Newcomb Spring Announces Company Match of Spring Manufacturers Institute Scholarship
Decatur, GA - April 5, 2011 - Decatur, GA-based Newcomb Spring Corp today announced the Company has awarded a matching scholarship to the child of a Newcomb Spring employee.
The $2,000 scholarship, awarded by the Spring Manufacturers Institute (SMI) through its SMI Regional Scholarship program, was awarded to Ms. Heidi S. Lewis, a student majoring in marketing at the School of Business at Metropolitan State College of Denver. Ms. Lewis is the daughter of Ms. Deborah Turner, an employee at Newcomb Spring of Colorado, one of the company's manufacturing facilities, located in Thornton, CO. Newcomb Spring Corp is matching the scholarship with a $2,000 award to Ms. Lewis.
"We are pleased to offer this scholarship match to Heidi," said Robert Jacobson, President of Newcomb Spring. "Our company has had a long history with the SMI. Newcomb Spring is one of the charter members of the organization, my father and brother both served terms as president, and our company is still an active member. When we became aware that a SMI scholarship had been awarded to the daughter of one of our employees, we decided to commemorate her achievement with a matching gift. We wish her every success."
About SMI The Spring Manufacturers Institute (SMI), founded in 1933, is an association of companies that manufacture springs, and their associate suppliers. The members of SMI work together to meet the key issues of the industry worldwide: quality, materials, technology, government regulations. The SMI Regional Scholarship Program was established to assist member company employees and their dependent children who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school programs. Additional information is available at www.smihq.org/public/scholarship.html.
About Newcomb Spring Corporation Newcomb Spring Corporation is a worldwide supplier of compression, extension, torsion and double torsion springs, wire, strip and flat forms, stampings and battery contact springs to many industries including aerospace, agricultural, automotive, computer, medical, military and telecommunications. Family owned and operated, Newcomb operates with ISO 9001-certified quality systems and is a registered ITAR manufacturer with locations in Decatur, GA (headquarters), CA, CO, CT, NC, TN, TX and Ontario, Canada, as well as Resortes Newcomb, based in El Paso, TX (serving the needs of Mexico and Latin America). Newcomb delivers a wide range of material capabilities in the manufacture of metal components, ranging from carbon steels to high-nickel alloys, and specializes in reliability, rapid response times, and stringent quality control. Newcomb is experienced in producing complex and unique parts with extremely strict adherence to specifications, even in situations that use special materials (including nomonic 90, elgiloy, inconel, phynox and more).
Please contact the Newcomb Spring facility nearest you for more information on our capabilities in the manufacturing of springs, stampings and wire forms.
