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WCCO Belting is proud to have been named to the 2022 Fast Company 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators list. In an article introducing the winners, WCCO got a special mention.

Tom Shorma spoke with Chief Executive Magazine to talk about how WCCO Belting has encouraged innovation among its employees, earning the company a spot on the Fast Company 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators list.

In this blog post, we've rounded up a list of what makes the company stand out as one of Fast Company's 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators.

WCCO's Vice President of Operations, Rod Koch, spoke with Grand Forks Herald reporter Sam Easter about how manufacturing has shifted since the start of the pandemic and what he sees happening in the industry looking ahead.

WCCO Belting has been named to the ‘100 Best Workplaces for Innovators’ list by Fast Company. The list celebrates company cultures that empower employees at all levels to improve processes, create new products, or invent new ways of doing business. WCCO earned the 57th spot on the list.

WCCO Belting was included in a Q&A style article alongside a few other companies in the area about how the company is retaining employees.

Farm Equipment Magazine and several other publications ran news of the recent acquisition. Read on to learn more about this major milestone in our history.

Today, Continental announced that the company has acquired family-owned belting manufacturer, WCCO Belting, headquartered in Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA. With this acquisition, the technology company complements its conveyor belting customer portfolio and strengthens its Conveying Solutions business in the agricultural industry.

Three years ago, WCCO Belting set the goal of restructuring our safety program to better support our employees both on the job and at home. Stefani Mikkelson, WCCO's Environmental Health and Safety Manager, recently wrote an article that ran during National Safety Month in June about how the company has successfully cut its safety incidents in half over the past several years.

Our CEO/president, Thomas “Tom” Shorma, recently earned the Global Ambassador Award from the North Dakota Trade Office (NDTO). The award recognizes an individual or organization that selflessly assists in the promotion of North Dakota products worldwide and helps strengthen the relationships between North Dakota companies and their international partners.