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Flambeau's management team at its United Kingdom facility poses with its Supplier Award for Best Project Management from the Makita Group for exceeding expectations in delivering a solution for the high-volume manufacture of Makita’s injection molded case assemblies. Pictured is John Wingfield, managing director of Flambeau EuroPlast Ltd (center), surrounded by members of his team. In another image, Wingfield (at left), receives the award during a ceremony at Makita’s Europe Procurement Headquarters in Hamburg, Germany, June 13, 2024. Flambeau, world-wide thermoplastics manufacturer, and Makita, world-wide electric tool manufacturing company, continue to successfully collaborate on the production of connector case assemblies used as a long-term storage and transit system for Makita power tools, including planers, drills, grinders, and saws.

Flambeau's charity arm, the W.R. & Floy A. Sauey Family Foundation met the initial $5,000 request of Habitat for Humanity, but wanted to do more to support the Home Repair Heroes program so they approved an additional $15,000. The Foundation's donation of $20,000 will provide critical home repairs and accessibility options for veterans, elderly, and disabled individuals throughout Habitat's five-county service area. From left, John Peruzzi, director of development, Habitat for Humanity of Wisconsin River Area; Gretchen Churkey, board president, and Ann Deitrich, board member, W. R. & Floy A. Sauey Family Foundation, on June 25. The Foundation supports such charitable organizations involved in communities where Nordic Group member companies such as #Flambeau, Inc., #Seats Incorporated, and Columbia Vehicle Group (#CVG) have operations. The Baraboo News Republic contributed to this post. https://lnkd.in/eJgfxhHA

Flambeau has just been ranked once again in the top 100 injection molders of North America by Plastics News magazine. The new list was released in the publication last month. Flambeau sits at No. 64 in 2024 with its portion of the list’s combined $32.7 billion in revenues by the listed companies. Flambeau contributed heavily in the list’s top markets, including automotive, consumer, industrial, agriculture, construction, medical, and product packaging. The company performs automated and cleanroom production for a variety of customers and industries with over 120 injection molding machines worldwide, ranging from 24- to 1,900-ton. Flambeau serves a highly diverse customer base that represents over 40 unique four-digit SIC codes. The company is well set to continue its standing as one of North America’s largest and best molders and mold makers due to the contributions of more than 1,500 talented and hard-working company members working diligently in production facilities and offices around the world.

On behalf of the non-profit Beyond Blessed Pantry in Baraboo, WI, Excecutive Director Shannon Howley (center) accepts a $10,000 donation on June 19, 2024, from the W.R. & Floy A. Sauey Family Foundation. The Foundation supports such charitable organizations involved in communities where Nordic Group member companies such as #Flambeau, Inc., #Seats Incorporated, and Columbia Vehicle Group (#CVG) have operations. Pictured from left are Rachel Drescher, volunteer; Denee Becker, Beyond Blessed Pantry board treasurer; Howley; Gretchen Churkey, foundation president; and Jen Grant, volunteer. The organization will utilize the funds to support operations, and with the donation the #Sauey Foundation endorses the pantry's mission statement: “Treat every individual with dignity and respect while addressing the food scarcity issues at hand.” For more information please visit www.bbpantry.org and www.saueyfoundation.org.

Spring Hill, Kansas, celebrates its newly constructed, handicap-accessible fishing jetties, made possible by an $87,000 donation from the W.R. & Floy A. Sauey Family Foundation. The Foundation is the charity arm of Nordic Group companies like Flambeau, Inc., Seats Incorporated, with its facility in Spring Hill, and Columbia Vehicle Group. The city's article, linked here, features photos and the dedicatory words of Tim Stevens, local Seats associate and Foundation representative. https://lnkd.in/ez4YgtJu

Flambeau’s Mexico plant, which manufactures thermoplastic molded parts for the automotive and other industries, received the General Motors (GM) Supplier Quality Excellence Award on June 3, 2024. Flambeau’s associates at the Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico facility, are proud to receive this annual recognition from GM for the seventh time in 10 years. Only GM’s top performing suppliers receive this status, having met or exceeded a very stringent set of quality and logistics performance criteria. Just 27% of GM’s global supply base achieves this level of excellence. “Your commitment to quality is evident through countless hours spent refining processes, conducting rigorous inspections, and ensuring that every product delivered meets the highest standards,” said Rick Demuynck, executive director of GM’s global supplier quality and development, in an address to this year’s award winners. “I am happy Flambeau’s associates in Saltillo can be recognized in this way,” said Dario Aranda, Plant Manager at Plasticos Flambeau. “To be one of only a handful of GM suppliers to receive this award annually is truly gratifying.” The GM parts produced in Saltillo are ducts and duct assemblies used in its Cruise electric vehicle and its electric BrightDrop Zevo cargo vans. For more information about Flambeau, Inc. and its award-winning manufacturing services, please contact us at www.flambeau.com.

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Flambeau's charity arm, the W.R. & Floy A. #Sauey Family Foundation is proud to announce the annual award of scholarships to recent 2024 high school grads, who are also children of Nordic Group company associates. Pictured left to right, this year's recipients are Baraboo High School graduate, Katie Duran-Garcia of Baraboo, Wisconsin; Belleview High School graduate, Lillian Lynch of Belleview, Florida; Sauk Prairie High School graduate, Hugo Flores of North Freedom, Wisconsin; Wonewoc-Union Center K-12 graduate, Kelsey Justman of LaValle, Wisconsin; and Madison Country Day School graduate, Sara Arihood of Madison, Wisconsin. Parents of Justman, Flores, Duran-Garcia, and Arihood are #Seats Incorporated associates in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, and some were employed earlier by #Flambeau, Inc. Lynch's mother is a #Columbia Vehicle Group associate in Leesburg, Florida. Seats, Flambeau, and Columbia are each Nordic Group member companies. The types of scholarships awarded include one-year $3,000 collegiate scholarships and a one-year $3,000 music and performing arts scholarship, all renewable for up to four years. A one-semester $500 technical school scholarship, renewable for up to four semesters, was also awarded. Now in its 26th year of granting scholarships to the children of Nordic Group member company associates, the Foundation has contributed over $437,000 towards the education of more than 70 scholarship recipients. The scholarship application process included submitting applications, school transcripts, reference letters, and written essays. The recipients were awarded scholarships based upon their grades, extracurriculars, college aptitude tests, community service, and answers to the essay question, by an independent committee of community leaders. For information about #scholarship eligibility and application, please use the contact form at https://lnkd.in/dAsqqZe.

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Flambeau's Middlefield, Ohio, facility's associates, products, and history are spotlighted in this feature story published in the lastest issue of Southeast Geauga Quarterly magazine. The full issue is available at https://lnkd.in/e4bKR6EQ.