Craig Carrel, President of Team 1 was featured in the National Federation of Independent Business video regarding Unemployment Insurance. The NFIB highlighted small business owner’s reactions to a new legislation in Congress, HR 1745 “The Jobs Act.” The legislation would ultimately protect small business owners from an Unemployment Insurance tax increase by granting states more flexibility in funding.
The NFIB interviewed Craig regarding the issue of Unemployment Insurance tax increases. Craig spoke about his concerns with Unemployment Insurance taxes, some of which are as high as 10%. He is pleased that the legislation would allow each state to allocate their Unemployment Insurance funds.
Team 1 has been a member of the NFIB for over 20 years. “It is a great organization that really focuses all its efforts on representing small businesses. We are proud to participate in their campaign to inform their members on this important issue” said Craig.
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Team 1 Plastics was recently featured in the City of Albion's Open for Business Video. We are proud to be featured in this video that outlines the benefits of such a great community.
Albion played a key role in the startup and development of Team 1 with their assistance from the Albion Economic Development Corporation. Their business incubator along with start-up funds helped make our dream a reality. They have also supported us, since that beginning in 1987, with tax abatements and additional funds when required. We have enjoyed working with the Albion community to make a positive difference and fits with our desire to be a “Positive Community Member.” In addition, Albion is in a perfect location and allows us easy access to our automotive customers located throughout the Midwest.
We are looking forward to continuing to strengthen our partnership together to make Albion an even better place to live and work in the future.
Check out our Facebook page and learn more about our company. Read more about our staff, browse our pictures, and hear about our most recent activities.
This is one more step in our social media strategy and gives us another avenue for people to find out about and connect with us. Facebook is such a popular social media platform and we want to be there as a resource for precision and transparent plastic components for current and future customers.
We would love to connect with you as well!
Check out our page:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Team-1-Plastics/174402225942491
Ingrid Tochackova, senior buyer at MANN+HUMMEL USA presented to Michele Warner, customer service manager and Craig Carrel, President an award for "Outstanding Customer Service Performance in 2010" at their Supplier Summit on January 27, 2011.
MANN+HUMMEL USA is a division of the MANN+HUMMEL GROUP located in Germany and is the company’s U.S. based automotive and industrial filtration operations. The automotive operation designs and manufactures automotive components including complete air induction systems, intake manifolds, surge tanks and washer reservoirs, oil and fuel modules and filter elements for all major North American and European OEMs, as well as most Asian car manufacturers.
Team 1 supplies their automotive operation with precision plastic injection molded components for their systems. They started doing business in in 2003 with only a few hundred dollars of sales. Their partnership has grown over the last eight years and MANN+HUMMEL USA has become their third largest customer. Team 1 was honored to receive this award and it will be displayed with pride. It helps to validate our efforts for "Customer Service Excellence" in their "Championship Dream".
They look forward to working closely with MANN+HUMMEL USA and all of their customers to strengthen their partnerships for mutual success in the global automotive marketplace.
On November 18th, Team 1 Plastics sponsored "free admission" day at the Kids 'N' Stuff Children's Museum in Albion. They had 92 visitors take advantage of this free day. These visitors come from every city in Calhoun County along with many from nearby Jackson County.
Kids 'N' Stuff is making a difference to the kids of Albion and the entire surrounding area. Whether it is on a school field trip or visiting with family and friends, kids are learning great things while at the museum.
Team 1 is happy to support this great museum and make this investment in our youth. It fits perfectly with our "Positive Community Member" principle of our Championship Dream by valuing "the importance of continuous learning of our team members and their families with special emphasis on the children of our communities" and by focusing our "financial contributions to the local community."
Dave Biondo joined Team 1 today as Sales Development Manager. This is a new position at Team 1 and it will be the first time we have had a dedicated sales professional representing our company. His focus will be on new customer development opportunities within the automotive and transportation markets. Our current components are used on numerous vehicle systems including; climate control, electronics, interiors, lighting, powertrain, powertrain controls and emissions to name a few. Core competencies include:
- transparent (clear or colored) plastic lenses, light pipes, light guides
- precision molded components (switch housings, brackets, fittings, connectors, etc)
- housings and covers
- value added assembly
Dave comes to Team 1 with almost 20 years of automotive sales experience working for MPC - Miniature Precision Components in Southfield, Michigan. We are excited to have Dave join our team and feel free to contact him directly via email davebiondo@team1plastics.com or (517) 474-1356 about potential new business opportunities.
Team 1 Plastics was featured in 2 articles by local newspapers recogonizing their 3,500 safety day record. The Albion Recorder published it's article on July 1st and the Ad-Visor & Chronicle article was in it's July 17th edition. Team 1 is pleased to be recognized by their local community and confirms our efforts to be a “Positive Community Member”. Supporting a safe work environment is the best measure of the value Team 1 places on its team members and reinforces our commitment to "Team Member Success."
Team 1 is a state of the art, financially stable, custom plastic injection molder that consistently delivers precision and transparent components with tight tolerances from a fully automated, 24/7 manufacturing facility. If you are interested in learning how Team 1 was able to achieve such a lofty safety record please feel free to comment on this article or send an email directly to craigcarrel@team1plastics.com.
Team 1 Plastics recently made a 3 year pledge of $4,500 to the Albion District Library. This pledge supports their Dolly Parton Imagination Library program which will help provide over 1,800 books to the children of the Greater Albion Community. This program provides a free hardcover book every month from the day a child is born to their fifth birthday. Studies have shown that children that graduate from this program will be much better prepared for kindergarten and future school success. Craig Carrel, president stated “This was an easy program to support since it fits so well with Team 1’s Championship Dream – Positive Community Member principle . In particular, the statients: We strongly value the importance of continuous learning of our team members and their families with special emphasis on the children of our communities and Team 1 will focus its financial contributions to the local community.
Team 1 Plastics made a contribution to the Albion Fireworks Chairman, John Rumler. This marks our 16th consecutive year of making a lead donation. Fireworks are scheduled for Saturday, July 3rd. Enjoy!
Team 1 Plastics set another safety record on Friday, May 21st in passing “3,500” days without a lost time accident. In fact, every day that passes without a lost time accident it sets another safety record. This is almost 10 years and prior to this current record we had gone 2,286 days. Thus, we will have gone over 5,700 days, almost 16 years, with only 1 lost time day.
This is an unbelievable accomplishment and is truly a team effort. It only takes one team member being careless to ruin this record. Many team members have come in for light duty when they have been injured or worked around certain medical appointments and procedures to help us maintain our safety record. We would like to congratulate our current team members on this fantastic accomplishment.
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Steven Bormann
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Durrand Brown
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Craig Carrel
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Charles Converse
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Thomas DeMont
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Victoria Dossett
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Tammy Dowding
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Sandra Easterwood
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Raymond Ebbinghaus
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Federico Garza
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Michael George
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Gary Grigowski
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Anita Hadsall
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Timothy Henry
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Jason Hoath
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Ann Huhtala
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Shelley Lewis
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Wanda Manthei
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Nancy Marlowe
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Susan Muma
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Annette Radtke
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David Sanford
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David Seedorf
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Christopher Seidel
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Zachary Strech
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James Walls
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Michele Warner
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Stephen Williams
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Hesham Yahia
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We take great pride in Team 1’s safety record and we believe it shows the priceless value we place on our team members. It is also an excellent example of “Team Member Success” in our Championship Dream. We will be ordering jackets commemorating this record and once they arrive we will be planning a special event to celebrate this achievement .