"Without change, nothing would grow, and without growth, nothing would survive"

-Fennel Hudson

Special Dates in June

3rd - National Donut Day

10th - Iced Tea Day

18th - Father's Day

21st - Summer Solstice

30th - National Corvette Day

Good Catch Program

Launching June 1st!

Employee Spotlight

Employee: Steve Cromer

Position: Project Manager

Hello, my name is Steve Cromer and I have been at Pearson for 25 years now. Dora and I have been married for 28 years, with 2 kids and 2 granddaughters 4 and 2. My current position is Sr. Project Manager. I started out in assembly as one of the first hired on electro-mechanical technicians. Before then there were mechanical guys or electrical guys, and a handful being cross trained for both. The shop floor smelled and sounded much different than today; hot cutting fluid, steel-it paint fumes, and the occasional smoke rising from a Marlboro at a temporary resting spot on some frame tube. The sound of tap guns and drills was constant, as was the Breakfast Boys every morning, and classic rock in the afternoon. My first service road trip was to Arnie’s Bagels in Nebraska, nothing like a fresh right out of the oven bagel, the factory was nice and I thought this road work is great. But as I got more seasoned, found that most plants I went to were not M&Ms and fresh baked goods, but protein processing plants and gypsum products, which in the hot humid Midwest summer was not my favorite smell. Next, from Assembly to Continuous Improvement & Kaizen events, to C.I. Manager, where I was able to work with / within just about every department in the company, and then finally on to PM. When we lived in town camping / going to the lake was our thing, now we live in the middle of 20 wooded acres, & camp all the time: turn off the shop and house lights, and start up the firepit, make smores, and watch the stars. Now our favorite thing is “Road Trip!” One of the best ones was up to the Columbian Ice Fields in Canada to hike around on a glacier. To get on the glacier, your ride is a school bus meets monster truck. It gets you up and over the lateral moraine and onto the glacier. What a ride! The Canadian Rockies were amazing and hiking on top of a ~1000+ ft. thick chunk of ice was even more so. Most of the people in that area were from all over the world and worked only to support their hiking/skiing habits. Maybe one day Dora and I will do the same.                        

MD Packaging awarded exclusive distribution rights for the Canadian market by Pearson Packaging Systems

https://pearsonpkg.com/resources/md-packaging-awarded-exclusive-distribution-rights-for-the-canadian-market-by-pearson-packaging-systems/

Robotic Partition Inserting with Glue Application & Auto Tool Change

This RPI38 Robotic Partition Inserter accommodates multiple partition and case sizes and features extended magazines, dual robots, and hot melt adhesive application. Automatic tool change is highly accurate and keeps downtime from changeovers to a minimum.

 Birthdays                                                                                                

2nd - Griffin Walker
4th - Burt Gasaway
5th - Veth Mam
6th - Sam Culbertson & Reid Kincaid
8th - Steve Lowe
9th - Kris Romo
13th - Christopher Johanessen
15th - Wayne Yocom & Jason McCall
16th - Eric Nix
17th - Melissa Jett
18th - Cody Steen, Nick Lee, & Bridger Peres
19th - Gineza Angeles & Morgan Jones
21st - Brian Patrick & Ingrid Ulrichsen
22nd - Ryan Gunion
23rd - Jessie Wickre

Anniversaries

1 Year: Mathew Melville, Tyler Sandeen, Joe Cannon, William Kercher, Ashley Soennichsen, Joe Johnson
2 Years: Ryan Gunion, Joshua Shinskie, Rachel Graham, Igor Shirobokov
3 Years: Christine Harlander, Josh Johnson
4 Years: Sherrel Freeman, Shawn Smith
5 Years: Dan Brockman
6 Years: Shiva Salehkia Hissong, Kody Prather, Chris Evanson
7 Years: Kenneth Jenkins 
10 Years: Ken Lauritzen
17 Years: Richard Chaffee
38 Years: Larry Horton

New Employees

Tanner Short - Controls Engineering Intern

Brian Whittaker - Regional Sales Manager

                                                               Welcome to Pearson!

Brain Game

The first five people to solve this riddle will receive a $5.00 Starbucks gift card! Email your response to: mjones@pearsonpkg.com

Why did the banana wear sunscreen?

Cool Down with some Popsicle Recipes

Video Courtesy of Tasty

Here are some popsicle recipes to cool down this summer! Send a photo if you make one of the recipes to mjones@pearsonpkg.com and be featured in next month's blog!