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Steve Sester | October 17, 2018
Rain or shine ESCO employees take on an ambitious project each year
along the Oregon Coast: the annual Boy Scouts of America Build at Camp Clark.
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Clinton Wood | October 5, 2018
It’s uncommon for people to connect mining with innovation or high-tech, but the small part Clinton gets to play in the industry allows him to actively contribute to the full product life cycle every day and be part of the continued success of a world-class brand.
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Eric Blackburn | September 19, 2018
ESCO fires up its casting booth at the annual OMSI Maker Faire held on September 15-16, 2018. While ESCO’s connection to OMSI is deeply rooted in the Swigert family, its legacy will live on and grow as our community and our society continues to focus on STEM education.
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Kat Robinson | September 5, 2018
Not many Portlanders know that Slabtown gets its name from the large quantities of slab wood. We’ve been designing and manufacturing innovative products in the neighborhood since 1913. Join us at the 2018 Slabtown Festival on September 8.
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Daniel Widlund | August 22, 2018
Portland State University students gain major support with their research-based projects in collaboration with the Oregon Metals Initiative. Learn why this type of initiative hits close to home for ESCO's Chief Metallurgist.
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August 8, 2018
Brothers Pha and Phai, and their cousin Hue, all started their careers at ESCO working in operations. Today they work in the Hank Swigert Center for Innovation, but the paths they each took to reach that point and find their passion for innovation and engineering varied.
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July 25, 2018
As one of few current ESCO employees who has worked for Weir in the past, Hamilton has the unique experience of watching his career co me full circle as the two companies become one.
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James Ritzman | July 11, 2018
LEGOs is a perfect medium for learning, because it is intrinsically modular, includes interconnectable parts, and you can easily use existing elements to build prototypes and test hypotheses. An ESCO colleague shows us how he is inspiring the future STEM leaders of tomorrow just as FIRST LEGO League seeks to do.
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by Steven Hyde | June 27, 2018
Oregon will have an estimated 40,000 new job openings per year in STEM-related fields by 2020. When looking at current and future STEM jobs in Oregon, it is ever more important that we continue to support all partnerships between industry and STEM programming like Baja SAE Oregon.
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by Nancy Schmugge | June 12, 2018
I recently joined the Board of Directors
for Camp Fire Columbia, a youth development organization that aims to build caring, confident youth and
future leaders. In serving as a Camp Fire board member, I recognized that a major part of our culture at ESCO is about supporting the communities where we live and work.
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by Beatriz Moraga | June 1, 2018
Beatriz Moraga shares how her days as a student attending Portland State University and ESCO's support to higher education led her to landing a dream job with our company.
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by Dan Kearsley | May 17, 2018
For our annual Take Your Child to Work Day event on April 26, we hosted a
fun, hands-on experience for children of
ESCO employees. This is a U.S.-based event best known for introducing careers to children of all ages. At ESCO we
offered a variety of activities showcasing what we do
as a company, as well as the educational and career opportunities
that exist in
different fields.
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by Dziugas Radzius | May 2, 2018
More than 30 ESCO volunteers dedicated their Friday afternoon
to wheel-barrowing 12,500 pounds of large rocks and gravel to be staged for
future trail work later this summer.
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by Todd Steimer | April 24, 2018
We have many
outstanding employees here at ESCO, but it is important to recognize the unsung
heroes—those whose contributions often take place behind the scenes. Misty
Rogers, our North American systems manager, is one of those unsung heroes.
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by Kevin Stangeland | April 4, 2018
I’d like to
highlight a group of high school students right here in our own backyard who
sought new opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).
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by Brittni Beers-Branco | March 21, 2018
In
recognition of International Women’s Day, ESCO recently held an event for our
female employees both in Portland and across the United States based on the
book, Lean In, by Facebook COO Sheryl
Sandberg.
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by Sarah Heiner | March 7, 2018
Many industries, civic leaders and non-profits have wrestled with the question of how to bring more women into the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) workforce and support career advancement.
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by Anna Thames | February 21, 2018
As one of the leading engineering companies in the world, ESCO is dedicated to expanding student interest and access to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. But, with all of the noise and distraction in the world, how do we cut through the chaos and encourage students to engage with STEM education tools?
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by Jon Owens | February 14, 2018
For many companies like Esco, the question remains: What will we need our workers to do in the future?
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