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Wisconsin Frame

Builders

Association

Our loyal WFBA members came through again for this year's 22nd annual golf outing held at Lake Arrow-head Golf Course in Ne-koosa. Yet again we dodged all those rain days we have had in the past months and had an abso-lutely beautiful day. We maintained our attendance levels this year and we owe that to our active members who support our organization. I would also like to thank all of our great vendors who spon-sored this event again this year. They play a large role in making this event possible.

For all of you that were

not able to attend, a few

items were announced at

the prize ceremony.

- Next Year's golf outing to be held at Fox Fire Golf Course in Waua-paca - The fiscal year for the WFBA will be changed from Oct 1st - Sept. 30th to Jan 1st - Dec. 31st - Recap on the new membership drive. Buy one year get one year free. - NFBA update from NFBA Chairman Larry Edema. - Looking for poten-tial board member posi-tions to be filled at the upcoming annual confer-ence. Be sure to keep an eye on our website for more in-

formation on this year's Annual Conference and Tour to be located at the Radisson Hotel & Confer-ence Center @ Oneida Ca-sino in Green Bay. We will be hosting another great year of interesting tour stops, trade show with spotlight events, thrilling entertainment, and very informative conference break-out sessions. This event will again be eligible for CEU credits, so come and check out the fun while taking care of those yearly credits! Hope to see all of you there! Jeff Meyer

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• Affiliate Memberships

available!

• 2012 General Conference

& Tour Information

• Why Should You Attend

the WFBA Annual Con-

ference & Tour?

• Sneak Peak at the up-

coming Tour sites.

Change to WFBA Fiscal Year End

The question has come up

many times as to why the

WFBA operates on a fiscal

year of October through

September instead of Janu-

ary through December.

The current Board of Direc-

tors decided that it made

sense to address the

change at the 2011 WFBA

Golf Outing.

The option to change to a

January through December

fiscal year was presented

to the members, who

unanimously agreed and

voted to change to the

January through December

fiscal year. This change

goes into effect immedi-

ately.

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Inside this issue:

President’s Corner

By: Jeff Meyer (Chapter President)

WFBA Fall/Winter

Newsletter

December 2011

M.P.B. Builders, Inc., is located at 654 E. Oshkosh St. in Ripon was established in 1961 as a post frame contractor. M.P.B. Builders, Inc. is celebrating “50” Years of being a Leader in Post Frame Construc-tion. M.P.B. Builders designs, engineers and constructs buildings for commercial, agricultural and residen-tial use. M.P.B. Builders is a diverse company that builds post frame structures, steel structures, stud frame buildings, supplies materials to contractors, residential metal roofing, and commercial metal roof-ing, provides custom trim bending and drilling services and equipment rental. In addition, M.P.B. Build-ers, Inc. provides general contractor services.

M.P.B. Builders, Inc. is a family-owned company (owned by Leo and Judy Souder) that takes pride in their 35 employees. Three foremen – Arnie Kirst, Gary Boe, and Tom Mathieu, manage the building crews. The fabrication department is run by – Pete Souder. The drill foreman, Jerry Piechowski whom combined with the other foremen, have over 120 years of building experience. M.P.B. Builders also operates its own trim fabrication shop, managed by Scott Souder.

Recently M.P.B. Builders has received recognition at the nation and local level. At the National Frame Building Association’s national convention, held in Indianapolis, Ind. On March 2 to 4, M.P.B. Build-ers, Inc. was honored with an Honorable Mention for “Building of the Year” award. The Honorable Mention award was given for Livestock Facilities for Radloff Dairy in Oshkosh.

M.P.B. Builders, also as been recognized with numerous other “Honorable Mentions” and now is a nine time winner of the prestigious “Building of the Year” award from the National Frame Building Associa-tion. The National Frame Building Association Building of the Year awards are the most prestigious awards presented to builders in the post-frame industry. At the Wisconsin Frame Builders Association’s conference held in Wausau, Doyle Pokorny a project manager with M.P.B. Builders, Inc., was elected to the Board of Directors for a three-year term.

M.P.B. Builders, Inc. is known as an industry leader in post-frame construction. For more informa-tion on M.P.B. Builders, Inc. call 1-800-782-9632.

Business was formed in a partner, Leo Souder, in 1961 and formed Modern Pole Builders, Inc. the name has changed over the years to keep up with the changing construction industry to reflect the differ-ent types of construction that M.P.B. Builders involved with.

Leo Souder – President & CEO, Mark Souder – Vice President, Judy Souder - Secretary, Curt Barnett – Construction Manager, Doyle Pokorny – Sales/Project Manager and Amy (Souder) Reinsbach – Advertising Manager.

Honors and Awards:

NFBA Building of the Year Winner: 1991, 1992, 2001, 2006, 2007 (2), 2008 (2), and 2009.

NFBA Board of Directors – Leo Souder – 1983-1985, 1995-1998.

NFBA Honorary Member – Leo Souder - 1998

Rural Builder Hall of Fame – Leo Souder - 1991

WFBA Board Member – Doyle Pokorny: 2000-2005, WFBA Board President – Doyle Pokorny: 2002-2003, WFBA Past President – Doyle Pokorny: 2004, and WFBA Board Member – Doyle Pokorny: 2011-2013.

Builder Spotlight: M.P.B. Builders, Inc.

WFBA Fall/Winter Newsletter

A.J. Manufacturing, Inc. is lo-

cated in the Northwest WI city

of Bloomer. One of the largest

employers in the area, AJ em-

ployees nearly 200 during peak

construction season, and oper-

ates from four facilities. AJ

has built a reputation of Qual-

ity service, Product perform-

ance, and Innovative solutions

in the Post Frame Industry,

Industrial/Commercial HVAC

Industry, and in the Residen-

tial storm door market.

You are probably familiar with

the entry doors and windows

that AJ manufacturers for the

Post Frame Industry, but you

may not know about the HVAC

access doors and panels or the

residential Storm Doors. AJ’s

access, pressure-relief doors

and wall panels are installed

and delivered worldwide in in-

dustrial/commercial Air Han-

dling Units. AJ offers four

door thicknesses, six panel

thicknesses, in thermal and

nonthermal, over a dozen sheet

types and a nearly unlimited

size matrix, each built to order

for each customer. These

doors are designed and tested

on one of two air and water

test walls to meet the extreme

demands of various applica-

tions. The residential storm

doors manufactured by AJ are

marketed under private label

through hardware and home

improvement stores nationwide

and as the AJ Freedom door.

One thing is certain at AJ and

that is the Quality materials,

processes, designs and contin-

ued improvement are common

among all of the divisions. A

rapid development process has

contributed to the introduction

of the PARTNER™ and RE-

SPONDER™ series of doors,

The HARMONY™ and SILVER-

LINE with EZ-v™ trim win-

dows, the CEILING ACCESS

door, and the NIAGARA™ col-

umn bracket, as well as hun-

dreds of product improvements

and new products in the Ac-

cess and Storm door divisions,

over the past several years.

Clearly AJ’s engineers like to

innovate solutions for cus-

tomer requests and industry

trends.

Although their business, trade

territory and product offering

has grown significantly in the

last ten years, AJ’s hasn’t lost

sight of who has driven that

growth – their customers. AJ

credits its team of customer-

focused professionals who are

dedicated to service and qual-

ity. AJ feels like they are really

in the business of “YES”, and

just happen to manufacturer

doors and windows. AJ sin-

cerely thanks all of the mem-

bers of the WFBA for their con-

tributions to the industry and

to their customers that they

consider their number one pri-

ority.

Supplier Spotlight: AJ Manufacturing, Inc.

WFBA Fall Newsletter


2011 Annual Conference & Tour General Information

When: January 17 & 18, 2011

Where: Radisson Hotel & Conference Center

2040 Airport Drive, Green Bay, WI 54313

Phone: 920-494-7300

Exhibitor Fees*: $125 per table for WFBA Members

$225 per table for Non-WFBA Members

(An additional fee of $25 is required for all Exhibitors that require electricity)

*Limit of 3 tables per company

Entrance Fees: The Exhibitor portion of the event is open to the public, but is not free to attend. There

is an entrance fee of $50 per person to take part in the table-top event. The WFBA reg

istration table will be set up right inside the doors to the event to register. You can also

pre-register for this event by contacting the WFBA office.

Dinner/Entertainment: One complimentary dinner/entertainment ticket is included with your registration. Ad

ditional tickets may be purchased for $20 each.

Door Prizes: Exhibitors are asked to voluntarily provide door prizes—either merchandise or cash.

Minimum value is $50 / Maximum Value is $100. Please include your cash donations with

your exhibitor registration form. Merchandise door prizes can be brought with to the

event and given to Alysa Buresh, WFBA Secretary or any of the current WFBA Board Mem

bers.

Conference & Tour: Conference and Tour Fees are separate from the WFBA Exhibitor Fees. The Conference

& Tour Registration and Fees are handled by the CALS Conference Services of UW Madi

son. Detailed conference and tour information/registration forms are mailed separately

and comes from the CALS office. If you have not yet received your brochure you can

contact Alysa Buresh, WFBA Secretary at 1-715-568-9322 or [email protected]

to request one. You can also register on-line via a link on our website at

www.wisconsinframebuilders.org

Conference Lodging: When making your reservations be sure to mention that you are part of the WFBA Con

ference. Room rates are guaranteed at $70 single or double (plus tax) through January

4, 2012.

Additional Info: For any additional information regarding the conference or tour, please contact:

Alysa Buresh, WFBA Secretary

PO Box 14, Bloomer, WI 54724

Phone: 715-568-9322 or Email: [email protected]


Why Should You Attend the WFBA Conference & Tour?

• The WFBA Conference AND Tour both quality for CEU credits towards your Dwelling Contractor Quali-

fier!

• NEW THIS YEAR - Steel Roofing Demonstration during Exhibitor Trade Show!

• Fantastic Tour Stops!

• Educational Seminars on a variety of topics in the post frame building industry!

• Thrilling Entertainment!

• Nail Pounding Competition; sponsored by Maze Nails!

• Opportunity to have access to both Builder & Supplier members of the Association; one place, one

room, one time!

The 2012 WFBA Tour features a variety of manufacturing and agricultural

businesses!

• Pagels Ponderosa Dairy in Kewaunee houses 4500 cows with the newest barn using a tunnel ventilation

system, freestalls that are bedded with organic solids recycled from the manure digester and a rotary

72 parlor.

• Orion Energy Systems in Manitowoc manufactures energy efficient lighting systems including fluorescent

fixtures used in many new agricultural and manufacturing facilities.

• Extrutech Plastics, Inc. in Manitowoc makes plastic extrusions including panels used for ceilings and

walls in milking parlors, milk houses, food processing plants, car washes as well as clean rooms.

• We will also be visiting a “man cave” constructed from structural insulated panels (SIPS) made by En-

ergy Panel Structures, a WFBA Member.

• Another stop will be a Christmas Tree farm with a new post frame addition used for their point of sale.

The recent addition is unfinished inside showing the use of foam insulation and features concrete over-

lay floor finishes.

Do yourself a favor and don’t miss this years’ event! We look forward to seeing you there!!!

The 22nd Annual WFBA Golf Outing

was held at Lake Arrowhead Golf

Course in Nekoosa, WI on Wednesday,

August 10. And yet again, we had a

great turn-out!

For the first time in a long time the

weather was a bit more tolerable then

in years past. The breeze that

seemed to be quite inconsistent was

either your enemy or your best friend!

A huge thank you goes out to all who

participated and also to the members

who either sponsored a hole, donated

money for door prizes or supplied the

event with a door prize! Believe it or

not, the big hit for a door prize this

year was a 5’ tall stuffed bear! Our

biggest mistake was not getting any

pics of it! Hopefully our door prize

shopper (Darcy) will remember it

again for next year!

course is the Waupaca Ale House and

Foxfire Comfort Suite Motel.

All of the members of the WFBA ap-

preciate all the hospitality that we

have received over the past few

years at Lake Arrowhead! We have

lots of great memories there and

perhaps will have the opportunity to

hold our event in Nekoosa again in

the future.

You spoke and we listened!

The 2012 Golf Outing is being moved

to a new location.

On August 8, 2012 the WFBA Golf

Outing will be held at the Fox Fire

Golf Club in Waupaca, WI. Adjoining

this beautifully manicured 18-hole

Look for event information on our

website in the Spring of 2012!

If you have any questions or concerns

please contact Alysa Buresh at abu-

[email protected] or at 715-

568-9322.

You can check out Fox Fire Golf

Course on their website at

www.playfoxfiregolf.com

Another Successful WFBA Golf Outing

New Location for 2012 Golf Outing

Hole #8—Longest Putt: Tom Myers

Hole #9—Closest to Water, Not In: Jeff Born-

schlegl

Hole #10—Closest Chip: Tim Wier

Hole #11—Longest Drive: Steve Bohlman

Hole #12—Closest to the Pin in 3: Larry

Edema

Hole #13—Closest to the Pin: Tim Wier

Hole #14—Shortest Drive: Doyle Pokhory

Hole #15—Opposite Hand Tee Shot: Karl

Hasse

Hole #16—Closest to the Pin: Jeff Colemer

Hole #17—Closest Chip: Reuben Nimmber

Hole #18—Longest Putt: Chris Kooiman

SCORECARD PLAY-OFFS:

1st Place: Karl Hasse, Matt Arnoldy, Jim Do-

ber & Pat Woodford

2nd Place: Aaron Halberg, Tom Weir, Jeff

Meyer & Terry Ludwig

3rd Place: Rubin Nimmer, Rhett Nimmer &

Al Geisthardt

HOLE WINNERS:

Hole #1—Closest to the Rope: Jerry Huser

Hole #2—Shortest Drive in Fairway: Tim

Steffes

Hole #3—Closest to the Pin: John Carter

Hole #4—Closest to the Pin in 3: Matt Ar-

noldy

Hole #5—Longest Putt: Larry Ryan

Hole #6—Closest to the Pin in 2: Curt Seme-

nas

Hole #7—Closest to the Pin: Aaron Halberg

2011 ~ 22nd Annual WFBA Golf Outing — Winners


WFBA Fall Newsletter

NO REST FOR THE WICKED! The

3 Muskete

ers!

Would this be a ‘rose’ between

two thorns or a ‘thorn’ be-

tween 2 roses???

Watch out these crazy fools!

PO Box 14

Bloomer, WI 54724-0014

We also want to make

this as easy as possible for you.

We have uploaded the Mem-

bership Renewal Form, Exhibi-

tor Registration Form and the

Buyer’s Guide Advertising Form

on our website. If you do not

have the ability to access this

information from the web,

please contact Alysa Buresh at

715-568-9322. She will be able

to get a copy of the required

forms mailed out to you right

away!

Please take a moment

to review all of the informa-

The WFBA Conference AND

Tour qualify for CEU credits!

It is that time of year

again! The WFBA Board of Di-

rectors is busy planning the

2012 WFBA Conference and

Tour to be held at the Radisson

Hotel & Conference Center /

Oneida Casino in Green Bay,

WI on Tuesday & Wednesday,

January 17 & 18.

We hope that you are

getting as excited about this

upcoming event as we are!

tion on the forms and note

that Membership Dues, Ex-

hibitor Registration and

Buyer’s Guide Advertising are

all due by DECEMBER 23RD.

Please see the insert in

this middle of this newsletter

for a general information sheet

on the Conference & Tour.

If you have any other

questions please contact Alysa

Buresh either via phone or

email.

Phone: 715.568.9322

Fax: 715.568.9323

E-mail:

[email protected]

2012 Membership Dues & WFBA Conference & Tour Update

*AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIPS*

You may not know, but the WFBA offers an annual Affiliate Membership for $25.

If you know of someone within your organi-zation that should also be receiving corre-spondence from the WFBA please direct them to our website to fill out an Affiliate Membership application today!

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