Category: TMA News Bulletin

Steve Kopinski of Abrasive-Form

BLOOMINGDALE, IL – Steve Kopinski, Abrasive-Form’s vice president of engineering, is about to start another chapter in his career that began in 1971, when he entered TMA’s mold-making program.

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Masters in Manufacturing: Chicago White Metal Castings’ President and CEO Eric Treiber

BENSENVILLE – Although Eric Treiber has been president and CEO of Chicago White Metal Castings since 1990, he fondly remembers visiting the company with his father and sister when he was five or six years old. 

“When my sister and I were children, on Saturday mornings my dad would take us with him while he worked for half a day to give mom a break,” Treiber said. “We’d go in his office while he worked, and then he’d walk us around, holding our hands.”

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Masters in Manufacturing: Jean Pitzo and Deb Benning

BENSENVILLE – Besides making customers happy and meeting deadlines with high quality products, at Ace Metal Crafts in Bensenville, “It’s all about the company culture,” says CEO Jean Pitzo.

“We’re culture people, we’re all about the people that work for us,” Pitzo said during a recent company visit. “We can talk about metal fabrication, or we can talk about our company culture, whichever you want.”

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