ENGINEERED SYSTEMS, INC.
Volume 8, Issue 2
Uplifting News
October 1, 2012
State of the Company
Special points of
interest:
We are rapidly approaching the
final four months of the calendar
developing, and maintaining.
But how are we doing with en-
would like to spend time to find
out what is going on, and if there
year. This is the time we all want
to know, “How are we doing?”
couraging?
is anything we can do to help.
Sometimes, time is hard to find,
The first thing that always comes
to mind is the balance sheet and
ing? When is it hardest to be
encouraged? Is it in good times
income statement. But is that
truly a good measurement for a
or bad times? When is it hardest
to show appreciation for what
company that states that we want
to operate on another level?
others do for us? Is it in good
times or bad times?
Can we bring our Purpose Statement back into the forefront?
Is it the job of the President to
encourage you? Absolutely! But
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Miracle Hill - Christmas for
the children
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Flu shot clinic in October
Inside this issue:
New Service Center in
Duncan
2
Encourage to Give!
2
Expansion to our Duncan
Manufacturing Facility
2
Inside this issue:
Pauline
Fund
3
ESI Babies
3
Ecuador Mission Trip
4
2012 Christmas Parties
4
CM Rebate
5
Mr. Lynn Thomas
5
CPR and First Aid 2012
5
Prayer Concerns
6
Purpose Statement: “The purpose of Engineered Systems is to
Ministry Services
is it my only job?
Many times I can be walking
and breaking through men’s pride
is sometimes tough. Are we encouraging, or are we discouraging
you? It is my responsibility, but is
it mine alone?
You notice things too. Can you
help encourage others?
In this newsletter you will read
about Dwight Hettinger, our new
Director of Ministry Services. He
is to some degree our “Chief
grow, develop, and maintain a
around and notice things! I no-
company that will allow us to
provide for our families, honor
tice when people are enjoying
what they are doing, and I notice
God with our work, and encourage one another to become all we
when people are dragging. I
sometimes recognize that some-
were created to be. “ Colossians
1:27b
thing is going on with people,
either business wise or personally,
better, but the first step is making
sure that we are all in the encour-
that is exciting to them, or perhaps the burden is heavy. I
aging business together. Pay attention! Encourage one another.
As a business, it is easy to focus
on the first part, the growing,
Dwight Hettinger
Who is responsible for encourag-
By: Don Wilson
Encouragement Officer.” Get to
know him. Spend some time
praying with him.
Please help me. I want to do
Chief Encouragement Officer
By: Don Wilson
The first priority of any organization is taking care of its most
Dwight and his wife Kathy have
been friends of mine for thirty-
Dwight will facilitate getting those
that need resources to grow with
valuable assets, which for Engineered Systems is our people.
five plus years and he has the gift
of encouragement. He is a prayer
those individuals who can supply
those needs. Call him if you have
Dwight Hettinger has come along
to work with us to care for our
warrior. He and I are praying
weekly together and I look for-
any questions, or if you need him
to come along side of you or your
people. Dwight will be our Chief
Encouragement Officer. He is
ward to continuing with that. I
am looking forward to him
friends to help.
involved with Ministry Services.
Just call him and sit down with
encouraging me. And hopefully
you will get to know him and pray
him for a cup of coffee.
with him also.
Uplifting News
Page 2
New Service Center in Duncan
Our IP crew, who are led by Site
Manger Chris Harris, at
International Paper in Augusta,
GA.
Late last year we began discussing
the need for more space to house
provided and property opened up
across the street from our main
property included offices and a
warehouse with enough bays to
our service crews, in-shop hoist
repair department, and safety
office location. It was a
financially logical decision to
pull in all of our trucks and lifts.
This property has been a great
department. The first consideration was to add on
scoop it up, especially since the
addition to our facilities, and is
affectionately termed,
another building, the
second consideration
“Gilligan’s Island” by those
that work out of the
was to add on to our
current building, and
Duncan location.
We are thankful for
the third consideration
was to buy a building at
God’s provision of this
property and the kind
a separate location. But
as He always does, God
“There is
encouragement in
giving. There is
also encouragement
in being able to
By: Carmen Higdon
neighbor that sold it to us.
Encourage to Give!
By: Don Wilson
Are you a part of encouraging?
Our benevolence fund is fully
Do you or someone that you work
with here, need some financial
funded by our associates. We call
it “Give to Encourage, Encourage
assistance to get through a crisis or
need? Please contact Lorie Hood,
to Give.” Management and leadership do not know who gives nor
Human Resources, or Dwight
Hettinger, Ministry Services. It is
who receives. It is administered
by our associates. There is encour-
your ministry fund! Use it! Be
blessed, be a blessing!
receive help when
agement in giving. There is also
encouragement in being able to
needed.”
receive help when help is needed.
Lorie Hood, Encourage to Give
Expansion to our Duncan Manufacturing Facility
By: Carmen Higdon
Engineered Systems has been
going through the
Lans Wilson and Kenny
Theaker receiving the JD
Neuhaus Gold Award for
Engineered Systems from Mark
Koski of JD Neuhaus
more effectively and economically,
to store new wire rope hoists and
crane components,
process of adding
7,300 square feet
and to facilitate a
better place to wire
to our manufacturing facility in
up and ship out
final product. The
Duncan. The
purpose of adding
building is
essentially complete
this extra square
footage is to
and we are now
awaiting an
increase our ability
to fabricate cranes
occupancy permit.
Volume 8, Issue 2
Page 3
Pauline Fund
By: Don Wilson
Do you know that your company
has a fund that is set up to enable
Fund come from the profits of
Engineered Systems and from the
about the Pauline Fund, please
contact Don Wilson or Carmen
you to be a part of a mission trip if
you so desire? It is called “The
sale of scrap metal and wire leftover from our crane building and
Higdon.
Pauline Fund.” The apostle Paul
was a bi-vocational minister, just
fabrication. It is there to support
you if you are called to go! It is
as all of us are supposed to be. He
was a tentmaker, and most impor-
not there to support others as they
go, but to support you as a mem-
tantly, a proclaimer of the Gospel.
ber of Engineered Systems if you
go. If you have any questions
The funds to support the Pauline
ESI Babies
“And He said to them, “Go into
all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” Mark 16:15
By: Carmen Higdon
We have had a baby boom here at
Engineered Systems over the last
Congratulations to Brandi and
Jon Hodges on the birth of their
Congratulations to Kenny and
Deanna Theaker on the birth of
several months. We want to send
out our congratulations to the
daughter, Lana Grace Hodges.
Lana was born on April 14 and
their son, Caedmon Joseph
Theaker. Caedmon was born on
following parents and
grandparents:
was 6 pounds, 11 ounces, and was
18 1/4” long.
April 10 and was 6 pounds, 15
ounces and 20 inches long.
Congratulations to Brian and
Katie Weidenhammer in the birth
We will again be supporting
Miracle Hill Children’s Home in
providing Christmas gifts for
their children! Please drop off
any wrapping paper, bows, tape,
bicycle bags or donations to
Lenora or Carmen!
“I have no
greater joy than
this,
to hear of my
of their son, Eli Jaxon
Weidenhammer. Eli was born on
children walking
October 18, 2011 and was 6
pounds, 13 ounces and 19 1/4”
in truth”
long.
3 John 1:4
Congratulations to Greg and
Becky Wood on the birth of their
granddaughter, Claira Mae Wood.
Claira Mae was born on June 3
and was 7 pounds, and was 19
1/2” long. Her parents are
Jeremiah and Krystal Wood.
Congratulations to Dwight and
Kathy Hettinger on the birth of
their granddaughter, Lucy Kate
Coates. Lucy was born on May 7
and was 7 pounds, 13 ounces and
20 3/4” long. Her proud parents
are Blake and Julie Coates.
Congratulations to Coy and
Debbie Bost on the birth of their
granddaughter Rayce McKinley.
Rayce was born on August 6 and
weighed 9 pounds, 13 ounces.
Our Columbia Office having
chicken biscuits on Chick-fil-a
Day, August 1, 2012.
Uplifting News
Page 4
The suspended ceiling and new
lighting installed by the
Engineered Systems/ North
Hills Community Church mission
team into Bethel Baptist Church
of Montalvo Ecuador
Ecuador Mission Trip
By: Tom Troyer
Engineered Systems, in cooperation with North Hills Community
the church at Montalvo. Our
major work project was to cover
Christ.
Church of Taylors, SC, assembled
a short-term mission team to min-
the steel interior ceiling and roof
structure with finished plywood
ister to the needs of Bethel Baptist
Church in Montalvo Ecuador.
and install a suspended ceiling
with new lighting. The church
This fellowship of believers in
Montalvo are located near the city
sanctuary was very dim and cold
for evening services, which is a
of Ambato (population 200,000)
and is an extension work of
result of the mountain area having
the First Baptist Church of
Ambato. Their community is
high in the beautiful Andes
Mountains about three hours
remarkable way for
is called the fruit basket of
Ecuador. The church members
no heating or air conditioning.
everything we
are local farmers living near the
church.
After the ceiling was installed the
room was much cooler in the day
and the lives that
were touched.”
arrived shortly before bed time
that same Saturday evening in
Ambato. This was the beginning
of a marathon week of work and
ministry full of extraordinary
privileges and blessings.
We stayed in a hotel in Ambato
and worked and had our meals in
Church School. Thursday evening we visited the Quero com-
who received the most blessing.
A mission trip will provide the
time and very nice and bright at
night. The major part of the ceiling was completed during the
week from Monday through Friday. We were blessed to have
nine of the church members work
with us through the week. This
allowed us to complete more work
but most importantly, we had the
opportunity to share our week
with our brothers and sisters in
2012 ESI Christmas Parties
The Rustie Davis Family,
Christmas 2011
with the parents of the special
needs children in the Ambato
It was very difficult to figure out
area around Ambato consists
of farm land and orchards and
in travel, materials,
day evening prayer service. Monday night we were able to work
during our last trip. Friday
night was for our closing service.
“God provided in a
Our team left Charlotte early on a
Saturday morning in April and
ter to the people in the Sunday
worship service and in the Tues-
munity and the people that we
had met through a kids club
south of Quito. The rural
needed, our safety
We had the opportunity to minis-
most wonderful, incredible tiredness that you have ever experienced.
Sunday afternoon we went sightseeing and Saturday afternoon we
were able to visit a park located at
the center of the world on the
equator. God provided in a remarkable way for everything we
needed, our safety in travel, materials, and the lives that were
touched. You will never come
home the same after a mission
trip.
By: Carmen Higdon
The Christmas parties this year
are going to be held as follows:
at 6:30 p.m. at Lexington United
Methodist Church.
The Georgia Christmas party will
be held on Thursday evening,
The Greenville and Lowell office
party will be held on Friday eve-
December 6th at 6:30 p.m. The
location is to be announced.
ning, December 7th at Engineered
Systems in Duncan. Dinner will
will be held on Thursday evening,
December 13th. The location is
be catered by Bucky’s Barbeque
and a special guest speaker is to be
to be announced.
The Charleston and Columbia
Christmas party will be held on
Friday evening, December 14th,
announced. We will have a time
of fellowship starting at 6:30 p.m.
with dinner being served at 7:00
p.m.
The Thomasville Christmas party
The Mississippi Christmas party is
also to be announced.
Volume 8, Issue 2
Page 5
CM Rebate
For the second straight year,
Columbus McKinnon
By: Lans Wilson
Gary Salvatore, Manager of
Channel Services. We are
certainly pleased to see the
continued growth of the
representatives flew down to
Greenville to present ESI a
partnership between our two
companies. A special thanks
rebate check for outstanding
sales performance and
goes out to the CM attendees
and to all of the ESI employ-
growth. Presenters from CM
included David Huntley,
ees working with sales and
distribution whose hard work
Regional Sales Manager,
Mike DiLallo, Director of
made this possible. Let’s
make it three in a row!
North American Sales, and
Mr. Lynn Thomas
By: Don Wilson
Our ESI Ladies ladies hosting a
baby shower for Brandi Hodges
in Charlotte, NC.
We could tell you a lot of stories
about Mr. Lynn Thomas, our
Carolina. He will be introducing
Engineered Systems to potential
“Lynn has been
latest addition to our outstanding
distribution team. Lynn has been
new customers all over the United
States. Lynn is already making a
known for many
known for many years as “Mr.
Coffing Hoist” and is considered
positive impact on our business
and we are so thankful for his
one of the most knowledgeable
people on hoists in our industry.
contribution and continued
relationship with our Engineered
The “Southern Gentleman,” as
he is known here in Greenville,
Systems family!
years as “Mr. Coffing
Hoist” and is
considered one of the
most knowledgeable
will be working out of a new office
for us in Wadesboro, North
people on hoists in
CPR and First Aid 2012
By: Lenora Cuddy
It is time for our yearly CPR and
First Aid Certification/ Renewal!
The date for CPR Training in
Charleston is Thursday, Septem-
The date for CPR training in
Thomasville is Tuesday, October
Sign up sheets for the Duncan
office are on Jean’s desk in the
ber 13th
23rd.
The date for CPR training for IP
The date for CPR training in
Augusta is Monday, October 1st.
Georgia is Tuesday, October 30th.
The date for CPR training in
The date for CPR training in
Columbia for both the Columbia
office and IP Eastover is Tuesday,
Mississippi will be in November.
The date is to be announced.
lobby.
The dates for only CPR training
in Duncan are Monday, October
15th, Monday, October 22nd and
Monday, October 29th. The dates
for both CPR and First Aid Training in Duncan are Monday, October 8th and Tuesday, October
2nd.
October 9th..
The date for CPR training in
Lowell is Tuesday, October 16th.
our industry.”
PLEASE NOTE:
We will be having a flu shot
clinic for interested employees
in October. The date will be
announced shortly!
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ENGINEERED SYSTEMS, INC.
Engineered Systems, Inc. was founded in 1969 by Mr. Larry LaPlue, PE
1121 Duncan Reidville Road
Duncan, SC 29334
(800) 879-7438
after he had been involved in the crane and hoist field for several years. The
principal focus of the early years was to provide quality “engineered crane
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Lexington, SC 29072
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hoist and crane service in the region.
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(843) 566-8861
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Hoschton, GA 30548
(800) 618-1137
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Lowell, NC 28098
(866) 301-6820
During the last twenty years, Engineered Systems, Inc. has expanded to be-
tion, to in-shop repairing of hoists.
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Prayer Concerns
This quarter we have some
specific prayer concerns from
those within our company. Please
remember the following in prayer:
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Darrell Koon’s wife, Diana,
battling leukemia.
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is having health issues.
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have been moved to an
Ann, who has pancreatitis.
assisted living home.
Bill Burgin’s wife, Gloria, as
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she has a cracked knee.
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Brian Weidenhammer and
his wife Katie, who are
expecting their second child.
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Roger Cook’s father, who is
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Rocky Rowland’s mother,
Dale, who is having some
health problems.
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Rustie Davis’s brother-in-law,
Bo, who is getting a kidney
transplant..
Kenny Theaker’s son,
Caedmon, who is struggling
with whooping cough.
cancer.
Don Wilson’s wife, Susan, as
going through an adoption
process.
Don Wilson’s in-laws, who
Lynn Thomas’s wife, Debbie
she is battling brain and lung
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Joel Chandler’s father, who
Carmen Higdon and her
husband Robbie, as they are
Tim Smith, who is struggling
with multiple health issues.
as she continues to recover
from multiple health issues.
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Paul Wilson’s uncle, Alex
Johnson, who is on the
waiting list for a liver transplant..