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In an era of economic uncertainty and rapidly shifting business conditions, the 2025 Operations Managers Meeting will focus on a powerful and timely theme: Maximizing the value of what you have. Rather than chasing costly new investments, this year’s discussions will center on how to unlock greater performance, efficiency, and productivity from your existing resources.
Topics discussed will include:
Electronic Safety Records: How can they improve your safety program?
Lexi Lapke & Alex Riesberg, Safety Culture
Lean Manufacturing: Reducing waste and improving efficiency
Matt Paison, Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center
How Succession Planning and Knowledge Transfer Systems Protect Your Workforce and Operations
Paola Velasquez, Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center
Tri Star Plant Tour Overview
Gary Maddock, Tri Star Metals
Plant tour:
TriStar Metals is a domestic, AS9100 certified manufacturer of stainless steel and nickel alloy bar and wire. We now operate out of a 300,000 square foot campus with state-of-the-art processing equipment at every stage of our production process, including single and multihole draw equipment, strand annealing furnaces, back die Shaver, inline Shotblast, inline Copper coat, Straight & Cut machines, and our newest addition of our Centerless Grind Center. We also have dedicated 100,000 square feet to raw material and finished goods storage which enables us to offer some of the best lead times in the industry.
Printable Schedule
as of September 10, 2025; subject to change
| Wednesday, October 22, 2025 | |
| Arrivals | |
| Thursday, October 23, 2025 | |
| 10:00 am – 1:00 pm | Registration |
| 10:30 am – 1:00 pm | OSC & EHS Committee Meetings |
| 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm | General Session & Roundtable Discussions |
| 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Reception & Dinner |
| Friday, October 24, 2025 | |
| 6:00am – 7:30 am | Breakfast |
| 7:45 am – 3:30 pm | Plant tour & Lunch: Tri Star Metals 7:45 am Depart hotel 2:45 pm Arrive O'Hare 3:30 pm Return to hotel |
The following list shows all reviewed and paid attendees as of 11/15/2025.
| Attendee Name | Title | Company |
| Mr. Jonathan E. Anderson | Sales | Aztech Lubricants by Kodiak |
| Mr. Brad Andrews | Senior Market Manager Wire Drawing | Condat Corporation |
| Melissa Basa | Regional Manager | IMEC |
| Kelvin Bowman | Vice President of Operations | Granite Falls Furnace |
| Gregory Paul Braxton | Operations Manager | Lincoln Electric Company |
| Mr. Guilherme Brum | General Manager | Traxit North America, LLC |
| Jason Case | Director of Manufacturing | Mid-South Wire Company |
| Case Coble | Safety Manager | Oklahoma Steel & Wire Company, Inc. |
| Mr. Jonathon Cook | Production Supervisor | Leggett & Platt, Inc. |
| Benjamin C Curtis | Market Manager Wire | Condat Corporation |
| Mr. Marco Dell'Oro | Sales Manager | Mario Frigerio S.p.A. |
| Mr. Jan Deruytter | Director, Manufacturing Productivity Improvement | Lincoln Electric Company |
| Alex Edwards | Galvanizing Manager | Mid-South Wire Company |
| Mr James Eggleton Jr | Plant Manager | Beta Steel Group |
| Mr. Brian Enlow | Director of Product Operations | MAR-MAC Industries, Inc. |
| Mr. Bryan Estep | Plant Manager | Oklahoma Steel & Wire Company, Inc. |
| Gary Farr Jr | Warehouse Manager | Granite Falls Furnace |
| Phil Fusacchia | President | ACE Metal Inc. |
| Zach Garibay | Machine Shop Manager | Oklahoma Steel & Wire Company, Inc. |
| Mr. Robert Gibbs | Foreman | Oklahoma Steel & Wire Company, Inc. |
| Mr Jason Giebfried | Sales Engineer | Paramount Die |
| Mr. Dal Gill | Director, QA and Technical Compliance | Tree Island Steel |
| Mr. Scott Gipson | Sales Engineer | Paramount Die |
| Dean Harms | IMEC | |
| Mr. Jason A. Hernandez | Production Manager | Mid-South Wire Company |
| Bryant Jackson | Drawing Supervisor | Oklahoma Steel & Wire Company, Inc. |
| Mr. Eric Jensen | EH&S Compliance Manager | Tree Island Steel |
| Deric Johnson | Plant Scheduler | Oklahoma Steel & Wire Company, Inc. |
| Nathan Kozlowski | Machinery & Spare Parts Sales | Morgan-Koch Corporation |
| Mr Michael Krueger | Regional Sales Manager | Traxit North America, LLC |
| Lexi Lapke | Account Executive | SafetyCulture |
| Omid Lashkari | Metallurgical Engineer | Tree Island Steel |
| Woonglak Lee | Quality Manager | POSCO AAPC LLC |
| Donghyun Lim | Plant Manager | POSCO AAPC LLC |
| Mr. Neil C. Lowdon | Key Industry Manager | Chemetall/BASF |
| Mr. Ryan Marion | Technical Sales | Traxit North America, LLC |
| Mr. David Mayo | General Manager | Taubensee Steel & Wire Company |
| Jon Moneta | Quality Manager | Leggett & Platt, Inc. |
| Mr. Timothy Dwayne Murray Jr | TPM Coordinator | Leggett & Platt, Inc. |
| Mr. Kevin C. Natterstad | Safety Manager | Sumiden Wire Products Corporation |
| Mr. Robert Nelson | Plant Manager | Sumiden Wire Products Corporation |
| Mr. Josh Nichols | Operations Manager | Oklahoma Steel & Wire Company, Inc. |
| Mr. Arthur Channing Oakley | Maintenance Planner | MAR-MAC Industries, Inc. |
| Chase Oliver | Safety Director | Oklahoma Steel & Wire Company, Inc. |
| Matt Paison | Technical Specialist | IMEC |
| Mr. Nickolus R. Pigott | Vice President- Stainless & Nickel Alloys | Tri Star Metals LLC |
| Chris Porada | Key Industry Manager | Chemetall/BASF |
| David Reed | Plant Manager | Lincoln Electric Company |
| Alex Riesberg | SafetyCulture | |
| Mr. Stephane Ruelle | Operations Manager | Condat Corporation |
| Mr. Delvin Sadler | Production Manager | Mid-South Wire Company |
| Mr. Chad Selvy | Maintenance Foreman | Oklahoma Steel & Wire Company, Inc. |
| Kevin Selvy | Foreman | Oklahoma Steel & Wire Company, Inc. |
| Mr. Krish N Singh | Director, Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement | Tree Island Steel |
| Mr. Steven Slagle | Employee | Mid-South Wire Company |
| Ryan Snyder | Director of Manufacturing | Tri Star Metals LLC |
| Justin Teal | Production Team Leader | MAR-MAC Industries, Inc. |
| Roland Tutzer | COO | PenggWMC |
| Paola Velasquez | Director of Organizational Culture | IMEC |
| Mr. David J. Weinand | Executive Vice President | Oklahoma Steel & Wire Company, Inc. |
| Mr. Don Young | Sales Agent | Protec Inc. |