5 students including a young girl were letting the sparks fly at the weld in booths of Keokuk Steel Castings Company, Keokuk, Iowa. These were the trainees at the certificate course in welding held by Keokuk Steel Castings. RonGil bert,principal of Hamilton Junior and High School was looking for vocational programs for his students, Roger Courtney, CEO of Matrix Metals was looking form ore skilled welders and SJ Smith, a welding company in Keokuk,was will in g t o p r ov i d e t h e welding supplies.
The trio came together to come up with this certificate program in welding for students above 18 years of age, while still at school. Rob Crowley, Kevin Carr, Jeff Maxwell and Jed Soper who have put in long years of service at Keokuk Steel Castings made up the instructing team.
The first step in the entire program was an extensive orientation in safety. Students go through the welding course and at the end of the program, based on a test to assess proficiency, a certificate of completion is provided to students. Interested students canal sotake up employment with the company.
High school students acquiring welding skills.
Welding in process repair at the Acerlan Foundry.
When Genei's geniuses collude,intellectual sparks fly! Bangalore Genei, a division of Sanmar Speciality Chemicals embark ed on aknowledge sharing program , Quest in September 2 0 0 7 .
Quest has been running successfully, with the programs being held once in every quarter. A typical Quest agenda has an external technical expert giving a lecture on a scientific topic, a lecture or presentation from an in-house expert and so me presentations from other scientists internally.
To add in some more challenges, the event is characterised by quizzes, games, group discussions and other interactives essionson specific topics. At the end of each Quest program, there is knowledge sharing, there is fun and participation from one and all at Bangalore Genei. Four Quest programs have been completed since its beginning last year.
Dr Anjali A Karande , Atul Jha explaining his poster.
Dr Anjali A Karande , Atul Jha welcomes Dr T S Sundareshan
Murli Ramachandran giving away prizes to the winners of poster contest.
Trubore Piping Systems held its second Dealers' Conference on 28 April 2008. About 55 dealers spread across Tamil Nadu, Andhra and Kerala attended the meet. The senior management from Chemplast Sanmar address ed the dealers, driving the Sanmar ethos and practices of business. The dealers received the Dealer ship Certificates from the Managing Director, PS Jayaraman.
Mementos were also distributed. With increasing demand in the PVC pipes business, Trubore Piping Systems, Chemplast Sanmar's pipes division,is being expanded to include a 20,000 tonnes per annum facility at Belgaum.
Once commissioned, the dealer fraternity is expected to increase to more than 100 spread across Karnataka, Maharashtra and Orissa.
Dealers one-to one with the MD
ProCitius Research celebrated its 6th Annual day on 21 June 2008. Dr Doss and Dr Y Koteswar Rao addressed the gathering.
Murli Ramachandran gave away awards for top performers. As is customary, the event was marked
by games and fun activities replete with cake cutting to mark the day. Dr Jos P Varghese gave the vote of thanks.
TCI Sanmar Celebrates First Anniversary
TCI Sanmar commemorated its first anniversary of coming into the Sanmar fold on 24 April 2008, at the El Masry Stadium, Port Said. The event was a first of its kind for TCI-Sanmarites in Egypt.
A 25-member organising committee was set up with Manoj Kumar Srivastava and Mohammed El Kazaz as front-end members spearheading the planning. About 750 people were in the guest list. Employees' spouse and children also participated in the function.
The show began with a 'Arabicised' Tamil introduction by Mostafa Saad and a 'Tamilised' Arabic introduction by Prabhu and subsequent translation! Usama Lotfy Alim of HR was the master of ceremonies for the evening. JK Menon and Kalidas presented a company and projects overview respectively.
There were enter tainment programs and a show of talent by employees and their children. The evening was capped with a sumptuous dinner.
The team from Egypt that visited India performed a skit on their 'Indian' experience.
Top performers of Sanmar Engineering Corporation Ltd, Karapakkam.
Sanmar Engineering Corporation, Karapakkam celebrated Factory Day on 1 July 2008. Top performers were recognised by the senior management.
This year's Sanmar-TNTA City Clubs Tennis League winners were MCC A from the A Zone. MCC A has won the Azone title for the fifth year in a row. MCC A will hence retain the KS Narayanan Rolling Trophy. A new trophy will be installed for the next year.
The Sanmar Group has doubled the prize money this year and has also increased the sponsorship amount substantially.
N Kumar presenting the trophy to MCC A.
Chemplast Sanmar's regular preventive health care programs and free health diagnostics to the local community has met with great success in Mettur.
Chemplast Sanmar partnered with Vinayaga Mission, Karaikal and conducted a free medical camp at Karaikal on 13 June 2008. About 200 people in Keezhavanjore/ Melavanjore villages benefitted from the camp and received medical assistance. V M C Sivakumar, the local MLA was the chief guest and K Rajendran, Vice President, T R Pattinam Commune Panchayat, inaugurated the program.
The third tuition centre for the benefit of the children living in Kozhipannai village, Mettur, was inaugurated by Chemplast Sanmar on 12 June 2008. The two centres opened earlier in Mottur and Veeranur, are running successfully.
The tuition centres provide remedial classes to young children and it is designed to provide coaching support to minimise school drop out.