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Elizabeth Miller, once a school therapist, runs Miller Mechanical Services.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

By Jill Nagy<\/p>\n

After 30 years as a speech and language therapist at Saratoga High School, Elizabeth Miller found herself a widow and the owner of the Glens Falls metal fabrication and paper mill servicing company her husband, Myles Miller, had founded in 1988. Six years later, the company is in its 25th year and thriving under her leadership.<\/p>\n

Miller Mechanical Services Inc. began as a company servicing pulp and paper mills and that remains the main part of its business with a field crew of some 150 workers managed by a superintendent and warehouse manager in Brookhaven, Miss.
\nIn Glens Falls, however, the major work is metal fabrication and installation of a variety of products including storage tanks, pressure vessels and filters. Two years ago, the company acquired Water Jet, a precision cutting tool. Some 30 workers are employed at the Glens Falls facility.<\/p>\n

Miller had no previous experience in engineering or manufacturing and, while her husband was alive, had not been involved in the business.<\/p>\n

“It was a challenge for sure,” she recalled, “but we had a lot of men who wanted to keep their jobs.”<\/p>\n

How did she learn how to manage a large manufacturing company? “Quickly,” she said. She noted that her husband had assembled an excellent management team and “I learned a lot by watching and listening to them.”<\/p>\n

“After six years now, they’ve come to the idea that I have a different managing style than my husband,” she said. “We have diversified since I came on board.”<\/p>\n

There is the Water Jet and new business attracted by that capability. They do a lot of fabrication work for a large company headquartered in Finland with operations in Glens Falls.<\/p>\n

“We keep our guys busy; the majority of the time, our fabrication capacity is full,” she noted.<\/p>\n

She said her biggest challenge in taking over the reins she said was her lack of background in steel fabrication and engineering and a complete lack of business management experience. At the same time, “you have to deal with a ton of different personalities.”<\/p>\n

Right now, Miller said,” I feel like I am making a difference in the community and in the business. Just keeping people working is a contribution to the community” but the company goes beyond that and is involved with a long list of community activities and organizations.<\/p>\n

She also makes a point of keeping the operations “very green.” Recently, an array of solar panels was installed by New York Light Energy, allowing the company to supply some 87 percent of the energy it needs. The cost of the solar panels will be paid over 20 years from the savings in electricity costs.<\/p>\n

The business began with what Miller describes as “an old dilapidated warehouse building.” Currently, there are four sturdy buildings on the Walnut Street site. An employee lunchroom is under construction adjacent to one of the buildings.<\/p>\n

At this time, there is no family member ready to take over the company when Miller retires. Her son is in Scotland working on a masters degree in musicology and, so far, shows no interest in the family business, she said.<\/p>\n

There are no special plans for celebrating the company’s 25th anniversary, Miller said. She noted that there is usually a big company Christmas party and “we will do a little something more this year. Twenty-five years is a long time in manufacturing today.”<\/p>\n

More information about Miller Mechanical can be found at www.millermech.com. The company is located at 51 Walnut St. and the telephone number is 792-0430.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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