7 Leadership Lessons from Chris Wallbank
In a recent podcast hosted by Encouraging Leaders, our CEO, Chris Wallbank, shared his lessons and experiences as a leader of PJ Wallbank Springs. Here are 7 leadership lessons we can learn from Chris’ experience: Embrace Learning Over Winning: If you don’t win, it doesn’t mean you lose. True failure is the inability to learn. […]
Celebrating our 2024 STEM Scholarship Recipients
We’re thrilled to announce the recipients of our 2024 STEM Scholarship! At Wallbank Industrial, we believe the future of manufacturing is making an impact through people. We are honored to provide this inaugural scholarship to students in our Port Huron community and invest in the future of STEM and the next generation of innovators. Who […]
Walk the Talk: Operationalizing Your Core Values
Picture this… Your CEO and leadership team spend months in a conference room debating and perfecting the core values for your business. Six months later, those perfectly word-smithed values are converted to beautiful works of art hanging on the walls of your office and littered all over your company website like Times Square. At this […]
St. Clair County companies working to host COVID-19 vaccination clinics for employees, families
There were some younger than usual people at a Port Huron manufacturer Friday, as 2-year-olds Thomas Boyea, dressed as Spider-Man, played and Addison Williamson watched a kid’s show in her dad’s office. Both their families had come to 2005 Petit St. for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic, hosted by P.J. Wallbank Springs and sister company Edison […]
Inc. Magazine Unveils Its Annual List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies—the Inc. 5000
Inc. magazine today revealed that P.J. Wallbank Springs, Inc. is No. 4,123 on its 37th annual Inc. 5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses. Microsoft, Dell, Domino’s Pizza, Pandora, Timberland, […]
Port Huron company keeps internships going amid pandemic
Just beyond the bustle of the main shop floor of P.J. Wallbank Springs in Port Huron, Adam Tuckey, a student at Western Michigan University, sat in a room with other interns. He’s working on a project to improve the efficiency of workstations at the shop. He’s thinking of reorganizing bins used by workers. “The way […]
P.J. Wallbank Springs keeps internships going amid pandemic
Just beyond the bustle of the main shop floor of P.J. Wallbank Springs in Port Huron, Adam Tuckey, a student at Western Michigan University, sat in a room with other interns. He’s working on a project to improve the efficiency of workstations at the shop. He’s thinking of reorganizing bins used by workers. “The way […]
Cain: Zooming into kindergarten round up 2020
We look forward to the Kindergarten Round Up events our district plans each year as we welcome new families and our youngest learners. Their excitement as they begin their kindergarten journey is a great reminder of the positive impact of being an educator at Port Huron Schools. We are literally shaping lives. A great start […]
Robotics practice facility paying dividends for Blue Water teams
School-level robotics is growing rapidly countrywide, statewide, and especially throughout the Thumb. Thanks to team dedication and support from the community, many of our local teams are now enjoying their own practice field, the Blue Water Area Robotics Center. It all began when Chad Miller and Dan Kiehler, who were mentors for the Memphis Community […]
Does Port Huron have one of the most economically vital downtowns?
Kate Voss said the difference between downtown Port Huron seven years ago when she first opened her cafe versus now is “huge.” “Every storefront is filled,” said the owner of Kate’s Downtown. “I absolutely can feel the difference and the resurgence and I think it’s just going to keep getting better.” She said people have […]
