With one year of high school remaining, Island Lake native, Zack Kooi was already busy planning for his future. His participation in TMA’s two-week long Manufacturing Summer Camp last July helped propel his already growing interest in the manufacturing industry, and ultimately landed him an internship with Matrix Tooling Inc./Matrix Plastic Products, in Wood Dale. The camp experience not only...
In the summer of 2010, Zach Balcunas, equipped with a business communications degree from Arizona State, began job searching. Before long, the Darien native, found himself applying for an assistant manager position at Abet Industries, Corp., a company in La Grange that specializes in electrical discharge machining. Though Balcunas did not have the formal training required for the position, TMA...
Kreis Tool and Mfg. Co., Inc. announced that it has received a 2011 Performance Excellence award from The Boeing Company. Boeing issues the award annually to suppliers who have achieved superior performance.
This year, Boeing recognized 529 suppliers worldwide who achieved Gold or Silver Performance excellence goals. Kreis Tool is one of only 407 suppliers to receive Silver level of...
We are a full machine shop with Wire and Conventional EDM machinery. We have surface grinders and Knee mills with CNC programmers as well as full CNC milling and turning. We also have the capability to fabricate and weld.
Our parts are always done to the best quality and appearance.
This is exactly what we do for our other customers in the medical, aerospace, and food packaging...
By: Karla Dobbeck, PHR - Human Resource Techniques, Inc.
Vacation Pay at Termination - In Illinois, vacation pay is considered “wages” if earning it is tied to length of service. In other words, if an employee earns vacation after a certain period of time, that time is earned and considered “wages” at termination. When an employee separates for any...
By: Jay Shattuck
Governor Quinn’s State of the State Message on February 1st reflected on many of the positives that Illinois has recently enjoyed such as the expansion of auto manufacturing by Ford and Chrysler in Illinois. He announced the creation of an Export Advisory Council to be chaired by Navistar CEO Dan Ustian. The Governor is asking the Council to assist in...
