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We are currently designing several mixed-use AD Process Engineering
developments, warehouses and school buildings. with Jon Nordrum
Also, we are continuing to further our relationships Vice President of Operations
with several national retail brands, and lately we have
grown in the market of self-storage facilities. Over the
past year we have designed 54 car wash buildings Recently, I had the opportunity to reflect on some of
and 14 self-storage facilities. the “goings on” at AD Process Equipment. This is no
Recently we have welcomed structural designer short list of items, and all represent the commitment
Joshua Morris to our team, and we are congratulating from the local team to drive the culture and the
our long-time office manager Cathy Burns on her business to a healthy, vibrant place.
well-deserved retirement. Through some of that reflection, there have been no
We’re on track for this year to be even more lack of challenges over the last several months. On
successful than the last. I’m grateful to our the engineering, project management and production
hardworking team and to our fantastic customers. side, there has been diligent management of legacy
projects (some very large in scope) and many extra 7
Ohio Valley hours to keep jobs on track. These same efforts have
with Steve Renshaw also provided opportunities to partner with other
President companies within Gray to achieve our customer
objectives and strengthen relationships. We’ve also
seen significant activity working with the sales team
When we share our core value “We are customer on new projects, and the funnel of requests coming
and relationship driven,” it is usually best told as a in have resulted in some very nice pending orders
story of people reflecting on a special place and time and an opportunity list that is sizable and includes
at Gray where someone did something unforgettable. expected wins. YES!!
A timely act of kindness, going the extra mile, The team at ADPE has also been busy on the
or a special project that says wow…that was a Controls and Panels side. Over the course of a few
great team. days and a weekend, they recently managed to
A past customer relationship that is leading to a nice move the entire panel shop operation and supporting
project for Gray Ohio Valley in 2023 is with Kentucky activities from the Plainfield, Illinois location to the
Eagle. In April, we are starting the expansion to a Naperville, Illinois location. This great milestone
building designed and built by Gray. The original consolidates all the functions for ADPE under one
team, which included Gary Hisel as architect and roof – taking advantage of capacity, one-on-one
Patrick McCowan as the project manager did a great interactions, and the synergy from everyone being at
job. Tate Russell, President of Kentucky Eagle, smiled one site. It’s notable as well that all this activity took
as she shared stories of the enjoyable work done place during a time of heavy workload, which really
together with the Gray team. We will continue that exemplifies the amount of planning and commitment
success on our project. to the task from this team.
Thanks to everyone for building the friendships There is a saying in respect to teams: new team
and excellent results with our customers; they have member, new team. Just after the Christmas holiday,
returned for more business with us in 2022 and Neil O’Mara joined ADPE in the leadership role of Company
2023. These repeat customers include Wild Turkey, Business Unit Director. Neil joins ADPE with a great updates
Amazon, New Albany Fire Station, Toyota Boshoku, deal of industry experience, but something that continued
and Camping World. stands out about Neil is his approach to people, on next
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and his commitment to ADPE. Neil just moved from