• UPM's Garden Grows!

    In true LIVESMART fashion, our Hartford, Connecticut team maintains a seasonal vegetable garden in a plot of land adjacent to the office.  During their breaks, staff members tend the garden and enjoy a bit o...

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  • Safety Topic: Blocking

    Have you seen a crucial block lately? We're not talking about football; we're talking about blocking as it relates to safety and your work area; blocking important elements of the workplace from access.  One...

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  • Avoiding Heat-Related Illness

    Every year, dozens of workers die and thousands more become ill while working in extreme heat or humid conditions. There are a range of heat illnesses and they can affect anyone, regardless of age or physica...

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  • ONI Company Collaboration Makes News in Modern Metals

    From its base in Birmingham, Alabama, O’Neal Industries (ONI) is a household name in the service center industry. It’s gigantic, with tentacles across North America and locations from Singapore to Southampto...

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  • First Aid Awareness

    There will be occasions when colleagues or customers may suffer injuries or be taken ill. When this happens it is important that they receive immediate attention and in serious cases that the emergency servi...

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  • The Importance of Safety Glasses

    Statistics provided by the U.S. Department of Labor suggest thousands of employees suffer from eye injuries every year, many resulting from work related injuries incurred when workers used inadequate eye pro...

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  • 4th of July Fireworks Safety

    The Forth of July holiday will be here soon, and one of our traditions inthe United States is to watch fireworks displays or shoot them off ourselves. Fireworks cause an average of almost 18,500 reported fir...

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  • UPM's FIRSTCUT+® Processing Services

    Our FIRSTCUT+® Processing Services include cut-to-length, slitting, edging, chamgering & facing, shearing, laser cutting, laser gauge measurement, water jet cutting, plasma cutting, sawing, precision col...

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  • Safety Topic: Got Water?

    In summer weather and other hot, humid working conditions, drinking enough water is vital to preventing heat illness. The most serious illness, heat stroke, can be fatal. It occurs when the body’s cooling sy...

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  • UPM Has a “Nose” for Helping Kids!

    On this special occasion, staff members of United Performance Metals put on a happy face…and a big, red nose.  Red Nose Day began in 1988 as a fundraiser to end child poverty around the world. To date, Red ...

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  • Safety Topic: Treat That Cut

    The shelves of drugstores and supermarkets are loaded with a variety of bandages and other first aid items, so it’s surprising how many people still get infections from untreated wounds. Small cuts and abras...

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  • We’re Proud to Announce Our Graduating Seniors for 2015!

    Shown first is UPM Vice President of Strategy and Marketing, Scott Fasse’s daughter, Samantha Fasse. Samantha graduated this year from Lakota West High School in West Chester, Ohio.  Samantha is a member of ...

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  • In Honor of Veterans Day...

          This year, as we recognized the 10th Anniversary of September 11th, it recaptured our attention and reminded us to be thankful for the freedom so many have fought for us to retain. That freedom has ...

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  • WWII Veteran William Magee Retains A Piece of Wartime History and Transforms It Into A Family Legacy

          When Airman William Magee's plane was hit during a bombing run in World War II, he parachuted to safety in the snowy hills of Southern Yugoslavia. Through the generosity of the Serbian partisans, Ma...

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  • UPM Runners Do The Shamrock Shuffle!

        Each spring, businesses and citizens of West Chester, Ohio and the surrounding area participate in a community race called The Shamrock Shuffle. This 6th annual event brings people together to celebrat...

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