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It's with profound sadness that I received the news of the closure of the Owensboro Daramic manufacturing plant, a place I once proudly called my workplace. I feel grief and an immense sense of loss. Reflecting on my time there, I remember the incredible people and the hard work we collectively put in day in and day out. Every employee there, both the salaried staff and the Local 726 International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, worked tirelessly to turn that plant around. We weren't just colleagues; we were a team dedicated to producing quality products and fostering a sense of camaraderie that made going to work more than just a job. The plant was more than a facility; it was a hub of innovation and a pillar of the local community. Polyethylene battery seperators were invented in the Owensboro facility and made there for 60+ Years. Wether you know it or not, Daramic likely had an impact on your life. The Owensboro plants failure serves as a stark reminder of the challenges facing the manufacturing sector today. It's a tragedy not just for the employees directly affected but for the broader impact on families, local businesses, and the community at large. Losing a manufacturing plant isn't just losing jobs; it's losing a part of our shared history and identity and our entire industry suffers when American manufacturing fails. To my former colleagues and friends who find themselves navigating uncertain waters: my heart goes out to each and every one of you. I know firsthand the resilience and strength that defines our industry, and I believe in your ability to overcome this setback. If there's anything I can do to support you during this challenging time – whether it's providing job leads, offering references, or simply being a listening ear – please don't hesitate to reach out. In solidarity and with deep respect for our shared journey, Jon #Manufacturing #CommunitySupport #StrengthInUnity

Get your razors ready, #NoShaveNovember is almost over! 🪒 Our P&G Innovators at GilletteLabs created the Exfoliating Bar Razor to make sure your next shave is your smoothest. The exfoliating bar technology, built directly into the handle, combines the important act of pre-shaving exfoliation — a step most men skip — into the shaving experience. The bar sweeps naturally occurring debris like oil and dead skin cells before the blades pass, resulting in a smoother shave. Click the link in bio to learn more about #PGInnovation. #PGemployee

🎉📄 Celebrating Triumphs Amidst Challenges at WEPA , our Bridgend Paper Mill! 🏭🚀 I'm absolutely delighted to share an extraordinary achievement by my dedicated converting operations team for the month of August. Our journey has been filled with its share of good days and challenging ones, but here's what truly matters: 📈 In August, we didn't just break records; we shattered them. 💪 We finished August with the highest tonnage converted ever in our mills history.🍾🥂🎊 It's a testament to the incredible skill, dedication, and resilience of our team. We've faced our fair share of obstacles, navigating through good days and challenging ones alike. We know that we still have a lot to learn, a lot to do in future. One step at the time...slowly but surely we are getting there...💯 But it's during these tough times that my team has shown its mettle, continuing to strive for excellence with unwavering determination. This achievement is a celebration of not just our successes but also our ability to persevere through the hurdles. I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to each member of my converting operations team for their relentless commitment. Let's embrace the journey ahead by celebrating each and every win along the way... ...knowing that together, we can achieve even greater heights! 🌟💪 I feel like a proud momma...loving my team ❤️🫶 #TeamResilience #StrivingForExcellence #WepaUK #PaperMillJourney #leadershipskills #resultsday2023 #resultsdriven #breakingrecords #resultsmatter #teamcollaboration #teambuilding #journeytosuccess #journeytoexcellence #leadershipexcellence #teamappreciation #celebratesuccess

👋 Meet our CEO, Ole Marthon Granberg! Here, he talks about his passion for hand protection and the company’s initiatives. Q: What do you love most about working at Granberg? A: What inspires me the most is solving major issues related to hand protection in numerous professions. I love being a problem solver for something as important as protecting our most valuable tool – our hands! Q: What key initiatives and strategies are you most excited about? What can people expect for the future of Granberg? A: I have a deep passion for product innovation, so I’m really excited about our company’s research and development into new types of gloves. We have revolutionary new gloves (will be launched at A+A (AplusA) – International Trade Fair and Congress) that will change the landscape for chemical protection and grip power – and will support our strict guidelines on environmentally friendly policies and a sustainable future. Q: How does Granberg prioritize Sustainability and CSR in its operations? 🌍 A: We prioritize environmental conservation by reducing our ecological footprint. We actively adopt sustainable practices such as implementing solar power for our head office and warehouse. We give attention to responsibility within the supply chain by ensuring our products are sourced ethically and responsibly, following strict CSR guidelines. Granberg is committed to sustainability and CSR by disclosing our efforts and progress in our annual sustainability report. Stay tuned for more insights from the faces behind Granberg! We're committed to making a difference through Fearless Performance. #Granberg #GranbergGloves #FearlessPerfromance #MeetTheTeam #GranbergInnovates #SustainabilityMatters #HandProtection #TeamGranberg #Innovation #PPE #WorkSafety #WorkPlaceSafety

https://lnkd.in/ezRwgp7C It’s the next chapter in a phoenix-rising-from the-ashes story that involves PCA rescuing Garland from closure and revitalizing the nearly century-old company.

✨ Female Power at Kneipp ✨ From paper blend or grass paper to cork and glass – Isabel Hafner, Head of Packaging Development at Kneipp, is our expert. 💚 #FemaleLeadership: How do you become a leader? Sometimes by simply jumping in at the deep end. When the position of the team lead was to be filled last year, Isabel decided to take up the challenge and applied – you know the result of the story... 💚 Her daily mission? Developing new packaging as well as optimizing existing packaging solutions according to our sustainability strategy. If there is a new product, there is no way that Isabel was not involved. It’s her aim to think out of the box to challenge existing packaging and go beyond established solutions to make our packaging even smarter in the future. 💚 You've probably noticed it by now. Packaging is way more than only the outside of our products. This is why Isabel and her team are constantly testing and experimenting with new, innovative materials to find out what the ideal packaging of the future can look like while setting and defining new strategies for the company. 💚 Our lip care range is a great example for an innovative packaging concept that Isabel was involved in: The packaging is made of silphie paper while the cap is made of paper blend – a packaging that helps us to save natural resources. And this is what Isabel says herself: 𝘔𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵-𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘸, 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴. 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘐’𝘮 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘫𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥: 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴: 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮.  Gabriele H. 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘒𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘱𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩. 𝘐𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘒𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘱𝘱 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯-𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥-𝘴𝘦𝘵, 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. ✨ #kneipp #celebratingwomen #everydayiswomensday #kneippsustainability #sustainability

𝐁𝐏 𝐃𝐄&𝐈 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 & 𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 🍃 Imagine that a green leaf plant is a representation of a version of bp with no DE&I policy. A bp with no Code-of-Conduct, an absence of morals and practicing discriminatory behaviours. A bp that could perhaps be described as morally bankrupt. 🍂 Now imagine a plant with variegated leaves as a utopian version of bp with everyone treated as equals, fully included and able to express any opinion on any matter without fear of reprisal. A place that is safe to work for everyone without having to redesign their working environment to fit in. Somewhere that looked after staff throughout their employment and continued to value them after retirement. Leadership that ensured the company made a lifelong commitment to honour its promises. 🔰 To change the culture and take the green leaf plant and develop it into the variegated leaf plant will require an immense effort of steady cross-pollination over many years to produce a super hybrid plant. Imagine this as representing a team of dedicated people driving through a DE&I policy. 🔰 The route to success is a total commitment by all to back the team and live the policy, starting at the roots (Board & Leadership Team) and pulsing through every level until the results appear in the leaves (the shop floor). A commitment that is part of everyday business, each day, week after week, year on year, for ever. 🎨 The other option is to bring in the Odd Job Operative with a can of paint and a brush to paint some yellow stripes on the leaves. A really quick and cheap shortcut. People viewing from a distance will be fooled but under the paint the plant is withering away. Meanwhile, the dedicated team working on the cross-pollination continue their work in vein, are totally undermined and demotivated and are called on to sell the painted leaves to the public in corporate, self-congratulatory social media posts. I leave judgement on the bp of today and their current policy to you having spoken out repeatedly in recent times, however, I will ask one question regarding the current " 🌈 Rainbow Washed" logo… …The extra elements floating around the perimeter of the core Helios… is it me or do they look like painted leaves?🍂 #BPpension #DEandI Melody Meyer #JohannesTeyssen Karen Richardson Des Johnson

Flexibility, PETROSEAL secret weapon 🎯 #Flexibility breeds innovation, a crucial ingredient for PETROSEAL today. Allowing and encouraging our employees and partners from everywhere in our business to think about new ways of working, new products and new processes and designs encourage everyday our culture of innovation. Rather than operating the #traditional way of managers making all the decisions and coming up with all the ideas, getting everyone involved is likely to be more successful. Why? Because we think that, in online leak sealing, it’s the people on the ground who are more likely to spot the weak points and opportunities that will kick-start our innovation process. Be flexible and encourage employees and partners to investigate🕵🏼, innovate, and share their findings is now in our DNA. #leaksealing #corrosion #continuousimprovment #oneteam #partnership

Check out the recap of the BU Wheelock Forum! http://spr.ly/6048j7mEj If you’d like to see more, take a look at our gallery, too: http://spr.ly/6041j7mE5 Carly Block, PhD, CMPC Savanna Ward , Edson Filho #SportPsychology #BostonUniversity #WeAreWheelock #PerformancePsychology

Jeff Dereume, a consultant in CRU's Pittsburgh office, was in attendance for a recent lithium battery recycling workshop, hosted by NAATBatt International, the trade association for advanced battery technology in North America. The event was held at The Heritage Group in Indianapolis, IN. The workshop was a two-day event with day one focusing on important topics such as safety in handling black mass, measuring the value of black mass, and solutions for recycling LFP. While day 2 was dedicated to meeting the recyclers such as Blue Whale Materials LLC, Austin Elements Inc., and Cirba Solutions. Some of the key takeaways include 1) no two black masses are created equal, 2) safety must remain a leading priority, and 3) participants and associations should help develop standards and policies.