and weigh 50% less than comparable wood poles. Ductile iron poles are not affected by rot, insects, freezing weather or wood-peckers. They are attractive in fire prone areas since they do not burn. Ductile iron poles are a green solution composed of recycled materials that are 100% recyclable themselves, and they are obviously made here in the USA.

With the opportunity to make utility poles came many questions and so began brainstorming sessions followed by experimentation. One of the first problems to overcome was quickly getting a set of molds for pole section castings. We obtained a scrap set of molds from CLOW. PSCIPCO’s Engineering and Maintenance departments quickly convert-ed them to run in our casting machines, and Casting began making poles and identifying issues. Many problems were encountered and dealt with along the way. Examples included programing changes to the casting machines, the staging of pole sections, nesting and un-nesting pole sec-tions in pipe, inspecting and classing, reaming, where to locate the as-sembly process “POLE LAND”, fabricating and installing the pole as-sembly equipment, setting up the poles raw materials and stores inven-tories, setting up the accounting for the new product, assembly data base

creation and modifications, paperwork, staffing and managing the new poles department to name a few. Finally, after several months of preparations PSCIPCO had all the parts and was ready to make a complete pole. On a frigid December 18th the first pole was pressed, drilled and assembled by a team including Steve Burr, Martin Garcia, Octavio Garcia, Tony Hopkins, Steve Jeffers, and Steve Jensen all under the watchful guidance of Keith Mallet of McWane Poles. Three very cold weeks later on January 8th, 36 poles were ready to ship to AZ Sun Sales in Yuma Arizona, PSCIPCO’s first pole customer!

PSCIPCO overcame many challenges to this point, but one of the larg-est was yet to come. In mid-January we received a pole order for 150 poles 60 feet long that were due by the end of February! With the cur-rent rate of pole production this would be impossible. Ironically pipe demand was low and the plant was scheduled to be shut down one week per month. To meet both challenges PSCIPCO employees worked their traditional pipe making jobs Monday through Wednesday, 10 hours per shift. With the one work day left per week, 12 additional crews were organized and 80 PSCIPCO employees were trained and mentored. They worked 1 pole assembly shift per week, staffing poles assembly Thursday through Sunday, 24 hours per day and as a result all deadlines were met and PSCIPCO people gained 3 weeks of additional work!

Many obstacles have been encountered and overcome and every PSCIP-CO employee has personally contributed to make pole manufacturing successful. As of the writing of this article in mid-April, more than 700 poles have been built by the people here at PSCIPCO.

Please submit items of interest to Sara Courtney in the General office for the next quarterly publication.

Due Date May 15th, 2013

PSCIPCO Family Faces

Darron Bradford

Jose Luna

Julio Mendoza

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The following former employees passed away this quarter and our sympathy goes out to their families.

Jay Perkins

George Black

Kent Burt

Bert Tanner

We would like to extend our sympathy to the following employees whose loved ones passed away:

Sara Courtney Father

Meloney Stevens Step Mother

Robin Galbraith Step Father

Josey Turpin Grandpa

Poe Luapo Brother

Josh Moffitt Mother-in-law

Jose Luna Son and Daughter

John Rigby Sister

Kim Christensen

Davy Crockett

Joe Folau

Darron Bradford

Derek Webster

Jason Thornton

If the cord has a fray, throw it away

Pacific StatesCast Iron Pipe Co.

Division of McWane Inc.

PSCIPCO

Matthew Grandson of Robin and Sam Galbraith (Plant Man-ager Assistant) on 2-28-2013

Malei Born to Sam and Abby Havea (Finishing ) on 3-27-2013

Eden Lucile Granddaughter of John and Amy Jensen (IT) 4-4-2013

Skyla Born to Cody and Sarah Argyle (Casting) on 4-7-2013

P.O. Box 1219 Provo, UT 84603

Phone: 801-373-6910 Fax: 801-377-0338

PSCIPCO Sales Meeting 2013

Salesperson of the Year 2012

L to R Front -Aaron Loosli, Paul Diamond, David Bridge, Carrie Stephens, Glenn Watkins, Carolyn Lopez, Jason Barnes. Rear –John Braun, Emeel Salem, Mike Dodge, Jeff Otterstedt, Jason Harrison, Ken Rickvalsky, Kent Brown, Mark Niewodowski, Stuart Liddell, Nick Koncar, Mike McAllister, Scott Rhorick, Steve Waryas, Richard Brimhall, Craig Spitzer.

Wes Cassiere

Over the years, the Pac States Medical Office has had a number of floods, water leaks, and a gen-

eral lack of attention. Despite all of this, we have tried to make do. However, with a new medical staff in place and an increased awareness of the issues down there, it was time to make some changes. Thanks to the support of management, we have remodeled the Medical Office. The new office has a better flow, is quieter, and is much cleaner. The reception area and entrance is now on the north side of the building. Wider doors were installed to accommodate a stretcher, if needed. Also, the nurse’s station was redesigned to provide better access to patients. A new heat-ing and air conditioning system was added to

better control the room tempera-ture. Finally, the flooring was redone and the walls were redone to improve sound control. The new room looks great!

As a reminder, the Medical of-fice hours are as follows:

Monday 6-10 am – Nurse

Tuesday 12-4 pm – Doctor

Wednesday 12-4 pm – Nurse

Thursday 7-11 am - Doctor

First Aid Office Remodel