Flexco tour

Monday, Nov. 4 Location Code
7:30am-1:00pm MT/04
Overview

No competitors allowed, including: Conveyor Accessories, Inc., Mato

Attendees must minimize personal belongings (backpacks, laptops, purses, other bulky items)

This tour will take you through the early successes of Flexco and guide you through its continuing journey to become a lean manufacturer. Flexco can provide insight to both successful and unsuccessful lean practices that have been trialed throughout the last 112 years. Highlights will include safety, rewards/recognition, on-time delivery, quality, standard work, and 5S.

Company

From its inception in 1907, Flexco has focused on just one thing, maximising belt conveyor productivity. Whether you are a small farm in the Midwestern United States, or a large mine in Eastern Europe, or a global parcel handling operation with facilities around the world, Flexco is focused on becoming your number one resource for products and services that maximise your belt conveyor uptime, productivity, and safety. Headquartered in Downers Grove, Flexco employs more than 725 people globally, has partnerships with over 1800 distributors worldwide, supporting more than 150 countries. Flexco has subsidiary locations in Australia, Chile, China, Germany, India, Mexico, Singapore, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. www.flexco.com

Restrictions / Requirements

To participate in a tour, all attendees must adhere to and respect the tour hosts' restrictions and requirements.
Non-adherence may exclude you from a tour.

  • No competitors
  • No photographs
  • Other: See tour description
  • Hearing protection
  • Leather like closed-toe shoes (No high heels)
  • Long or short-sleeved shirt/blouse
  • Long pants (no shorts, skirts, dresses)
  • Other: See tour description
  • Safety glasses