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Do not use Tower Inquiry (采购产品): Do not use Tower Tower Oil: Stolen Formula or Business as Usual Everyone in the metalworking business has had to face the pressure of rising prices. But I think the newly appointed (4th qtr 2007) president of Tower Oil, Kirk McCubbin cracked under the pressure and took a dishonest approach to the problem. He decided that rather than continue to buy a product from a manufacturer and resell as a Tower product, it would be better to steal the formula and make it internally. Metalloid had been selling DF675 to Tower for some time. They continued to raise prices and Tower’s margin decreased. About the time McCubbin became president, Metalloid removed Bob McKay from their company. McCubbin took this opportunity to hire McKay as a ‘consultant’. McCubbin’s words were, “I want the exact formula so we can continue to supply KrisDee without interruption.” Without any development work at Tower McKay supplied the formula and Tower made the product in their manufacturing facility. They then supplied KrisDee with the product without ever letting them know about the change. The proof of this is not just the formula sent to my personal email box by McKay. It is the fact that this product was no longer ordered from Metalloid, new raw materials were ordered by Tower to make the product, and KrisDee had uninterrupted supply of their product. Metalloid should be receiving compensation for the lost sales due to Tower Oil’s unique approach to solving the profit margin issue for one of their products. And what about KrisDee? They have been deceived by their supplier. They were using a stolen formula. Ethically should they even be using this product? It was manufactured differently and certainly had different properties. When KrisDee did notice differences in the product, the issues were explained away by Tower as mixing problems or some other reason. Never was it explained to KrisDee the truth about the new supply and manufacturing of the product. This does not appear be ethical business practice or is it? Only the metalworking industry can decide. Tower belongs to several business organizations. ILMA, for one, actually has a code of ethics and two sections are quoted below. Members shall: “comply with all laws and regulations relating to the manufacture and distribution of lubricants, including applicable antitrust, . . .” “always be guided by a spirit of justice, honor, and fairness within their communities and in all dealings with other members of the lubricants industry and with associated industries.” I would hope that the ethics committee would review this situation and determine whether Tower Oil has stolen a formula or if it is business as usual in the metalworking industry. The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International (FMA) has a section called the Roll Forming Technology Council and a mission statement that reads, “To encourage and support the dissemination of technical information through educational programs, to promote the roll forming industry and to provide a forum for sharing technology in order to improve the quality and productivity of today’s business.” Kirk McCubbin is on that council and it seems he has found a unique way for ‘sharing’ technology. I don’t think what McCubbin has done is exactly what is meant by sharing in this mission statement and the FMA should look closely at whether McCubbin is the type of person they want representing their ideals. The STLE also knows what a vindictive man McCubbin is. Another chemist, drivien from Tower to find a better place to work, successfully found a superior opportunity. Rather than accept the fact that Tower had caused this chemist to leave, McCubbin went after the STLE because he thought allowing metalworking recruiters at STLE monthly meetings was the cause of his chemist’s successful departure from Tower. As a former employee of Tower, I can testify first hand that McCubbin is not “guided by a spirit of justice, honor, and fairness . . . in all dealings with other members of the lubricants industry.” Tower is holding my last paycheck. Why? Because I left a place that is being run by a madman with poor skills at managing time and resources, and no consideration for the welfare of the employees. My wife and I have been lied to by the managers of Tower Oil. They even lied to the Labor Department about mailing my check to ‘the address on record’. They sent a copy of the front of check but not the back knowing it had never been mailed and therefore not endorsed. My response to the Labor Department about Tower’s claim to have mailed the check is below. To put it plain and simple Tower Oil is lying. While I was working at Tower Oil, I was paid through direct deposit. Our bank statement shows the last monthly deposit was June 16, 2007. A copy of the bank statement can be provided by my wife. Why would they change the way the money was routed to me unless they were up to something dishonest? When Tower was contacted by my wife about the last check not arriving around the expected time in July, Ron Bielich first told my wife he wasn’t sure what was going on. On a subsequent call Ron Bielich told my wife that the lawyers had the check. He failed to mention that in his statement to the Labor Department If this was really a situation where the check was mailed, and it didn’t arrive, and if Tower was actually interested in resolving this, they would have checked with their payroll company and their bank, realized that the check had not been cashed, and issued another one. If Tower mailing the check was the real situation, we would not be requesting assistance through the Labor Department. Since the payment was not deposited into our account, or did not arrive by mail, and because of Ron Bielich’s statements to my wife, we have had to request assistance from the Labor Department to resolve this issue. We would have rather handled this simply, so we could have the money that we were supposed to have back in July, rather than working to get the money in the middle of September. So is it “Stolen Formula or Business as Usual”? I think the information provided shows how this particular company operates. Companies that hold themselves to a higher standard should distance themselves from Tower. Tom Overstreet tomatbl@hotmail.com **** Hidden Message ***** Tom Overstreet 60632 Company: Integrity in Metalworking E-mail: tomatbl@hotmail.com **** Hidden Message ***** tomatbl@hotmail.com |
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