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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.

Rod Koch, WCCO Belting's Vice President of Operations, spoke with Prairie Business Magazine about WCCO Belting's outside-of-the-box approach to retaining employees with a focus on a "work family" culture from a family-owned company.

Mary Shasky, Training and Standards Manager at WCCO Belting Inc., wrote an article about how the company's training program has not only increased employee retention and strengthened the company culture, but also improved product quality and streamlined the company’s manufacturing processes.

WCCO Belting's founder, Ed Shorma, was named as one of the Prairie Business Magazine "Leaders & Legacies" in their inaugural award honoring 10 top executives from the area.

Rod Koch, WCCO Belting's Vice President of Operations, shared some HR secrets with Prairie Business Magazine for their May issue featuring companies who are included in their annual "50 Best" list.

Mike Schroeder from WCCO Belting spoke with Farm Progress magazine about belting innovation and how WCCO Belting is innovating the industry through new technologies.

On April 2, 2019, WCCO Belting hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially mark the opening of its new expansion and their 65th anniversary.

Tom Shorma, CEO/President of WCCO Belting, attended two events recently to provide his insight into the state of the local economy including workforce shortage issues and trade with government officials and politicians.