Dear Fibrebond Team,
A year of hard work and thoughtful consideration brought us to yesterday, the day our Fibrebond team joined Eaton.
Our family has owned Fibrebond for 43 years. It began with Claud and 11 others. Along the way, there were challenges worthy of a book. The past ten years required more than we knew we had and yet were more fun than I can put into words.
Our goal for Fibrebond has been simple: create and share a touchpoint with excellence for our team and for our customers. Once we built genuine trust among ourselves and shared a common goal, we realized we could build anything.
Last week, we gathered together and recognized every Fibrebond employee. We shared the same humbling question, how did we build this? Forty-three years of memories, failures, successes, and opportunities came forth as tears, hugs, and profound joy. Our family fulfilled a commitment that we would all win together, and over two days, we shared details of that commitment.
Last week was for the team that built Fibrebond. Men and women who know the pain required to build this business got to experience the joy of shared success. The deep respect displayed among employees was profound and sacred. Being in its presence was the highlight of my time at Fibrebond. In time I hope to understand fully what it means. I am grateful beyond measure for the opportunity to work with such people.
And now we move forward as part of Eaton. A customer since 2015, Eaton has been a company that fulfills commitments. While a large company, Eaton was always personal. Having the Eaton team here in recent days has given me great hope for what can be accomplished together.
Thank you to our team, to our customers and supplier partners, to our families, and to the team at Eaton. Along the way, we worked to leave things better than we found them. We made each other better. And we look forward to what’s next.
Graham Walker