September Ipsen Ink Newsletter

September 2023

75th Anniversary Employee Picnic

Are you ready for the 75th Anniversary Picnic at Cherry Valley on 9/16? You still have time to nominate your boss or coworkers to participate in the dunk tank!

If you didn't RSVP before the deadline and want to attend please email [email protected]

Souderton will be having a luncheon on 9/29 with local food trucks. More details will be provided soon.

Wellness Exam

Just a reminder that your annual Voluntary Well Steps Program wellness screening is due on September 30th, 2023 (if you were hired before 4/1/2023). Completing the wellness screening gives you a discount on your health insurance premium. If you do not participate your health insurance premium will go up to the non-wellness rate at the beginning of October. Here are the two ways to participate:

A. Complete an annual physical exam through your primary care doctor and submit the proof to HR in one of the following 3 ways:

Note on doctor’s letterhead stating you had an annual exam and the date it occurred.
EOB (Explanation of Benefits) provided by BCBS indicating that an annual exam took place. (If you have these mailed to you it will probably take a month or two to receive.)
Visit summary just indicating the wellness exam/physical, your name, and date it occurred. This is usually provided after the appointment or could be printed from your online profile (IE MyChart) depending what type of system your provider utilizes.

B. Participate in one of our on-site wellness screenings:

Souderton - September 12th, 2023 - Sign up sheet located in cafeteria
Cherry Valley - September 12th, 2023 - Email Kristine to sign up

Customer Spotlight - Avalign Thortex

Avalign Thortex is a medical and aerospace manufacturer headquartered in Rosemont, IL with a facility in Portland, OR that uses Ipsen furnaces. They specialize in medical implants, medical instruments, injection molded metal parts, and porous cobalt coating for implants.

Avalign has been a customer of Ipsen for many years with several Ipsen furnaces in their Portland facility. They have recently purchased two new furnaces, and attended Ipsen U last April. They continue to partner with Ipsen due to our reliability and great customer support.

Pecatonica Completes Their First Hot Zone!

The Ipsen team in Pecatonica recently completed their first hot zone assembly. The Pec plant has been undergoing renovations to convert it from its former ceramic’s operations. They are now starting to assemble their second hot zone. Way to go team!

HR Ramps Up Recruitment

Ipsen’s Director of Field Service, David Choate and Talent Acquisition Manager, Amanda Skidmore, attended a Recruit/Military job fair in Norfolk, VA. Ipsen is proud to actively recruit individuals from the U.S. Military. We appreciate their service to this country and believe individuals that come to us with prior military experience have knowledge and skills that are transferable to many Ipsen positions. As we’re working to grow our field service team through the development of our HUBs, we’re also recruiting for all our job openings. In addition to this hiring event, we also had a team on site in early June at Naval Base Kitsap in Washington state.

Click here to learn what else is happening in HR on the recruiting front.

Promotion

Ipsen is pleased to announce the promotion of Jaime Ray to the position of Digital Solutions Lead reporting to Mark Heninger, Director of New Equipment Sales.

Jaime started at Ipsen in January of 2014 and has held various roles. Recently, she is supporting equipment sales and serving as Ipsen’s subject matter expert in all things Salesforce. Jaime holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Northern Illinois University.

In this new, expanded role, Jaime will be responsible for the support of conceptualizing and implementation of digital technologies and analytics within the Ipsen Group. Jamie will continue supporting the new equipment sales department by generating Titan proposals.

Ipsen appreciates Jaime’s hard work and willingness to progressively take on new challenges.

Please join us in congratulating Jaime.

Shout Out!

"I would like to thank Scott Borota for his efforts on a recent major furnace rebuild for SpaceX. This major furnace rebuild is a critical ICS project, and will include a new Control Panel, VRT, Vacuum Compression Brazing Assembly, Water Flow/Temp Sensor, Bottom Head Drive System and Complete Leg Structure. Scott worked extremely hard to meet demanding customer timelines on a complex scope of supply. No doubt this was an intensive effort on his part and it is very much appreciated by the Retrofits team and our customer. I would also like to thank Greg Froze, Brian Brilinksi, and Mark Bolin for their efforts to make this project another success between Ipsen and SpaceX."

-Matt Clinite