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Wolter Power Systems Welcomes Joe Rubens as Vice President of Sales
Wolter Power Systems, a member of Wolter Group LLC, is pleased to announce the appointment of Joe Rubens as its Vice President of Sales. His initial focus will be to improve on the growing demand for generator sales. Joe will join us on January 4th, 2016. Joe graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and then relocated to Arizona. In Arizona, Joe worked for over 18 years in the power generation business. His experience includes 5 years with the local Kohler distributor followed by over 11 years working with the local Cummins Distributor, Cummins Rocky Mountain. Joe began in sales and quickly moved into management positions. His last position […]
Wisconsin Lift Truck Co-Hosts MWFPA Forklift Rodeo
Wisconsin Lift Truck proudly co-hosted our second Midwest Food Processors Association forklift rodeo, held during the organization’s annual convention December1st-3rd. Pat Ryan (Fleet) co-hosted the event, partnering with Corey Badtke of Seneca Foods, assisted by Dan Raymond (SR-W Sales), Jake Egmose (Fleet), Tony Parsons (Training), Kristin Lelewicz (Mktg), Melissa Johnson (Mktg), and Shanna Plenke (Mktg). The event was held at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay with over 140 exhibit booths of vendors specifically tailored to the food manufacturing industry. The returning rodeo competition drew a decent crowd. Many gathered around to cheer on the group of forklift drivers representing Seneca Foods, Del Monte Foods, Bush Brothers and Lakeside […]
With Used Warehouse Racking come new headaches
To cost-efficiently store parts or product, it is not uncommon for companies to consider purchasing used warehouse racking to lower up front costs. But buyer beware: the hidden costs of buying used rack include missing or damaged parts, OSHA compliance, production delays, less efficient storage, or earlier replacement. Costs can quickly escalate beyond the price of buying new rack. Due to growth, Glacier Transit and Storage, a Plymouth, WI-based cold storage provider, planned to open a new 85,000-square-foot facility. With the company expanding into new areas of development including build-to-suit, it sought to reduce upfront costs by purchasing used rack for phase 1 of the project, which comprised about 6,000 […]
