[Roblynn]

I manage the only brick producing plant in Michigan. The corporation owns about 7 plants in the East Region, another four or five in Texas and some plants in Canada-heh. At full output we are capable of producing about 86 million brick/year but with the current economy we have been producing about 12 to 14 million/year. We have two Harrop tunnel kilns with about 86 natural gas burners on each. We have only had one kiln running for about the last 5 years. Don't know when we will see the second one fired up. Our product is made from a shale based material mined on our own property here. This is also the site of Michigans first coal mine. That was quite a while ago! This location went from coal production to vetrified drain tile and then to brick.

I started here as an electrician with a degree in Digital Electronics back in 1986. I quickly found out that the +/- 5 volts DC is a long way from 480V three phase!! Worked my way from being an electrician to a production supervisor, then to maintenance manager, then superintendent and finally to manager.

Rob