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Stone Consulting, Inc
- 1. Top Tier Engineer and Service Engineer Consultants
- 2. High Quality – Top Tier Service Professionals Integrity Customer Satisfaction Respect for the Customer and its People
- 3. Qualifications of a Stone Consultant Reputation Honor Integrity Knowledge, Skills, Experience
- 4. New Production Line Start Up Swing Line Conversion Projects Production Line and Process Audits Capacity Improvement Projects Spoilage Reduction Projects Equipment Service and Training Project Engineering Equipment Specification and Design Review Facilities and Support System Design Customer Filler Seamer Service
- 5. Tim Cook Gunter Fahl Dan Flannery Mike Lewis Skip Pierman Steve Seifried Lou Tobin Robert Weeks John Drummond Steve Ferguson Paul Henderson Jim Peterman Bill Schaaf John Stone Cary Wasmund
- 6. Rich Lavender – Business Adviser to Stone Consulting Administrative Management Team Scarlett Rutka Mariann Rucker
- 7. Tim Cook 3 years experience with HeatTek - Field equipment installation, mechanical and electrical (Dry Off, Pin and IBO Ovens), Field equipment start-up, trouble shooting, and training Dry Off, Pin and IBO oven fabrication Projects at Monticello, Williamsburg, Ft. Atkinson, Plover, Wisconsin Fabrication and wiring of electrical panels 2 years experience Environmental Restoration at Coors 5 years Environmental Clean-up at Rocky Flats Core Competencies : Washer/Oven, Pin Oven, IBO installation Field equipment start-up, trouble shooting and training Electrical panel fabrication and installation
- 8. John Drummond – BSME., PE, CPE 36 years engineering experience. 08 years in steel mills, 27 years with Ball Corporation, 1 year as independent consultant. Latest position: Principal Facilities Design Engineer Core Competencies: All project phases from design to installation and start up of plant support systems, including compressed air, vacuum, cooling water, pneumatic, scrap handling and bulk coatings. Establish building design criteria i.e.: HVAC, floors and concrete design, foundations and structural
- 9. Gunter Fahl 20 years with Reynolds Metals Company - Wallkill Can Plant: Line Journeyman/ 38 years experience in the can manufacturing industry Production Supervisor / Maintenance Supervisor / Tooling Supervisor / Department Manager / Plant Superintendent 6 years with Reynolds Metals Company - Kansas City Can Plant: Plant Superintendent / Master Mechanic. 8 years with Ball Corporation - Kansas City Can Plant: Master Mechanic / Tooling Supervisor / Front-end Specialist 4 years with CDF Consulting: Front-end Specialist in troubleshooting equipment together with classroom and hands-on training. Core Competencies: Cuppers: Standun, Minster, Flexo Washers: Reynolds, Cincinnati’s, Metal Wash Bodymakers: MKII, MKIII, MKIV, Standun Trimmers: MKIII, CC93, CC96 Employee Training Specialty in troubleshooting equipment, classroom presentations, and hands-on training, with general knowledge of all equipment that includes printers, spray machines, neckers, light testers and conveying systems. Maintenance program development and implementation Several swing line conversion efficiency implementations from 200 diameter to 307 diameter; height changes from 300 to 602 Spoilage Reduction Programs SOP implementation Safety program implementation Plant performance improvement projects overseas in Germany and South America Speedup projects in Kansas City Can Plant: Tool room operation and tool inspection Languages: English and German
- 10. Steve Ferguson Eight years experience in soft drink packaging Twenty-five years experience in the can manufacturing industry Fifteen Years Corporate R&D, Plant Support and Project Management Ten years as Manager, Plant Engineering - Fairfield Core Competencies: Chemical Process and Wastewater Treatment Can Washers, DI Water Systems, Bodymaker Coolant Systems Environmental Compliance Oversight Oven evaluations and renovations Thermal Oxidizers Capital Project development and implementation Total Plant Efficiency Improvement Teams (La Ciotat, Toluca, Berlin) Long Term Foreign Assignment Experience – Process Improvement Equipment specifications, purchasing and buyoffs
- 11. Dan Flannery Customer filler seamer service Angelus seamer and double seam expert Full profile to follow
- 12. Paul Henderson 35 years experience in the Can Manufacturing Industry. 17 years with Continental Can/Crown Cork & Seal USA in Longview Texas as maintenance journeyman. 9 years Crown International Manufacturing, Production Engineer, Project On Site Manager 2 years Crown Cork & Seal USA, Front End Preventive Maintenance and Rebuild Manager 4 years Rexam Beverage Container, Preventive Maintenance and Rebuild Manager 3 years Stolle Machinery, Product Specialist, “Stolle Plus” Representative Ragsdale, Standun, Rutherford Core Competencies: Ragsdale Bodymaker Can Line Process Can Line Process Control Standun Bodymaker Belvac CV-93, CC-93 Trimmers Coolant Filtration Systems Can Washers Supervisor Training, Process Training, Maintainer Training
- 13. Mike Lewis 3 4 Years with Ball Corporation Design Engineering and Customer Service Representative. *10 Years Ball mechanical Design engineering Dept. *24 Years Ball Customer Service Representative. Core Competencies: Angelus Seamers: Seamer Overhaul's and New Installations. Seamer Audits. Seamer Routine Maintenance and trouble shooting. Seamer Training. Double Seam Conversions. Double Seam inspections and Trouble Shooting. Double Seam Training. Experience in Overseas Customer Service assignments in Hong Kong, China, Thailand, Philippines, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Sweden, Germany
- 14. Jim Peterman 35 years experience in the can manufacturing industry 35 years with Ball Findlay Latest position: Front End Chief Maintainer Core Competencies: ASC coil handling systems (upender, uncoiler, coil car and lubricator). Unist neat lube application system, Minster cupping press system, Ragsdale bodymakers, Belvac trimmers, and can washers. Trouble shooting of all of the previous. Training of maintainers, both domestic and international, using classroom and on the job training. Swing line conversion, can weight analysis, capacity improvement and spoilage reduction projects.
- 15. Skip Pierman 32 years experience in can and end manufacturing. 11 years Ball, Fairfield, CA - Front end maintainer to General Supervisor 3 years Conroe, TX - Department Manager/Maintenance manager 3 years Milwaukee, WI - Production Manager 3 years Commonwealth Aluminium, Lewisport, KY - Sr. Product Engineer/Account Manager/Pilot line 12 years Ball, Broomfield, CO - Manager, International Operations Support Core Competencies: Can plant manager training. Maintenance program development and implementation. Spoilage reduction programs Productivity improvement programs Swingline conversions. Two new plant start-ups. Have had the experience of long term overseas assignments living in Recklinghausen, Germany; Shenzhen, China and Hong Kong, China. Speed up projects in Jacarei and Salvador, Brazil and Puerto Rico. Troubleshooting and SOP implementation. Safety program development and implementation.
- 16. William Schaaf 20 years in the Can and End manufacturing industry Experiences: Formatec Service Engineer, Service Manager Sequa Spares and Service Manager Stolle Manufacturing/Service Manager Core Competencies: Experienced in Shell and Cupper Die set assembly, installation, and trouble shooting, of systems, metals, tooling and servo-feed systems. Shell and cupping press installation and start up. Operator and maintainer training, classroom and on the job, domestic and international.
- 17. Steve Seifried 22 years experience in the can manufacturing industry 17 years at Ball Conroe as Tool Room & Maintenance Supervisor, Production Supervisor, Project Coordinator 5 years at Ball Kansas City as Department Manager Core Competencies: Front end equipment, Reynolds M3, M4 through the can washer Tool room operation and tool inspection Maintenance programs Swing line conversions (several) Conveying and mechanical line control, capacity improvement and spoilage reduction projects Projects in Tampa, Wallkill, Ft. Worth, Toluca, Whitby, Customer Fillers
- 18. John Stone 25 years experience in the can manufacturing industry 18 years with Ball Corporation, latest position held, Principal Production Equipment Engineer 07 years with Stone Consulting as a Project/Equipment Engineer consultant to Ball Corporation Core Competencies: Experience in 2-piece production equipment from coil handling to the palletizer, also 3-piece sheet coating systems. Project engineering, specification of equipment, AutoCAD design, design review, equipment buyoff's, trouble shooting and start-ups of new lines, swing lines and capacity improvement projects.
- 19. Lou Tobin 14 years in the can manufacturing industry 04 years at Ball Fairfield as a Millwright 10 years at Ball Kansas City, P.M. Supervisor, Production Supervisor, Maintenance & Project Coordinator Core Competencies: Minster press systems. Mid-line and back end specialties: decorator, necker, tester, palletizer Conveying layout (AutoCAD), conversion parts design (AutoCAD), basic PLC programming, basic electrical Swing line conversions (several)
- 20. Cary Wasmund Statistical Process Control – Infinity Expert 32 Years 2-piece Can and End making experience with Ball Corporation. Recipient of the Ball “Award of Excellence” in Recognition of Outstanding Commitment to Ball Corporation. 25 years mechanical (front-end), 7 years Operating Systems Dept (4 years Manager). Developed software solutions and strategies to support SPC technology and equipment maintenance improvements Managed professionals using Infinity (SPC) and Electronic Process Data Collection (PICS) supporting 20 workstations with 300 users, including training. Managed daily operations for SPC and Process Data collection in Infinity and PICS . Developed SOP's to improve safety for both employee's and equipment. Developed improved process's through continuous improvement of bench marking, measuring, and data collection. Assisted in the design of can line layout and equipment foundations Developed an electronic Can Maintenance Program that has been in place for 14 years. Assisted in the implementation of a Statistical Process Control program to help control quality, production, spoilage, less down time, improved efficiencies, and minimize costs. Assisted in upgrades to can manufacturing process; tooling design, can weight, can conveyance, quality improvements, measuring equipment, line control, improved procedures, electronic data collection, manufacturing equipment improvement, bench marking, measuring continuous improvement.
- 21. Robert Weeks 22 years in the can manufacturing industry 22 years with Ball Conroe, latest position held General Supervisor Core Competencies: Can line management and training of maintainers and production personnel. ASC coil handling, upender, uncoiler, coil car, and lubricator. Minster cupping press system and Ragsdale bodymakers. Experience in planning conversion and swing line projects, capacity improvement projects and start-ups.
- 22. We are all well ingrained in the industry methods and have the knowledge, skills and experience to meet your exacting standards.
- 23. Customer satisfaction is paramount in everything that we do. Our group has successfully completed assignments in Chino, Fort Worth, Golden (2), Hawaii, Jacarei (4), Monticello, Salvador (3), Shenzhen, Torrance, Tres Rios (4), Wallkill and Waterford Ireland.
- 24. To learn more about our service and capabilities please contact us at: 303-882-4874 [email_address]