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CHEM-TEXTS Vol. 14, 1980
Equality
(continued from page 1)
The execution of the equal
opportunity policy demands the
involvement of all management
personnel in identifying and
attracting minority and disabled
veteran and Vietnam Era
Veteran, and handicapped applicants qualified for consideration in
all job classifications, as job
openings in such classifications
occur. The plant will make monthly
audits of the hiring, promotion,
hiring, retention, and termination practices, and the minority,
female, disabled veteran and
Vietnam Era Veteran, and handicapped situation on the payroll.
Additionally, our Affirmative
Action Plans are utilized on a
regular basis by Federal Governmet contract compliance personnel.
“On the Road”
By Joe Bucciaglia
The Chemicals and Polymers Sales Force
An important member of the team, but often a “distant” one, is the field
sales representative who is “On-the-Road.” I hope to run a series of
articles about our Chemicals and Polymers sales group and tell you a
little about the people and what they do.
Call with me, if you will, a General Sales Manager, Joe Bucciaglia, who
is speaking to his Sales Forces (led by a General Sales Manager, Joe
Callaghan) reporting to Joe is a Specialty Chemicals National Sales
Manager, governing Specialty and Engineering Plastics, who is reporting to
Joe are District Managers, one covering the Rubber Chemicals and Polymers and one covering the Plastics. Also reporting to Joe are two Operations Managers, Pete Cook for Polymers, and myself for Chemicals.
The Central Office for the Midwest Region (better known as District 4)
is located in Akron, Ohio. “The Rubber Capital of the World.” Out of
this office, the Chemicals and Polymers field Sales are responsible
for selling Rubber and Heavy Chemicals, ROYALINE®, PARACRIL®,
CRIL®, Natural Latex and VIBRATHANEX Gums.
The Sales Force in the Midwest is:
Bill Galwardy
Regional Manager
Sr. Sales Associate with sales
responsibilities in parts of Ohio
Plus, all the major Akron-based
Rubber Companies.
Wes Curtis
Technical Representative with
sales responsibilities in Ohio, West
Virginia, and parts of New York
and Pennsylvania.
Bill Stephenson
Technical Representative with
sales responsibilities in Indiana
and half of Michigan.
Wayne Churchill
Technical Representative with
sales responsibilities in Illinois and
half of Michigan.
Leo Pranitis
Technical Representative with
sales responsibilities in Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Iowa, N. Dakota, S.
Dakota and Nebraska.
J.R. Douglas, Industrial Relations Manager, has appointed
C.D. Hilton, Personnel Manager,
as the EEO Administrator for the
Naugatuck Plant. Feel free to
contact them regarding any facet
of the EEO policy.
Williams Heads
Toastmasters Club
Bob Williams, International
Marketing Specialist for Vibration and Specialty Chemicals
has been elected President of the
Preston Hill Toastmasters Club
for 1980.
The club meets every other
Friday at Uniroyal’s Preston Hill
Inn in Oxford to is dedicated to help
people improve their communication and leadership skills.
For more information call Bob
at (203-729-7). Other club members are Joe Callaghan, George Lapp and Jim
Marshall.
Become Hearing Experts
The Akron Office is staffed by Leo Foley and Ruth Hook.
Next issue, more on the other District Offices and the people staffing
them. In the meantime, if your interested in anything else about Sales,
drop me a line.
Old Timers Corner
A group of “old timers” enjoy a barbecue at the home of Paul Benson in the warm Florida sun. The
photo was sent in by George Allen, front row, left, who recently retired from the Industrial Relations
Dept. Next to him is Ed Weaving who headed up the Plant Protection Dept. for many years, another
picnic is scheduled at the home of Paul Benson on Feb. 17th, 1981.
George Allen who retired from forty-eight years of service in the Kazys
Industrial Relations in 1979 sent
Urbants, Guy Ellwood, Vic
this photo of retirees who gathered
Stasonis, Dave Rappe, Larry
at the home of Paul Benson for a
Terra, Ed Bazenas and Paul
picnic. Since George retired and
Benson.
his wife, Kay, have traveled the
Lounette and John Quint,
In the photo from left are Eric Johnson, Factory Manager, who
presented the certificates, Ann McAllister RN, Patricia Grygwacz
RN, and Janice Loman, Safety Supervisor.
Local 218…
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Joe Krzesuck recognized the
need to make certain changes in
the way they produced rubber to
make his plant competitive with other
chemical companies and to help
improve its productivity in order
to maintain job security in a highly
competitive market area.
As a result of this mutual
interest, Douglas reported that the
parties were able to negotiate
several productivity improvements that can
provide potential improvements in
productivity, reduced down-time,
and cost reductions that can
amount to substantial savings each
year to the Naugatuck Plant. Both
Douglas and Krzesuck stated
that this was the type of joint
Company-Union effort that can improve our operations, help
secure jobs, and provide growth
for the Naugatuck Chemical
plant’s future.
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Three members of the Safety
and Medical Department have
been awarded Certificates of
Accreditation by the Council for
Accreditation Occupational
Hearing Conservation. The
accreditation qualifies them to conduct hearing tests as a
part of the company’s continuing
medical program. The group
will give hearing
tests to all employees to insure
proper care of their hearing. Ann
and Patricia received their
certification from the University of
Bridge port and Jim Loman
received certification from Yale
University. Pat
Loman is also a Certified First Aid
and CPR Instructor while Pat
recently received certification as a
CPR Instructor.
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Goals For 1980
1979 was a very good year for the Uniroyal Chemical Company and the Naugatuck Plant. The company had record sales and profit and the Plant’s operating profit increased 59% over 1978. In order to continue this improvement, sever11 major 1980 Objectives for the following products and areas must be accomplished.
NAUGATCEL SD-1
Successfully start up Naugatcel SD-1, an accelerator that will be new business for the Plant. It will be manufactured in the POC Plant Bldg. 124. Most of the equipment has been installed and startup is expected in the 2nd Quarter of 1980. Naugatcel is used in the manufacture of tires and mechanical goods.
OMITE
Our goal is to increase Omite production 20% through productivity improvements over 1979, which was a record year. This is necessary if we want to meet the needs of fruit and cotton growers in the U.S. and to avoid the additional expense of importing Omite from our Latina Plant in Italy. Omite is the highest profit chemical made in the plant.
This year, we also will finalize our plan to increase the Omite capacity to meet future sales.
TPR
Increase the production of TPR by 30%, again, through productivity improvements, so that outside manufacturing can be eliminated. This will reduce TPR manufacturing cost and therefore improve TPR’s profitability.
DEVELOP A STRATEGY FOR THE PLANT
We will review the existing resources of the Plant, analyze our strengths and weaknesses, and develop a plan that will increase the profit of our facilities. We have many resources that are not fully utilized and increasing their utilization will have a dramatic impact on the company’s profitability.
For example, the Butler Plant is a land and water resource that is not being fully utilized. Some of our manufacturing equipment is operating at less than full capacity. We certainly have the capacity and ability to manufacture more chemical products at Naugatuck and must develop a plan to take advantage of this opportunity.
Equality Policy Affirmed
The providing of equal employment opportunity for all employees or applicants, regardless of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, handicap or disabled and Vietnam Era Veteran status is one of the basic policies of UNIROYAL, Inc. The Naugatuck Chemical plant endorses this policy and expects all decisions regarding personnel to conform to government rules and regulations.
The Naugatuck Chemical Plant has a specific plan of action designed to aid in providing equal opportunity for all. It is committed to recruit, hire, and promote in all job classifications and to ensure that items such as compensation, training, educational and tuition assistance, and social and recreational activities are administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, handicap or disabled and Vietnam Era Veteran status except where sex, age, and or qualification is a bona fied occupational qualification. It is also committed to make employment or promotional decisions based solely upon the individual’s qualifications as they relate to the valid qualification requirements of the position in which the individual is being considered.
Man-Lift Purchased
Members of the Chemical Maintenance department operate the new self-propelled Man-Lift that will provide safer conditions.
By Vic Alves
The Maintenance Department recently purchased a personnel-lift for the use in the performance of various jobs throughout the plant. This versatile piece of equipment will allow maintenance jobs to be done more safely, reduce equipment downtime, and afford productivity improvements within the department. Its purchase was critical to the Maintenance Department’s 1980 Profit Improvement Program.
The personnel lift will minimize the direction of staging or scaffolding on jobs undertaken at heights up to 38 feet while allowing for a safer operation. Without the time consuming erection costs, productive equipment can be returned to service sooner and the productivity of the plant improved.
The purchased unit is a self-propelled Man-Lift with a capacity of 1,750 lbs.
Because of its mobility, it is planned to be used in most areas of our plant where reasonable and feasible.
Audit Plan Started on Waste
By Tim Cunningham
The Environmental Engineering Department will conduct a pollution generating audit of each process building during 1980. The purpose of this audit is to identify pollution streams leaving the process buildings air, water, and solid waste pollution streams. The purpose of these audits will be to investigate reductions in currently generated pollution streams, and where it is possible, to develop Profit Improvement Programs.
Examples of possible cost-saving projects include the recycling of material which is presently sent to the liquid waste treatment plant or to the drummed waste storage area in order to save disposal costs, the reduction of solvents and other liquid material disposed of in the water treatment system, and the reduction of solid product and raw materials discarded in the water treatment system.
If there are any suggestions for possible cost-saving projects in any of these areas, please contact the Environmental Engineering Department.
Plant’s Profits Improve
A successful 1979 performance for the Naugatuck Plant was highlighted by Project Enterprise, the name of the plant’s Profit Improvement Program. It generated $5.4 million in cost savings. The efforts of many of our people was necessary to achieve this performance. Congratulations to all who well done to all who participated.
The impetus generated by Project Enterprise helped to increase the plant’s 1979 Profits by $10.9 million. In 1979 Chemicals Bloodmobile Dates Set
The Bloodmobile sponsored by the Uniroyal Chemical employees will be held on Monday, May 19 and Tuesday, May 20 at the CHEM-TEXTS Bldg. 122 from 9:45 A.M. to 2:45 P.M. All donations will receive a very useful tire gauge to check the wear of the tread. To avoid delay, an appointment may be made with Ann Greenwald, R.N. of the Naugatuck First Aid Station.
In 1979 Chemical employees contributed 282 pints of blood to the Red Cross Bloodmobile.
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V. Calarco Looks at 1980
Vincent A. Calarco, President of the Uniroyal Chemical Company, poses with the officers of the Uniroyal Chemical Management Club prior to his talk to the group. From left to right: Senior Treasurer; Ronald Lax, President, Calarco; Shirley Darling, Secretary; and Norman Boisseau, Vice President.
Vincent Calarco, President of the Uniroyal Chemical Company, in an address to the Uniroyal Chemical Management Club, reviewed the division’s performance in 1979 and discussed the outlook for 1980. The following are highlights of his talk to the group at the Elks Club in Naugatuck.
1979 was the best year in the division’s history in terms of sales and profits. Sales for the Chemical Rubber and Plastic Business segments of the Company – for which we are the major portion – were $348 million up from $442 million in 1978; and operating profits were $71 million up from $51 million in 1978. These results contributed to the $71 million in 1978 that profits for the Chemical Company set a record level in 1979.
These results are especially noteworthy since the Naugatuck business which we sold in early 1979 accounted for over 20% of the total Chemical business. Agricultural Chemicals sales had an exceptional year with sales 40% greater in 1979.
Specialty Chemical sales grew by nearly 35%. Improvements in Polyact alone resulted in 12% growth this increased.
Rubber Chemicals, the division’s basic business grew 25%. While new facilities in the U.S., Canada, Italy, Brazil, India, and Taiwan are now under construction.
The International division continued a 20% increase in worldwide sales. Today the International division contributes 30% of the Company’s total sales. Looking forward in 1980, the new Royaline EPDM where sealing is Cryovac’s application through license, will come on stream.
The division is a technological leader. EPA’s product manufactured in the Dispersion Resins area has a 40% market share and looks forward to a 10% growth annually. Rubber Chemicals is a mature business in the U.S. and domestic growth is not anticipated, but it does expect solid profit growth. The rubber chemicals growth is expected to be in the form of expanding market share.
Last year productivity in the U.S. division in contrast to a 20% productivity increase at Uniroyal Chemical. The reason is more efficient use of what you have in assets, better plants or machinery and making every machine or reactor or office equipment work more efficiently. In brief it means working smarter, using our minds to think and plan things out and to make new management approaches to consume fewer resources and work more consuming ways of doing things.
In 1979 the Naugatuck plant produced 9.6% without any new investment, other than thinking about how to make the machinery work better.
The Naugatuck Chemical plant will be closed for two weeks beginning June 30th and July 15th. The plant shutdown will allow the Maintenance Dept. to make a general maintenance overhaul throughout the plant, install new equipment, and do preventive maintenance activities.
In Chemical Manufacturing Bldg. 100 and Bldg. 118 will operate along with Bldg. 72.
Local 218 Contract Signed
URW Local 218 and the Naugatuck Chemical Plant have signed a new local supplemental agreement, effective February 9, 1980. Joe Rizsuk, President of Local 218 and Bill Dolyak, Industrial Relations Manager, reported that the major changes in the new contract provide for improved vacation scheduling for employees, an improved grievance procedure, and improvements through better utilization of the pension and medical programs. They are very positive indicators for the rubber chemicals market to maintain its market position.
Agricultural Chemicals: a highly promising new product line is added to the market development area, growing from $1.5 million to $7.4 million through new production techniques. The product code is R-744.
Last year productivity in the U.S. division in contrast to a 20% productivity increase at Uniroyal Chemical. The reason is more efficient use of what you have in assets, like better plants or machinery and making every machine or reactor or office equipment work more efficiently. In brief it means working smarter, using our minds to think and plan things out and to make new management approaches to consume fewer resources and work more consuming ways of doing things.
In 1979 the Naugatuck plant produced 9.6% without any new investment, other than thinking about how to make the machinery work better.
Job Opening System—an Avenue to your Career Development
By Marge Woolfrey
The objectives of the Job Opportunity System are to provide employees with timely information about the availability of and requirements for individual career development. Openings are communicated within the Naugatuck location by placing on bulletin boards the “Job Opening” notice. All non-exempt openings through Grade 24 will be communicated, except as noted below.
Exceptions to the System:
– Grade or title changes where the individual retains the same basic position but the grade or title is changed due to increased responsibilities.
– Job placement for employees during reduction-in-force situations.
– The establishment of temporary, Co-op or summer positions.
– Reorganization changes by a manager within a department provided there is no increase in head count and no promotional opportunities created.
– Placement of college-recruited trainee program graduates by Corporate or Division in their initial permanent positions.
– Positions that are being held until the return of an employee from an approved leave of absence.
How to Apply
You may apply for any opening for which you feel that you are qualified and have an interest, provided you have a recommendation from your present manager. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, you will be interviewed and subsequently informed whether or not you have been selected.
You will be contacted when you have been scheduled for an interview, and you will be informed as to whether or not you are selected.
Assignment to New Position
Generally, it is expected that you will be assigned to your new position as soon as possible after acceptance of an offer. Normally, this is within a few days, but the release time may be negotiated further between the hiring and releasing managers.
Appeals Route
Normal established appeal routes should be used in cases where individuals express concerns with or have questions about steps of the process. In general, the first attempt to clarify the situation should be made through your manager and the person who made the selection decision. Further clarification or questions can be directed to the Human Resources Department for discussion.
Program in Working
During 1979, there were 26 Chemical engineering promotions made through utilization of the Job Opportunity System. There were eight positions filled by transfer from other parts of the organization because one at the Naugatuck location applied for the openings. It is especially important to note that there were only two exceptions to the program during the year – one because of a reduction in force and one because of a special management program. The system was administered with minor exceptions to improve employee opportunity without notice.
If there are no cases that require an exception to the system will be placed on bulletin boards. There were other times during the year where technical background and special skills necessitated going to the outside.
The system is a program designed to involve you earlier in the promotional process. It establishes a formal method for interested and qualified employees to obtain open position information and to request consideration for specific promotional opportunities.
Health Support Program Continues
The Health Support Program that offers assistance to employees with alcohol or drug-related problems is still very active. However, there has been a change in the meeting place and time.
During Baldwin, who is the Health Support counselor, will now hold counseling sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 P.M. to 9 P.M. at the Hospital. All telephone calls regarding the Health Support Program should be made to Dan Cummings at Ext. 713-3472.
All employees are held in strict confidence.
May is High Blood Pressure Month
High blood pressure is a major factor in heart disease and stroke and must be detected and treated. The disease usually can be controlled with drug therapy and some simple diet changes.
During May a blood pressure clinic will be held on Wednesdays and Fridays at the Plant Hospital. An appointment is not necessary. Simply walk in and ask one of the nurses for a blood pressure check.
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