Monthly Archives: October 2011

He smiles!

Wil has actually been smiling those contented, internal sort of smiles since birth but a couple weeks ago we started to get glimpses of a more reactionary smile.  We finally are able to get it with some regularity and caught it on camera:

Posted by Kate

Congratulations, Grandpa Brunner!

Congratulations to Grandpa Brunner who retired today! Since I was a kid, my dad worked at a number of different companies: Mirro Aluminum Company, Macwhyte Wire Rope, MB Companies, Molded Rubber and Plastic Corporation and, finally, Limtech, Inc. And with each change of job he moved up the ladder until, with MB Companies, he was the President of the company. Anyone who works in the plastics industry can tell you that, these days, the majority of molding gets done in China where the prices are so cheap that American companies just can’t compete. In spite of this fact, dad was able to take more than one Wisconsin plastic molding company and restructure its business model so not only were they able to stay afloat, but become profitable as well.

Dad’s intelligence and work ethic drove his successes and I’ve done my best to keep the examples he set in my mind as I move ahead with my own career. He set the bar very high.

Congratulations and thanks for working so hard for us, dad!

Posted by Todd