Edina Robotics FIRST Team 1816, The Green Machine, is pleased to welcome Minneapolis-based Wanner Engineering Inc. as its newest corporate sponsor. The company, headed by Bill Wanner, an Edina High School alumnus, donated $2,500 toward defraying the team’s 2007-08 FIRST competition expenses.
Wanner Engineering is a worldwide manufacturer of pumps and pumping equipment, including metering pumps, centrifugal pumps, vector peristaltic pumps, and diaphragm pumps.
In November, a delegation consisting of corporate fundraising lead Alex N., co-captain Dan P., chassis lead Matt H., and marketing subteam member Josh P., put together a presentation which featured the team’s 2007 promotional marketing video and an overview of the team’s history, accomplishments, and organization. The group, in turn, was given a tour of Wanner’s engineering and manufacturing facilities, including the assembly, design and prototyping rooms.
Besides providing financial support, engineers from Wanner are also mentoring the CAD and build subteams. Wanner vice-president-engineering Doug Purdy is working with Team 1816’s build subteams, while engineer Evan Seydel, is assisting the team with CAD (computer-assisted drafting).