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The Duro Dyne Community

Bay Shore, NY • Fontana, CA • Fairfield, OH Vol. 38 • Summer 2016

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Community (kə ˈmju :nə t i ) : … a feeling offellowship with others, as a result of sharingcommon attitudes, interests, and goals.

This summer Duro Dyne’s New York manage-ment team hosted a Fourth of July celebratorybarbeque for all of our employees. It was anopportunity for everyone to mingle togetherregardless of what area of the company theyworked. Whether the employee worked as ashipping clerk; machine operator; maintenancemechanic; porter; salesperson; customer servicerepresentative; or even me, the CEO; we allenjoyed the luncheon equally. As the definitionabove states, “a feeling of fellowship” goes deeperthan what each individual does for a living. Agreat time was had by all - and the weather coop-erated, as well.

Later in July, employees of Duro Dyne, in BayShore, participated in the Marcum WorkplaceChallenge, a summer highlight for many in theLong Island business community. The eventfeatures a 3.5 mile walk/run at beautiful JonesBeach State Park, to raise money for several LongIsland charities. Participants then enjoyed dinnerin a festival atmosphere.

The run/walk, which is held annually, was super-vised by The Greater Long Island Running Club.Long Island businesses, not-for-profits andgovernment agencies are encouraged to inviteemployees, and their family and friends to getinvolved. In 2015, there were 9,369 participantscomprised of 215 company teams and a total ofover 12,000 people attended the event! Thisyear’s beneficiaries were all very important LongIsland charities: The Long Island Children’s Museum(LICM); Long Island Cares, Inc.—The Harry ChapinFood Bank; The Nassau County Society for thePrevention of Cruelty to Animals; and, Children’sMedical Fund of New York.

After a hiatus of several years, Duro Dyne rein-troduced participation in this charitable and fun,community event. This year we had over 50 par-ticipants representing Duro Dyne, including 32employees, with the remainder being family andfriends. Everyone had an enjoyable evening atthis incredible locale. Duro Dyne has alwaysprided itself on a strong sense of communitywithin the company,and within the HVAC industry,and it was great taking part in this local community event.

Thank you to our employees, and our customers, for creating the wonderful communityknown as Duro Dyne.

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Published by:DURO DYNE CORP.:

81 Spence Street Bay Shore, NY 11706

631-249-9000www.durodyne.com

Milton Hinden, Founder (1922-2000)Randy Hinden, Publisher

Alyssa Peluso, Editor-in-Chief

DURO DYNE WEST CORP.:10837 Commerce Way, Unit C

Fontana, CA 92337 562-926-1774

DURO DYNE MIDWEST CORP.:3825 Symmes RoadFairfield, OH 45011

513-870-6000

DURO DYNE CANADA INC.:2365 46e Avenue

Lachine, Quebec, Canada H8T 3C9514-422-9760

Milton Hinden, founder of Duro Dyne, found aspecialized nitch in the HVAC industry andstarted the Duro Dyne Corporation by sellingproducts out of the truck of his car in 1952.In a short period of time, after much hardwork he established several patents and astrong foundation for the Duro Dyne name inthe product categories of Flexible DuctConnector, Multi-Blade Hardware, Self DrillingScrews, Duct Sealers, Insulation Adhesives andInsulation Fasteners in the USA.

In 1958, with the help of a partner, Milt decidedto start Duro Dyne Canada to capture the mar-ket to our north. The Duro Dyne CanadaOperation was originally set up in Montreal,and in 1995 moved to a 15,000 sq.ft. facility inFrançois Cusson. From 1985 -1996, DD Canadawas run by Bud Kirmayer. Roger Rondeau tookover as President from 1996 -2010. Over thelast several years, Duro Dyne has continued toexpand - actually doubling the size it originallywas in Francois Cusson.

In October 2015, DD Canada moved into a brandnew location on 46th Avenue in LachineQuebec. The construction and the movetook just over three months to completeand went very smoothly, without losing asingle day of production! The new facilityis state-of-the-art with roughly 30,000sq.ft, where all flexible connector needsfor Canada, as well as a large portion ofour hardware, is produced.

The DD Canada team is currently run byPresident Franz Korzer, who took over

upon Roger’s retire-ment last October. Franz and his team of 15 dedicated employeesrun a highly efficientCanadian operation to successfully serve ournorthern neighbors.

New Digs for DD Canada

Our DD Canada team gathers in their new offices.

Territory ManagerMichael Peluso debutsthe latest Duro DyneProducts at an SW AndersonCounter Day.

Bob Hill from The Harlan Company presents a large screen TVto Bob Amour from Blue Ridge Mechanical for being the luckywinner of the Duro Dyne/Harlan Company regional promo tocelebrate their 90th year in business!

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Come Visit Duro Dyne

SMACNA ANNUAL CONVENTIONOCTOBER 16-19, 2016

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www.smacna.org/annualconventionBooth #601

HARDI ANNUAL CONFERENCEDECEMBER 3-6, 2016Colorado Springs, CO

www.hardinet.org/hardi-annual-conference

Booth #417Keep up with all upcoming Duro Dyne Trade Shows,

Promotions and Give-Aways. Simply email your name to:

goodtimes@durodyne.com

Preferred Supplier!

Duro Dyne WestEmployee of the Summer

Mirna GonzalezSOUTH GATE, CA

Our Summer GiveawayAlways a favorite. Our handy cutter zips open allyour business mail with its stainless steel cuttingblade concealed safely within sturdy plastic.Never a chance of cutting yourself.

At home it’s great for slitting through those coupons in a jiffy when scissors seem to just make a mess.

As always... from your friends at Duro Dyne.

DD’s 4th of July BBQOn July 1st, Duro Dyne rocked a Fourth of JulyBBQ for it’s employees. As Randy mentioned in hiscover article, it was a great opportunity foremployees who work in different departments ofthe building to interact and a great time was had by all.

Duro Dyne TerritoryManagers Eric Johannesen andLarry Moody alongwith VP of Sales David Krupnick recently accepted the Preferred SupplierRecognition Awardfrom Celeste Mastinand Mike Eggers ofDistributionInternational.

Thank you DI!

We are happy to announce thearrival of Duro Dyne’s newest

family members! Kathryn, DuroDyne National Sales Support

Manager & Willie, Duro DyneTechnical Service Manager

welcomed two beautifultwin boys on May 12, 2016!

Jaiden Robert 7.10 lbs.AND

Jaise William 5.1 lbs.

Babies... mommy and daddy are all healthy and doingwell!

Coworkers and friends celebrated prior to the boys’arrival with a baby showerto spoil the proud parents to be!

In other Good News - Kelly Lupoli, HR Generalist, successfullycompleted the Society of Human Resources – CertifiedProfessional examination. The certification is competencybased and focuses exclusively on HR expertise and businessacumen. Please join in us congratulating Kelly on thisexceptional achievement.

CEO Randy Hinden,▲ Board Member WendyHinden (middle) and President Pat Rossettoget right into the swing of things.

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... and DD Midwestemployees gatheredfor their owncelebration!

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