We recently celebrated our incredible team members at Grede St. Cloud in Minnesota and Grede Reedsburg in Wisconsin with employee appreciation picnics. Reedsburg hosted an onsite cookout filled with food and fun activities. It was a great time for everyone to relax and enjoy each other's company.🍔 St. Cloud took the festivities offsite for a family company picnic that featured horses and buggies, mini golf, yard games, and plenty of food and fun for all ages. 🏇 A huge thank you to everyone who made these events possible and to all our incredible employees for their hard work and dedication. We appreciate you!
Grede Reedsburg in Wisconsin hosted the American Foundry Society Cupola Chapter's annual in-person meeting last month. 🏭 We led the AFS members on an exclusive tour of our largest plant. With over 500 employees, Grede Reedsburg is a testament to our scale and commitment to excellence in the foundry industry. Grede is more than a company; we’re a community and proud to be a part of the AFS. Here’s to many more opportunities for collaboration and advancement.
At Grede, we have power and pride in our people. Mental health affects how we think, feel, and act. It determines how we handle stress, relate to others, and make healthy choices. It can also impact relationships, which may be the key to long-term happiness. When it comes to mental health, it’s vital to seek help once you’ve identified the need. Grede’s Employee Assistant Program is available to support our team members and their families when dealing with issues such as: 🔹 Emotional well-being 🔹 Family and relationships 🔹 Legal and financial issues 🔹 Grief counseling 🔹 Healthy lifestyles 🔹 Work/life transitions 🔹 And more Grede has a culture of compassion and collaboration. When our people are at their best, Grede is at its best. #WorldMentalHealthDay #UnitedGrede
As a proud ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year, we’re driving significant economic gains through energy efficiency. 🔋🪴 Let’s work together to make a positive impact on our planet to cast a brighter future. Learn more in our blog. 👇
Last Friday, Grede employees participated in Bay College’s annual “Manufacturing Day at Bay,” an event for local high school students to learn about the manufacturing industry. Each year, Grede employees from our Iron Mountain, Michigan, foundry attend this event to demonstrate “Foundry in a Box,” showing the high schoolers what foundries are all about. The students even got to make tiny castings at our booth. National #ManufacturingDay is dedicated to engaging the community about the manufacturing industry’s vital role in society and shifting perceptions about what it means to work in professional trades after high school.
In honor of National Manufacturing Day, watch this video to learn about one of the oldest forms of manufacturing – metalcasting. 🎉🔥🐦🔥 We walk you through milestones in the metalcasting industry and the role Grede plays today as the biggest ductile iron manufacturer in the U.S. We continue to make big investments in technology and our workforce so we can keep growing. Grede is leading the industry in advanced manufacturing and innovation, robotics, 3D printing, smart manufacturing, IoT, and Industry 4.0. On Manufacturing Day, we celebrate our 3,000 team members for making our achievements possible. Thank you to our fantastic team for everything you do for Grede. #ManufacturingDay #Metalcasting #Technology #GoFurtherWithGrede
Congratulations to four Grede plants for receiving safety awards from the American Foundry Society! 🏆🎉 Safe Year Awards were given to Grede for achieving one year without a lost-time incident at our foundries in Biscoe, North Carolina; Iron Mountain, Michigan; and New Castle, Indiana. Grede Browntown in Wisconsin was recognized with the Safety Innovation & Insight Award for their continuous improvement project that reduced hand and finger injuries by 77% in their blast and grind department. Fantastic work to these teams for putting safety first. This recognition is a testament to our safety culture and the proactive measures taken to ensure the well-being of our team members. By prioritizing safety, these foundries protect their team members and set an industry standard for others to follow. Their dedication to continuous improvement and innovation in safety is truly commendable and serves as an inspiration. #SafetyFirst #SafetyCulture #InjuryPrevention #SafeYearAward #SafetyInnovationAward
Celebrate Energy Awareness Month with us and ENERGY STAR by making your energy choices count!🔋 Leveraging ENERGY STAR tools and resources helps us reduce operating costs and optimize energy use. Learn more 👉 www.energystar.gov/industry #EnergyAwarenessMonth #EnergyStarPartner #CastingABrighterFuture
Grede hosted its second-annual Melt Night at the University of Northern Iowa and attended UNI’s career fair at the end of September. 🔥👨🎓 The career fair was highly successful – we received several applicable candidates for our Grede Grad and internship programs. Near the end of the career fair, our booth was full of students eager to learn more about Grede. Grede Grad Alex Hohbein is a recent graduate from UNI who worked the booth and the melt night alongside Senior Product Engineer Patrick Kluesner and Grede Grad Garrett Starkman. Our Grede Melt Night was also a hit. During melt night, UNI students, their families, professors, and Grede team members created iron metal coasters and spread knowledge about the foundry industry. UNI is a Grow with Grede partner school, and their Metalcasting and Foundry 4.0 Centers are certified by the Foundry Educational Foundation. We look forward to co-hosting a melt night again with UNI and continuing the partnership. Grede is always looking to cultivate a strong and inspired workforce. Investing in people and their strengths is a top priority for Grede. This partnership and the #GrowWithGrede early career talent development strategy showcase our commitment to excellence. #GrowWithGrede #MeltNight #UniversityPartnerships #CultivatingAStrongWorkforce
Last week, Grede proudly presented at the annual ENERGY STAR Industrial Partner Meeting in Nashville, TN. 📢 During the meeting, Tyler Hill, Grede’s Group VP of Operations, shared our innovative use of additive manufacturing with 3D-printed sand cores. This project generated enough savings in electricity to power 8,147 homes for an entire year! It also saved 8.6 million gallons of water and 327,000 MCF of natural gas. Each year, ENERGY STAR professionals gather to recognize achievements, benchmark progress, and share best practices in energy efficiency over the past year. Approximately 400 professionals attended this year from renowned companies such as Bristol-Myers, Colgate, Nissan, and Celanese. Thank you, ENERGY STAR, for having us. See you next year. 👋 #EnergyEfficiency #3DPrinting #AdditiveManufacturing #CleanEnergyFuture #CastingABrighterFuture
