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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to congratulate the Plymouth Tube Company
4 on the occasion of its 100th anniversary; and
5 WHEREAS, The Plymouth Tube Company is a fifth-generation,
6 family-owned U.S. manufacturing company, classed as a small
7 business and headquartered in Warrenville; the company was
8 founded in Plymouth, Michigan in 1924 and specializes in the
9 manufacturing of steel tubing and titanium and steel
10 extrusions for demanding use in a variety of markets; and
11 WHEREAS, The Plymouth Tube Company has grown into a
12 supplier for a multitude of markets, including aerospace, life
13 sciences, fluid power, automation, chemical processing, heavy
14 equipment, nuclear energy, performance racing, space
15 propulsion, industrial markets, and more, which shapes its
16 legacy of innovation and continued growth; and
17 WHEREAS, The Plymouth Tube Company regularly participates
18 in air shows, including the Paris Air Show and the Farnborough
19 International Airshow, which brings together leaders in the
20 aerospace and defense industries to display their latest
21 innovations, including the Plymouth Tube Company's titanium
22 extrusions and stainless steel tubing; and
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1 WHEREAS, The Plymouth Tube Company also encourages its
2 employees to give back to their communities through volunteer
3 service, specifically challenging them to record a minimum of
4 100 hours of service or volunteerism per site by September 11,
5 2024 in honor of Patriot Day; employees recorded a total of
6 1,633 hours of service, which included sports coaching, elder
7 care, crisis center assistance, natural disaster relief,
8 veteran support, animal rescue, and blood drives; and
9 WHEREAS, The Plymouth Tube Company has engineered
10 innovations that originated from customer interactions,
11 including nuclear thimble tubes to house the nuclear reactor
12 temperature gauges, near-net titanium extrusions for weight
13 and material savings for both commercial and defense aviation
14 applications, and Plymouth ProMoly race car chassis tubing
15 that keeps drivers safe during race day crashes; and
16 WHEREAS, The Plymouth Tube Company has implemented waste
17 reduction techniques that include benefits for environmental
18 sustainability and cost reduction, which, according to the
19 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, eliminated a costly
20 hazardous waste stream of ink by changing the printing process
21 at one manufacturing facility; in addition, the team at a
22 different Plymouth Tube Company facility identified and
23 completed a 13.5 million standard cubic feet per year
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1 reduction in hydrogen usage; therefore, be it
2 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
3 HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
4 we congratulate the Plymouth Tube Company on the occasion of
5 its 100th anniversary and commend the continued commitment by
6 the employees, executives, and leadership to support and
7 supply American markets with high-quality tubing; and be it
8 further
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