FOCUS Magazine

Systems and Performance Improvement-Staffing Changes Thank You and Best Wishes… Lisa King – Document Controller Lisa has left Ergon to pursue her interest in art and poetry and is continuing her education at Hinds Community College. We thank Lisa for her contribution to our department and wish her and her family continued success. Welcome to [...]

Hearty congratulations are extended to Ergon Asphalt & Emulsion, Inc. – Technical Coatings Division, for becoming registered to ISO 9001:2000 in May of 2004. “Ertech” joined Asphalt & Emulsion family of services or products in 1998 to produce a variety of industrial coatings and applications, including sound dampening insulation used as under-coatings for the automotive [...]

Have you wondered at the history, status and goals of Ergon’s family of companies in relation to the International Organization of Standardization (ISO) Management Requirements and Quality Standards? Ergon’s commitment to quality began in 1954 with Mr. Lampton’s work ethic, innovative thinking and business standard for customer satisfaction. The additional mechanism we espoused to demonstrate [...]

Ergon is especially excited to welcome the people, their capabilities and facilities that joined our Family of Products and Services last summer. Specialty Process Fabricators, Inc. (“SpecFab”) is located at 2353 Haining Road in Vicksburg, Mississippi, among neighbors Ergon Maintenance Services, Inc., Magnolia Marine Transport Co., Ergon Terminaling, Inc. – Vicksburg and Ergon Refining, Inc. [...]

Protecting People and Property Recently, Ergon, Inc., entered into a contract with the National Safety Council (NSC) to become a private training center for the 6/8-hour Defensive Driving Course (DDC-6/8).  This spring, the need for this training was communicated by our insurers to Janis Erikson of the Risk Management Department. Janis requested the Systems & [...]

The corporate offices of Ergon, Inc., in Jackson, Mississippi are offering monthly company orientation classes for newly-hired employees and college interns. While the classes are designed for full-time regular and part-time or temporary employees as well as college exchange interns, tenured employees are also invited to attend. The first class was held in July and, [...]

“BAM!” That’s the playful exclamation as Lion Oil Company’s emergency response employees throw down any of fifteen rescue knots, challenging teammates to inspect. Unit Operator Spencer Callaway describes, “The competition among ourselves has been one of the best motivators to improve our skills.” Aside from accuracy and integrity of rescue knots, they also race each [...]

Think of them as “Point Guards” for Quality. In basketball, point guards have perhaps the most specialized role of any position on the team – essentially, they are expected to run the team’s offense by controlling the ball and to make sure that it gets to the right players at the right times. Above all, [...]