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Rotary Club Hears from Union Tank Official

ROTARY CLUB MEETING

OCTOBER  7, 2014

 

   The Ville Platte Rotary Club today (Tuesday) heard from Steve Williams, plant manager of Union Tank Car Company. Williams, a native of Winfield served 27 years in the Air Force. Union Tank began as UTLX owned by the Rockefeller family to transport their Standard Oil nationwide. Union Tank leases cars to private companies and is the largest owner of tank cars in the country. The company has six maintenance facilities in the United States including Ville Platte. The local plant employs 126 hourly workers and 21 salaried employees.  He explained that the workers have a tough job especially in the summer working in those hot rail cars. His company is currently training 48 welders at the Coreil Campus in a special two week program. Williams was the special guest of Rotarian Dr. Joey Soileau.

    In other business, Rotary Club President David Mayeaux presented a $100 check on behalf of the club to the Faith House of Ville Platte.

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