As part of our regular Staff Profile Series, we recently interviewed Justin Pierce, Director of Engineering & Manufacturing at MPW Industrial Services. Having worked with the MPW team his entire career, Justin has been a key player in advancing the company’s engineering department. How did you get your start with MPW? I actually started at […]
MPW Industrial Services earned a certification from Underwriters Laboratories (UL) to build industrial control panels on December 27. MPW is now authorized to fabricate UL-standard panels intended for general use. MPW’s Panel Shop is located in the Technology Center on its Corporate Campus in Hebron, Ohio. MPW designs and constructs panels for process industrial water […]
Industrial Water Division Discuss your branch’s dedication to safety. Sedalia has had 99-100 percent Safety Observation participation for most of the year. We instituted a policy that two individuals per week brief their Safety Observations at a shift change meeting. This brings more awareness and has caused more actionable observations. We also have regular safety […]
AK Steel – Mansfield (Ohio) Works. Industrial Cleaning Group Discuss your branch’s dedication to safety. We always hold a toolbox meeting before each work day. We do walkdowns before every job, allowing us to recognize any hazards. Here at AK Steel, we go above and beyond when it comes to safety. Discuss any recent MPW success stories involving your […]
MPW withstanding volatile labor market by investing in training By Jimmy Peck, ICG General Manager and Matthew Dawson, Director of Training & Development The Great Recession of 2008 marked a major turning point in the history of the U.S. labor market. Though the aftermath of a global financial crisis caused unemployment to rise substantially (as high […]
It was 11 p.m. on a Saturday night in late September when Valerie Lassing’s phone rang. Upon answering the call, Lassing, Operations Manager for MPW’s Chesterfield (Michigan) Container location, was asked by a customer contact to assemble a team to clean 24 500-gallon totes the next day. Unfortunately for Lassing, no MPW workers were scheduled […]
Between July 2017 and June 2018, MPW employees accepted 309 promotions, which is about 10 percent of the company’s total number of employees. In this three-part series, The Leader will publish the stories of MPW employees who have made strides professionally and examine how and why MPW continues to invest in its people. Click here to […]
Port Arthur Service Center. Port Arthur, Texas. Industrial Water Division. Discuss your branch’s dedication to safety. One of our daily reminders during our shift change meetings always includes the phrase “safety, quality, production.” Our belief is if we don’t do our job safely, no amount of quality or production can make up for an injured co-worker. […]
View Full Case Study Problem For more than 20 years, workers at an integrated steel operation located in the Midwest had been breaking slag deposits with jackhammers and 20K water blasters to remove the deposits from its roll mill. But after a worker was injured by falling slag, the plant and MPW sought a safer, […]
View Full Case Study The towering smoke stacks affiliated with industrial settings such as steel mills actually serve an environmental purpose. Within these stacks, electrostatic smoke precipitators (ESPs) force smoke and gas past two electrical terminals — one with a negative voltage and the other with metal plates charged to a positive voltage. Since unlike […]