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People of Rendering
Name: Meghan Fulmer
Title/Role: Director of Import
Company: Darling Ingredients Inc.
What I like about this work:
What I enjoy most about the rendering industry is its dynamic and fast-paced nature. In my role as director of import and export programs, this constantly which deepens my understanding of both the business and the industry as a whole.
Name: Tony Thomas
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Title/Role:
Company: Allied Industrial Dynamics
What I like about this work:
by helping to maintain and repair centrifuges and rotating equipment because it allows me to blend hands-on directly contributes to the smooth running
Troubleshooting and resolving safety and prevent costly downtime. operators and maintenance teams, firsthand the positive results of my efforts in minimizing disruptions and
Name: Brad Fleeman Title/Role:
Company: Darling Ingredients Inc.
What I like about this work:
I didn’t grow up dreaming about a maintenance mechanic. I learned the on the pace, the problem-solving and, honestly, the smell of a good challenge.
of a complete plant teardown and rebuild — a massive project that tested my limits led me to the role of reliability engineer on a Western region project, where I teamed up with a great boss who showed me how much you can accomplish when
plant as general manager, blending my maintenance and engineering favorite part of the job — building a team I could trust, and one that trusted me
Fast forward to today and I am a West 2 region. The challenges are bigger the same — teaching, growing teams,
here because rendering is never boring. about along the way. R
24 October 2025
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