The Membership Drive Is On!
This year's membership drive is now underway, and as always, the competition will be intense.
In addition to valuable cash prizes, the winner now also receives the membership plaque, presented at the Annual Meeting. With the highly successful 2019 Annual Meeting now in the books, it is time to work toward 2020.
When you recruit new members, the entire WPA membership is the winner!
New members can join and pay on the website. Here is the link: www.westernpallet.org
MARCH 2020
Willie Baldwin is the Western Territory Sales Manager for Vecoplan Midwest
sectors. His expertise in size-reducing technology applies to multiple types of material, allows him to identify cost savings opportunities for facilities, be it through production and conveyor efficiencies or extending the life of machines. Proost is based in St. Louis and covers the central Midwest region of the country, south to Oklahoma and New Mexico.
At its home office in Indiana, Vecoplan Midwest has hired Cliff von Hoene as sales engineer who will be part of the team that oversees projects and engineering functions for the company. Over a span of 35 years, von Hoene has worked both domestically and abroad, including Asia and Europe. He specializes in industrial design in fabrication and manufacturing for both large and small customer sectors. Von Hoene is a graduate of Auburn University.
Vecoplan Midwest, LLC is a subsidiary of North Carolina-based Vecoplan, LLC, both of which are part of Vecoplan AG located in Germany. The companies manufacture industrial and mobile shredders for size reduction of virtually any material, selling into plastics, wood, recycling, and waste markets. The Vecoplan Midwest office focuses on the wood and biomass business and sells pelletizing equipment in addition to shredders.