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Meet Linda Hitchcock! Meet Linda Hitchcock, an Assembly Operator at our Winesburg Facility! Linda has been with KEP for 3 years and says one of the best things about her role is all the friends she has made. We love when the camaraderie of working together leads to...

August 2023 Anniversaries As students head back to school to continue their learning, we are grateful to have a team of life-long learners to celebrate this month. Between our nineteen August anniversaries, we have a total of 282 years of dedication, growth, and hard...

Meet Tammy Goolsby! Meet Tammy Goolsby, a KEP T-Band Department Processor in Winesburg since 10/19/1997! According to Tammy, every day at KEP can be a good day, especially if she has a few simple things: coffee in the morning, a smile, fun interactions with...

April 2023 Anniversaries April doesn’t only bring sunshine, blooming flowers, and the hope of warmer weather. It also brings a new batch of KEP employee anniversaries to celebrate! The hard work of this amazing team is what makes KEP so special. Thank you to Theresa...

Service You Can See! Brian started at KEP as the Director of Quality, Regulatory and Technical (QRT) Services in October 2022. He brought valuable experience from the automotive and medical markets, and continues to expand KEP’s service to clients reacting to...

Ohio Safety Congress & Expo In March, Renée Onesti was honored to speak at the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Ohio Safety Congress & Expo (OSC23) in Columbus, OH. Renée drew from her 20+ years of experience as a safety advocate in manufacturing companies...

Meet Rod Brady! Meet Rod Brady, a Tender at our Kent facility who has been with us since 2005! Rod works hard all week and then enjoys when Friday rolls around – a great time to reflect on all that was accomplished! For Rod, KEP runs in the family as his wife works at...

Teamwork Adds Up – to Almost 250,000 Hours! Many people have heard of author Malcolm Gladwell’s “10,000 Hours” – the theory that it takes time to develop great skills. When you trust KEP with your product assembly services, you get a team with nearly 250,000 hours of...

Celebrating Our March Anniversaries! Our exceptional team is our lucky charm and key to success! This month we’re celebrating 15 hardworking team members from each of our facilities with anniversaries. We are thankful for the 21 amazing years that Lisa Smith has spent...

Celebrating Our February Anniversaries! We are full of love for our February team member's anniversaries! Maybe we sound like a broken record – but KEP truly wouldn’t be who we are today without these hardworking employees. Thank you to Cheri Thompson, our Director of...

Meet Tom Pilcavage!  Tom Pilcavage has worked at our Kent facility for 14 years in Electrical Maintenance. In his job, Tom is in charge of the upkeep and improvement of our facility, always making sure production is maintained! Tom’s favorite day at work is one where...

KEP Recognized For Innovation KEP was proud to be named a 2023 Smart Business Evolution of Manufacturing Honoree! Our great Team Members are to thank, because it is they who live and breathe our culture of accountability and continuous improvement in everything we do!...

It Takes A Team There are countless reasons for projects to stall: Lack of resources. Supply chain problems. Not enough time.   But there are two ways they get done:  Resilience…and teamwork. Here’s an example. In May of 2022, a company came to us to make food grade...

Congratulations To Our Employees Of The Year! When we say we take celebrating our staff and their continued growth seriously – we’re not kidding! At the end of the year, we recognize and honor three employees who have continually gone above and beyond. Check out who...

KEP In Their Words! Customer feedback is truly invaluable to how we operate. We intentionally create systems that directly benefit the customer – open communication, trustworthy supply chain operations, employee longevity, and more – so we are always thrilled to hear...

Meet Tina Allen! Meet Tina Allen, a first-shift Tender at our Mogadore Extrusion facility! At work, Tina makes sure all lines are stocked with the needed materials, loads and unloads trucks, prints labels, helps with cleaning, and more! A good day at work for Tina is...