In April, I had the chance to sit down with Waldo Polanco. Waldo’s current position at mk is Assembler. Waldo Polanco started his tenure at mk North America in November 2014 in the shipping department. While in this position he was exposed to many of the various other areas of mk’s Production Department – from the Machine Shop to the Assembly area.
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This month, I had the chance to sit down with Julianne DeMello. Julianne’s current position at mk is Accounting & Human Resources Assistant. Julianne DeMello began her tenure at mk North America in June 2010 as a Sales Assistant. With her impeccable attention to detail, within six months Julianne moved into the Order Entry department at mk.
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mk North America, Inc. is pleased to announce that Steve Collison has accepted a position as a Sr. Sales Engineer, with a primary focus on mk’s CleanMove line. CleanMove is a complete line of stainless steel conveyors for use in the food and pharmaceutical industries.
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June is National Safety Month.
According to the National Safety Council, almost 13,000 American workers are injured each day, resulting in as many in as many as 99,000,000 lost production days per year (no, that’s not a typo).
The most common causes of workplace injuries are overexertion, falls, and contact with objects and equipment, and three of the top five occupations with the greatest number of workplace injuries are shipping, manufacturing, and maintenance.
At mk North America, we recognize that many of the most at-risk occupations and activities in the country deal with material handling systems and conveyors every day. That’s why we take safety extremely seriously—in our own facility and in those of our partners and customers.
In the spirit of National Safety Month, here are some important safety tips for factories, shipping facilities, and other industrial workplaces.
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When companies are small and just getting off the ground it is common for employees to become a “jack of all trades:” well-rounded and diverse in their skills and knowledge. When mk North America, Inc. was a fledgling company 20 years ago, it found such an employee in Bob Gardner. Gardner came to mk with a background in architecture but a desire to work with his hands as he had done previously in his father’s plumbing company and in construction.
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