SOLON, Ohio (January 11, 2012)-- IndustryWeek magazine has named Swagelok Company’s Main Plant as one of 10 winners in its 2011 Best Plants competition. The annual competition recognizes plants that are leaders in their efforts to increase competitiveness, enhance customer satisfaction, and create stimulating and rewarding work environments.
“This honor is a direct result of the continuous improvement activities of our associates,” said Arthur F. Anton, president and CEO, Swagelok Company. “Without their commitment to this core value, we could not achieve the impressive results in safety, quality, and service as witnessed by IndustryWeek and more importantly, our customers, in our daily operations.”
The Main Plant is located in Solon, Ohio and employs approximately 1,000 associates in the manufacture of Swagelok® tube fittings. The plant has driven year-over-year gains in safety, quality, and throughput by employing a variety of continuous improvement programs, and a highly capable and flexible workforce.
Established in 1990, the awards program is a leading barometer for deployment of world-class manufacturing strategies. According to IndustryWeek, winning plants demonstrate:
- A comprehensive effort to achieve world-class manufacturing capability
- Management practices geared to motivating achievement of breakthroughs in operating performance and customer satisfaction, as well as cultivating continuous improvement
- Strong quality systems and results, including good process-control capability
- Extensive employee involvement and empowerment programs, especially efforts to create and provide training for high-performance work teams.
More than 4,000 men and women worldwide are employed by Swagelok Company. Swagelok delivers high-quality fluid system solutions to customers across the globe, guided by six core values: quality, continuous improvement, innovation, respect for the individual, integrity, and customer focus.
About IndustryWeek's
Best Plants Award Competition
Established in 1990, the IndustryWeek Best Plants awards program annually recognizes plants, located in North America, that are on the leading edge of efforts to increase competitiveness, enhance customer satisfaction and create stimulating and rewarding work environments. Its further goal is to encourage other manufacturing managers and work teams to emulate the honorees by adopting world-class practices, technologies, and improvement strategies. For additional information, visit www.industryweek.com/iwbestplants.
About Swagelok Company
Headquartered in Solon, Ohio, U.S.A., Swagelok Company is a major developer and provider of fluid system solutions, including products, assemblies, and services for the research, instrumentation, pharmaceutical, oil and gas, power, petrochemical, alternative fuels, and semiconductor industries. Its manufacturing, research, technical support, and distribution facilities support a global network of more than 200 authorized sales and service centers in 57 countries. For more information about Swagelok, visit the company’s website at www.swagelok.com.