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In celebration of National Manufacturing Day, on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, the City of Wahpeton coordinated tours of several local manufacturers on Wednesday, Oct. 2 to give area high school students a behind-the-scenes look inside local production facilities. More than 215 students visited WCCO Belting for the tours.

Myers Farms is a fifth-generation corn and soybean family operation. WCCO Belting team members met with Jay and Cara Myers outside of Colfax, North Dakota, as part of the company’s Beyond the Belt campaign this summer.

WCCO Belting team members visited Dallas Loff outside of Galchutt, North Dakota, as part of the company’s Beyond the Belt campaign this summer. Beyond the Belt highlights stories of local producers and the important role belts have in helping growers feed the world.

WCCO Belting, Inc., was named to Prairie Business Magazine's 50 Best Places to Work based on nominations from employees at the company.

Tom Shorma, CEO and president of WCCO Belting, spoke at the Greater North Dakota Chamber Policy Summit as a panelist alongside other North Dakota-based business owners. The panelists discussed the impacts of the trade war on their businesses.

At the Greater North Dakota Chamber Policy Summit, Tom Shorma, a panelist at the event, discussed how the Export-Import Bank has positively impacted WCCO Belting.

Tom Shorma, CEO/President of WCCO Belting, wrote an article that was published in the August 2019 issue of Strategic HR Review Magazine about how WCCO Belting breaks down barriers by developing hiring strategies and creating programs to help retain and engage employees.

On National Dog Day – Monday, August 26, 2019 – WCCO Belting hosted “Penny’s Pup Crawl,” a 3K walk to benefit the Humane Society of Richland-Wilkin Counties. More than 50 members of the community and their pets attended the event, including a pet pig!

Tom Shorma, WCCO Belting's President/CEO, was featured as one of the 25 CEOs thriving in the U.S. in Chief Executive magazine's 2019 "Makers for American Manufacturing" article.

Tom Shorma, WCCO Belting's CEO/President, spoke with USA Today for an article in the July issue's Back to School magazine about the importance of having trade school graduates available to fill manufacturing jobs to keep business moving forward.