Although we will miss him greatly, NEFCO is pleased to announce that Rick Twigg is retiring in September to pursue exciting opportunities.  Rick is the Plant Manager in Cumberland, Maryland and he will leave this year after having been with NEFCO for 11 years – as long as the Cumberland Plant has been a part of NEFCO!

“As you know I am saddened but excited about retirement, I have made so many friends if only by email and phone conversations that will be missed going forward…the biggest thing I hope to enjoy is being able to do what I want to do when I want to. Wake up drink a cup of coffee and then decide what I want to do” said Rick when asked about retiring.

Rick plans to go north and visit with the associates that have been so helpful and supportive to him over the years and thank them in person.  During his retirement years he plans on being able to spend more quality time with his family, grand children, get projects completed around the house, and get some traveling in.

Rick is opening another chapter of his life by coaching softball at Allegany College of Maryland…“being retired will allow me the time to do the recruiting aspect of the game which is such a vital part of the process and be there for the players and coaching staff.”

We wish Rick Twigg all the best as he moves on to his next chapter!

NEFCO is pleased to announce that we will once again be a sponsor at the Water Environment Federation Residuals and Biosolids Conference. The Residuals and Biosolids 2021 Virtual Event will be held online on an interactive platform where there will be access to seven Technical Sessions as well as a Technology Spotlight, Company Demos and Networking Opportunities.

Technical Sessions will be presented in two ways: Live and Simulated-live (or simu-live) to encourage the most interaction and engagement between speakers and registrants. Live sessions will take you to a Zoom meeting where the speakers and moderators are giving their presentations on screen in real time while you watch. There will be one session each day hosted live on Zoom. If you are not available at the scheduled time, you can watch a recording after the Zoom meeting has concluded. Simu-live sessions will be pre-recorded complete with moderator interaction and questions and the recordings will be played at a certain time and date during the virtual event. Speakers will be present at that time to answer any questions asked by the audience live via chat. If you are not available at the scheduled time, you can watch a recording after the streaming video has concluded.

https://www.wef.org/residualsbiosolids/

On March 1^st NEFCO said goodbye and good luck to Gary Nickerson.  Gary has been with NEFCO for almost 30 years, starting with NEFCO running barge operations for our Quincy, Massachusetts facility. He continued on as Maintenance Manager in Quincy leading up to his retirement.  Gary’s strong mechanical engineering capabilities allowed NEFCO to self-perform many complex replacements and upgrades and he will surely be missed!

Good luck Gary, enjoy your retirement, and we hope to see you boating at Marina Bay this summer!

Bill Hollman, NEFCO’s Corporate Operations Manager, has completed the comprehensive Certified Reliability Leader Black Belt Program and has achieved Final Approval from Terrence O’Hanlon, CEO of Reliabilityweb.   This certification was realized by submitting 5 knowledge domain projects, one in each domain, which were reviewed and validated by your NEFCO upper management and by Reliabilityweb. Bill is truly making a difference as a Reliability Leader in NEFCO.

Bill was awarded his Black Belt during a ceremony at the 34th International Maintenance Conference (IMC19).

NEFCO is excited to sponsor and exhibit at the Water Environment Association/International Water Association 2019 Residuals and Biosolids Conference which is being held May 7-10, 2019 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  The theme of this year’s conference is Driving Change Through Innovation: Pathways to Biosolids Resource Recovery.  Come see us in Booth 403!

In addition, NEFCO is pleased to be a sponsor of the Florida Water Environment Association’s Friends of Biosolids Reception.  This reception is being held May 7th, 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. at Rooftop @1WLO in Fort Lauderdale.  We hope to see you there!