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DTN Progressive Farmer included information about our new Raptor Edge Defender in their latest equipment roundup. 

WCCO Belting’s patented Edge Defender™ cleat for combine harvest headers (draper platforms) is now available for aftermarket distribution and to agricultural equipment manufacturers worldwide. The angled cleat design increases yield with product flow control technology that directs crop to the center of the draper and onto the feeder belt. It also reduces downtime from buildup under the belt by pulling crop away from the cutting edge.

WCCO Belting's Rod Koch, our Vice President of Operations, wrote an article for Industry Today, in honor of National Safety Month in June, about how the company practices and promotes safety on the manufacturing floor.

This June, during National Safety Month, we introduce you to the team behind the scenes helping to ensure that safety continues to be a top priority at WCCO Belting.

WCCO Belting received two awards from the North Dakota Safety Council. The Safety Improvement Award was earned by reducing the company’s incident rate by 50.2% from 2019 to 2020. The Workplace Safety Merit Award is given to NDSC member companies showing an Experience Modification Rate (EMR) below 1 for the year.

With our CEO, Tom Shorma's, passion around exposing high school students to opportunities in manufacturing, Shorma will be a guest speaker at the Entrepreneurship Opportunities community event on May 26.

WCCO's Chad Haugen compiled an article including frequently asked questions and answers using experience from more than six decades in the belting industry, to help in the pursuit of quality replacement belting this season.

WCCO Belting's Chad Haugen wrote an article outlining a handful of tips - and the benefits - of belting preventative maintenance for draper headers and balers to help farmers be more successful in the upcoming harvest season.

Jean Voorhees, our VP of Business Development, participated in a virtual panel discussion hosted by Rubber & Plastics News alongside other industry executives to talk about diversity, equity and inclusion in the rubber industry. To recap what was discussed, she wrote a blog post with highlights from the event.

In honor of National Agriculture Day on March 23, 2021, we interviewed several WCCO Belting employees to learn more about their connection to farming and how their experience benefits our customers in the ag industry and their customers as well – farmers.