Kirsh Foundry

10/21/2025

This past Saturday, we hosted our yearly employee banquet at Bayside Supper Club. We had several service awards to hand out - Elvia for 5 years of service, Dan for 10 years of service, and 5 15 year awards to Terry, Dustin, Amy, Jack, and Andy! 2010 must have been a great year for hiring at Kirsh! We want to thank our vendors for their prize donations - this year we were lucky enough to have so many prizes that everyone won at least once.

Crown Lift Trucks
Bassett Mechanical
Refractory Insulation
General Kinematics
Lunda
R&R Insurance
Thompson Safety
Wasmer Company
Jadco

The biggest prize of the night was our Otto Buchholz award - this is our 20th year presenting this award, and we were lucky enough to have Otto's son Steven join us for the presentation. Mario Rodriguez was the winner! We are thankful for Mario's 18 years of service to Kirsh Foundry.

Thank you again to our employees for their hard work and dedication to Kirsh Foundry, and to Bayside for always being great hosts!

02/19/2025

It's been awhile - let's do an employee spotlight!

Jessica was hired as our Process Engineer in October 2024. She originally went to school for hospitality, but after seeing her dad work in a foundry and few years working as summer help, she was hooked into foundry life! Jessica enjoys her job because she is able to look at the big picture of the plant and see how small changes can make a big difference. She also enjoys the Kirsh culture and how employees work together (which we love to hear!)

In her free time she loves to hang out with her boyfriend and their two dogs, Lany & Kenzie, as well as play Sims 4 and collect Pokemon cards! She recommends Roadhouse Pizza or Fox and Crow Bistro to eat if you ever make your way to Ripon!

We are very happy to have Jessica aboard the Kirsh Team!

02/14/2025

Working on your birthday is great when you've got a team like this! The core room threw Michele a birthday lunch yesterday to celebrate her. We are so lucky at Kirsh to have a wonderful team of people! We hope you had a great birthday Michele!

12/12/2024

Yesterday we had a fantastic buffet of food catered by Lupita's Market! Lupita's is always our go to for catering our Christmas Luncheon. They knock it out of the park every year!

10/21/2024

This past Saturday we had our annual employee banquet at Bayside Supper Club where we celebrated our employees hard work over this past year. Faye, Mike, and Eric were there to receive their service awards as well! Faye celebrated 5 years, Eric with 20, and Mike with 30! It is extra special that Mike and Eric are father and son! We were very fortunate this year to have many of our raffle prizes be donated by our business partners. Our two grand prize winners were Dan with the TV and David with a custom fire ring made by Bassett Mechanical. Tom Ravanelli was named the Otto Buchholz Foundryman of the Year!

Thank you to Wasmer Company, Bassett Mechanical, Lunda Construction, Weimer Bearing, Refractory & Insulation, Jadco, Faith Technologies, Thompson Safety, R&R Insurance, and General Kinematics for their generous prize donations, and thank you to Bayside Supper Club for being a great host to us all of these years!

09/27/2024

Yesterday we received a vending machine upgrade! We are excited about our new market provided by Avenue C/Canteen! We are looking forward to having more options as well as fresh food for our employees.

09/09/2024

https://www.jensenfuneralandcremation.com/obituary/gregory-greg-beers

We are deeply saddened by the loss of one of our own, Greg Beers. Greg was dedicated to Kirsh Foundry for 36 years, and was instrumental in the creation of our Pattern Shop. He loved the work he did and will be missed by everyone at Kirsh Foundry. Our hearts go out to his family, friends, and loved ones.

Gregory D. Greg Beers, age 60, passed away surrounded by his family on Saturday, September 7, 2024, at his happy place around the campfire. Greg was born on February 13, 1964, to Dennis and Karen Oliver Beers in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. He married the love of his life, Karla Nelson,

04/05/2024

A big week for Mike! Tuesday he celebrated his birthday and yesterday he celebrated 30 years of service with Kirsh Foundry. We are very lucky to have him on our team for all of these years! Thank you Mike for your years of service! 🥳

Thank you Beaver Dam Food Pride for the yummy cake! 😁

05/24/2023

Employee Spotlight - Meet Kailey!

Kailey has been with Kirsh Foundry since February 2022. She started out as an Auto Grinder Operator but moved to our molding department last fall and has been kicking butt ever since! She is one of Kirsh Foundry's only female molding operators and we are very proud to have her on board.

In her free time she likes to hike, spend time with family, and walk her dog, a 3-year old husky.

She likes the challenge that her job brings as well as the people that she gets to work with and says it feels like family.

She recommends Red Apple Cafe in Hartford for a great breakfast!

Thank you for all you do Kailey!

05/10/2023

Today we celebrated our Design Engineer Randy. He is "semi" retiring this week and moving to a more part time status. Today happened to be his birthday as well!

Thank you for all you do Randy and best of luck on the golf course this summer!

Thank you to Cousins Subs and Beaver Dam Food Pride for catering subs and cake!