Hamilton Sundstrand Retiree Breakfast
Plant 6  Rockford, IL
Dec. 1, 2007
If you missed it.. about 150 showed up for breafast, talk by Clif Jacobs (VP), and
a tour of the APSIF test facility.

HS Breakfast Dec 10, 2007

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Retirees,

One hundred and fifty retirees and guests had a great breakfast and tour of the 787 mockup at plant 6 yesterday, 12-10. Unfortunately, Tim Morris, the Rockford President was calleed to headquarters in Winsor Locks and was not able to speak to us. As a substitute he asked Colleen Carroll to read the following message. I was told that he still wanted to talk to us in person and that he will do it in the future.

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Dec. 10, 2007: Hamilton Sundstrand Retiree Breakfast:

I regret not being able to be there with you today as you hold your first monthly retiree meeting at Hamilton Sundstrand. It was my plan to speak to you in person, but unfortunately, business got in the way - and I needed to participate in some key meetings that are occurring this week in Connecticut.

Collectively, you represent a huge wealth of experience with either Sundstrand or Hamilton Sundstrand, and we appreciate that you remain tied to the company and interested in the work we're doing here.

With over 30 years' experience with the company myself, almost half of them right here in Rockford, I believe I understand what this company means to many of you and I share your sense of pride and commitment.

We're known in Rockford, and indeed throughout the industry, for our ability to transform what we touch by developing industry-leading technologies and incorporating them into successful products and systems. Increasingly we're becoming known, too, for our systems integration capabilities - and you'll see some examples of that during your tour today.

We also continue to be known as a strong global business with consistent returns and a strong commitment to ethical operations. And we're tremendously proud of our impact in the Rockford area. As many of you know, we don't sell our products to any company in Rockford, so that means our sales represent import dollars, not recycled dollars, into the regional economy, including ~$250M that we contribute annually to the Rockford area, through payroll, procurement and other operations, and community support.

A lot has changed since Sundstrand merged with Hamilton Standard in 1999, so much of it positive. From a financial standpoint, for example, Sundstrand's 1998 sales, prior to the merger, were $2B. That was $2B from all operations throughout the world - including all aerospace operations and all industrial operations (from Falk, Milton Roy, Sundyne and Sullair).

This year, not even ten years later, we will ship over $1B of product - from the Rockford site alone. That's an incredible achievement, and it shows the continued growth potential of this operation, from existing programs and new programs like the Airbus A400M, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and the Boeing 787 that you'll learn more about today.

Finally, we continue to be known as a source of great jobs for some of the greatest minds in the business. Earlier this year, Hamilton Sundstrand ranked second among Aerospace and Defense companies for meaningful work and the technological challenges that our work provides to our employees. This type of distinction helps us attract the best talent to the company, and to the Rockford area. On the tour, you'll see 787 work that is being done right here in Rockford, and nowhere else in the world, including at Boeing. The trust that Boeing has put in us to perform on their advanced airplane is truly humbling.

As we look back throughout the company's first 100 years in business, there were several points at which the company took a giant, calculated leap into the next great phase of business. I believe we're currently in one of those phases as we help reinvent how aircraft and spacecraft systems function and are integrated. It requires us to develop and quickly mature new technologies in order to meet the demands of new platforms, and increasingly, to work with suppliers and partners all over the world to produce those products. 

Many of you were involved in some of those past technological leaps - and you know they aren't easy. Sometimes they keep us up at night, sometimes we wonder whether we'll be able to navigate and succeed -- when each day brings another new challenge. But we are succeeding, as you did, and we hope to provide a sound, growing business for those who come after us, just like you did for those who followed behind you.

Having you here this morning gives us a chance to thank all of you - for everything you did to build a great company and provide us the opportunities we have today. We sincerely owe you great thanks. We're very proud of this company, our role in Rockford and our role in the World - and we appreciate the work you've done to build a company with such a bright future.

Again, thank you for coming today.  I hope you enjoy yourself as you get a glimpse of what your company has been doing over the last few years -- and I look forward to talking with you in one of your subsequent meetings.

Sincerely, Tim Morris, President Aerospace Power Systems

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Our vice president, Cliff Jacobs, gave a great substitute talk followed by a short presentation on the 787 mockup brior to the tour by Ron Mussleman.

Pictures of most of the 150 attending can be viewed right here, following this text.

Dick Aleshire
Credit all the FINE pictures to our Photographer, Harriet Brown. Her effort is so greatly appreciated by all of us.....

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Warren McGhee   Karl Burdick	Stan Stark   Bill Widgett	Esther Dolan     Clarence Dolan
John Dhyanchand        Vern Mosuil	Mrs. Mosuil   Carol Waxler	Carol Waxler     Ron Waxler
Lorna Carlson    Russ Carlson	Tom Fulton     Jan Fulton	Ed Linkenheld
Mary Aleshire      Barb Bowman	Don Bissell       Dick Aleshire	Marilyn Cain    Jim Cain
Tom Ransick            Jim Chambers	Marge Ransick       Tom Ransick	Jim Vickery     Linda Vickery
Jim and Jacquelyn Diverdi	Elaine Murphy   Bob Murphy	Rick Bienvenu    ?????
Fred Pearson	Lillian Murland    Don Murland	Verna Kobischka
Roberta Carlson     Warren Carlson	Warren McGhee     Karl Burdick	Irv Schnieder               Tom Baehler
Bill George	Jud Dahlmide   Fran Dahlmide	Karl Burdick    Rod Calacci
LaVonne Arendsee    Vera Nordquist-Rabe	Orvin Berquist     Jakie Nesman	Dave Whitehouse    John Mann
Howard Handlogten   Bob Miller	Rich Niggeman    Joy Cutsforth	Russ Rourke    Own Briles
Jerry Lichtfuss     Cliff  Hall	Gary  Winke   Tom Rozanas	Lou Suit
Marlene Winke      Judy Suit	Don Ozburn   Steve Symes	John Anderson     Betty Rourke
Rchard Fandel     Tony Zarembski	Ted Biondo	Mark Lewis      Pat Lewis
Mario Calvagna      Mailyn Calvagna	Carl Lind	Elsie Lundvall      Mrs. Clemons
Margurerite Coe	Bob Behling	Donald Young
Ann Morris Dick Morris	Sandi Milburn     Jim Diverdi	Amy Schlaf   Gertrude Baclet
Pam Ulrich	JoAnne Letzinger    Bob Letzinger	Verne Winter
Jim Brazis  Nana Brazis	Floyd Brauer    Lois Brauer	Frank Cargolitto
Tony Zaremski	Duane Teske	Wilma Latham    Ken Brown
Gene Lindsay  Sandi Lindsay	Gary Hunt   Dave Donahue	Ron VanKessel    Dee VanKessel
Chuck Anderson    Marcia Anderson	Dick Spencer    Rick Bienvenu	Shirley Malavoti   Jim Malavoti
Hal Rowland  James Swanner	Marge Smith      Dennis Smith	Norma Hefferman
Colleen Carol (HS REP)	Clif Jacobs (Speaker) VP/General Manager, Hamilton Sundstrand Electric Systems	Art Shaw
Harriet Brown       Stan Stark	Stan Stark , winner of one of 9 center  pieces

Ron Musselman, Colleen Carroll, ChristineDiebold

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