MPW is building custom dollies for a truck manufacturer in Ohio. MPW, as a service provider at this particular plant—was running short of the dollies it needed to move its trucks along its assembly line. Each truck, during assembly, requires two dollies, one at its front and the other at the rear.
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In a company as diverse in people and professions as MPW, it’s easy for all employees to settle into their immediate surroundings and lose touch with what other departments do on a regular basis, even on the same campus. Per reader request to focus more upon all MPW employees, sometimes all we need to bridge
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2020 Supplier of the Year Award to Action Supply Products, Inc.
MPW Industrial Services awarded the 2020 Supplier of the Year Award to Action Supply Products, Inc. The pandemic delayed the July 6, 2022 presentation award event, which took place at Ditka’s Restaurant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Action Supply previously won the award in 2018.
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Aaron Thompson, D.O.T. Trainer
MPW will keep on truckin’ as CDL training continues. “The CDL Training program is a way to promote frontline employees from within, rather than hire someone from the street,” said D.O.T. Trainer Aaron Thompson.
Throughout the past decade, nearly 100 employees have completed the CDL training program. “To put
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Three Senior Employees Reflect on 40 Years at MPW
When MPW was a new business, everyone had to be willing to do everything. “You had to wear all the hats back then,” said MPW Project Manager Mike McGonagle, a 43-year employee. “It’s a lot more structured environment today.”
From left to right: Gary ”Moe” …
Read MorePorta Kleen Director of Sales Mike Sokol, who retired July 1, is on his second try. He intended to retire from MPW in October 2020, but Porta Kleen President Adam Black asked him to join Porta Kleen for a couple years to help its sales force in the same way Sokol helped MPW’s.
“I was
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In a company as diverse in people and professions as MPW, it’s easy for all employees to settle into their immediate surroundings and lose touch with what other departments do on a regular basis, even on the same campus. Per reader request to focus more upon all MPW employees, sometimes all we need to bridge
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Anthony Tagliaferro, Health & Safety Analyst
MPW Environmental Services, Inc. was awarded a 2021 Thomas J. Reynolds Award for construction safety and health from The Association of Union Constructors (TAUC). This prestigious safety award recognizes the outstanding achievements of TAUC members to minimize the number of work site accidents, injuries and illnesses to their employees.
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There is a group behind the scenes managing MPW’s COVID-19-related matters.
Consisting of Safety & Training Manager and Committee Chair Matt Dawson, General Counsel Catherine Jopling, Human Resources Director Jim Tyznik and Marketing Director Mike Zimmerman, the COVID Task Force met via Microsoft Teams twice every weekday (during the third week of
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N95 masks are snug-fitting, cup-shaped face coverings that shield the nose and mouth, filtering air. They are used by workers in industrial settings as well as in the construction and health-care sectors. Although they are technically respirators, they are commonly called masks to avoid confusion with ventilators.
Despite a worldwide shortage of N95 masks and
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