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4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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5 | 5 | | 3 Representatives wish to congratulate the Plymouth Tube Company |
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6 | 6 | | 4 on the occasion of its 100th anniversary; and |
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7 | 7 | | 5 WHEREAS, The Plymouth Tube Company is a fifth-generation, |
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8 | 8 | | 6 family-owned U.S. manufacturing company, classed as a small |
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9 | 9 | | 7 business and headquartered in Warrenville; the company was |
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10 | 10 | | 8 founded in Plymouth, Michigan in 1924 and specializes in the |
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11 | 11 | | 9 manufacturing of steel tubing and titanium and steel |
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12 | 12 | | 10 extrusions for demanding use in a variety of markets; and |
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13 | 13 | | 11 WHEREAS, The Plymouth Tube Company has grown into a |
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14 | 14 | | 12 supplier for a multitude of markets, including aerospace, life |
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15 | 15 | | 13 sciences, fluid power, automation, chemical processing, heavy |
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16 | 16 | | 14 equipment, nuclear energy, performance racing, space |
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17 | 17 | | 15 propulsion, industrial markets, and more, which shapes its |
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18 | 18 | | 16 legacy of innovation and continued growth; and |
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19 | 19 | | 17 WHEREAS, The Plymouth Tube Company regularly participates |
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20 | 20 | | 18 in air shows, including the Paris Air Show and the Farnborough |
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21 | 21 | | 19 International Airshow, which brings together leaders in the |
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22 | 22 | | 20 aerospace and defense industries to display their latest |
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23 | 23 | | 21 innovations, including the Plymouth Tube Company's titanium |
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24 | 24 | | 22 extrusions and stainless steel tubing; and |
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33 | 33 | | 1 WHEREAS, The Plymouth Tube Company also encourages its |
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34 | 34 | | 2 employees to give back to their communities through volunteer |
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35 | 35 | | 3 service, specifically challenging them to record a minimum of |
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36 | 36 | | 4 100 hours of service or volunteerism per site by September 11, |
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37 | 37 | | 5 2024 in honor of Patriot Day; employees recorded a total of |
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38 | 38 | | 6 1,633 hours of service, which included sports coaching, elder |
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39 | 39 | | 7 care, crisis center assistance, natural disaster relief, |
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40 | 40 | | 8 veteran support, animal rescue, and blood drives; and |
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41 | 41 | | 9 WHEREAS, The Plymouth Tube Company has engineered |
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42 | 42 | | 10 innovations that originated from customer interactions, |
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43 | 43 | | 11 including nuclear thimble tubes to house the nuclear reactor |
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44 | 44 | | 12 temperature gauges, near-net titanium extrusions for weight |
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45 | 45 | | 13 and material savings for both commercial and defense aviation |
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46 | 46 | | 14 applications, and Plymouth ProMoly race car chassis tubing |
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47 | 47 | | 15 that keeps drivers safe during race day crashes; and |
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48 | 48 | | 16 WHEREAS, The Plymouth Tube Company has implemented waste |
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49 | 49 | | 17 reduction techniques that include benefits for environmental |
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50 | 50 | | 18 sustainability and cost reduction, which, according to the |
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51 | 51 | | 19 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, eliminated a costly |
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52 | 52 | | 20 hazardous waste stream of ink by changing the printing process |
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53 | 53 | | 21 at one manufacturing facility; in addition, the team at a |
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54 | 54 | | 22 different Plymouth Tube Company facility identified and |
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55 | 55 | | 23 completed a 13.5 million standard cubic feet per year |
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66 | 66 | | 1 reduction in hydrogen usage; therefore, be it |
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67 | 67 | | 2 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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68 | 68 | | 3 HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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69 | 69 | | 4 we congratulate the Plymouth Tube Company on the occasion of |
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70 | 70 | | 5 its 100th anniversary and commend the continued commitment by |
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71 | 71 | | 6 the employees, executives, and leadership to support and |
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72 | 72 | | 7 supply American markets with high-quality tubing; and be it |
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