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FIELD NOTES

The Blog

Honest essays from the floor. No content calender – just what mattered that week.

A note from a Remorseful, Thankful and Committed Owner

We sincerely apologize for the challenges USA Rolls has experienced with on-time delivery, and we deeply appreciate your patience and understanding. Over the past...

Good people make Great companies

We are pleased to welcome Angela Greathouse to the leadership team at USA Rolls. Angela brings a well-rounded background in both leadership roles and...

The Hand of God

Sixteen years ago, I started USA Rolls with a simple idea—that we wouldn’t just be a supplier, but truly an extension of our customers…...

Welcome our latest members to USA Rolls’ leadership team

USA Rolls is pleased to introduce two new members to our leadership team. Their experience in continuous improvement initiatives, project implementation, team building, and...

Faith

When I reflect on the common traits shared by successful people, two qualities consistently stand out—one empowering the other. The first is faith, which...

Next Level Continuous Improvement

Whenever I discuss USA Rolls with people I always say that we are the premier heat transfer roll designer and manufacturer in North America,...

K Show 2025

https://www.k-online.com I’m looking forward to speaking at the AMI Plastics World Expos. My presentation will focus on using proprietary thermal analysis formulas as a...

Privileged, as well as Blessed, in chill roll design expertise

USA Rolls has truly had the privilege to have been exposed to and interacted with some of the greatest minds in chill roll design....

USA Rolls theme songs

2026

Can't Stop This Feeling

Justin Timberlake

2025

Born to win

Ryan Innes

2024

2022

2021

Crazy Train

Ozzy Osbourne

2020

Lessons from our Ancestors

Ancestral Wisdom

Lines we keep on the wall. Some are old as the hills, some came from a customer call. All of them keep us honest.

“Spread your jam too thin and all you will taste is biscuit” 

Kevin’s Grandpa

“Eat a little shit, but don’t acquire a taste for it”

Kevin’s Grandpa

“The cemeteries are filled with people who thought the world couldn’t get along without them.”

Grandpap Hubbard

“I only wanted the last shot in the bottle”

Jimmy K’s grandfather

“Talk is cheap, money buys whiskey”

Kevin’s Uncle Jeff (Sir Terence)

“God willin and the crick don’t rise”

Kevin’s Grandma Smith

“Concern for man and his fate must form the chief interest of every technical endeavor. … Never forget that in the midst of your diagrams and equations.”

Albert Einstein

“I am only one, but I am one. I can’t do everything, but I can do something. The something I ought to do, I can do. And by the grace of God, I will.”

Edward Everett Hale