Friday, May 24, 2013

OTR Wheel Engineering earns Kaizen Award from Kubota Manufactuing of America

 

Today OTR Wheel Engineering announced it has earned Kubota Manufacturing of America's (KMA) prestigious Kaizen Award for continual improvement.  This is OTR's first time to earn this award from KMA's for years of hard work and improvements in supporting KMA's manufacturing operations in Gainesville, Georgia. 

Making the award presentation was Mr. Henry Kubota (President of KMA and Kubota Industrial Equipment (KIE)).  The award was received during KMA's Supplier Communication Meeting on May 2nd.  Receiving the award for OTR Wheel Engineering were Mr. Larry Szeliga (COO) and Mr. Lee Chestnut, OTR's Gainesville, Georgia facility manager.

Receiving the award is a real honor for OTR and reflects highly on all the personnel involved with the KMA program at OTR Wheel Engineering.  Jeff Williams, Vice President of Sales and Marketing quoted, "This award is very special to OTR and the Gainesville facility as it means that Lee Chestnut and his team are very conscious of continuous improvement. OTR Wheel Engineering is working to instill this concept throughout the company as it builds our "Striving for Excellence" theme. Congratulations to Lee and the Gainesville Ga. Team for all their fine work."

 

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