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ing the growth and channel development of Hy-Brid Lifts, Custom Equipment’s line of lightweight low-level scissor lifts. “With a growing construction industry, we needed someone who can continue to give our cur- rent customers and prospects in that region the attention and support they need to be successful,” said Dan Schneider, Custom Equipment LLC vice president of sales. Pe- draza has more than 13 years of experience in both inside and outside sales at Ahern Rentals in Texas, where he used his net- working and negotiating skills to average $3 million per year in revenue. He is also a knowledgeable truck driver, having held the position for both Ahern and Jack in the Box Distribution. Pedraza’s familiarity with the South-Central United States helps him navigate the dealer and rental center land- scape in that area. “It is with great pleasure I join Hy-Brid Lifts,” Pedraza said. “I look forward to establishing relationships and introducing our lifts to the South-Central region. I have no doubt that both our equipment and customer service will have a great impact on the area.”
Anguil Environmental Systems Celebrates 40th Anniversary
Anguil Environmental Systems is celebrat- ing its 40th anniversary on Aug. 12, 2018, with a party in downtown Milwaukee. Starting an environmental company in the late 1970s was not nearly as well received as it would be today, but Gene Anguil, the company’s founder, persevered, and four decades later, Anguil is recognized as a worldwide leader of industrial air pollution control and wastewater treatment technol- ogies. The anniversary party will draw ap- proximately 400 attendees from across the United States, Asia, and Europe and will be one of the first events in the new wing at Discovery World overlooking Lake Michi- gan, according to the company.
Guests will consist of current and for-
Company leaders celebrating Anguil Environmen- tal Systems’ 40th anniversary are, from left: Gene Anguil, CEO and Founder; Deb Anguil, COO; and Chris Anguil, President.
mer employees, as well as partners, key suppliers, sales representatives, and close family friends. “It’s important that we rec- ognize the people and companies that helped us get where we are today,” said Gene Anguil. “While my wife was our first, and arguably most important employee, there were also a lot of other vital contribu- tors to our success.”
The event will include a multimedia presentation focused on Anguil’s “Recipe for Success”: Vision, Expertise, Leader- ship, Employees, Resilience, Fun, Com- munity, and Family. Dinner and dancing will follow a series of speeches by key An- guil personnel.
“August 12th also happens to be Gene’s 80th birthday, so there may be some sur- prises,” said Chris Anguil, the founder’s son and president of the company.
Awards & Recognition
■ The National Fire Protection Asso- ciation presented four awards to recognize outstanding achievements in fire and life safety during its June 2018 annual confer- ence and expo in Las Vegas. The Harry C. Bigglestone Award, given annually to the paper appearing in Fire Technology that best represents excellence in the com- munication of fire protection concepts, went to Ruben Van Coile (Ghent Uni- versity, Belgium and University of Edin- burgh, UK), Georgios P. Balamenos (Rice University), Manesh D. Pandey (Waterloo University, Canada), and Robby Caspeele (Ghent University, Belgium), for their pa- per titled “An Unbiased Method for Proba- bilistic Fire Safety Engineers, Requiring a Limited Number of Model Evaluations.”
This paper provides a computationally efficient methodology for application to structural fire safety.
The Fire Protection Research Founda- tion Medal, recognizing a foundation proj- ect completed in the previous year that best exemplifies the foundation’s fire safety mis- sion, was awarded to “e-Sanctuary: Open Multi-Physics Framework for Modelling Wildfire Urban Evaluation.” The medal was presented to Steven Gwynne, a senior research officer at the National Research Council of Canada.
The winner of the 2017 Industrial Fire Protection Section Fire Prevention Week Award was Mark Fessenden, director of In- dustry Relations at Johnson Controls, Inc. The 2018 recipient of the Standards Medal was Bill Koffel, founder and president of Koffel Associates, a fire protection and safe- ty engineering design and consulting firm.
NFPA also presented the 2018 James M. Shannon Advocacy Medal to Jim Dalton, a former volunteer and career firefighter who became a public safety leader advocating for smoke alarms, fire sprinklers, and other life-saving systems. His efforts helped bring about the passage of the Fire Sprinkler In- centive Act, according to NFPA.
New Ohio BWC Program
to Help Small Businesses
Ohio small employers have a new option for lowering their workers’ compensation premiums and increasing workers’ health and safety. They can now sign up for the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s new Policy Activity Rebate program. “Even small employers can save money and im- prove workplace safety by better under- standing Ohio’s workers’ compensation system,” said Kevin Abrams, COO of the bureau. “PAR offers a flexible alternative for smaller employers to improve safety and become more engaged in their risk management programs.”
Employers in the program earn cred- its for completing activities designed to improve workplace safety practices and encourage attentive management of their workers’ comp policies. They receive a 50 percent premium rebate, up to $2,000; to be eligible for the rebate, they must select from among 33 available activities and earn 11 credits during the policy year that begins July 1. Public employers can begin signing up Dec. 1.
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