Issue 24;
July 2007
Our yard is stacking up!
We need your help! Our yard is over-flowing with completed
orders that are not ready to ship yet. Currently we have 19
Central Dust Collectors, 32 Silo Collectors and dozens of shrouds
and other accessory
items just waiting
to ship! This is the
fullest our yard has
ever been.
New Face at C&W
There is a new face at C&W as Wesley Powell
joins the C&W team as
the Purchasing Director.
He started the last week
in June.
Be looking for a writeup on Wesley in the
coming months!
Farewell at C&W
C&W is sad to announce
Phillip Ward is leaving
C&W this month. He
has been with C&W for
three years, and he will
be missed!
When you know of a
delay in your project,
please call us as soon as
possible so we can avoid
this! Thanks!
MCP 5000 Ships....
C&W ships MCP-5000 to Diamond
Concrete in San Diego, California
Sold by Samson Engineering
MCP-5000
installed in San
Diego.
During the month of May, C&W shipped
one of the first Modular Cartridge Pulse
units to California. This unit features
5000 CFM, 714 sq feet of filtration area,
tool-less cartridge exchange, reduced
maintenance costs as are Cartridges are
54”, and 99.99% filtration efficiency.
If you need literature, information, or
promotional pieces for this product, call us!
Here is a what the top of the lid
looks like with the blow pipes and
air tank attached. This allows
for easy cartridge change-out as
there are no restrictions.
Completed MCP-5000
that was in the process
of being tested before it
shipped later that day.
Employee of the Month:
Office Employee of the Month:
For the month of April, Morgan Beakley was
voted by her peers as the Employee of the
Month. Morgan is the Marketing Director,
and has been with C&W
for three years. Her main
job functions are Dealer
Relations, Web Promotion,
Brand Management, and
Advertising.
Congrats Morgan!!
For the month of May,
Freddie
Barella
was
elected as the Employee of
the Month. Freddie works
in the Inside and Parts
Sales Department, and has
been with C&W for nine
years. This is his 2nd time
to be selected as the EOM!
Congrats Freddie!!
Industry Update
Concrete Prices Hold Steady While Steel, Asphalt
Continue Upward Trend
Concrete prices in April experienced no change,
according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer
Price Index. Steel and asphalt continued to post the
largest monthly price increases among building materials
in April 2007. Steel prices grew by 4.4% from March to
April and asphalt prices were up 1.2% for the month.
According to the spring PCA Cement and Construction
Forecast, the relative price improvements of concrete
compared to other materials that materialized during the
fourth quarter of 2006 and has continued through recent
data collections will increase national cement intensity in
2007. Cement intensity refers to the tons of cement per
dollar of construction activity.
During the past year, steel prices have increased 17.1%,
asphalt prices, led by increasing oil prices rose, 16%
while concrete has seen a relatively modest increase
during the last year of 4.6%. Lumber prices from 2006 to
2007 have declined by 11%.
Source: NRMCA Weekly Newsletter
Do you have an idea or announcement for next month’s C&W newsletter? Email Morgan at [email protected].
A Moment with Robert Smith…
Birthdays
During the month of May, three people celebrated
their birthdays at C&W. Steve Duncan, Freddie
Barella, and Tony Rhinehart.
Shown is Steve,
Tony and Freddie
all making wishes
and blowing out
their birthday
candles.
Title& Hire Date:
February 2002
Systems Design Engineer
What is your favorite part
of your job? New Design
Engineering, creating new products,
and working on new and interesting
big projects for different types of
applications.
What did you do before joining C&W? Before joining
C&W, Robert worked for Clean Air Consultants designing
dust collection systems for wet and dry applications. He also
worked at RSR for over 9 years with dust control products
and waste water treatment when recycling car batteries.
Are you working on any big projects at the moment?
Besides the Buell Project currently in production, we have
an RA-500 set to ship in September for a Sand Drying
Rotary Kilm for Sand Express in TX. We ll be providing
dust collection for the exhaust on the kilm, which will be
300̊F, which is the hottest application C&W has worked
on. We have special insulating paint and other components
designed to handle this extreme heat.
Here is Freddie feeding Steve a piece of cake. You
could tell Tony was jealous he wasn’t getting fed.
Interesting Facts & Hobbies:
watching TV
Riding Motorcycles and