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End of an era - 52 years service at DavyMarkham

Ted Zdanowicz has hung up his overalls after 52 years service as a machinist with DavyMarkham.

Ted was an apprentice trained machinist who became one of the company's most skilled and valued employees. He even stayed on after his retirement age and helped the company implement a 5S initiative on his own machine.

Sam Wragg the Chairman of the company's Shop Stewards Committee has worked alongside Ted for 12 years said "Ted has passed on his skills to many of us and the employees are grateful to him for helping us all to further develop our skills."

Kevin Parkin the Managing Director commented "The traditional training schemes developed highly skilled engineers in techniques which are still used today. We should not assume that all modern teaching methods give lifetime skills to everyone."

Ted insisted that he used the cutting tools he had grown up with and, as a token of their thanks, Ted was presented with one of his own tools, refurbished by Tooloy Ltd and engraved with a "Father Ted" message.

Issued: 6 September 2010

For further information please contact:
Jackie Cook, Marketing Executive, DavyMarkham on 0114 291 4346
email jackie.cook@davymarkham.com