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What Lean Six Sigma Can Do

Tuesday, 02 February 2010 17:38

turtle plastics logo Tom Norton, President of Turtle Plastics in Lorain, OH knows a thing or two about recycling materials. He has been in the business of recycling since 1980, having developed the first materials recycling facility in the state of Ohio.

Composite Technical Services, LLC is Making Sustainable Progress at NCC and Beyond

Wednesday, 13 January 2010 21:56

Composite Technical Services, LLC (CTS) made the decision to move to Kettering (Dayton) and begin its Ohio operations at the National Composites Center (NCC) – and now, CTS is on a roll. With a firm commitment to innovation through environmental sustainability, CTS is developing high-performance composite materials that include unique bio-based resins and flame-retardant additives.

Profile: Joe Jacomet

Tuesday, 29 December 2009 17:37

Joe Jacomet grew up in the Piqua-Troy area of west-central Ohio and attended Miami East, a small high school. “It was a rural area,” he explained, “but we had a great teacher, Mr. Tom Bryant, who taught all of the advanced science courses.” At the time, going to college was not the norm for many young people in that area and Joe’s plans “…were simply to graduate and find a job, probably at Hobart Manufacturing.” However, Mr. Bryant had other plans and suggested to Joe that he go to college because, amongst other things, “I was doing well in science and math.” Fortunately, Miami (Ohio) University had an applied science Paper Technology program focused on chemistry and chemical engineering that suited Jacomet, who went there on a four-year scholarship to begin his higher education. “The focus on paper really opened the door to a lot of related technologies but particularly polymers in the form of adhesives and coatings.”

NanoSperse: New Company; Lots of Activity

Tuesday, 19 January 2010 21:19

Two weeks after opening its production facility at the National Composite Center (NCC) in July 2009, NanoSperse was shipping product to its customers. “Speed to market is a hallmark of NanoSperse’s success,” said NanoSperse President and CEO, Art Fritts. Fritts said there’s a tremendous interest from numerous business sectors in using nanocomposites in new or existing products. NanoSperse’s focus is to offer these companies the ability to design and develop new materials specific to their needs; then transition them quickly to market.

What Lean Six Sigma Can Do

Wednesday, 13 January 2010 21:49

Changing the operation of a business to reduce waste, increase profitability, and gain efficiency is the goal of a new service being offered to PolymerOhio members. This kind of dramatic change is the result of Lean Six Sigma strategies that have a proven track record for enabling business improvement in four months. Through Lean Six Sigma management coaching, quality management systems consulting, and supplier development counseling, a very diverse group of companies has implemented Lean Six Sigma to improve the bottom line. In the majority of cases, Lean Six Sigma strategy consultants can complete strategic projects quicker and cheaper than a company’s internal resources, which are usually too busy working on tactical or day-to-day activities to realize long-term improvement critical to their customers or gaining new market share. As companies succeed in reducing waste, they reduce variation and generally improve their processes.

The Andersons: Turning a Minus into a Plus

Tuesday, 29 December 2009 17:29

TSGLanding2 At a recent Emerging Technology Forum, two representatives from The Andersons, Inc. issued a simple, but highly demanding challenge: We need to feed the world, and we need to create fuel and fiber and raw materials on shrinking arable land (thanks to urban sprawl). This next statement put the challenge in perspective: Because the agriculture industry relies on crop protection and nutrient supplementation as vital to food production, an unfortunate problem results because the liquid formulations of fertilizers and pesticides used in today’s agriculture have the associated risks.