O&MM Fabricator - March/April 2017 - 6
O&MM Fabricator is published for: National Ornamental & Miscellaneous Metals Association P.O. Box 492167 Lawrenceville, GA 30049 888-516-8585 * Fax: 888-279-7994 www.nomma.org, nommainfo@nomma.org CONTENTS NOMMA Officers President Cathy Vequist, Pinpoint Solutions, Jupiter, FL President-Elect Max Hains, MoFab Inc., Anderson, IN Vice President/Treasurer Maciej Jankowski, Artistic Iron Works, Norwalk, CT Immediate Past President Keith Majka, Majka Railing Co. Inc., Paterson, NJ Fabricator Directors Chris Holt, Steel Welding, Freedom, PA Jonathan Falk, Living Design Studios, Lafayette, CO Maciej Jankowski, Artistic Iron Works, Norwalk, CT Mike Kinnikin, Eureka Forge, Pacific, MO Tony Martinez, Big D Metalworks, Dallas, TX Marco Vasquez, Vasquez Custom Metals Inc., Tampa, FL Roger Carlsen, Ephraim Forge Inc., Frankfort, IL Supplier Directors Dave Flippi, FabCAD Inc., White Stone, VA Jay Shah, Architectural Iron Designs Inc., Plainfield, NJ Stacey Lawler Taylor, Lawler Foundry Corp., Birmingham, AL NOMMA Education Foundation Officers Chair Rob Rolves, Foreman Fabricators Inc., St. Louis, MO Vice Chair Greg Terrill, Division 5 Metalworks, Kalamazoo, MI Treasurer Mike Boyler, Boyler's Ornamental Iron Inc., Bettendorf, IA NEF Trustees Lynn Parquette, Mueller Ornamental Iron Works Inc., Elite Architectural Metal Supply LLC, Elk Grove Village, IL Curt Witter, Big D Metalworks, Dallas, TX Carl Grainger, Grainger Metal Works, Nichols, SC Randy LeBlanc, Metal Head Inc., Lafayette, LA Christopher Maitner, Josephine Christopher LLC, Grand Rapids, MI Max Hains, MoFab Inc., Anderson, IN NOMMA Chapters Chesapeake Bay Patty Koppers, Koppers Fabricators Inc., Forestville, MD, 301-420-6080 Florida Marco Vasquez, Vasquez Custom Metals Inc., Tampa, FL, 813-248-3348 Gulf Coast Randy LeBlanc, Metal Head Inc., Lafayette, LA, 337-232-3838 Northeast Scott Hess, Hess Ornamental Iron Inc., Red Lion, PA, 717-246-3135 Upper Midwest Max W. Hains II, MoFab Inc., Anderson, IN, 765-649-5577 10 PRESIDENT'S LETTER Message from Cathy Vequist BIZ TALK 28 2017 Top Job Winners Showcase 32 Skilled Employment Practices The Secret to Better Profits 36 Financing Acquisition Growth and Profits METAL MOMENT 48 Gargantuan, Pet-inspired Fountain Center Stage in Canadian Park WHAT'S HOT? IN EVERY ISSUE 44 People 13 NOMMA Network 46 Products 15 NOMMA Education Foundation 43 New NOMMA Members & Iron Club Members 49 Index of Advertisers NOMMA Staff J. Todd Daniel, CAE, Executive Director Martha Pennington, NEF Executive Director Fabricator Editorial Advisory Board Terry Barrett, Pinpoint Solutions, Jupiter, FL Doug Bracken, Wiemann Metalcraft, Tulsa, OK Bill Coleman, Arc Angels, Dunedin, FL Nancy Hayden, Tesko Enterprises, Norridge, IL Chris Holt, Steel Welding, Freedom, PA Rob Rolves, Foreman Fabricators, St. Louis, MO 41 Supplier Members Published by Naylor Association Solutions, 5950 NW First Place, Gainesville, FL 32607, 800-369-6220 * Fax: 352-331-3525, www.naylor.com Group Publisher: Troy Woodham; Editor in Chief: Marbella Miller; Project Manager: Adam Lingenfelter; Project Support Specialist: Mandy Wyrick; Marketing: Matthew Arnold; Advertising Director: Beth Palmer; Advertising Sales: Ken Kepler, Ketan Solanki, Paul Walley; Layout: Gufran Khan © 2017 Naylor, LLC. All rights reserved. The contents of this publication may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, without the prior consent of the publisher. PUBLISHED MARCH 2017/NOM-S0217/3243 6 | March/April 2017 * O&MM Fabricator
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