Trialon Corporation and Staff donate $6,500 to The Old News Boys of Flint!

The Trialon Staff at Corporate Office, Troy Office, and MTEC along with clients that frequently visit our Burton, MI location, raised over $2,200.00 in cash donations. Additional donations came from “Match Donation” pledges from the owners, shareholders, and Patricia Crowder (CEO) of the company.  The “Match Donation” combined with a generous corporate gift raised the total to an outstanding $6,500.00, over $2,500.00 more than last year’s contribution. In addition to cash donations several new toys were also donated by employees.

After the check presentation, Chris Hamilton, of The Old Newboys’, thanked everyone for their generous support on behalf of the 300+ children in the Genesee county area that will be able to celebrate Christmas due to their efforts.

For more information or to make a donation to The Old Newsboys visit www.onbflint.org

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Les Hadden Named President of Trialon Corporation

On behalf of Trialon Corporation’s Board of Directors and Shareholders, Patricia L. Crowder, Trialon’s Chief Executive Officer and former President, is pleased to announce the promotion of Les Hadden to the position of President effective November 11, 2011.
Les’ career with Trialon Corporation began in 1986, when he was hired as a Metallurgy Technician on contract to AC Spark Plug in Flint. Over the past twenty five years he has progressed through the ranks of the corporation and held the title of Lead Technician, Account Manager (Sales), Reliability Technical Center Laboratory Manager, Indiana Operation Manager, Director of Engineering and Test Services Division, Vice President of Engineering and Test Services and lastly Senior Vice President of Operations.
Throughout his career Les has consistently gone above and beyond expectations in all his endeavors. His belief in doing whatever it takes to get the job done right, no matter what that job may be, and his never ending enthusiasm, energy, and true heartfelt willingness to help others has made him an exemplary employee, supervisor, manager, director and vice president.
“It is with confidence and pride that we move forward into our 30th year in business. We are excited to see the tremendous growth and number of new opportunities that continue to present themselves and we are extremely confident that Les, with his background and experience, is the right person to lead Trialon Corporation into its next generation of business.” said Patricia Crowder, Chief Executive Officer.

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An Extraordinary Era Comes to a Close

An impressive era comes to an end. Trialon's Fenton Road Lab (FRL) was the first dedicated testing facility for the Engineering and Test Division of Trialon Corporation. FRL started in 1984 with a 120 day contract with Delphi, formerly AC Spark Plug, which was extended many times through a remarkable 27 year run. The facility officially completed its last test and closed its doors on September 30, 2011.

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Trialon Corporation Receives Award from Burton Chamber of Commerce

Les Hadden (Sr. Vice President of Operations) accepted an award on behalf of Trialon Corporation from Burton Chamber of Commerce Directors on Wednesday September 14th in recognition of winning the Delphi Pinnacle Award. They also acknowledged Trialon Corporation for their continued active support role in the surrounding community along with continued growth in both the local community, as well as, across the country.

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Trialon Corporation Announces Key Management Promotions

Burton, Michigan-August 8 2011-Trialon Corporation, a global leader in Engineering & Test Services, Trialon Corporation is pleased to announce the following management promotions:

Michael Lerche-Promoted to Indiana Operations Manager. Formerly held the position of Reliability Technical Center Manager (Kokomo IN).

Mike has worked for Trialon for the past 14 years in various leadership roles. Mike began his career with Trialon Corporation on August 11th, 1997. He was hired as a Contract Lab Technician in Delphi’s IC Design & Validation Group at Trialon’s FGK Facility in Kokomo, Indiana. Mike’s extensive background and vast knowledge allowed him to excel in the IC design group with the development of several IC’s for Delphi’s drive by wire technology. He was also instrumental in building relationships between Trialon and several of Delphi’s key suppliers that eventually paid big dividends as Trialon continues to provide independent testing services to them still today.

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Keith Browne-Promoted to Director, Technical Staffing Division. Formerly held the position of Senior Account Manager for the Technical Staffing Division. Keith has worked for Trialon for the past 15 years in various leadership roles.

Keith joined Trialon Corporation in February of 1996 as an Account Manager at our Saginaw operations covering Saginaw, Midland and Bay City. Since then he has worked at various locations and diligently supported our clientele’s needs driving sales records to new levels and leading by example.

In August of 2009 Keith assumed the responsibilities of Manager – Technical Staffing.  His strong ability to generate new business ideas helped successfully guide the division through our changing economy.

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John Krug-Promoted to Director of Corporate Properties & Independent Services. Formerly held the position of Corporate Properties & Building Systems Manager. John is a 20+ year employee of Trialon Corporation.

John began his career with Trialon Corporation on October 16th, 1989 as a Maintenance Technician in the Facilities Department where he worked for 5 years. John was responsible for the routine and non-routine maintenance of the entire facility, lawn & grounds, environmental test chambers, vibration shakers, and test equipment located at the Center Road Test Laboratory in Burton, Michigan.

In October of 2004 John joined our Corporate Staff as the Facilities Coordinator responsible for all five of Trialon Corporation’s Test Labs in Michigan & Indiana, the Corporate Office Complex in Burton, Michigan and Technical Staffing Division Building in Troy, Michigan. Finally in 2006 John was promoted to Corporate Properties & Building Systems Manager. During this time John has continued to expand our maintenance and calibration services and hire additional staff to meet the needs of our clients!

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Burton, Michigan-August 8 2011-Trialon Corporation, a global leader in Engineering & Test Services, Trialon Corporation is pleased to announce that Leanne M. Hadden, our Director of Global Sales, has been promoted to Vice President of Operations & New Business Development and will report directly to Patricia L. Crowder, Trialon’s President & CEO.  Since joining Trialon Corporation almost four years ago, Leanne has had a tremendous impact on our business and growth.
Previously Leanne was responsible for Global Sales for both the Testing &Technical Staffing Divisions, and overseeing all of the Bundled Service activities (over 220+ employees at 5 facilities in 4 different states including Indiana, Michigan, New York, and Ohio).  With 25 years of global experience in Quality, Manufacturing, Testing, Engineering, Problem Solving, Six Sigma, Customer Satisfaction, and Business Development she has helped apply strong expertise in data-driven, long-term strategic planning in the automotive, military, aerospace, semiconductor, and consumer product industries. 

Prior to joining Trialon Corporation, Leanne was the Director of Global Quality for DA Nano Materials a joint venture between Dupont and Air Products semiconductor division.  She led the corporation to successfully receiving ISO 9001 accreditation after only 6 months with the company.  Leanne also held several positions at Delphi for over 20 years including Validation Engineer, Manufacturing Quality Engineer, General Supervisor, Customer Support Engineer, Response Team Leader, and Quality Systems Manager with over $20 million in cost savings ideas implemented. 
“We are excited to welcome Leanne to our executive leadership team,” said Patricia, President and CEO. “As we move forward in our strategy of penetrating the global market in both Testing and Technical Staffing, we feel there are few as qualified as Leanne in terms of her extensive background, industry knowledge, relationships, and leadership.”  In her new role, Leanne will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the business divisions along with growing and development of our team, achieving targeted sales growth, and adding processes that ensure we operate more efficiently.
Leanne holds Bachelor’s degrees in Business Management and Computer Science from the University of Michigan and Northwood University.  She also is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt, Shainin Red X Master, Lead ISO/TS Auditor, and is a member of many industry and economic development organizations including SAE, NDIA, American Society for Quality, University of Michigan Alumni, and serves on the Ivy Tech College Advisor Board for the new Industrial Technology Program.  Leanne also serves as a guest speaker for the Kettering Entrepreneur Program and the Arizona Technology Council.

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Trialon Corporation Employee's join Wegman's LPGA Golf Championship in Rochester, NY.

Murri Decker and Gene Kobos  of Trialon Corporation were EMT volunteers at this year’s Wegma’s LPGA Golf Championship held in Rochester, NY.  They were teamed with other EMT crews to be on active duty in the event of a medical emergency.  They both have successfully completed New York State’s Certified First Responder training and this event helped them gain real world experience.

EMT members working the event were stationed at locations around the course to respond to any medical situation and administer first aid as required.  Some of the team was mobile around the course so that the stationary teams could be relieved on a timely basis and provide needed supplies.  The team was exposed to some small emergencies through their duty, but the experience of responding on a timely basis and providing the needed care was gratifying.  

Murri’s and Gene’s services were greatly appreciated by the Medical team at the tournament because, unlike most of the other support people, the medical support volunteers are required to have certifications and training not mandated for the other crews.  Their presence was requested for later in the tournament and also for next year’s event.  Great job Murri and Gene!

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The Gang from our Burton MI facility gives the "Thumbs Up" to the camera.

Employees at our Warren, OH location during our recognition luncheon.

Trialon Corporation, a global leader in Engineering & Test Services, Calibration & Maintenance Services and Technical Staffing Services, is pleased to announce that they have received the prestigious Delphi Pinnacle Award.

The annual award, established in 2004, recognizes a premier group of Delphi top global suppliers for their commitment to and achievement of Quality, Leadership, Service, Value, and Cost performance. The award is recognition for their continued support of numerous Delphi divisions and sites over the preceding 12 months as well as Trialon’s outstanding support over the previous 28 years. In addition, Trialon Corporation is the first ever certified WBE (Women Business Enterprise) to receive this coveted award.

The award ceremony was held at Delphi World Headquarters & Customer Center in Troy, MI, on May 11, 2011, in conjunction with the North American Supplier Conference. On hand to accept the award, on behalf of Trialon Corporation, was Les Hadden, Sr. Vice President of Operations, and Leanne M. Hadden, Director of Global Sales.

“Trialon Corporation and all of our employees supporting Delphi are very committed to our strategic supplier relationship. Working together and exceeding our customer’s expectation is top priority. We recognize that each and every member of our team put a lot of dedication, foresight, and hard work into earning this award,” said Patricia L. Crowder, Trialon’s President/CEO.

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Trialon Corporation proudly sponsored its first “Team Trialon” in the 2011 Chase Corporate Challenge.

The 21st annual Chase Corporate Challenge in Rochester, NY was a celebration of spring for 8,962 participants from 394 companies. They came to the Rochester Institute of Technology for the camaraderie, team-building, healthy competition, and to support local charities. The Corporate Challenge is a race that consists of running 3.5 miles around the R.I.T. Campus with the major beneficiary this year being the Child Care Council. Congratulations to Carlos, Ashley, Dave, and Rob for representing Trialon Corporation in this wonderful event!

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For more information or to make a donation to The Old Newsboys visit www.onbflint.org

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Trialon Corporation would like to congratulate Norval Washington on his 10 years of service. Norval has performed several engineering support roles for new product development at various customer locations for Delphi.

Norval brings years of experience to his team and always has a position attitude. His hard work, pleasant disposition, dedication and professionalism are noted in all aspects of his work.

Please join us in congratulating Norval for his hard work as we thank him for his dedication over the past 10 years of service...

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Above: Director of Global Sales: Leanne Hadden proudly presents Norval Washington with his 10 Year Clock

Congratulations to Mark Zook, the Newest Member to the 20 Year Service Club!

Mark's attitude and persistence are two of the many things that have made him so successful during the years. After years of taking such great care of Trialon’s equipment some of our clients started requesting that Trialon service their equipment. In 2000 Mark started taking care of the equipment located in Westfield, Indiana for Delphi. Taking care of the Westfield equipment was one of Trialon’s first Independent Maintenance jobs. From this point forward Mark took on several customers such as Ingersol Rand, Harman Becker and United Technologies just to name a few.

Mark worked between FGK, Westfield and various Service customers for the next few years until 2005 at which point he relocated to Trialon’s newly opened Reliability Test Center (RTC) in Kokomo, IN. In 2009 Mark was reassigned to Trialon’s Validation Technical Center (TVTC) in Kokomo, IN. Mark has never backed down on a repair challenge and continues to do an Outstanding Job.

Job well done Mark, congratulations on your 20 years with Trialon!!

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It’s with great pleasure that Trialon announces the promotion of Shanna Hughes.

On March 29th, 2010 Shanna Hughes was promoted to the Laboratory Manager at Trialon’s Validation Technical Center (TVTC) located in Kokomo, IN. The Trialon Validation Technical Center is a joint venture between Delphi and Trialon and is responsible for validating Delphi’s ‘Passenger Occupancy Detection System’ (PODs).

Shanna started her career with Trialon in February of 1998. She was hired as an Environmental Test Technician at Trialon’s FGK test facility Kokomo, IN. After several years as a technician she was promoted to Lead Technician and then to the Engineering Supervisor at the Trialon Reliability Test Center (RTC) in Kokomo, IN. Her responsibilities have been vast; backup for our administrative assistant, test technician, engineer, designer, supervisor, and quality auditor. These skills make her a very important intellectual commodity to Trialon.

Shanna arrived at Trialon with an Associate Degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Purdue University; with commitment and dedication she returned to Purdue and completed her Bachelor of Science Degree in 2002.

Shanna’s dedication, commitment, and work ethics are the core values that make her an outstanding employee, and one that Trialon is glad to have.

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Delphi officials are moving ahead on a new electric vehicle component manufacturing facility in Kokomo, in part thanks to a $50 million local tax abatement passed Monday.

Delphi officials at Monday's Kokomo Common Council meeting said the new facility on Morgan Street will operate like a new business startup, rather than as a new division of the worldwide components manufacturer.

"This is a new product and a new technology. It's like starting up a new company," said Kevin Clancy, general director of human resources.

In the short term, that will mean keeping production costs low.

Engineers at the electric vehicle component operation will "be a mix, like we've always done," Clancy said, referring to the blend of in-house and outsourced engineering staff at the Delphi Electronics and Safety headquarters.

The "techs," those who will build the newly designed components, will be hired through Trialon, a human resources outsourcing firm. Techs will make between $10 and $12 an hour, with benefits through Trialon, Clancy said.

Work is already under way at the former WIS Sheet Metal building, 1501 E. 200 South (Morgan Street), according to Lisa Hardwick, plant manager.

"We're in debugging mode right now. We're debugging all of the machinery as it's brought in, and we have vendors in retrofitting the building," she said.

Operations should start in the third quarter, she said, with full production volume arriving in 2013 or 2014.

According to a statement of benefits submitted to the city of Kokomo, Delphi plans to add 118 new jobs and retain 72 jobs through the new operation, which will also utilize space at the current Delphi location on Lincoln Road.

In return, the city council agreed to a five-year personal property tax abatement on up to $50 million in new machinery needed for the operation.

Last year, Delphi received an $89.3 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to produce electric-hybrid technology in Kokomo.

Delphi is matching the grant--up to $178.6 million--representing a three-year investment to advance the development of low-cost manufacturing of electric-drive vehicles in the U.S.

Last year, when President Barack Obama announced the grant, he specifically said the money would be spent on operations in Kokomo. City officials, however, said Monday the location of the project was in doubt for some time.

Monday, Clancy acknowledged previous concerns the facility might not locate in Kokomo.

"When we found out about being selected for the award last August, Delphi expected to own the plant on Lincoln Road," Clancy said. "Under the Delphi bankruptcy agreement, GM acquired that site, so therefore Delphi needed to find another manufacturing site."

Clancy credited state and city officials for the final location of the facility.

"The quick response by the Indiana Economic Development Corp. and the city of Kokomo was a critical reason why Kokomo was chosen for the site," he said.

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Trialon Corporation, celebrating our 27th year in business, is pleased to announce the expansion of our Engineering & Test Services into another state.  Ohio, the latest addition to the Trialon Corporation map, is the home of our newest Testing Facility.  With the addition of a new state and new location, Trialon's Engineering & Test Services Division is now comprised of nine (9) Test Lab locations operating in 4 states; Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and New York including Partner-On-Premise Labs (otherwise referred to as Bundled Services).  

We have grown our Engineering & Test Services business from one location to over nine locations and are continuously expanding. Trialon's Technical Staffing Division also offers full-service human resources from staffing (both direct and contingent workforce) to employment screenings to recruiting services, and solutions for all your staffing needs. With our wide diversity Trialon Corporation has the power of several companies in one. To learn more about Trialon Corporation please visit us at www.trialon.com.

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We are pleased to announce that Trialon Corporation has been awarded DSCC (Defense Supply Center Columbus) certification. This important certification, in addition to our ISO 17025, ISO 9001, and WBE (Women Business Enterprise) enables Trialon to offer even more unique benefits to our valued Military and Defense clients.

If you have more tests than you can run given the limitations of time, equipment budgets, and /or personnel we would like the chance to help.

Our entire Trialon team is committed to delivering the highest level of customer service, which sets us apart from our competitors. Our goal is to exceed our client's expectations by providing them with all the information they need to make well-informed decisions regarding Engineering & Test Services.

In the meantime, please feel free to visit our new Military Testing section on our website at http://www.trialon.com/military.html to view a complete listing of MIL-STDs or contact us on 1-800-847-8111 ext. 7937.

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Trialon Corporation is pleased to announce that the company has met the stringent requirements and has been certified as a Woman Business Enterprise (WBE) by the Woman's Business Enterprise National Council. WBENC's national standard of certification is a meticulous process including an in-depth review of the business and site inspection. The certification process is designed to confirm the business is at least 51% owned, operated and controlled by a woman or women. This important certification enables Trialon to offer even more unique benefits to our valued customers.

In today's global business, supplier diversity is a valuable tool which helps retain and attract new employees and business. If supplier diversity is important to your company, we would love to hear from you.

Please click to view our WBE Certification.

About WBENC...
The Women's Business Enterprise National Council is the nation's largest third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the United States. WBENC is a resource for the more than 700 US companies and government agencies that rely on WBENC's certification as an integral part of their supplier diversity programs.

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As an added benefit to our valued employees, each of you is now eligible to participate in the GM Supplier Discount Program. This program offers discounts on the purchase of new vehicles, reduced mortgage rates and other discounts. Simply click on the link below to go directly to their website for complete details and instructions.

Put your GM Supplier connections to work today and save!

Whether you're a first-time homebuyer, looking to buy your next home, refinancing, or interested in tapping your home's equity, the Great Moves™ by GMAC program has a solution that's right for you.

Right now, you can take $250 off your closing costs on a new mortgage from GMAC Mortgage Corporation. You can also take advantage of a complimentary Personal Move Consultant (PMC), who can help eliminate the stress associated with moving by connecting you with all the resources you need for buying and selling your home and moving household goods.

Get the values you deserve!
Take advantage of your $250 off closing opportunity, or learn about the many other values available to you. Call GMAC Mortgage at 1-877-844-4622 or visit www.greatmovesbygmac.com for complete program details, guidelines and restrictions.

Remember your GM Supplier vehicle discount, too!
The GM Supplier Discount program also gives you great values on select, eligible, new and unused GM vehicles. With a network of participating dealers nationwide, you'll be driving away in the GM vehicle of your choice in no time. For vehicle information, visit www.gmsupplierdiscount.com.

If you are a Trialon employee shopping for a vehicle, call Wendi at Trialon's Corporate Office for our corporate code. You will need the code to enter the GM supplier discount website.

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