November 2023

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BARRY-WEHMILLER & PLATFORM NEWS

BW CORPORATE

BW executive leaders meet for annual senior leadership meeting

At the recent Executive Meeting in Aspen, CO (US), President Kyle Chapman kicked off the gathering by celebrating BW's incredible year, then recognized a number of teams and divisions that achieved outstanding progress on their Step Change journeys in fiscal year '23 with the Just Do It ("Golden Shoe") Award. Afinitas, Alliance, BW Integrated Systems, Chapman & Co., Cor Partners, the Elevate team and Pneumatic Scale Angelus all received the coveted award. Watch your inbox for a new BW State of the Business to learn more about fiscal year '23 results and key priorities for fiscal year '24!

BW CONVERTING SOLUTIONS

BWCS Hygiene Division makes global debut at MIAC 2023

Last month, the new BW Converting Solutions (BWCS) Hygiene Division made its global debut at MIAC 2023 in Lucca, Italy. The cross-platform division is comprised of Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), Winkler+Dünnebier (W+D), STAX Technologies and Northern Engraving and, under a consolidated approach, bring a heightened and more accelerated customer-centric focus to product development, service and support through its global infrastructure of design engineers, market specialists, and customer service experts.

BW FORSYTH PARTNERS

Afinitas CEO to step down, Jason Duncan selected as successor

Afinitas, a global infrastructure equipment and services leader in the BW Forsyth Partners (BWFP) family of companies, announced that third generation concrete industry veteran and longtime CEO, Brad Schmidgall, will step down next month. “Serving as the CEO of Afinitas and being part of BWFP has been a true honor, and I will deeply miss the people and incredible company we have built,” said Brad, who will be succeeded by Afinitas Forming Systems President Jason Duncan. BW President Kyle Chapman said in Jason's "short time with the organization, he has led the Forming Systems division to generate record-breaking revenue. I’m confident his fresh perspective and innovative leadership will bring continued growth to the Afinitas business."

BW PACKAGING

BWFS' Symach palletizer processed 20 millionth bag at Vos Onions

Symach, a BW Flexible System brand and part of the BW Packaging family, reached a tremendous milestone this month. Vos Onions (Vos), a Symach customer in Veen, Netherlands, recently moved to a larger facility, and Arian Vos, co-owner of Vos, questioned if they should move their two, 15-year-old palletizers or purchase new ones. While they ultimately chose to move the two existing machines and buy a third, the old machines were still serving them well as was evident this month when one palletized their 20 millionth bag of onions. The partnership between Symach and Vos is an excellent example of how working with and building relationships with customers opens opportunities to help grow their business and streamline production.

FROM THE AIRWAVES

"Better Work, Better World" with Noah Yaagoubi of BW Corporate

BW's video series, Better Work. Better World, is designed to help our recruiting efforts while shining a light on team members throughout our global organization. In the seventh install-ment, learn more about Noah Yaagoubi, senior digital data science and operations engineer at BW Corporate in St. Louis, MO (US). We often use the word “family” to describe the culture of care here at BW, but for Noah Yaagoubi, the BW “family” runs much deeper than that.

Please continue to share this and future installments on LinkedIn to show the breadth of talent and opportunity inside BW!

Bob Chapman visits BW European sites

CEO Bob Chapman recently visited several BW European facilities, including BW Papersystems in Germany, Stax Technologies in Serbia, Symach in the Netherlands and Hema and Synerlink in France. During his visit, Bob had the opportunity to hold listening sessions and meet with team members, observing first-hand the vibrancy of our businesses and culture. While at Stax, he also participated in a Jubilee ceremony to recognize many long-time team members.

SHINE A LIGHT ON OUR TEAM MEMBERS

Shine the Light Award: Amber Frederick, BW-Corporate

Congratulations to Amber for receiving an award for Drives Results. “Amber continues to illuminate her infectious smile and positive attitude with a great degree of appreciation throughout a significant global project,” said her nominator, Toni Brady. “Amber goes above and beyond on numerous occasions to lead calls or meetings to better understand processes and work through concerns, pushing off her own work to help other teams.”

Shine the Light Award: Shane Keefer, PSA-Akron

Congratulations to Shane for receiving an award for Instills Trust. “I have much confid-ence in Shane as he is always willing to help and is very reliable in any tasks he takes on,” said his nominator Rob Kirby. “Shane provides great support with his quick thinking and work ethic. On a deadline, I needed help inspecting parts and Shane took the initiative to thoroughly complete the inspections, getting necessary parts to our assembly team in plenty of time.”

Shine the Light Award: Jeremiah Dempsey, BW-Corporate

Congratulations to Jeremiah for receiving an award for Instills Trust. “Jeremiah has made me feel inspired and proud of how the IT security team treats team members,” said his nominator Roftiel Constantine. “Jeremiah has performed superbly in handling an additional workload and training fellow team members to use our systems. His focused attitude and deep attention to detail is central to keeping our IT environment safe, helping to safeguard BW’s daily operations and reputation.”

Shine the Light Award: Glenn Heffner, PSA-Akron

Congratulations to Glenn for receiving an award for Drives Results. “Glenn is a great listener which has helped him learn multiple ways to help achieve consistency in his work while also understanding the individual team member,” said his nominator Troy Chieffo. "Glenn's positive attitude, determination and forward-thinking ability contributes to our team’s success and helps the production team achieve their goals.”

The BW, Design Group, PSA, and Accraply locations are part of the Shine the Light pilot. The recognition program will be available in most BW locations beginning mid-January. Watch your inbox for information.

High Five Recognition: Karthi Selvam, DG-Chennai

Congratulations to Karthi for receiving a High Five Award. His nominator, Jacob Ponniah said, “Karthi’s first project at DG had intense client standards and work processes. Karthi impressed the client with his perseverance and dedication. His valuable skills provided thorough support and solutions to complicated issues. Without Karthi’s contributions, this project would not have been completed on time with quality drawings.”

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High Five Recognition: Abel Diaz, DG-Raleigh

Congratulations to Abel for receiving a High Five Award. “Abel consistently demonstrates an unwavering commitment to supporting fellow team members and clients,” said nominator Bhavish Malkani. “Abel has gone above and beyond through a demanding 12-hour shift schedule, which is unusual for DG colleagues. Abel’s willingness to adapt and provide support has greatly contributed to the team's cohesion and overall success.”

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High Five Recognition: Laxminarasaiah Guni, DG-Chennai

Congratulations to Laxmi for receiving a High Five Award. “I have great trust in Laxmi whenever a challenging project or task comes his way,” said his nominator, Subramanian Chandrasekaran. “Laxmi recently took on a project that involved outdated applications and functions requiring reconfigurations. He thoroughly investigated these functionality issues and his attentiveness helped drive the project to successful completion.”

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Engineering & Technical Excellence Award: Surendar Selvaraj, DG-Chennai

Congratulations to Surendar for receiving an Engineering & Technical Excellence Award. “Surendar is a perfectionist on executing projects and his commitment, hard work and communication has been consistent through-out his career with DG. His problem-solving abilities has helped gain client's trust and secured additional projects,” said his nominators Subramanian Chandrasekaran and Surya Prakash. “Surendar is an evolving leader who can handle multiple challenging projects and values his team members.”

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FROM OUR TRULY HUMAN LEADERSHIP BLOG

Bob Chapman: The Dirt on Good Leadership

Recently, CEO Bob Chapman was honored to speak at the inaugural Ariat Dirt World Summit presented by BuildWitt and its founder, Aaron Witt. BuildWitt is a media services company that serves the construction and infrastructure industries that created the Ariat Dirt World Summit to address team member retention and recruiting issues in those spaces. Read what Bob had to say about the event and the message he brought in his new Truly Human Leadership blog post.

NEWS YOU CAN USE

FOR BW TEAM MEMBERS

BW’s Performance Cycle begins with goal setting

Last month, a majority of the organization was introduced to the Performance Cycle, BW's new organization-wide process designed to help team members perform to the best of their abilities in alignment with the organization’s overall goals.

FOR ALL BW TEAM MEMBERS

Goal Setting, is now underway. Through Goal Setting, leaders and team members partner to define what will be done to support the business. To familiarize yourself with the process, please watch the Goal Setting e-Learning and check out more trainings, job aids and goal authoring resources on the Elevate intranet page HERE or by going to bw.care/performancecycle. The Goal Setting process, including goal authoring and inputting into Workday, should be completed by December 31, 2023. 

FOR ALL US-BASED TEAM MEMBERS

Nov. 17 is the LAST DAY for Annual Enrollment in the US!

US-based team members, it’s almost time for Annual Enrollment! Whether or not you enroll in BW medical benefits, you will need to complete these important actions from November 6-17: 

1. ALL team members and spouses should complete the once-per-lifetime Quantum Health Get Connected process.

2. ALL team members must login to Workday and complete the Open Enrollment Change task in their Workday inbox.

For more information on how to complete these actions, refer to the Annual Enrollment checklist and instructions sent home with your 2024 YOUtilities Handbook!

FOR ALL BW TEAM MEMBERS

Complete required BW policies and training tasks by November 30 (if applicable in your location)

As part of a growing global organization with a culture of care, all BW team members have a duty to follow our policies, guidelines, protocols, processes and best practices. We also have a responsibility to regularly complete required trainings, which reinforce our policies. Each year, any applicable policies and training tasks are shared to your Workday inbox—don’t forget to login to Workday and complete any required tasks by November 30! Need help or have more questions? See your People Team representative.

FOR BW LEADERS

Webinars for leaders now offered every Thursday

Ready to be the leader your team deserves? Want to fully embrace the awesome responsibility of leadership? The BWU webinars offered during the recent Leader Expectations & Commitments campaign were very popular so sessions have been added every Thursday for all of Fiscal Year '24. Sessions include “Finance Foundations”, “How We Make Money”, “Care & Account-ability”, “Responsible Freedom” and “Style Flexing.” Offered in English and German, these live sessions provide great insight and a chance to connect with and learn from other leaders across the organization. To sign up, click HERE.

NEW TECH TIP

Restart your computer at least once a week for optimal performance

The IT Service Desk recommends that you perform a complete shut-down or restart once a week, at a minimum. Do this at the end of your day, or before going to lunch, so that lengthier pending updates don’t interrupt your workday. Restarting your computer speeds up performance, fixes software glitches, solves Bluetooth and internet connection issues, clears the memory and stops tasks that might be running in the background (which keeps your computer running smoothly and prevents freezing or crashing) and more.

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