In This Issue! “Let ’s Learn From Others’ Succees” WILL CRENSHAW, CHAIRMAN & CEO 2 0 1 3 S U M M E R E D I T I O N DragonTales Newsleer The T H E M O D E R N G R O U P • Team RepoRTs • HR UpDaTe • TRaDesHow pHoTos • TigeR picnic • anD mUcH moRe! sUmmeR 2013 VoLUme X no. 2 Success. Isn’t that a great word? Just saying it out loud makes one feel good. It means something different to each one of us and yet we all want it. Suc- cess! There are many sto- ries of successful people all around us. By studying their routes to success, we can dis- cover some of the key ingredients to attaining success for ourselves, our families, our com- pany and, yes, our country. One of those stories concerns Erle P. Hal- liburton, who as a young man, learned and improved the technique of oil well cement- ing. He was fired from his first oil industry job for making unauthorized changes to ce- menting procedures. He promptly hocked his wife’s wedding ring to finance his own cementing business, “The New Method Oil Well Cementing Co.” in 1919, now known as Halliburton. He started with one mule-drawn wagon. Business boomed when he developed a mechanized mixer that ended the need for hand mixing cement, a tedious chore given that reinforcing a single well requires up to thousands of bags of cement. By the 1950’s the business had cemented 100,000 wells worldwide, and purchased all of its key rivals. Mr. Halliburton’s worth was estimated to be between $75-100M, making him one of the richest Americans by his 1957 death. On June 5, 1946, Mr. Erle P. Halliburton wrote a letter to a business associate outlin- ing his ideas on “taking care of business.” World War II had been over for almost a year and he noted that, “The utopia that each of us somehow expected to exist after the war had failed to materialize.” He pointed out that, “…a man must work and produce his own individual prosperity and happiness. So many people have yet to discover that there is virtue in honest work. They have shut their eyes to the fact that eco- nomic security can only be gained through production. Sound familiar? It’s a lesson that many have still failed to learn. Halliburton went on to point out that, “… we make our living by taking in one another’s wash. “The money which you receive is only a medium of exchange by which you trade your production for the production of some other workman. If there were no other workmen producing things that you like to buy, the mon- ey you receive would be of no value to you.” The same is true for companies such as ours. We spend money on steel, equipment, trucks, etc. that other companies produce in order to make our products and a living for our families. The products we buy and sell provide other companies and their employ- ees the opportunity to prosper. We depend on each other to do the very best we can do every day. Your company understands that we all must produce, be competitive and customer- oriented to survive. We regularly look to suc- cessful people and companies for good ex- amples to follow. We like the comments made by Joe Swinebank, co-founder of the Sprint Companies. In discussing his keys to success as an entrepreneur, he said his guiding prin- ciples are, “Leadership starts at the top; be passionate—live and breathe your goals; find and encourage the best from your Team; em- powerment—Team Members in the field know more than the office; let people fail--the first mistake is on the house; set measureable goals—open books, budget, bonus system; look for the opportunity in bad news; when in doubt, tell the truth; know your critical num- bers; the numbers do the talking; and never forget the power of praise.”* Our year to date has been a challenge, but filled with opportunities. It is up to each of us to seize the moment each day when the de- cisions we make are the difference between success or failure. Let’s be ever aware, as Halliburton so aptly stated, that “economic security can only be gained through produc- tion.” We each have a job to do and each one of us relies on the other for our mutual suc- cess. Thomas Wolfe, a highly successful Ameri- can author who wrote such novels as “Look Homeward Angel” and, “You Can’t Go Home Again” had this to say about success, “If a man has a talent and cannot use it, he has failed. If he has a talent and uses only half of it, he has partly failed. If he has a talent and learns how to use the whole of it, he has glori- ously succeeded, and won a satisfaction and a triumph few men ever know.” As we look forward to the second half of 2013 let’s learn from other successful peo- ple…let’s renew our promise to each other and our customers to do our best every day, no matter our job, and success will follow us. *Bulk Transporter, Feb. 2013, pgs. 12-13
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In This Issue!
“Let ’s Learn From Others’ Successes” WILL CRENSHAW, CHAIRMAN & CEO
2 0 1 3 S U M M E R E D I T I O N
DragonTales Newsletter TheT H E M O D E R N G R O U P
• Team RepoRTs • HR UpDaTe• TRaDesHow pHoTos• TigeR picnic• anD mUcH moRe!sUmmeR 2013
VoLUme X no. 2
Success.Isn’t that a great
word? Just saying it out loud makes one feel good. It means something different to each one of us and yet we all want it. Suc-cess!
There are many sto-ries of successful people all around us. By studying their routes to success, we can dis-cover some of the key ingredients to attaining success for ourselves, our families, our com-pany and, yes, our country.
One of those stories concerns Erle P. Hal-liburton, who as a young man, learned and improved the technique of oil well cement-ing. He was fired from his first oil industry job for making unauthorized changes to ce-menting procedures. He promptly hocked his wife’s wedding ring to finance his own cementing business, “The New Method Oil Well Cementing Co.” in 1919, now known as Halliburton. He started with one mule-drawn wagon. Business boomed when he developed a mechanized mixer that ended the need for hand mixing cement, a tedious chore given that reinforcing a single well requires up to thousands of bags of cement. By the 1950’s the business had cemented 100,000 wells worldwide, and purchased all of its key rivals. Mr. Halliburton’s worth was estimated to be between $75-100M, making him one of the richest Americans by his 1957 death.
On June 5, 1946, Mr. Erle P. Halliburton wrote a letter to a business associate outlin-ing his ideas on “taking care of business.”
World War II had been over for almost a year and he noted that, “The utopia that each of us somehow expected to exist after the war had failed to materialize.”
He pointed out that, “…a man must work and produce his own individual prosperity and happiness. So many people have yet to discover that there is virtue in honest work. They have shut their eyes to the fact that eco-nomic security can only be gained through production. Sound familiar? It’s a lesson that many have still failed to learn.
Halliburton went on to point out that, “…we make our living by taking in one another’s wash.
“The money which you receive is only a medium of exchange by which you trade your production for the production of some other workman. If there were no other workmen producing things that you like to buy, the mon-ey you receive would be of no value to you.”
The same is true for companies such as ours. We spend money on steel, equipment, trucks, etc. that other companies produce in order to make our products and a living for our families. The products we buy and sell provide other companies and their employ-ees the opportunity to prosper. We depend on each other to do the very best we can do every day.
Your company understands that we all must produce, be competitive and customer-oriented to survive. We regularly look to suc-cessful people and companies for good ex-amples to follow. We like the comments made by Joe Swinebank, co-founder of the Sprint Companies. In discussing his keys to success as an entrepreneur, he said his guiding prin-
ciples are, “Leadership starts at the top; be passionate—live and breathe your goals; find and encourage the best from your Team; em-powerment—Team Members in the field know more than the office; let people fail--the first mistake is on the house; set measureable goals—open books, budget, bonus system; look for the opportunity in bad news; when in doubt, tell the truth; know your critical num-bers; the numbers do the talking; and never forget the power of praise.”*
Our year to date has been a challenge, but filled with opportunities. It is up to each of us to seize the moment each day when the de-cisions we make are the difference between success or failure. Let’s be ever aware, as Halliburton so aptly stated, that “economic security can only be gained through produc-tion.” We each have a job to do and each one of us relies on the other for our mutual suc-cess.
Thomas Wolfe, a highly successful Ameri-can author who wrote such novels as “Look Homeward Angel” and, “You Can’t Go Home Again” had this to say about success, “If a man has a talent and cannot use it, he has failed. If he has a talent and uses only half of it, he has partly failed. If he has a talent and learns how to use the whole of it, he has glori-ously succeeded, and won a satisfaction and a triumph few men ever know.”
As we look forward to the second half of 2013 let’s learn from other successful peo-ple…let’s renew our promise to each other and our customers to do our best every day, no matter our job, and success will follow us.
*Bulk Transporter, Feb. 2013, pgs. 12-13
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Rick Mitchell,Plant Manager,Lathrop, CA
CaliforniaUpbeat
Always optimistic, upbeat and ready to re-port Rick cheerfully acknowledged, “We’re actually doing pretty well, all things consid-ered. We are not where we were in 2012 but we are not far from it.
“We are hanging in, despite of the current demand for Frac tanks is somewhat down. We are producing plenty of Roll Offs…TCT’s and ST-6’s...they are hot sellers along with the 55-Ton Heavy Hauls.
“We started a new product line, Winch Trucks, for hauling Frac Tanks. Customer Winch Trucks, and Winch Truck Kits. We recently sold these to a good customer, Rifle Corp. They send us the trucks and we install. They also bought a number of kits.”
Rick says they are maintaining their equip-ment well and have not had to add any new items this year. He has the same number of Team Members as reported earlier. He says, “We are busy but uneventful.
He predicts the next six months to be about the same as the first but is hoping Frac busi-ness picks up soon, “Not just for us, but for all the plants. As long as they keep drilling, we’ll be producing the support equipment. I don’t see drilling stopping any time soon…if ever.”
“One door closes…another opens.”
Rick Mitchell,Plant Manager,Lathrop, CA
Always optimistic, upbeat and ready to re “We began to increase our Frac Tank pro-duction in January. However, at the same time, we launched our 400 and 500 Barrel API Pro-duction Tanks line,” Mike began.
“Our line was rearranged to accommodate this move and we brought some Team Mem-bers back on board. We have also been getting some of our Team Members certified to weld API Tanks.
“Installation of a new Submerged Arc Weld-ing set-up, manipulators, and Turning Rolls to produce Production Tanks has been completed on our first line.
“We have one line up and running and a second one being installed to handle 12-foot diameter tanks.”
Mike continued with the news that they are currently demolishing and remodeling parts of the plant in order to install cranes and equip-ment for two 15-ft. 6-in. diameter production tank lines.
“Also, at this time, we are waiting arrival of a new larger paint and blast booth to accom-modate the larger tanks.
“As you can tell, there is a lot of activity here and we are also working hard preparing for our first API Audit. It’s a lot of paperwork and documentation. There is also training and procedures to establish. Michael Haggard has been a tremendous help to us throughout this process.”
He said, “Over the next two months we’ll be getting all that installed and up and run-ning…training, building fixtures and jigs. Our Shop Foreman, Hector Uballe, has been very engaged and productive getting new set ups done, Team Members lined up and a hundred other chores. He is a real ‘go-getter,’”
“The plant is buzzing.”
Mike James,Plant Manager,Los Fresnos
A Beehive of Activity
“We began to increase our Frac Tank pro
Mike James,Plant Manager,Los Fresnos
Gary Markham,Chief Engineer
Engineering Our Future
Gary announced that several new engineers had joined the Team since January.
They are: Kent Palculict, Mel Peters, and Brad Whitehead all working out of Beau-mont’s Highway 90 Plant. The fourth, TylerMcWhorter is based at the Silsbee-North plant.
“For the last six months,” Gary began, “We’ve been dealing with Canadian Trailers, Double Conical Tank Trailers…which have been a big entry market for us.
“We’ve been working closely with a Canadi-an Dealer meeting customer needs and making every effort to better understand cold weather impact on our products. We are building our first insulated and jacketed 200-Barrel Aluminum Vacuum Trailer. It’s been a challenge and learn-ing experience but we have delivered the first one. We are getting good reviews.”
He said the Engineering Team had also spent a great deal of time working on Production Tank design and manufacturing methods with mul-tiple plants and getting great exposure to a num-ber of major users.
“We did fill and order for Northern Canada for a customized Production Tank. That project as completed with the assistance of several of our plants.
“The special projects on the drawing board now are a special Double Pumper… continued work on the Production Tank design…Produc-tion Tank transportation equipment such as spe-cialized trailers. We are also working on a de-
sign for Heavy Haul Trailers for Liberty and a hydraulically-driven Guar Tank. The Guar Tank is a really neat package, but has been a challenge to get perfected. We think it offers really signifi-cant advantages over current systems. It will be a good package for the specialized Guar market.”
Looking ahead, Gary said, “Coming up over the next 6 months, we’ll definitely be working on a number of new aluminum trailers including more insulated and jacketed designs.
“We think variations of Production Tank de-signs will be a bright spot and we look forward to assisting the plants in meeting their production demands. More specialized pump equipment will also be a great market for us.’
In closing, Gary said, “We’d like to welcome all the new guys to the Engineering Team and the Dragon family. Let’s get after it and make it happen!
“Challenge made…and accepted.”
Fabian Chavez, Lincoln High School senior, won first place with his entry in the Congressional Art Competition. His work was chosen over dozens of entries for the 9th District. Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Stockton, hosted the showcase at the Gary & Janice Podesto Impact Teen Center in Stockton. Chavez’s artwork will hang in a corridor at the U.S. Capitol and the contest’s grand prize winner will be flown to Washington to attend the awards ceremony in June. Sacramento Chavez, Fabian’s father, has been a Team Member since July 13, 2011.
SON OF LATHROP
PLANT WELDERWINS
NATIONAL ART COMPETITION
ANNUAL DRAGON-VENDOR GOLF TOURNAMENT
Took place the Sunday before OTC. It was a great lead-into another well-attended and OTC Show.
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Bob Luke,Tiger Safety
New Facilities
Bob reports that, ”Tiger Safety had their Grand Opening of their new facility in March and it was a big success. Over 400 customers enjoyed boiled crawfish and live music while they toured the new facility. The Safety group has already seen an in-crease in business from the event.
“Jeff LeMaire has joined our high pres-sure rental group and plans to help our team
grow and control the quality of our expand-ing rental fleet. He joins Casey Ardoin,Matt Hebert, Clint Hudson and JarvisLister. Our High Pressure rentals are on a record pace with a promising second and third quarter forecast.
“South Texas is as busy as ever with Brandon Chaumont and Domingo Diazmanaging and multi-tasking like a cir-cus knife juggler. Kym Nino and MellissaMonse have landed several master service agreements this quarter adding EP, Swift, Marathon, Penn Virginia, and Lucus energy. Keep up the great work.
“David Lacombe and Kelly Marceauxhave several large jobs out in the gulf right now, the biggest being Helix and Walter
O&G along with the Chevron Lineham Creek.
“Vickie Mathews is stirring up work in Houston and Shantell Landry is putting out Safety Technicians for Anthony Sagreraand Hunter Andre’.
“Remo Abraham stated “I like it when we are hitting on all cylinders like this”. Don Ludvach is getting us ready for the big OTC show in May and I’m sure he will have some surprises for us.”
Bob concluded his report with, “All in all, the state of the Tiger Safety Union is healthy and balanced.”
“Safety is Secure On All Fronts.”
“2013 promises to be a challenging year. We have seen a fundamental shift in the posture of various regulatory agencies that has compelled us to become increasingly detail oriented in all measures of compli-ance.” Benito began, “In addition, our safe-ty record is a point of interest to a growing number of those we do business with. It’s more important than ever that we be able to
deliver on both counts.“While incident rates are down across the
company, we still need to strive to improve. “Our goal for 2013 is to reduce the num-
ber of injuries occurring at our facilities by:• Using leading indicators to measure
proactive performance:• Ensuring our personnel are properly in-
ducted and trained.• Combat complacency in routine tasks
through refresher campaigns.• Maintain focus on high risk areas such
as process equipment and machine guard-ing, electrical safety, and lifting operations.
• Foster a Safety culture.“On the compliance front we are look-
ing to stay out ahead of changes in regula-
tions that impact our industry and continue to improve our best management practices. We are currently instituting some machine guarding initiatives that in some cases take us beyond what is required by the federal standard, and there will be other areas of equal focus in the coming months.
He concluded with, “Continuous evalua-tion and improvement of our work process-es will be key to the success of our program. We have the tools, and we have bright and capable people. I’m hoping we look back on 2013 and say that’s the year we set the bar.”
“A lot of good things are happening with Tiger Offshore and Industrial Rentals,” ac-cording to Colby.
“Our customers are active in the markets where we operate. New Team Members have joined us in both operations and sales…from the Gulf Coast, and West Texas to South America and East Africa.
“Our primary task is to train our Team and execute our plan of providing first class equipment, first class service, and first class accounting, consistant invoicing, tracking of our assets and taking care of our fleet.
“We think the outlook for the balance of the
year is strong. We are excited about the Tiger Odessa yard getting up and running. A fine young man, Parker Echols, has done a bril-liant job of business development and sales. A veteran performer, Mike Weatherford, has moved out there to help support operations and we sure appreciate him making the move.
“We also thank the Dragon Rig folks for al-lowing us to work off their facility.
“Our sister companies have been great in cross-selling and providing leads. It has re-ally helped us to get off to a great start in the Odessa area. Our gratitude goes to the entire Team for all their support.
“In South Texas, we added some Team Members who are also doing an excellent job.
“We have a new product development com-ing out that we really excited about. That’s all I’ll say about it at this time, except that it is for the offshore market. We will announce that development when it’s fully integrated in our fleet.
“I want to say thank you to Mandy Nelson
for her excellent organizing and creative con-tributions to our organization, especially at the OTC Show.
“Finally, on a more informal note: I want to thank Jeff Edwards, Dragon Products-Al-varado, for his outstanding planning and exe-cution of our ANNUAL DRAGON-VENDOR GOLF TOURNAMENT before the OTC Show. (Photos Page 2) A great time was had by all. It was a great lead-into another well-attended and OTC.
“We participated in several international shows including Kenya and Columbia, as well as another great local industrial show in Galveston
“Finally, we had a fun family picnic for the Tiger Companies on a beautiful Saturday in April (see below).
“We are looking forward for the next 6 months of continued demand for our equip-ment and services.”
“Tiger’s On The Move.”
Tiger Company Picnic
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Drew Barnes, Distribution Center & Mat Production Manager
Well Received New Product
Drew quickly gave credit to others for the in-creased production of Oil Field mats at his plan.
“James Stone is supervising our welding op-erations and Jerry Edwards manages the wood crew. They are a finely tuned team that really work together to do a terrific job. They make sure, for example, that we meet the specifications of what we’ve been asked to build. That’s par-ticularly true when we are asked to customize the specs on some orders
“When we get those special orders they really pull together, push hard and get them out to the customer,” he said.
“We added a new type of mat just recently and it’s really been accepted in the market. It’s our Synthetic Mat. Instead of wood, we use a recycled plastic material that is really tough and durable and it doesn’t rot. The material is tough as nails and practically unbreakable. It has a grainy surface that gives rolling equipment more traction. When it subjected to water, it is skid-re-sistant unlike wood when it gets wet. A nice fea-ture and a safety factor to boot. Another excellent feature is that these units are bolted together. No nails to cause flat tires.
“The company owns the plant in Wisconsin that makes the material and we are its only cus-tomer so we are assured of a constant steady sup-ply. We also get some of the material from a plant in Cypress, Texas.’
Drew noted that the first prototypes for the new mats were made in October, about the time he returned home from his last military tour. They went into production in December 2012 and since they have multiplied their daily production by a factor of 6.
“We have been shipping a lot of these and we are getting a lot of positive feedback from cus-tomers. Tiger Offshore and Industrial call us al-most daily to ask how many we have that we ship to them because they are ready to put them on a truck and ship to a customer.”
He pointed out that Jay Quebedeaux super-vises the production of the Synthetic Mats and continues to do a great job even when faced with sometimes daily changes.
“We are waiting delivery of a large air com-pressor at this time,” he noted. “We use a lot of pneumatic equipment and we are limited to just 4 tables now. Once we get that bigger unit in, we will be able to increase our current produc-tion tables exponentially…up to 30 or 40 tables if needed. We want to get up to at least several hundred mats or more a week.”
He stated that to date the number of Team Members has only increased by 6 and production
can significantly increase without a lot of addi-tional manpower.
“We are continuing to work with Beaumont Quality Mat Company. They distribute our wood mats and are assisting with our research and development of our synthetic units. We are still seeking ways to improve them, such as the way they interlock, different sizes and flexibil-ity.
“We seem to have settled on producing one size, a squared off 8-Ft. X 16-Ft. model with D-Rings for easy lifting. They are selling as fast as we can make them.”
Drew paused for a moment to make a special note that Jerry Hafford, Shipping Supervisor, celebrated 23 years with the company in January.
“You know,” he added, “We are still shipping Farm Equipment from here. So there is always something going out and Jerry does a fine job of keeping up...keeping ahead of things.
“Innovation and Sweat=Success.”
We first met Drew when he joined the Team in Oct. 2010. Marine Captain Barnes had just been released from active duty after __tours in Afghanistan He was managing the Tilson plant when he was recalled to active duty on October1, 2011. He spent a year in Eastern Europe helping train our Partner Nation’s military. He was released from ac-tive duty on December 30, 201 and came back “home” to The Modern Group.
We first met Drew when he joined the Team in Oct. 2010. Marine Captain Barnes had
Thanks for your service, Drew!
Jim Newsome,Marketing-Dragon
Keeping UpWith Growth
Always quick to give others credit, Jim began his comments with, “Deb Christoph is working out very well as my assistant. I’m spending some 23 weeks out of the year out of the office working on Trade Shows.
“Now when I’m on the road, things don’t come to a complete stop. She keeps things going making sure production gets done.
“We are also fortunate to have Mandy Raps.She is handling much of the negotiations with magazine and trade show representatives. She has an accounting background and also handles most of the clerical work for us including tracking and keeping up with what we are actually spending in marketing.”
Switching gears, Jim said, “My goal for this year was to improve internal communications. We have done a creditable job in communicating who we are, what we do, and what we make to our cus-tomers.
We have not done a very good job of communi-cating marketing strategies and what all we manu-facture within the company.
“Part of that is due to how much we have grown and how quickly it has happened in multiple areas and directions. The number of locations and em-ployees has increased dramatically.
“Up to now, we have communicated with the department and managers and relied on them to spread the word among their Team Members. With the increase in business and the number of differ-ent geographic locations and time zones, we had to come up with a better solution and in meetings with upper management we decided to take advantage of the technology available to us.
“Every Friday, we e-mail a Media Blast to all who are directly involved in Sales and Marketing. The content includes upcoming trade show, prod-uct development, and downloadable spec sheets on all new products. That precludes anyone on the list from saying, ‘I didn’t know we sold this or that product.’
“At one time the Sales Reps sold everything we made, but we realized that to be more effective we needed to specialize various departments. The problem with that is, not every division knows what the other divisions may or may not be making. Con-sequently some product lines were not marketed as well as they should have been.
“Everything we build has ad inter-relationship in the market place, even though we are concentrating on the oil and gas industry at this time. Even though our Team Member may not be selling a particular product, he or she will likely encounter a prospect who can utilize one of our products from another division.
“Now as soon as we know about new products, product improvements, and so forth our Team Members know, even it’s not their product to sell. They have spec sheets, ads and other pertinent ma-terial at their finger-tips.
“A perfect example is that if, in December, you had said Dragon would be in the LNG transport business, I would have said, ‘No way.” Today we are a major player in that business.”
“I also want to remind our Sales Team, that we always want and welcome any suggestions they may have for us.”
In an aside Jim Said, “By the way, the market-ing Department was gifted with the van which was originally designed for Pump Parts and Service. We use it haul trade show equipment and materials which saves us quite a bit in delivery charges. It is a great travelling billboard and is a standout in trade show parking lots.”
He saved a choice bit of news to the last when he announce that Martin Rodriguez was joining the Marketing Team to manage all trade show logistics and set ups. He has over 20 years experience in the business and comes to us from Skyline Displays where he was our primary contact for a number of years.
“We will now be handling all our trade shows needs in-house,” Jim concluded.
“Show and Tell is Our Game.”
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Chuck Childress,Vice President-MG Finance
Yes, we finance!
“Our purpose is to facilitate the sale of the products manufactured by the Modern Group and their family of companies. MG Finance is a reflection of the business generated by all of the Modern Group. As our companies grow MG Finance grows.” A simple explanation of-fered by Chuck to explain the important role of MG Finance.
Chuck came to the Modern Group in 2007 after years in the banking industry and manag-ing his own business. In addition to managing MG Finance, Chuck has responsibilities for Modern’s real estate management and develop-ment.
In reviewing the first 6 months of 2013, Chuck said, “We’ve had a good start and our business is growing. We only finance our prod-ucts…all of the different kinds of equipment we make.
“We are a lease company and we provide an alternate means of financing, other than stan-dard bank financing, for our customers. Our lease financing attracts all kinds of custom-ers from the large New York Stock Exchange publicly traded firms, to the small one vacuum trailer and truck operator. We are more flexible and can tailor specific terms to suit the needs of each customer. That’s a major customer benefit over normal bank financing.
Our process is simple. Our Sales Team mem-ber provides the customer with our MG Credit applications and sends them to us along with the required financial information.. We do our due diligence, visit the customer, if necessary wherever they are, and do the deal. Much of our effort is by mail and telephone. We finance over 12, 24, and 36 months.”
Chuck reported that MG Finance’s growth is in direct proportion to the Modern Group’s growth which has been excellent over the last several years. “As we all recognize, our mutual growth is directly related to the growth in the oil and gas industry,” he added.
Chuck splits his time between his Beau-mont and La Porte offices. “I rely on my as-sistant, Cindy Nelson a great deal. She offices in Beaumont which is where we keep our files. No matter where I might be in the country we can keep a deal moving forward just as quickly as if I were sitting behind my desk in Beau-mont. Our normal turn-around time in getting a deal done is one day.
“If there is a delay, it’s normally in the pro-cess of getting all the information we need in order to make a decision. It’s usually a case of
Chuck Childress,Vice President-MG Finance
“Our purpose is to facilitate the sale of the
us waiting for the customer to submit all the required financial information. As a rule, we keep things on a fast track and that’s what our customers have come to expect. It’s good for them and us.”
In closing, Chuck said he anticipated 2013 being a very good year.
“Have financing…will travel.”
Harold Johnson,Plant Manager,Center
Need Repairs?
Harold Johnson,Plant Manager,Center
Harold didn’t waste any time in announcing that as of January 1, the plant was now a full-fledged refurbishing shop.
“We are doing multiple product builds from galvanized product cages to cuttings boxes to frac tank repair. Then, about the first of March, we began building new frac tanks again, along with all our refurbishing work.
“The really good news is that since the first of the year we have increased our number of Team Members by almost 3 times. Our new business has brought new Team Members and new opportunities for us.”
As far as the plant’s future, Harold said, “We hope to expand building the new Frac Tanks and doing more refurbishing work. We want to continue work for all the various company
components from the Ag Division, to Tiger Safety to the main Frac and Trailer Divisions. Whatever they send us and ask us to refurbish we will do our best to put it back in ‘like new’ condition.
Harold reported his plant had acquired new saw about the first of March and it was up and running.
Harold said no changes or revisions to the shop had to be made to accommodate the in-creased production. “We are fortunate that this plant is large enough, wide enough and room enough to do whatever management asks us to do.”
In commenting about his Team, Harold pointed out that he had been fortunate to retain his key multi-talented personnel although some had to transfer to other departments as lead men and have done well with the opportunity. We have several leaders, such as Kirk Lewis, our Maintenance Supervisor who has also helped with Quality Control and Finishing. JerryFalkenberry, our Production Supervisor, has been doing an excellent job. Roger Jackson is taking care of the Finishing Department and is also doing a fine job.” Finally Griseldo Guar-dado has taken control for Leadman in the re-furbishing and remanufacturing building and his group is putting out great work.
Harold closed with, “We look forward to more business and finishing the year produc-tive and profitable.”
“Multi-Tasking.”
WasteExpo 2013New Orleans, LA
Tiger & Dragon exhibited in the
WasteExpo Show May 2013.
Tiger members shown:Kelly Cheramie, Cary
Walker, Mandy Nelson & Kerry Baumgardner
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Michael Haggard,V.P. Manufacturing-Dragon ESP
Good News
“Things are going great!Those were the first words out of Michael’s
mouth. He then he went on to enthusiastically report that the Oklahoma Production Tank line was moving and that Shell Oil, a new customer, had just issued a P.O. for a significant order.
“We are focused on obtaining an API Mono-gram for Oklahoma and 2 or 3 other plants.
We are weld testing employees and looking for certified Team Members,” he added. “We have some new welding equipment, a crane truck …and we are counting on Production Tank orders to come in as expected. We antici-pate going to 3 lines and we are really excited about that possibility.”
As far as personnel, “Michael said, “We have maintained the same number of Team Members for some time now and we are expecting to add a Safety Director in the near future.”
“Thanks Shell.”
Jackie Hartman,Plant Manager, ESP-Oklahoma
New Line
“We are busy getting ready for our API au-dit and making Production Tanks,” Jackie said, “and that’s pretty much what we are about these days.
“Our production for the first six months was primarily Frac Tanks, but we are phasing out that line to make Round Bottom Fracs. The first of those just rolled of the production line and we will be producing those as well as the Production Tanks.
“As far as new equipment, we did receive a new Kenworth with a Knuckle Boom to de-liver Production Tanks.
Jackie pointed out that his Team numbers had remained level but he is currently looking to hire a Safety Coordinator. “We are blessed that our entire Team has been working together to maintain a safe work place but it’s time to make this change,”
He ended his report on a happy and personal announcement. “My daughter Brittley is get-ting married June 1st . The ceremony will be at our Baptist Church in Milo. The lucky groom-to-be is Chris Gayanich.”
Best wishes from your Dragon Products Family!
“Good news on all fronts.”
Rodney Harris,Sales & Service-LaPorte
Creativeness at Work
Rodney reports that they have to get more creative in his area. “We are working with MG Finance to be more creative in closing sales. We are doing Contract Back programs with some owner-operators. Good operators who have been laid off by some contractors or transport companies.
“Business was slightly off, but we are still optimistic based on the number of good quotes that are still going out. We did have a bit of resurgence in early March. There is just a bit more to the decision process going on with the buyers. We have to work the quotes a bit more… we follow up a bit more, for example.”
Looking ahead, Rodney said, “We see some continued market fluctuation but we are still optimistic about what the balance of the year holds for us. It is still incumbent on us to be creative and think outside the box.
“Currently it seems most of our products are moving well. There doesn’t seem to be one thing that’s working better. South Texas is ramping up specifically on the 8400’s. North Dakota and Canada have been a little slower primarily due to the awful winter months in those areas but we are getting more action as the weather improves. The Team has worked well developing new suspensions and axle configurations designed to get drivers on the road quicker in cold climates. Smaller tanks were moving well at the first of the year but our larger tanks are already moving better.
“All in all it was steady the first six months and we anticipate that 2013 will end up as a good year. The times call for us to be more and more customer oriented, more creative in pro-duction and sales, and more aggressive in fol-lowing up on leads.”
“Cre-Action at work.”
Eric Brown,General Manager,Dragon Rigs
Creativeness at Work
“We finished last year very strong,” was the announcement Eric made to begin his mid-Year report. “The first quarter of 2013 began with excellent pump and rig sales…probably our best start ever.
He went on to say, “The service business was up as well but tapered off a bit in April. We expect it to pick up before mid-year. We see lots of busy customers who are putting off service in order to keep their rigs producing.
“We see our year being strong in new equipment sales and continuing to increase from there.
“For the past several months we have been in the process of re-opening the Corpus Christi facility. We’ve had a demand for heavy spe-cialty fabrication type work that takes a lot of time and space and this move provided us with that opportunity.
“LeRoy Lewis is managing that operation. He brings years of experience in the industry with him to the task…probably 40-45 years. He’s done it all, including sales for Dragon when he was on our Team the first time. We brought him back last year to oversee the op-eration of the big GDI Rig projects for Qatar. When he successfully completed that job it was perfect for him to take over the Corpus operation.”
“We have expanded our sizes offerings for our masts…three new sizes over the past 6-to-8 months. In addition we are working on a free-standing 96-foot derrick primarily for Canada and California markets. We started doing the design and engineering the last of April and it’s an entirely new concept. We’ll get it API certified as quickly as possible. This process will take at least 2-3 months. We al-ready have a commitment from a California firm for the first two to come off the line.”
In closing, Eric said “Gabe” Norris, Head of Engineering and Design deserved a “well done” for his work on all the Mast’s design and engineering. “He was the brain-trust be-hind the 550 Class Rig which made the news when it was sold in California. It was the first one ever to receive a “Purple Permit” by pass-ing all of the state’s regulations including being road worthy. It took us about a year to complete the unit that’s how difficult it is to meet all the requirements for the permit.
“Where there’s a Dragon Rig…There’s a way.”
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Tom says, “The first six months of the new year have been good and steady. The Service Centers after-market parts and service has been good
“Capital equipment, such as frac pumps, has been down slightly, but it’s hard to com-pare an outstanding year like last year to anything. Product lines have changed some-what. We’re seeing more Cementers, Double Pumpers, Coil Tubing Support Equipment, and Pumping Equipment activity,
“We are continuing to move some Frac Pumps and overall the Stimulation Equip-ment continues to be a good line for us.
“We have also enjoyed some success with our 600 HP Skid Units for the International Market.”
Tom went on to say, “Today we are per-fectly positioned to offer a full Frac Spread to the market place and that is no small feat.”
Looking ahead, Tom predicted a strength-ening of the market later in the third quar-ter…especially for Capital Equipment. “The best thing indicator we should note is the fact that our customers are busy in the oil field. The oil field is strong. Places such as the Permian Basin, the Eagle Ford area, and the Northeast area busy. We are seeing a steady rise in activity. As long as our customers are working, they are going to need more of our equipment and services.”
Tom announced that there are plans to open the 8th Service Center in the Colorado Rocky Mountain region during the 3rd quar-ter.
He concluded his report with the fact that the Frac Pumper Leasing Operation utiliza-tion is high and he expects the leasing opera-tion to continue to be strong through the rest of the year.
“A Full Spread of Optimism!”
James Fregia,Plant Manager,Silsbee South
CustomizedFracs
“We have shifted gears a bit the past six months. Certainly we are continuing to pro-duce Frac Tanks, but we have really targeted and emphasized and buckled down on our quality and safety programs,” James began.
“Obviously we have always stressed qual-ity and safety, but we have been making more and more specialty tanks for customers. Each one is somewhat different. It demands careful and constant vigilance by our Team to con-tinue produce a quality product. With so many variations, it’s imperative that we do just that.
To that end we put some new quality con-trols in place to keep a watchful eye on every step of our manufacturing process.”
James said he had about the same number of Team Members as he had at the beginning of the year working one shift.
“The Lord willing, we will see increased production the balance of the year. but we will maintain our safety and quality controls as we expand the Team and production.”
“Priority One…Quality and Safety.”
Mark Peterson,Plant Manager,Provo, Utah
Ready for the Next 6 Months
Mark Peterson,Plant Manager,Provo, Utah
Ready for the Next 6 MonthsNext 6 Months
Right to the point, as usual, Mark reported Production Tanks were keeping his plant busy. “We are turning out 100, 200 and 400 Barrel units at a good pace. We are turning out about 10 percent more units now than at the end of 2012.
“We have also been busy installing a new plate roller from Colorado. It’s now up and op-erating. We also installed a new Alltra high defi-nition burning machine…Down Draft burning bed and table... wire rack track and ducting…and dust collector.
“We are reorganizing our space in order to get the best production lines by integrating the new equipment from Colorado with our present set-up including new Lincoln Welding Equip-ment. We took out our planer, roller and re-vamped the shop.
“Gary Schmedt has coordinated installing the new equipment and contacting the necessary vendors to create our pressure vessel line. Les-ter Molyneux, our new Head Draftsman, will be designing the jigs and fixtures needed for the line “We have our ASME stamp now and We
are ready for our drawing review and then we can start building pressure vessels. I can’t say enough good things about Gary Markhameither… for his guidance and leadership in this process to get us ASME Certified.”
Mark completed his comments with, “Safe-ty and quality along with producing and de-livering on time are still our priorities. We are looking forward to the next 6 months.”
“Teaming Up For Success.”
Houston Pipeliners Fishing Tournament
Tiger Industrial members Hadley Cohen & Brian Rice cooked at the
Houston Pipeliners Fishing Tournament in Aransas Pass, Tx.
They also displayed the synthetic mat materials.
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The list of products being made at Hwy 90 plant just keeps growing. According to Bill, “We are currently building Frac Pumps, 600 Short Pump Skids, Water Heaters, Heavy Haul Trailers, Sand Dragons, Guar Tanks, Double Pumpers, and Flare Stack Trailers. Also Hwy 90 is excited about starting new production which will include Twin Cementer, Produc-tion Tank Trailer, Special Purpose Pump Unit, and Controls and Data Acquisition.
“With over a dozen different products the Hwy 90 plant has developed an organizational structure to support our customers. A spe-cial thanks to our supervisors / crew: Josh-ua Simmons (Frac- Pumpers and 600 Short Pump Skids), Dale Hernandez(Water Heat-ers), Will Renfro (Sand-Dragon), and JasonHamilton(Heavy Haul). These products are all sent to Alvarado to be painted and have all the options added.
“Royce Richards’ current project is Guar tanks. Royce will assist in the new product introduction as well on Double Pumpers once Jerry Pease is done heading up the welding stage on Double Pumpers. Jerry is also head-ing up the Flare Stack Trailer going to Tiger.
“The Process Shop and Weld Shop are su-
pervised by Pete Floyd. This particular area of the plant produces the trailer frames with the beams that come from Liberty. This as well will put the new Production Tank Trailers in their area. They have been busy supporting all the product lines.
“LV Grove has taken over the paint shop. With Water Transfer products booming for Liberty and Pipe Rack for Tilson the paint department has geared up to the challenge of painting their products.
“The test pad under Shaun Young and Kevin Herrera will see new challenges in testing all the new products. They will enjoy the new exhaust system being installed this summer when the temperatures soar while running 2,500 horse power diesel engines.”
Bill closed his remarks with, “Highway 90 appreciates the sister locations. One of the big keys for Hwy 90 Plant is the coordination and cooperation of Alvarado, Tilson, Liberty, Sils-bee North, Silsbee South and LaPorte. All the plants share parts of the production process with Hwy 90. From Guar tanks that start at Village Creek and are painted at Silsbee North to Heavy Hauls starting at Liberty and ship-ping out of LaPorte.
“As usual April Coleman keeps HR going with Luke Lamendola coordinating the mate-rial and Steven Coleman helping pull every-thing together. We consider ourselves lucky to be part of the Dragon family and hope every-one shares the feeling.”
“A Smorgasbord of Products.”
Bill Hines, Plant Manager,Highway 90
Multiple Lines
The list of products being made at Hwy 90 “We are anticipating more Production
Tank Orders during the balance of the year,” Mike began. “The first six months were mar-ginal but, with the final approval of our API Certification in the works, we anticipate a sig-nificant increase in these in the short term.”
Mike went on to report the plant is still turning out Ranco End and Belly Dumps and he forecasts an increased demand for these units.
“We have stabilized number of Team Members and at this time and we are running one shift which keeps us productive and com-petitive.”
Included in Mike’s report was the good news that Gildo Salazar’s twin sons’ high school had won the state championship
“Lean and Mean Production Machine.”
Mike Eberwein,Plant Manger, Lamar, CO
API Certification Next
Chad Eric Ward, Safety Coordinator, at the
Dragon Highway 90 Plant in Beaumont and Valerie Jane
Singer were wed on May 4, 2013 in
Savage, Maryland. Congratulations Chad and best wishes to you both for a long
and happy marriage from your Dragon Products family.
CONGRATULATIONS!
The McClave Cardinals basketball Team, Lamar, CO. captured the Class 1A State Championship on Saturday, March 16. They beat Shining Mountain
60-40 to gain their school’s first state championship. Welding Foreman, Gildo Salazar’s twin sons are members of the team.Pictured, second from the left, first row Gabe Salazar and second row,
second from the left, Abel Salazar.
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Roderick Blueitt Plant Manager,TilsonImprove on
Good
Tilson
Roderick began his review of the year with the statement that they were in the midst of their Spring Ag sales and they were going “fairly well”.
“January and February were active months for sales and that’s not historically the case.
“We are currently producing offset discs again for CASE. They normally built discs once a year, but our plan calls for us to build in the spring and the fall. That keeps us from being inundated with one item and we can merge them with the produc-tion of our other products. The sales people like two production slots and we produce 30 per cent of our order now and the balance in the fall. We’ll ship these units in June.
“We recently built the jigs and implemented a new Gang Line for production and that seems to be going very well.
He went on to explain that a special effort had been made to increase awareness of the extreme value of quality control. “We must all be constant-ly aware of identifying any mistakes that could happen, finding the reason why and correct the problem
“To that end, we are in the process of up grad-ing all our drawings. Micah Enard and GlenAguiling have done a great job with this project.
“Our Quality Control Team Member, FrankGober and Bret Chamblee and our Engineering Team are getting the proper prints to production so we can have parts made accurately. It’s my belief that we have improved by leaps and bounds in that area. We use “OPL”, One Point Lessons, to give the Team Member a resource at his work station. It becomes their guide or refresher.
“Our plant is not so large that we cannot achieve excellence and we must. It’s not enough to be good at what we do. Good is the enemy of best. We must improve on good and be the best at what we do... We have to look after one another to make the best product in the safest and most ef-ficient way we can.
“All it takes is a good effort and a great attitude. That’s all our Team can control. If we do that we can accomplish our goals.”
Quality also entered the picture when the Til-son office and related spaces were recently refur-bished.
All work was accomplished in a month and done totally in-house. The results, besides being more attractive and professional in appearance, is a more secure, efficient, and practical arrangement of all spaces.
“Our timing was good on the refurbishing. We had a large delegation from the CASE people here for a meeting. Their group included a number of their key personnel. They also visited several of our plants. They reviewed our current products and are pleased with the results. They also are dis-
cussing new products they would like us to bid at the end of spring.”
Shifting to what lies ahead, Roderick said, “We are seeing a shift in our current offerings. A lot of our customers are changing from the stan-dard 3-point cutter to a quick-attach cutter. Some of our Dealer Reps have completely changed over to the quick-attach model.
“We are currently up-dating all the literature…owners and operator manuals… for these units to support this movement.
“Our smooth top Bat Wing Cutter, our Rap-torr, is getting a lot of interest right now. It’s not a new product, but it’s being asked for, and getting market penetration. This changes our production
mixture to a degree.“In the next 6-months, we anticipate a great
summer. Some areas in the country still need rain but we had a long spring. We expect healthy grass that should grow well with all the rain. We will have our Off-Set Disc spring build out of the way. It bodes a strong season for us.
“In 6-months we will be back in heavy produc-tion for CASE and that should close out year out with a bang.”
“Best Beats Good…Every Time.”
Adam Baylor,Plant Manager,Silsbee North
Adam suggested that his report simply read “Working diligently.”
He continued, “It’s true, we are, but as to what happened during the first 6 months of the year, we saw steady growth in all our markets. Re-cently we have experienced a stabilizing of the market. However, with our Frac Tanks, Double Conicals, 150 Barrel and 165 Barrels, we have tried to meet any customer need….no matter how specific. We are going to build whatever fits the market.
The big news out of Silsbee-North is Adam’s announcement of the plans to expand the facility.
“Land was purchased next to us on the East
side. A shop will be built on the site to run only stainless steel products. It will be a really large plant. We’ll have all new process equipment, all new welding equipment, and we will require more Team Members. It will be a great boost for the local economy. It’s planned to be up and run-ning by January.”
As far as the balance of the year, Adam said, “We will need to be more creative and more flexible and really tuned in to our customer’s needs. I see us continuing to tailor our products to customer specifications. We may not get big orders for a hundred tanks, but an order for five with a certain piece of equipment attached to it. It will likely be different from anything we’ve ever built.’
Adam closed his remarks with, “We have a great Team but I want to single out TommyThompson for his work as our Inventory and Shipping and Receiving Manager. He has a heckufa responsibility and is doing a great job.”
“You Name It. We’ll Build It.”
Big News from Silsbee-N
Devan Ray Chancey,son of Linda
Chancey-Parker, will graduate from Pasadena Memorial High School, Pasadena TX, on June 7th. He plans to attend
San Jacinto Central Campus in the fall. Lin-da is the LaPorte plant’s HR/Payroll Clerk.
KRISTEN DOMINY placed 6th out of her class of 29 and made auction. Her steer was one of only 420 that made auction out of 1800. She and 9 other students from Chan-nelview competed with 100 other chap-ters for the Good Herdsman Award and won first place. Finally, Kirsten’s hog won Reserve Grand Champion at Channelview’s Fair while her broilers placed third. Kirsten is the daugh-ter of Tammy Rowe, Laporte’s Billing Clerk.
Roy CarterLa PortePlant Manager
NewEquipment
Roy reports that LaPorte is continuing to make 130-Barrel Roll Offs.
”They are not a hot item in the market at this time. Our other product, Mud Tanks, continues to move but not as fast a clip as our Roll Offs.
“We did not have to make any changes in our shop in order to accommodate a new saw and multi-purpose Iron Worker. It shears angles and punches holes. It is a real time saver and we have put it to good use.”
Roy went on to say that regards to his Team numbers, everything was status quo and he was still running one shift.
We are looking ahead to the balance of 2013 with one desire. We want more business and we are doing all we can to maintain quality and de-liver on line, on time, every time.
“This Team is experienced, talented, and hard-working. I’m proud of each and every one of them.” “Seasoned and Eager.”
The Bluietts welcomed a new grandson on April 9, 2013. Jace Trevon Bluiett was born in Montgomery, Alabama weighing in at 5 lbs. 1 oz, 18 ¼ in. Congrats!
Richmond BennettHR Manager
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This year’s aggressive marketing of our health insurance plan to many major insurance markets has resulted in a renewal with Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS). There are changes to all of the prices and to the coverage for the 2013 to 2014 plan year, so please pay close attention to your selection this year. As you will see, only two levels of coverage had small increases while the rest will see small decreases. We fully expect to see more cost increases next year (2014) and the following two years (2015, 2016) as the health care law becomes fully implemented.
One thing that hasn’t changed is the 2 year discount!
Modern will continue to offer any employee with 2 or more years of service a considerable reduction in their medical in-surance costs. Adjustments to the discounted rate following a covered employee’s second anniversary with the company will continue to take effect twice per year, on the first full payroll fol-lowing June 1st and on the first full payroll following December 1st.
A summary of employee contribution rates for each plan fol-lows:
This year’s aggressive marketing of our health insurance plan to many major insurance marketshas resulted in a renewal with Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS). There are changes to all of the prices and to the coverage for the 2013 to 2014 plan year, so please pay close attention to your selection this year. As you will see, only two levels of coverage had small increases while the rest will see small decreases. We fully expect to see more cost increases next year (2014) and the following two years (2015, 2016) as the health care law becomes fully implemented.
One thing that hasn’t changed is the 2 year discount!
Modern will continue to offer any employee with 2 or more years of service a considerable reduction in their medical insurance costs. Adjustments to the discounted rate following a covered employee’s second anniversary with the company will continue to take effect twice per year, on the first full payroll following June 1st and on the first full payroll following December 1st.
A summary of employee contribution rates for each plan follows:
2013 Employee Medical and Dental Premium Schedule
TierPREMIUM Medical Plan
($2500 deductible) ULTIMATE Medical Plan
($1000 deductible) Dental Plan
Only available with Medical plan
Per Pay Period Per Year Per Pay Period Per Year Per Pay Period Per YearEmployee Only < 2 years service 80 2080 121 3146 25 650Employee Only 2+ years service 57 1482 93 2418 25 650Emp & Spouse < 2 years service 169 4394 253 6578 25 650Emp & Spouse 2+ years service 119 3094 195 5070 25 650Emp & Child(ren) < 2 years service 153 3978 229 5954 25 650Emp & Child(ren) 2+ years service 108 2808 176 4576 25 650Emp & Family< 2 years service 250 6500 373 9698 25 650Emp & Family2+ years service 175 4550 287 7462 25 650
These 2013 premiums reflect Modern’s efforts to keep costs as low as possible for our employees. We will continue to work hard to provide competitive benefits to our employees and their families. Contact your local HR/Payroll representative should you have any questions concerning your insurance or its cost to you.
401k Open Enrollment
The opportunity to enroll or make changes to your 401k plan will soon be with us again. At the beginning of July (July 1), we will be able to enroll new members and increase or decrease payroll contributions to the plan. This opportunity happens four times a year in January, April, July and October.We are also pleased to announce that the new mutual funds are doing well!
401k Open EnrollmentThe opportunity to enroll or make changes to your 401k plan
will soon be with us again. At the beginning of July (July 1), we will be able to enroll new members and increase or decrease payroll contributions to the plan. This opportunity happens four times a year in January, April, July and October. We are also pleased to announce that the new mutual funds are doing well!
The plan allows for all of Modern employees (if eligible) to participate in a great savings and investment plan and take charge of their financial future. Please see you local HR/Payroll representatives today for plan eligibility and enrollment packets.
Thanks for all you do to make Modern a great place to work. It’s going to be a great Summer!
These 2013 premiums reflect Modern’s efforts to keep costs as low as possible for our employees. We will continue to work hard to provide competitive benefits to our employees and their families. Contact your local HR/Payroll representa-tive should you have any questions concerning your insurance or its cost to you.
Medical Plan Updateand 401K Open Enrollment
LADIES, NEWS YOU SHOULD KNOWThe American Heart Association wants you to know that
MORE WOMEN DIE FROM HEART DISEASE THAN FROM ALL CANCERS COMBINED. Be aware of it and ways to avoid it such as:
• Practicing Good Nutrition • Physical Exercise• Weight Management
• Stress Management• QUIT SMOKING!HEART ATTACK SIGNS • Discomfort in center of chest Lasting more than a few
minutes• Pain that comes and goes• Pain in other areas such as your left arm• Shortness of breath
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OTC SHOW2013
Mandy Nelson, Rachel Odem & Lisa Martin Anthony Segura, Bob Luke & Remo Abraham Hadley Cohen & Wayne LeJune
Jim Newsome & Mandy Raps
William Drost & Stephen Mouton
Stuart Ritz & Cary Walker Gary Maingot & Charles Baker
The outdoor dragon booth
The indoor Dragon & Tiger booth Rodney Rivera, Roger Lui & Dennis Latiff
TOP: Dragon team members in front of the Frac Pumper.BOTTOM: Paul Fussell with ladies from Anadarko inside the
