GLIN==> News release/photos: Duluth's Hallett Dock featured on YouTube & wins "Service Excellence Award" from Compass Minerals

NEWS RELEASE sent on behalf of Hallett Dock Co., Duluth, Minn.

 

July 7, 2011                             

For more information: Mike McCoshen, Hallett Dock Co. president, (218)
628-2281

 

Hallett Dock Co. steps into national spotlight with YouTube video &
Service Excellence Award

 

Duluth, Minn. USA - Hallett Dock Company is putting its best foot
forward in a video produced by Red Wing Shoes and posted on YouTube
(search YouTube - Hallett Docks or 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgpmPrwGPTM).  

 

A creative team for Red Wing Shoes visited the Port of Duluth-Superior's
Hallett Dock Co. last September, spending two days onsite shooting
photos for a print advertising campaign about work boots (tagline: "Work
is our work"). The ads feature real workers wearing Red Wing work boots
as they load ships, move industrial equipment and do other big, dirty
jobs.  They found the company's story so compelling that they decided to
profile it in a video. The segment posted on YouTube features Jerry
Fryberger, the company's chairman, who has been with Hallett for 47
years. He explains how Hallett "works on its feet."       

That boots-on-the-ground approach also helped Hallett earn a Service
Excellence Award from Compass Minerals, a leading producer of highway
deicing salt and specialty fertilizers. Compass works with more than 500
supply chain providers around the world, yet Hallett was among just 28
companies from the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom selected to
receive the award "for consistently providing excellent service,
innovation and supply chain solutions," according to Compass President
and CEO Angelo Brisimitzakis.

 

"This award belongs to our scale operator and front-end loader operators
for their openness to problem-solving and flawless service to
customers," said Mike McCoshen, Hallett president and COO. "These
dedicated employees were willing to work through breaks and adjust their
hours to meet the high demand for salt this past season.  January 2011
was a record for salt - six (6) times greater than January 2010."

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Photo cutlines:  

0388:  Hallett Dock 5 in Duluth, MN

 

2225x: A Twin Cities photographer spent most of two days on location at
Hallett Dock Co. last fall lying in the dirt to capture just the right
shots of workers' Red Wing boots in action.

 

20110426: Compass Minerals presented its "Service Excellence Award" to
Hallett Dock Co. at a banquet in Kansas City in April. (L-R) Aaron
Taylor, logistics manager/highway, North American Salt; Angelo
Brisimitzakis, president and CEO, Compass Minerals;  Julie Porter, scale
operator, Hallett; Mike McCoshen, president and COO, Hallett; and G.O.
Young, VP sales and marketing/highway, North American Salt.

 

 

J. M. (Mike) McCoshen

President & COO

Hallett Dock Company

(218) 628-2281

jmmccoshen at hallettdock.com

 

 

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