American Precision Die Casting

To the cowardly low-life piece of scum who at 10:27 p.m. on 09-22-2021, stole a statue of a soldier kneeling by a cross that has been proudly displayed in front of our company sign and Flags at American Precision Die Casting for years, we have you and your vehicle on surveillance camera and video. I know someone like you would not understand the significance of this statue to American Precision Die Casting and especially the veterans in our company. I would ask that you return the statue as you found it and no questions will be asked. If you have any decency, please return this statue.

At APDC, we are once again very fortunate as well as proud to have an opportunity to recognize a very key associate with our company, Rhonda Martinez for her leadership initiatives directed at continuous improvement of our value-added processing operations. Through her focused efforts, time saving methods that she has introduced into several manufacturing areas along with championing a number of problem solving techniques, Rhonda has directly enhanced the production output i...n her department to a exemplary level. As a token of our appreciation and gratitude of those operational improvements that she has initiated as well as implemented at APDC, Rhonda was awarded with a $500 cash bonus for her valued contributions so important to the never-ending pursuit of our company Quality Objective Total Customer Satisfaction. Presentation of the bonus to Rhonda was made by Kevin Hercules, Owner/Partner and Operations Manager for APDC. Great job Rhonda!

In the ongoing and never ending pursuit of continuous improvement at APDC, we would like to take this opportunity to say thank you for a job well done to one of our dedicated and valued employees, James Levin, who helped proactively solve the potential occurrence of a quality issue that was attributable to a processing concern. As a fundamental tool used in Lean Manufacturing referred to as Poka-Yoke (mistake proofing), James along with supporting assistance in the fabricati...on of the device by two other APDC associates, Josh Copeland and Kevin Anderson, developed a mechanism that would prevent a die casting shot from being positioned on the trim die incorrectly during the trimming operation which if not prevented, could have caused parts to be mis-trimmed resulting in rejectable material and scrap product. In recognition of his efforts directed at the innovative, proactive and preventive approach to address and eliminate the potential of this problem occurring, James was awarded with a $500 cash bonus for this cost saving idea. Presentation of the bonus to James was made by Kevin Hercules, Owner/Partner and Operations Manager for APDC. Great job James Levin and certainly a shout-out to Josh Copeland and Kevin Anderson as well. Another true example at APDC of shop floor ingenuity and Six Sigma Quality initiatives.

As part of the continuous employee training and educational development program at American Precision Die Casting (APDC), we are very proud to announce that two of our outstanding Quality Technicians, Carla Parker and Micah Corbett have successfully completed the Zeiss Basic Training Program which encompasses full instruction aligned with the skilled operation of a highly automated Zeiss Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM). This program and training have enabled our technician...s, Carla and Micah to expand their inspection knowledge and improve inspection accuracy and precision needed for measuring critical dimensional requirements that have close tolerance specifications. All of us at APDC greatly appreciate the ongoing commitment of employees like Carla and Micah directed towards continuous improvement initiatives of our company. Presenting the Certification of Completion Certificates to Carla and Micah on behalf of the Equipment Manufacturer is Kevin Hercules, Owner/Partner and Operations Manager for APDC.

- [ ] As progress continues on the APDC Employee Park and Fishing Pond, we are pleased and excited to announce that the pinnacle of this project, our lighted Pond Fountain has been successfully installed and fully operational. Definitely a nice enhancement to the area. Certainly a well deserved thank you for a great job by Solitude Lake Management and Property Perfection (Chris Farris) for their help with everything that went into the preparation and installation of our F...ountain. - [ ]

A making progress update on the stocking of our APDC Employee Fishing Pond. On September 24th, with the valued help of several of our great employees like Tim Lafferty, Kevin Hercules, Chris Lane, Mark Steele, Steve Cowsert and Tony Matchell, the next phase of stocking our Employee Pond by introducing two types of fish species into the pond was completed. Following the recommendations of the Missouri Department of Conservation for a pond our size, approximately 200 Perch,... 40 Channel Catfish, and 1 Grass Carp were put into the pond. The stocking process will be finished in the Spring of next year with the addition of Large Mouth Bass and then the fun will begin Again, many thanks to all of our fantastic employees who have been an important part of this exciting project of planning and building the APDC Employee Park. So very much appreciated.

We are excited to share an update on the continuing progress and completion of the next phase of our APDC Employee Park and Fishing Pond Project. Our Employee Pavilion has been recently constructed along with the addition of an APDC logo fire pit and installation of a barbecue grill for the use and enjoyment of all our fantastic employees and their families. A special shout-out and thank you to Chris Farris with Property Perfection for the great quality job done on insta...lling and assembling the numerous components associated with enhancing the APDC Employee Park. And, thank you to one of our valued employees, Alec Wilkins who helped Chris in the assembly of the Pavilion. One more thank you to John Pinnell, owner of Ozark Fire Kettle for building an absolutely awesome fire pit with the APDC logo and name. It is really cool looking and I know our employees and their families will enjoy sitting by the fire during these upcoming Fall evenings.