February Newsletter
Dear Valued Customers, Now, more than ever, we would like you to know how much we appreciate your business. For the past 43 years, companies like yours have allowed us to grow and prosper. We are fortunate to have the opportunity to serve you. There are many things we are doing here at The Willington Companies to ensure that we …
LEAN Helps Improve Productivity and Morale with Olympic Pride
By Wil Lington When the economy starts heading for trouble many companies immediately start looking for ways to cut costs. Unfortunately, one of the first things they do is reduce their work force since labor is a one of the larger costs most companies, especially manufacturers have. The irony is that labor is also a company’s most valuable asset and …
2008 Uconn Family Business Award Ceremony Pictorial
Willington Nameplate Inc. 2008 The Goepfert Family(From Left to Right) Lisa, Michael, Sheila, Lynn Dwyer, Stephen & Marcel Goepfert (From Left to Right) Bill Waseleski, Michael Goepfert, Priscilla Cale & Rich Dino Willington Nameplate General Manager: Michael Goepfert (From Left to Right) Bill Waseleski, Michael Goepfert, Priscilla Cale & Rich Dino Rich Dino with founder of Willington Nameplate, Marcel Goepfert.
The Willington Olympics taking Kaizen to a Whole New Level
By Wil Lington For over a year the Willington Companies have been using the Kaizen philosophy of Lean manufacturing to make improvements to their business. Kaizen focuses on continuous improvement and each month the chosen Kaizen leaders spent an entire week involved in these events designed to make improvements to the business. Of course, that meant that someone else would …
Willington Companies APICS Plant Tour
On Tuesday, September 9th 2008 the Willington Companies celebrated completion of a year of LEAN Manufacturing with an APICS sponsored plant tour. Attendees included many local Connecticut & Massachusetts businesses interested in seeing LEAN manufacturing principles at another facility. Also in attendance were Fred Shamburg from Leanovations International and Tom Dzialo from the Hartford APICS Association. Both were mentors in …
What’s in the Crate?
On August 20th, 2008 Willington Nameplate received a few brand new additions to our Printing Department: Two state of the art flatbed graphic printing presses with automatic takeoff loading into our new curing unit. Our company-wide LEAN initiative, which has a focus on reduction of waste out on the production floor, allowed us with some minor changes to easily integrate …
The Willington Companies Lean Transformation Becomes a Bonus to All Employees
The Willington Companies (TWC), headquartered in Stafford Springs, CT manufacturers’ nameplates, decals, labels and large format graphics for thousands of companies throughout the US and around the world. They have been helping companies to identify, brand and/or promote their product or service for more than 43 years. They are proud of their history, culture and reputation that has contributed to …
K.I.S.S. – “Keep It Simple Stupid” A Glossary of Printing Terms
Like most businesses, the printing industry has its own unique jargon that gets thrown around and we expect that most people just understand what we are talking about. Now sometimes people do but other times I’m sure they are thinking to themselves, “What is this guy talking about?” Our industry is a very technical one: from print fabrication methods to …