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    Five JASPER Associates were recognized in January by CEO Doug Bawel as winners of the annual ‘Do It Right’ Award for 2022.​   Throughout the year supervisors, or fellow Associates, can nominate Associates for the ‘Do It Right’ Award. An Associate may be nominated for any form of outstanding service to JASPER, its Associates, or customers. ​   A total of 28 Associates were nominated for their services in 2022. ​At the end of the year management revi...

    Five JASPER Associates were recognized in January by CEO Doug Bawel as winners of the annual ‘Do It Right’ Award for 2022.​   Throughout the year supervisors, or fellow Associates, can nominate Associates for the ‘Do It Right’ Award. An Associate may be nominated for any form of outstanding service to JASPER, its Associates, or customers. ​   A total of 28 Associates were nominated for their services in 2022. ​At the end of the year management revi...

(Left to Right) Becki Gehlhausen was named Operations Manager for the Diesel Division.  Russell Haag was named Gas Division Manager for the Jasper, Indiana, facility.  Kyle Holzbog was named Operations Manager for the Crawford County Gas Division.  Bradley Guy was named Operations Manager for the Willow Springs, Missouri, Gas Division.   Jasper Engines & Transmissions has announced the following changes in production leadership. Becki Gehlhausen was named Operations...

Ryan Dooley (left) was named Director of Diesel Manufacturing.  Scott Hoffman (center) was named Director of Gas Engine Manufacturing.  Matt Gregory (right) was named Plant Superintendent of the Willow Springs facility.   Jasper Engines & Transmissions has announced the following changes in production leadership. Ryan Dooley was named Director of Diesel Manufacturing, and Scott Hoffman was named Director of Gas Engine Manufacturing. In addition, JASPER named Matt Gregory the P...

Jasper Holdings, Inc. has named Matt Weinzapfel, President of Jasper Engines & Transmissions, headquartered in Jasper, Indiana. Zach Bawel, President of Jasper Holdings, Inc., shared, “We are excited to have Matt leading Jasper Engines & Transmissions. Matt’s cross-functional background of 30 years within JASPER® helps bring well-rounded ideas and perspectives to our Executive Leadership Team. We know Matt will help guide Jasper Engines & Transmissions as we continue to...

    Connect with JASPER is an innovative internship opportunity unlike any typical internship program. This partnership is unique to JASPER and encourages students to be creative and collaborate as a team to gain the most from their experience! The program is designed to develop students in three valuable areas of their life: professionally, personally, and culturally. For this program, JASPER is accepting students who have completed their first year of college, giving priority to chil...

    JASPER uses SLS printers to make parts suitable for use in production areas and to make tools that are sent with a unit to help with a customer’s installation.   3D printing is rapidly changing the manufacturing landscape. JASPER has adopted this technology not only for internal uses by our Associates but for our customers as well.   Also known as additive manufacturing, 3D printing allows the production, or printing, of physical parts from digital models created on a c...

      Jasper Endows Today & Tomorrow (JETT) presented ten 2022 grants totaling $29,670.00 in December to local and national non-profit organizations. These organizations include:   Young Women Lead – $2,500.00 Free Science – $2,500.00 H.U.G.S. Ranch – $3,800.00 Blackhawk Blessings – $2,500.00 Brothers for Veterans – $2,208.00 Jasper Strassenfest, Inc. – $156.65 Kids Repair Program – $1,000.00 Community Chew Endowment –...

  JASPER may surpass excellence in the never-ending quest to produce The Perfect Product. One of the ways we do that is through the use of cutting-edge technology, such as this LECO Mass Spectrometer. It’s used to measure the chemical compositions of different metal alloys within the components we use in remanufacturing.    “We use it to help us reverse-engineer different parts,” said JASPER Product Design Engineer Noah Fritchley. “We also use it to hold ou...

Active Fuel Management, or AFM for short, refers to cylinder deactivation. GM uses it to shut down cylinders under light load conditions to improve fuel economy with their V8 engines. However, Jasper Engines & Transmissions has determined the AFM system can cause some issues with the engine over time.   “In researching this engine, we found that most of the cores coming in had collapsed lifters,” said JASPER New Product Development Group Leader Brad Boeglin. “The collapsed li...