UPT SIFE TEAM TOURS WEYERHAEUSER NORTHWEST HARDWOOD FACILITY 

TITUSVILLE, Oct. 20 -- The University of Pittsburgh at Titusville Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) Team recently toured the Weyerhaeuser mill and warehouse facility located in the Titusville Industrial Park.

Rick Motter, Safety and Environmental Manager for Weyerhaeuser Northwest Hardwoods and a member of the SIFE TEAM Advisory Board, organized the tour.  Also participating in the company overview and tour were Dave Hanson, Business Manager, Chris Ellis, Mill Operations Manager, and Aaron Madden, Safety Coordinator Assistant.

Weyerhaeuser is an international forest products company.  They have been ranked in the Fortune 200 since 1956, and they are number one in their industry in social responsibility.  The Titusville division of Weyerhaeuser Choice Wood employs approximately 200 people.

SIFE is a nonprofit international organization with teams on over 1400 college campuses in over 33 countries. The UPT SIFE Team learns about, teaches others, and practices free enterprise.

For more information on SIFE, contact Melanie Anderson, UPT SIFE faculty advisor, at 827-4415.

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