FIBERS AND TEXTILES COMPANY
GASTONIA PLANT
JUNE/JULY. 1989
VOL. 3. NO. 1
PLAHT MAKAGBR*S MESSAGE
By: J. Anand
I hope everyone had a pleasant and safe vacation.
For those who had to work during the shutdown, our
sincerest appreciation. As you all know there are
some jobs that Ccin only be done when the plant is
shut down £ind take more them a day or two to
finish.
Although everyone did a super job on the projects
during the shutdown, three groups of people deserve
special mention: the Maintenance Group working on
the #8 oven wall, the Treating Group working on the
#3 flooring and the Janitorial Crew after the
second floor painting.
On June 1st the Compciny announced that our
division (Gastonia, Hopewell and Woodstock) is no
longer part of the Tire Group but now moved to the
Diversified Group. The person in charge of this
group is Mr. Ben Ammons.
On July 10th, Mr. Ammons, Mr. Hirai and Mr.
Johnson visited our plaint for a brief orientation
trip. The visit went very well. Mr. Ammons will
be visiting us on a regular basis aund tentatively
the next visit is scheduled in August.
MOmULY PK(H»CnON F(Xi JUNE
Pounds per Day
Department*
Reauired
Actual
Ply Twisting
147,000
137,884
Cable Twisting
147,000
134,236
T. C. Weaving
152,000
149,850
Industrial Weaving
2,700
2,458
Treating
165,000
156,989
Total Pounds Shipped for Month:
4,659,149
* Operating days vary by department.
HASTE REPWer - JUNE
Actual %
to Production
Twisting:
Nylon
.884
Polyester
.973
Weaving:
Nylon
.589
Polyester
.462
Treating:
Nylon
.492
Polyester
.198
OOALmf SOOREBQARD - JUNE
Weaving Rerolls Generated
Reweaving Rolls Generated
Treated Rerolls Generated
Objective %
to Production
.953
1.007
.480
.453
.570
.383
129
40
422
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SAFKTY NEWS
Incidents
Lost Time
Incident Rate - Month:
Year to Date:
June
2
0
5.5
6.4
Remember we can guard against eye injuries by
using appropriate protective eyewear for our jobs
and by following established safety guidelines.
Our Fendall safety glasses techniciain visits the
plcint (in the Personnel Office) on Wednesday every
other week from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. His next
visit will be Wednesday, July 26th.
CUSTOMER OOmENTS
By: Jeff Heavner
You would expect the Sales Department to be
pretty excited about the five new Domier looms
being put into place in the West End of the 1st
floor. [If you haven't noticed, go teike a look —
the sight itself is exciting!] Five new looms
doubles our capacity for producing square-woven or
industrial fabrics.
Think of it! Twice as many looms, twice as much
capacity, twice as mainy yards, twice as mciny
dollars in sales, twice the opportunity to show
off Firestone to the marketplace eind twice the fun
of producing some neat fabrics. Of course a lot
of fabric will have to be treated so there will be
an increase on the tenter unit.
It is all pretty exciting but it's all sold out
already! How can the sales people get excited
about having nothing left to sell? Well, we are
excited because we're already looking beyond these
five looms. Why not find enough sales to fill up
five more new looms — or more? That's the plein
and any help you can give will be appreciated.
We are especially looking for ideas for fabrics
or end products that could be made from the new
colored polyester yarns that our Hopewell plant
produces. If you have ctny thoughts mention them
to your supervisor or to LARRY SHUTE. We'll check
them out.
Why settle for plain old white fabric when maybe
we can sell some red or blue or orange fabrics.
The West End would really be exciting then!
SERVICE AWARDS - JUNE/JULY
Department Years :
KATIE H. PEELER
I.E.
40
DAVE N. LEWIS
Technical
30
MARTY I. YONAS
Administrative
25
ALMA E. BELL
Twisting
20
DELORES A. WATSON
Twisting
20
LAURA L. MOOD
Twisting
20
JAMES M. GAULTNEY
Weaving
20
MINNIE L. WILSON
Weaving
20
VERNON G. CARVER
Prod. Planning
20
CHRISTINE MOORE
Weaving
15
ALFREIDA WATTS
Weaving
15
C. MICHAEL McCLURE
Twisting
15
HOWARD F. BOULWARE
Twisting
15
DEBBIE L. THORPE
Twisting
15
LARRY E. BAKER
Treating
15
PERRY C. BARKER
Maintenance
15
ROGER D. TRAMMELL
Treating
5
ONELL BRACKETT
Twisting
5
RETTRHMENrS - JUNE/JULY
DELPHIA M. THOMAS
Twisting 39
yr
CHARLES W. FORD
Weaving 18
yr
3 mon
2 mon
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ATTENTION ARTISTS!•
ly There has been interest expressed
)l in forming an Art Team for our
I plant. If you have this talent &
would like to share it with your
fellow employees call JACK GIBBONS
ext. 2054 or your department
V manager by July 21. More details
at a meeting of interested folks
later this month.