Kadant GranTek
Led by: Mike Rader, President
Headquarters: Green Bay
Founded: 1989
kadantgrantek.com
Kadant GranTek believes the “best ideas are born by empowering our people, investing in them and providing continuous development opportunities.”
With just 5% voluntary turnover, most of Kadant GranTek’s team of business professionals, engineers, manufacturers, designers and innovators seem to be finding what they’re looking for.
The company, which turns papermaking waste into products for crop protection, green space maintenance, industrial absorbents and cat box fillers, supports its team with ongoing learning opportunities. That includes external technical training, apprenticeships, leadership development and educational reimbursement.
The company offers two EAPs as well as benefits that encourage wellness and work/life balance, including subsidized health club memberships, clothing allowances for plant workers, holiday gifts and new employee retention bonuses.
Kadant GranTek offers flexible work hours, generous sick time accumulation and attempts “to maintain a very low employee contribution to health care costs,” says President Mike Rader. It also offers partially paid parental leave, adoption benefits and a pension plan or retirement plans with company contribution, as well as a performance-based bonus plan.
Additionally, the company offers an Employee Stock Purchase Plan and encourages giving in the community by matching employees’ charitable donations.
“We continually look for ways to reward our employees,” says Plant Manager Ken Wright, “knowing that the plant work can be physically demanding and that the job climate remains competitive.”
