Fusion Tech, a leading manufacturer of custom engineered food processing equipment and systems located in Roseville, Illinois, made a donation of $10,000 to the Hetta Gilbert Children’s Medical Organization of Des Moines County. Check donation presented (L/R): Kathy Bentz, Bonnie Gibson, Stephanie Heubner, Diane Stanbary.
As processors, we are all generally curious individuals and are most likely interested by learning new things or seeing new products in the marketplace.
For most of us in the meat processing industry, we are guilty of taking a stroll down the meat aisles to see what new and interesting products are in the marketplace and whether or not we are looking to match something already existing in the marketplace or doing something similar, there is a process.
December at Fusion Tech means one thing: It’s time for our annual End of Year Donation Vote!
Since 2017, we stopped sending out Christmas cards (that always end up in the trash anyway) and gave that money to a charity making a difference in the world.
Charities are helped. Trees are saved. And lives are changed.
But we don’t just randomly throw a dart to choose the charity.
Instead, we invite our customers, employees, and the local community to vote on which charity receives the donation!
Fusion Tech welcomes Nick Brown, Smokehouse Technology Manager and Food Scientist to the team.
Nick holds a Masters Degree in Meat Science from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, specializing in processed meats. He has worked as a food scientist in the cooked meats division for some of the world’s largest meat processing companies and learned under some of the best in the industry around thermal processing, product development, manufacturing, process control, and more.
Fusion Tech, a leading manufacturer of custom engineered food processing equipment and systems located in Roseville, Illinois, made a donation of $10,000 to the Rally for Reid. In addition, donations of $5,000 will be made to the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
In 2017, we started a holiday tradition that has been a customer, employee, and community favorite.
Rather than send out Christmas cards that eventually get thrown away, we take the money we would spend on printing and postage, add some to it, and donate that money to a deserving, amazing charity.
Charities are helped. Trees are saved. And lives are changed.
The best part: we let our customers, employees, and local community vote on which charity receives the donation! Read more
Supporting local and national charities is a key value here at Fusion Tech.
Since 2017, we’ve hosted a vote where our clients, community, and employees could choose which charity would receive our end-of-year donation. It’s been widely successful year after year, gaining hundreds and sometimes thousands of votes.
When the COVID pandemic hit, we donated a percentage of the sale of our COVID guards to local food pantries to help those in our region hit the hardest by lockdowns and loss of jobs.
It’s just part of our DNA. We give back out of the success we’ve received.
Fusion Tech is proud to announce that as of today, we have donated a total of $45,807 to support local food pantries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
At the start of the pandemic, we developed a solution to facilitate social distancing at meat and poultry processing plants — mounting polycarbonate shields between employees to help processing plants stay open — as a way to help our customers and help prevent the spread of the virus.
Friday is national Manufacturing Day (MFG DAY) — a day set aside each year to show the reality of modern manufacturing and encourage the next generation to consider a manufacturing career.
Created by Founding Partner Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, International in 2012, MFG DAY is a celebration of modern manufacturing meant to inspire the next generation of manufacturers.
Investing in our local community is a high priority here at Fusion Tech.
As a business that started local and stayed local, we know it’s our responsibility to step up and help our community, especially in times of crisis.
It’s why we made the decision at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to donate $5 for every COVID-19 Guard we sold to local food pantries.
