People & Experience Archives - Evans Tool & Die, Inc

Welcome Roy Zeh, Evans VP of Business Development

Posted on October 3, 2018October 27, 2020 by evanstd

We are proud to officially announce the arrival of the new Vice President of Business Development to Evans Tool & Die / Evans Metal Stamping. Roy Zeh is a veteran of the steel and manufacturing industries, and we are very excited to have his sales and marketing leadership at Evans. Here’s a recent interview with[...]

How the Toolmaker Apprentice Program has Changed in 50 Years

Posted on September 24, 2018October 27, 2020 by evanstd

This article is the second installment of three articles about Toolmaker Apprenticeships. In the first article, we discussed the basic structure, time, requirements, and expected outcome from an individual’s journey through an apprenticeship. In this post, we’re taking a deeper look at how a Toolmaker Apprenticeship has changed since the 1970s. What has changed? To[...]

The Modern Day Toolmaker Apprentice Program

Posted on September 11, 2018October 27, 2020 by evanstd

In this three part series, we examine the age old approach to job training called the apprenticeship. Through interviews with Toolmakers, Master Toolmakers, current and recent apprentices, we discover what it means to be a Toolmaker Apprentice today and what has changed in the last generation of Toolmakers. What is an Apprenticeship? Wikipedia provides a[...]

Rick Kerbow, VP of Manufacturing Engineering & Operations

“We Make Great Things so You Can Build Great Things” – How?

Posted on July 26, 2018October 26, 2020 by evanstd

We recently rolled out the new Evans brand, including a new logo, new tagline, and a firm statement of our corporate values. Our tagline - “We Make Great Things so You Can Build Great Things” - says what we do (metal stamping, tool & die making), but not how we do it. So, we sat[...]