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With National Safety Month in June and WCCO recently earning four new workplace safety awards from the North Dakota Safety Council, we are highlighting how we have embraced and implemented new and robust safety protocols over the past several years. We talked to Stefani Mikkelson, Environmental Health and Safety Manager at WCCO, to learn more.

WCCO Belting earned four workplace safety awards from the North Dakota Safety Council (NDSC), including Emerging Safety Champion Award, Workplace Safety Milestone Award, Workplace Safety Merit Award and Lifesaver Award. Additionally, WCCO employee Stefani Mikkelson was acknowledged at the awards ceremony for earning her Advanced Safety Certificate in 2021. The awards were presented at NDSC’s Safety & Health Awards Ceremony which took place on Wednesday, April 27.

WCCO Belting is proud to announce it has received two awards from the Manufacturing Leadership Council, a division of the National Association of Manufacturers. The company earned the 2022 Manufacturing Leadership Award for Transformational Business Cultures in the Engineering and Production Technology Category, and engineering employee, Danielle Renham, earned the Next-Generation Leadership award as one of manufacturing’s brightest future stars.

WCCO Automation Engineer, DuWayne Cookman, authored an article about how automation can enhance roles and processes to help avoid employee fatigue and burnout.

We are deeply saddened by the Russian invasion in Ukraine and by the worsening humanitarian crisis caused by the continued escalation of these attacks. We strongly condemn these acts of violence and aggression and stand united in our support of Ukraine and her allies around the world. Read on to view our full statement.

Our CEO, Tom Shorma, was included in an article about the idea one local lawmaker had to bring Ukrainian refugees to North Dakota to give them a fresh start and to help them gain employment at manufacturing businesses, like WCCO Belting and others, in the area.

Aggregates Business magazine wrote an article about transformation in the conveying industry and included information from our own belting product expert, Mike Schroeder.

One year after the creation of WCCO's CREW Team - which stands for Culture of Respect, Engagement, and Wellness - we connected with CREW Captain, Dani Renham, to review the team’s successes in 2021 and learn how the team is evolving in 2022.

In honor of National Agriculture Day, on March 22, we are proud to share the ways WCCO Belting helps the agriculture industry feed and support the world.

WCCO Belting spoke with InForum reporter, Chris Evanella, about automation and its benefits for the company. They also gave him an inside peek of the production facility.