News  :  September 2000

Fronhofer Tool Welcomes New Operations Manager

Frank Fronhofer was hired as the new operations manager in July of this year. Fronhofer Tool is excited about this new position as well as the employee who filled it.

Frank graduated Cum-Laude from Harvard University in 1993 with a BA in Mathematics. While maintaining a superior GPA he earned the title of Most Outstanding Male athlete of the Year. After Harvard he began teaching 8th & 9th grade math and coaching wrestling for Salem Central School. Salem being the high school at which 3 times he was NYS Wresting Champ.

Recently Frank decided to re-evaluate his career and was looking for other opportunities. Frank had worked at Fronhofer Tool several summers while in high school and college, so Paul Fronhofer decided to take advantage of this opportunity and bring Frank on board. Frank took a leave of absence from teaching and is now training on the CNC machines and gathering information about shop procedures to apply in his new role.

As operations manager, Frank will focus on the systems and procedures for every department at Fronhofer Tool. His job will be to document, clarify, improve and implement all systems and procedures. Special attention being paid to the CNC department to improve and streamline procedures in order to increase efficiency and accuracy. As machine shops use newer and more complex technologies the need for employees with advanced educations and less traditional machinist backgrounds has increased. Frank reflects this new type of employee.

Frank, his wife Laurie, son Luke, and daughter Scout live in Salem. Mountain biking, tennis and family take the majority of his free time but Frank also hopes to enjoy Fronhofer Tool’s volleyball court for some fun.

Keep a Healthy Level of Insanity & Drive Other People Insane

1) At lunchtime, sit in your parked car and point a hair dryer at passing cars to see if they slow down.

2) Page yourself over the intercom. (Don't disguise your voice.)

3) Every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries with that.

4) Put your garbage can on your desk and label it 'IN.'

5) Develop an unnatural fear of staplers.

6) Put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has gotten over their caffeine addictions, switch to espresso.

7) Reply to everything someone says with, "That's what you think."

8) Dont use any punctuation

9) As often as possible, skip rather than walk.

10) Ask people what gender they are.

11) Specify that your drive through order is "to go."

12) Send e-mail to the rest of the company to tell them what you're doing. For example: "If anyone needs me, I'll be in the bathroom."

13) Put mosquito netting around your cubicle.

These jokes are reprinted from the internet.

Nastech-USA looks over a prototype with new Operations Manager

Looking over Nastech-USA's 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse prototype steering column:  Picture from left to right are John D'Agostino, Paula Belch, Frank Fronhofer, and Mary Sullivan.

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