EFCO Forms Partnership with GPSEducation Partners

Mike and Ryan Budgins

FCO Finishing Press Release 08.2020 (002)   As we enter the 2020/2021 school year, EFCO Finishing announced in August it was partnering with GPS Education Partners.  This will allow the company to build its industry talent pools and future workforces using the unique youth apprenticeship program designed by GPSEd.  This is a  model that has …

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EFCO Finishing Coping with Coronavirus

Since mid-March, the routine has been anything but “business as usual” at EFCO Finishing.  Numerous impacts have been felt, as they have for all companies, due to the global economy basically shutting down.  Thankfully, most of our customers in manufacturing have been deemed essential by the government and the Department of Homeland Security, and EFCO, …

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October is Manufacturing Month!

Friday October 4th is Manufacturing Day in Wisconsin.  We celebrate manufacturing and product engineering and design this month as it is the backbone of our economy. For every one factory job, seven other jobs are created! Kurt Bauer of the WMC, or Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, shared his thoughts Thursday in a breakfast hosted by …

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Meet EFCO Finishing – Jim Pinkert and Duane Goetz

Chances are you have seen the EFCO truck making pickups and deliveries.  Sharing driving duties for us are two men, Jim Pinkert and Duane Goetz. And we could not be happier to have both representing us to customers and suppliers! Jim joined EFCO in January 2007 after 40 plus years at AT&T. He started out …

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Meet EFCO Finishing – Mike D’Amato

Meet Mike D'Amato-EFCO Finishing's Custom Metal Polisher

Custom Polishing? Have you heard of it? In addition to the many finishing services that EFCO offers, one that doesn’t get talked about, or that is still a bit of a secret, is our custom polishing capability. We have a polisher on our team with over 33 years of experience in the industry – he’s …

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Meet EFCO Finishing | Anthony Parsley

Meet Anthony Parsley: A Key Part of the EFCO Finishing Team

If you are a new customer, or one that has been around for several years, odds are you have come in contact with Anthony Parsley. Having started with the company in the late 90’s, he has worked in all areas of the company, is able to run all machines and processes, and currently oversees our …

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EFCO’s Terry Schultz Appointed to Family Business Leadership Partners Board

Terry appointed to board of Family Business Leadership group

EFCO Finishing’s Terry and April Schultz attended the Family Business Leadership Partners, or FBLP, annual year end dinner last Friday evening at Shully’s Cuisine and Events in Thiensville.  Formerly the Family Business Legacy Institute, or FBLI, the event was held to celebrate the past year’s highlights, and also to kick off 2019, and they use …

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EFCO Finishing’s Next Generation?

Matthew Schultz and Ryan Budgins, sons of owners Terry Schultz and Mike Budgins, worked in the shop assisting with a variety of different functions ranging from production to maintenance.

This past summer, EFCO Finishing got a glimpse of what may lie ahead for the future as members of the fourth generation worked at the company assisting with different jobs and tasks. Matthew Schultz and Ryan Budgins, sons of owners Terry Schultz and Mike Budgins, worked in the shop assisting with a variety of different …

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EFCO Finishing Earns ISO 9001:2015 Certification

EFCO Finishing Corporation is pleased to announce that we have earned the ISO 9001:2015 certification, replacing the prior certification held for the ISO 9001:2008 standard.  A copy of our certificate is shown below! ISO standards are set by the International Organization for Standardization, which is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national …

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Terry’s Top Three Business & Mindset Books

Spring break is a great time to relax, recharge your batteries, and catch up on some reading. Three great business books that I highly recommend for your time on the beach include the the following classics: Mindset, by Carol Dweck, Good to Great, by Jim Collins, and High Performance Habits, by Brendon Burchard, where you …

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