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It was a great evening recognizing wonderful MEC Employee Shareholders from our Beaver Dam and Mayville, WI facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pictured from left to right: Robert Kamphuis \u2013 Chairman, President &amp; CEO, Eric Welak \u2013 Executive Vice President \u2013 Fabrication Operations, retiree Janet Backhaus \u2013 26 years, Loren Derge \u2013 Sales Engineer, retiree Faye Price \u2013 30 years, retiree Scott Bachhuber \u2013 32 years, retiree Rick Torn \u2013 24 years, retiree Maurice Gallup \u2013 13 years, Jacob Biel \u2013 Supervisor and Chris Voss \u2013 Production Manager. Not pictured: retiree Timothy Bath \u2013 41 years, retiree Janice Okon \u2013 41 years, retiree Rodney Erdmann \u2013 40 years and retiree Donald Gourlie \u2013 32 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The combined total number of years of service for the retiree group is 279 years! Thank you, retirees, for your years of dedicated service to MEC. 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