Core Values & Beliefs

Integrity. Integrity must not be compromised. Honest relationships and trust are essential for long-term business success. We deal fairly in all our business relations.

Investors. We are committed to providing our investors an attractive return over the long term.

Customers. Customers are the essence of our business. Customers are all parties with whom we deal. We work to satisfy our customers' requirements and anticipate their expectations. To succeed, we must work with our customers to help make them winners, too.

Employees. People are the Company's most valuable resource. Employees possess immense powers of innovation, imagination, skill and a desire to accomplish something of significance. Working as a team enables all of us to realize our full potential.

Communities. We recognize and enthusiastically accept our responsibility to the communities we serve, through acting as a good neighbor and through involvement and support for community activities. We are committed to protecting the public, the environment and our natural resources by operating in a safe, reliable manner.

Entrepreneurial Spirit. We maintain a corporate culture that values originality, invention and creativity, and that nurtures these qualities through openness and reverence for the entrepreneurial spirit.

Tolerance for Risk. The Company's willingness to take risks in deploying new technology and investing in large capital projects is central to its culture and its success.

Efficiency. Efficiency means the difference between success and failure. We will relentlessly pursue a more efficient way to do everything we undertake.

Autonomy of Operating Units. The autonomy of operating units is important to promote focus, fast decisionmaking and ultimately commitment, which is essential for success. At the same time, cooperation must exist so that operating units work efficiently together and share ideas. Autonomy and entrepreneurial spirit go hand in hand.

Change. We welcome change for the opportunities it offers.