Vermont Thread Gage To Build New Facility In Kentucky

August 1, 2007

Vermont Thread Gage is busting at the seams and will build a new plant next to its current manufacturing facility in Franklin, Kentucky according to Monica Greene, President of the Swanton, Vermont based company. Greene said Vermont Thread Gage will construct a new 32,000 square foot building on 10 acres in a new 143 acre portion of the Franklin industrial park.

"We have completely outgrown our 11,000 square foot facility that we built in 2001". "We need more room to grow our company" Greene said. "We are very pleased with our success in Franklin and expect to add as many as 50 new jobs over the next few years to our current work force of 75 employees".

Construction is expected to get under way in August, 2007 and is expected to be completed in early 2008.

John Gehret III, Vermont Thread Gage’s Vice President and General
Manager recently thanked local and state officials as well as the Economic Development Authority for "assisting us in identifying and providing the land and infrastructure in such a timely way". He also praised the employees and community. "We have been blessed to have dependable, hardworking employees these past six years, and our company has really grown in Franklin because of everyone’s cooperation" Gehret said.

Vermont Gage and Vermont Thread Gage are subsidiaries of Vermont Precision Tools, Inc. founded by Norman Leduc, CEO in 1968.

Norm Leduc is the New President of the

American Measuring Tool Manufacturers Association, (AMTMA).

May 8, 2007

PHOENIX—Nearly half of the current membership of the American Measuring Tool Manufacturers Association (AMTMA) gathered for a three-day meeting March 14 to 16. The annual meeting had several firsts—its first end user as a member, its first meeting under the leadership of the members themselves and its first in-depth look at the market in which their measurement tools are used.

For nearly its entire 35-year history, the manufacturers of measurement tools have been the primary members of the AMTMA. The group decided, nearly two years ago, to actively seek new members from the end user community and this meeting saw Bob Snyder of Emerson Climate Control (St. Louis) as the first member from this community. Snyder lent his insight on how his company approaches measurement and inspection tools and processes. Outgoing president George Scheutz of Mahr Federal (Providence, RI) led this change and incoming president Norm LeDuc of Vermont Gage (Swanton, VT) is expected to continue it.

AMTMA Enjoys Positive Meeting.
AMTMA Managing Director Jim Popovic of
Cleaveland Specialty Inspection Services,
left, presents George Scheutz of Mahr
Federal with a special Plaque recognizing
his two years of service as president.

Besides the positive increase in attending members, the AMTMA received the results of its research on measurement tools and buying trends. Overall, the market continues to look positive and the analytical research was borne out by the individual members who, as is custom, reported increases in their individual company sales trends. Those trends may continue, as speaker Brad Phillips offered plenty of sales tip in his presentation. Krista Watson of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission also gave AMTMA member’s tips for avoiding workplace suits.

The meeting saw members in an upbeat mood, as they resumed management of the association. They recently took over management of the association from a professional association management company that had been running AMTMA for several years. This is a return to the AMTMA’s roots, as for most of its existence it had been run by the companies who make up the membership. With this return, the group plans more projects, such as a round-robin measurement program, increased active involvement with standards committees, increased publicity and communications, and more. AMTMA welcomed its new officers as well. After two years, George Scheutz turned over the president’s gavel to Norm LeDuc. Other new officers included Jim Gregory of Hi-Tech Tool Corp. (Cincinnati) as vice president and Nick Bosworth of PMC/Lonestar (Willoughby, OH) as secretary and treasurer. New board members include John Mead of Master Gage & Tool Co. (Danville, VA), Steven Popovic of Cleveland Specialty Inspection Services Inc. (Mentor, OH) and John Gehret of Vermont Thread Gage LLC. www.amtma.com

Courtesy:

Thomas A. Williams, Publisher

Quality Magazine

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