FIBERS AND TEXTILES COMPANY
GASTONIA PLANT
JULY. 1990
VOL. 3. NO. 10
PLANT MAMAGKR'S MESSAGE
By: J. Anand
I hope t±at everyone had a s^lfe and relaxing
vacation. A major portion of the Maintenance
Department had to be in the pleint during the
shutdown week to work on some very important
projects. Despite the high temperature during that
week and the complexity of the work, they did an
excellent job. Their efforts are well appreciated.
Tire sales for the month of June were still below
the budget. This is directly impacting us in terms
of the short work weeks that we have been
experiencing. Based on the forecast, August cind
September should have 2 less workdays each as well.
It is in times like this that it becomes even more
important to perform at a better level. Plant
productivity of 48.6 pounds/manhour, despite the
short time, was a good achievement. Waste
performance of 1.5% was an all time low, an
excellent achievement.
As you are aware we have a safety contest going
on. Be extra careful and you will be a winner.
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HOWIHLY PBM)OCTIO« FMt JUNK
Pounds per Day
Department^
Ply Twisting
Cable Twisting
T. C. Weaving
Industrial Weaving
Treating
Required
150.000
150.000
150.000
4,000
165.000
Actual
141,121
149,969
148,683
2,900
152,833
Total Pounds Shipped for Month: 3,747,415
* Operating days vary by department.
WASTE REPORT
- JUNK
Actual %
Objective %
to
Production
to Production
Twisting:
Nylon
.598
.760
Polyester
.792
.955
Weaving:
Nylon
.567
.562
Polyester
.444
.534
Treating:
Nylon
.390
.435
Polyester
.191
.220
I
OOALm SOORgBQARD - JIINE
Weaving Rerolls Generated
Reweaving Rolls Generated
Treated Rerolls Generated
117
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SAFETY NEWS
By: Bill Passmore
The Plant Safety Contest began July 9th and will
continue through October 9th. All groups that
remain incident free for 30 days will receive hats
or visors, for 60 days will be served a meal and
for 90 days will receive tee shirts. If an
employee has a recordable incident (name placed on
the main lobby incident board) his floor or
supervisory group for that shift will be
disqualified. To date 2nd shift Weaving and 2nd
shift, 4th floor Twisting have been disqualified.
A Key Saifety Person Teeim has been formed with
members from each production department and the
warehouse area on the first shift. The purpose of
this team is to help promote safety every day,
every hour, in every way. In the near future we
will be fonjing teams on the 2nd and 3rd shifts.
If you are interested in being a member, submit
your name to your supervisor or to the Safety
Office. If you are approached by a team member
please help them to raeike your work environment
'jafor; oi- if yo’.s havo zny t;”23octior.£ plGase ces
any of the Key People listed below.
Twisting: JOE GILREATH {Team Leader}
GEORGE EURY and HAZEL HAYES
Weaving: CHARLES MAY and BARBARA SHANNON
Treating: ROGER BAKER Warehouse: ROSIE BOONE
INCIDHrr RATE
June Y-T-D 1990 Objective Final Goal
13.11 7.7 4.0 0
Nine people were injured requiring doctor visits.
aiSTOMKR COWKNTS
By; Jeff Heavner
The chargebacks for Jvine were the highest this
year. The main contributors remain Des Moines and
Venezuela. We will be asking the Draper and
Sulzer Weaving Teams to accept, as a project, the
objective of reducing the amount of bagginess in
our nylon tire cord.
Using DuPont polyester, the West End wove a roll
of fabric that, in the words of the customer,
"processed exceptionally well". This trial will
qualify Gastonia as a supplier. At the end of
July we shipped a second roll of fabric to
Aeroquip for qualification. Sales samples
continue to be woven from Hopewell's Solution Dyed
yarn. The fabric seunples are being given to
potential customers.
Reeves business has been slower them expected but
they feel that it should begin to slowly increase.
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