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A. Raymond
3091 Research Drive
Rochester Hills, MI 48309
Born in 1865 of one man’s passion for resolving fastening problems in the glove and leather industry, the company, A. RAYMOND, counts amongst its achievements the patent of the snap press stud in 1886. This product rapidly developed on an international level. The ability to diversify and to visualize markets globally won its founder, Albert-Pierre RAYMOND, a gold medal at the World Fair in Paris in 1900. Four generations of RAYMOND descendants have followed one another at the head of what has become an international industrial group. A. RAYMOND still cultivates this passion for fasteners in many areas of activity, including automobiles. It is this sense of adapting to a need which even today guides industrial choices: from design to manufacture.
A. RAYMOND has multiplied its international presence through the use of independent industrial establishments in a drive to have direct contact with the world’s major business markets. The A. RAYMOND GROUP has locations in: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Great Britain, Japan, United States, Czech Republic, Brazil, China and Korea. The Group has more than 2300 employees at eleven production sites, and nine research centers that register an average of 15 patents annually, resulting in 800 new products. Over recent years, the A Raymond Group has experienced strong growth as a result of the decision to remain a specialist within its original sector.. Highly active in all the main automotive production centers, the Group continues its fast-track growth by promoting technological alliances with other fastening specialists in order to provide major customers with a wide choice of products and global services. The Group believes that its continued success lies in the talents, energies, and dedication of their people. Employee involvement at all levels of the organization is one of their key basic operating philosophies.
The Rochester Hills, MI facility designs and manufactures plastic and metal fasteners and quick connectors for the automotive industry. They are QS9000 cetrified.
Bradford Company
13500 Quincy Street
Holland, MI 49422-1199
At Bradford Company, Just-in-Time Packaging® is what we do. It’s a powerful, comprehensive approach to designing and delivering customized packaging solutions that are of high quality and high value. Bradford expertly handles the entire packaging solution process which includes: Understanding the requirements of all parties; Design Engineering; Prototyping; Testing; Manufacturing; Program Management and Repair and Maintenance. Bradford Company provides custom packaging for the automotive, electronic, appliance, glass and furniture industries. Bradford Company has manufacturing facilities in Holland, MI; Brighton, MI; Gallatin TN and Monterrey, MX. Bradford is ISO/TS 16949/ISO 9001:2000 Registered and is an ESOP company, owned and operated by its employees, who take special pride in supplying quality, cost-effective products and material handling systems to its customers.
The Bottom Line…better products because we design, better designs because we manufacture.
Demmer Corporation
Corporate Headquarters
3525 Capital City Blvd
P.O. Box 12030
Lansing, MI 48901
Telephone: (517) 321-3600
FAX: (517) 321-7449
Demmer Corporation is a veteran owned small business enterprise founded in 1950 and has significant fabricating and machining expertise of metal and composite products for various industries.
Quality is processed into each program at Demmer Corporation, our employees are familiar with and are presently working within the requirements of military standards including Mil-I-45208, Mil-Q-45662A as well as being certified to QS-9000, ISO-9001, ISO-9002 and ISO-14001.
Demmer Corporation operates in multiple plants with over 1,000,000 square feet of available manufacturing floor space. Demmer Corporation has complete machining and fabricating capabilities available to process projects of any size. Situated in Lansing, Michigan, this centralized location has proven to be a major asset to draw on a wealth of suppliers as well as the best talent available. We assure you that we are uniquely qualified, ideally suited and will be totally committed to fulfilling your requirements. Demmer Corporation has the technical capability, manufacturing expertise, financial resources and production capacity to most effectively process and deliver our customers requirements.
Demmer became a member of the Scanlon Leadership Network in 2006.
Color and Glass Performance Materials
Washington, PA 15301-0519
Founded in 1919, Ferro Corporation (which acquired dmc2, formerly known as Cerdec, in 2001) is a major global producer of performance materials for manufacturers. They are the worldÕs largest supplier of ceramic glaze and porcelain enamel coatings. They also hold leading positions in powder coatings, pigments, specialty pigments, specialty plastic compounds, polymer additives, and plastic color, including color concentrates and liquid colors. FerroÕs materials are used extensively in the markets of building and renovation, major appliances, household furnishings, transportation and industrial products. Headquartered in Cleveland, OH, Ferro has operations in 20 countries and sells products in more than 100 countries. More than 7000 men and women on five continents work for Ferro. The Washington, PA site of Ferro has approximately 300 employees and started their Scanlon Process called UNITE (Using New Ideas To Excel) in July 1987. Their products are applied to glass containers, automotive and architectural glass, ceramic tile, dinnerware, plastics, etc. They are a certified ISO 9000 and QS 9000 and an OSHA Star Company.
Fraser Administrative Offices
2400 W. 64th St
Minneapolis, MN 55423
612-861-1688; fax 612-861-6050
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A nationally renowned Minnesota nonprofit, Fraser serves children of all abilities and adults with special needs — through comprehensive education, healthcare and housing.
Our vision is a world where all people have equal opportunity and choice to realize their dreams to live, work, learn and play as members of our community.
Fraser joined the Scanlon Leadership Network in 2007.
ITT Industries
ITT Industries
10 Mountain View Road
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 ITT
Engineered Valves, located in Amory, Mississippi, builds knife-gate valves, slide gate valves, check valves, butterfly valves and wedge gate valves in sizes ranging from 2Ó to 96Ó, and valves for unusual applications. ITT Engineered Valves today has a sales volume of $20 million dollars and employs a little over 100 people. Employees at ITT believe that everyone needs to feel very comfortable with the companyÕs future, and they believe the best way to accomplish this is with substantial communication and the opportunity to provide input. This is done through their employee involvement program called PRIDE; through their tactical plan for process improvement called PRIDE II, and through their ÒPartnership for PerformanceÓ (their newly designed employee review system). All of these programs give an employee a share of the business through the ability to communicate and through financial rewards.
ITT Rule Marine Division, located in Gloucester, Massachusetts, was acquired by ITT Industries in 1999. Employing approximately 240 people, Rule manufactures primarily bilge pumps and other marine products including float switches, compasses, winches, boat care products, anchors, and tachometers. Although Rule had previously installed a profit-sharing plan, they realized that they would benefit from more employee involvement. Therefore, a team of 10 employees developed their FUTURE (Friends United Together Undertaking Rewarding Endeavors) Plan, which was adopted in January of 2000. This plan supports RuleÕs management philosophy, which is based on a dedication to an empowered organization, the rewarding of positive behavior, and finding a common business approach with ITT Industries.
ITT Heat Transfer (ITTHT)
ITT Heat Transfer (ITTHT), as part of ITT IndustryÕs Fluid Technology group, is a market leader in providing heat transfer solutions for applications in the Commercial HVAC, General Industrial, Marine, Process and Power Generations markets. The company markets it products under two brands, Bell & Gosset (for HVAC) and ITT Standard (for Industrial and OEM applications). The company was founded as Rodd Heat Exchanger in 1917, became American Standard Heat Transfer in the thirties, and was acquired by ITT in 1986. Located in a suburb of Buffalo, NY, ITT Heat Transfer employees just over 300, with approximately 200 associates affiliated with the United Steelworkers of America (local 897). Products manufactured by the company include shell & tube heat exchangers, air cooled heat exchangers, separators and air removal equipment. ITTHT started its Gainsharing initiative in January of 2001, progressed through the year, and voted the program in by October 2001 with an official start date of January, 2002. The EFFORT Plan (Employees For Focusing Our Resources Together) has brought a new optimism to our facility and we are all excited about the opportunities this program will present to the company and its employees.
Landscape Forms, Incorporated
431 Lawndale Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI 49001-9543
Landscape Forms designs, develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary site furniture and amenities for exterior and non-residential spaces. Their customers are diverse, but they reach them primarily through architects, interior designers, landscape architects, and facilitiesÕ managers. Their furnishings - benches, litter receptacles, umbrellas, shelters, tables, and chairs - are manufactured out of metal, wood, and fiberglass and recycled materials. Their products are installed in shopping centers, corporate court yards, university campuses, and city streets. They currently employ approximately 175 people. Incorporated in 1969, they adopted the Scanlon Process in 1981 that they call QUEST (Quality, Understanding, Education, Service/Safety, and Teamwork). They know they are doing the right job when they continuously improve their employee engagement, customer satisfaction and loyalty, and investor satisfaction. Their long term goal is to flourish, enjoy each other, and have a little fun along the way.
Limerick Veterinary Hospital
345 West Ridge Pike
Limerick, PA 19468
Limerick Veterinary Hospital is located in southeastern Pennsylvania, near Valley Forge. Limerick Veterinary Hospital has 24 employees working for the veterinarian hospital and 20 employees working for the boarding kennel operations. Dr. Koenig, President of the Limerick Veterinary Hospital, attended an Exploring Conference on March 1996 in Virginia where he met Dr. Frost (founder of the Scanlon Principles/Processes) and learned more about the Scanlon Process. On September 5, 1996 Limerick Veterinary Hospital was granted a probationary membership as they continue to implement their Scanlon Process. Veterinary medicine is a rapidly changing profession because the strength of the human-animal bond is making the pet owner more aware of better health care for their best friends. The profession is being challenged by veterinary corporation buying multiple veterinary hospital operations that place their major emphasis on the bottom line. Limerick Veterinary Hospital hopes to use the Scanlon Principles/Processes to strengthen their position in veterinary medicine to provide compassionate care for their best friends and their owners.
Meier Tool and Engineering, Inc
875 Lund Blvd.
Anoka, MN 55303
Meier Tool & Engineering is a premier provider of precision metal stampings. They provide miniature to medium-sized parts to the electronics, automotive, medical, and hardware industries. In addition to precision stampings, they offer design assistance, prototype development, and in-house tooling. Their quality is certified through statistical process control. Although a smaller company (about $10 million in sales), Meier Tool is focused on improving their organization and preparing for the future. They are a learning organization, and taught more than 50 in-house classes in 2001. They have a gainsharing program that has been in place for more than 10 years, and practice employee involvement and benchmarking. As an organization, Meier Tool values personal and interpersonal success, outstanding customer relationships, operational excellence, innovation, and open communication.
Nicholas Plastics Incorporated
PO Box 136
Allendale, MI 49401-0136
Everything they do is measured by how well it services their customers, employees, companies, and communities. Their customers are entitled to world-class quality products backed by personal service that meets or exceeds their expectations. Their employees are recognized and rewarded for creativity, innovation, and participation that mutually benefits their customers and its companies. Their work habits, ethics, personal behavior, and involvement will benefit their customers, fellow employees, and communities. They provide employees with training, support, technology, and encouragement not only to succeed, but to excel. They have invested aggressively in developing new materials, new products, new processes, and innovations. They have done this to meet the changing needs of their customers and ensure their competitive position in the markets they serve. They recognize that their growth as companies are dependent upon an ability to practice these principles while providing a return to their shareholders to encourage them to continue investing in their enterprise. Nicholas Plastics became a member of the Scanlon Plan Associates on May 20, 1997.
Pacific Cast Technologies, Incorporated
PO Box 908
Albany, OR 97321
Pacific Cast Technologies, Inc. (formerly Wyman-Gordan Titanium Castings) is proud to have established a strong reputation for innovation and achievement in titanium investment castings, particularly on complex and large parts. As part of the worldÕs largest producer of Titanium, they are planning their growth to meet the advancing requirements of the worldÕs major aircraft and jet engine manufacturers. They also plan to expand their commercial markets as they find new applications for titanium investment castings. Pacific Cast Technologies became members of the Scanlon Leadership Network in December 1996.
Scranton Products
801 Corey St.
Scranton, PA 18505
Scranton Products produces highly engineered fabricated products, including bathroom partitions and lockers as well as similiarly manufactured and distributed non-fabricated special application industrial products, such as Seaboard and Flamatec.
S & L Plastics
2860 Bath Pike
Nazareth, PA 18064
Founded in 1946, S&L Plastics provides a diverse range of plastic processing and products to many industries nationally and internationally. We are ISO 9002 and QS 9000 certified. We employ 175 people at our manufacturing facility in Nazareth, PA. S&L became a member of the Scanlon Leadership Network in January 2001 and implemented our Scanlon Plan (P.A.R.T.N.E.R.S.) in August 2001. S&L utilizes three processes in our business. We injection mold custom components primarily for light industrial customers and injection mold proprietary lines of Measurex measuring scoops, Westcliff towel rings, Polypropylene hinge boxes and Styrene apothecary jars and cubes. We extrude custom profiles and tubing from a wide range of materials and extrude proprietary lines of Westcliff towel bars, Nyaflow Nylon tubing and GS Nylatron wear strips. Thirdly, we extrude PE and PP sheet in various textures and gages used for signage, fabricating, vacuum forming, and other custom applications. Printing, hot stamping, die cutting, slitting, punching, assembly, welding and machining are all value added processes we perform on the products we produce. We also offer product design, prototyping, and tool procurement services to our customers.
SGS Tool Company
PO Box 187
Munroe Falls, OH 44262
SGS Tool Company is the world's largest independently owned manufacturer of solid carbide rotary tools. Located in Munroe Falls, Ohio, SGS provides high performance carbide cutting tools to the metalworking industry. SGS products are sold in over 60 countries with offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, China, Eastern Europe, and Russia. Nearly 500 SGS Tool Company associates have been working together in a team atmosphere for almost 10 years. PRIDE (Personal Responsibility in Developing Excellence) Teams work together for the continuous improvement of quality products and services. SGS Tool Company became a member of the Scanlon Leadership Network on May 28, 1998.
Smith Dairy
1381 Dairy Lane
Orville, OH 44667
Smith Dairy has been a family owned independent dairy in Orrville, Ohio since 1909. We developed from a small local dairy into the largest independent dairy in Ohio. Smith Dairy takes great pride in servicing our customers with unmatchable quality and service. There are three distribution centers in Ohio and one other processing facility in Richmond, IN. Altogether, we employee nearly five hundred people. Smith Dairy processes fluid milk products, ice cream, cottage cheese, and a variety of byproducts. Our facility in Indiana processes soft serve ice cream mixes and Ultra High Temperature dairy products as well. Smith Dairy has been in line philosophically with the Scanlon Principles for years. We have only recently joined the Scanlon Leadership Network, which has challenged us to re-look at how we interact with our most valuable asset, our associates. Our QUEST (Quality Using Education, Suggestions and Teamwork) program was rolled out in September of 2001.
TG Fluid Systems, USA Corp
7854 Lochlin Drive
Brighton, MI 48116
TG Fluid Systems was established by Toyoda Gosei Co. in February 2000, following their purchase of Eagle-Picher Industrial, Inc.Õs Fluid Division. The 9400 square meter facility in Brighton, MI manufactures and sells functional parts for automobiles. These products include vibration damping rubber, hoses, seals, and other parts. This site employs 65 and has annual sales of $6 million. All Toyoda Gosei plants are ISO 14001 certified. As part of the Toyoda Gosei family, TG Fluid Systems strives for Òboundless creativity for a better worldÓ. This can be achieved by aiming for: steady growth through innovation; customer satisfaction; a humanistic corporate culture; a good corporate citizenship; maintaining respect for the environment; and remaining in sync with the global community.
Thomson-Shore, Incorporated
7300 West Joy Road
Dexter, MI 48130-9701
Thomson-Shore, Incorporated is an employee owned company located in Dexter, Michigan in the outskirts of Ann Arbor. They opened their doors in the spring of 1972. They manufacture books, producing both paperback and hardcover editions. Their current primary market is with the university presses. Currently they employ over 320 full time and 18 part time individuals. Initially joining Scanlon in 1979 they participated until 1985, rejoining in 1995 with a renewed commitment. This company proudly supports 300 plus employee owners.
Trans-Matic Manufacturing Company
300 East 48th Street
Holland, MI 49423-5391
Trans-Matic is a specialized, high skill organization that manufactures high volume, custom, deep drawn metal stampings used in the automotive industry, the lock hardware industry, and for use in small power tools. Trans-Matic was founded in 1968 by Mr. Patrick Thompson. From its small beginnings in a rented storefront, Trans-Matic has grown to include four manufacturing sites employing approximately 290 people. The Corporate headquarters and main plant are located in Holland, Michigan. This facility includes the corporate management, support groups, product engineering, and tool design group housed in a 150,000 square foot manufacturing area. Assemblex, its assembly and secondary operations division, is also located in Holland, Michigan and is primarily responsible for automated assembly work for both Trans-Matic and other outside customers. They have two satellite production facilities. One is located in Sanford, North Carolina and one in Tempe, Arizona. Trans-Matic is a member of the Precision Metal Forming Association and has won several awards for its design innovation. Trans-Matic has been a member of the Scanlon Leadership Network since 1974.
United Building Centers
125 West 5th Street
Winona, MN 55987-0550
United Building Centers began in 1855 with a lumber mill and the ingenuity of the Laird Brothers in Winona, MN. Today, UBC is privately owned by 300-400 decendents of the original founders, and is one of today's multi-million dollar leaders in the building industry. They join sister companies Lumberman's and Spenard Building Supply to serve customers throughout the West and Midwest under parent company, the Lanoga Corporation. Presently, UBC operates in 17 Midwest and Mountain states. It is comprised of 170 lumber yards, 7 distribution centers, 12 truss plants, 8 millwork facilities, and 5 wall panel plants, and employs 4500 people.
UBC truly recognizes the importance of their employees. They discovered a long time ago that the most important part of any business is the people and that is why 4 of the truss plants have joined the Scanlon Leadership Network. They believe that by tapping the abilities and ideas within their entire staff, they will continue to grow and be a leader in their industry.
Watermark Credit Union
800 Stewart Street
Seattle, WA 98101
Watermark Credit Union is a $450 million dollar financial institution located in Seattle, WA. Currently, Waterkmark employs 160 people and has 5 branches located throughout the Seattle metro aea, providing a full range of financial services to more than 70,000 members. Watermark was founded 55 years ago under the name Seattle Telco Federal Credit Union, with the purpose of providing financial services to telephone employees and their families. Since that time, not only has the name changed, but the membership has also opened up to anyone who lives or works in the state of Washington.
With the long-term goal of becoming a $1 billion dollar credit union with a 9% capital ratio, the Scanlon process is sure to be an integral part of the credit union's operations. Watermark currently operates under the Deming philosophy for management, and Scanlon not only fits well with this theory, but also helps improve upon it.
Wescast Industries Inc.
PO Box 1600
150 Savannah Oaks Drive
Brantford, Ontario N3T 5L8
CANADA
Wescast Industries Inc. (formerly Western Foundry Company Limited) was founded in Wingham, Ontario in 1901, manufacturing coal and wood stoves and heaters. Wescast is now the largest supplier of automotive exhaust manifolds in North America and now employs over 1,350 people. Employees are represented by the Canadian Auto Workers Union. They own a second foundry in Brantford, plus two machining divisions: one in Wingham, Ontario and another in Strathroy, Ontario. The acquisition of Steel (Magalloy) Division of Wescast in Stratford, Ontario has added the manufacture of stainless steel pumps to their list of products. The Scanlon Process was implemented at Wescast in 1988 and that is when their HEART (Helping Everyone Achieve Rewards Together) Process came to life.
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