Local manufacturer wins award

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Carlisle Transportation Products, a manufacturer of power transmission belts, specialty tires, and tire and wheel assemblies, has earned the Operational Excellence Bronze Award for its success in implementing Carlisle's continuous improvement system, the Carlisle Operating System.

COS is Carlisle's global, lean-based business management system designed to increase overall profitability by eliminating waste, improving efficiencies and reducing the impact on the environment.

The Operational Excellence Award recognizes facilities that have achieved significant safety, quality, delivery and cost improvements.

One of the results of CTP's success is that production from China is being moved back to the United States. CTP's efforts have yielded higher efficiency of the organization while maintaining a stable workforce presence in the Fort Scott area.

CTP is a division of Carlisle Companies Incorporated, a global diversified manufacturing company. Carlisle's Chairman, President and CEO David A. Roberts will be presenting the award to the CPT employees at 2:30 p.m. March 15 in Fort Scott. Each employee will be recognized with a cash award and a shirt reflecting their achievement.

"Our Fort Scott employees have demonstrated enormous commitment and initiative in their work towards higher efficiency and operational excellence. I congratulate the entire Fort Scott Team and look forward to the award presentation next week," Roberts said in a news release.

Kevin Forster, president of Carlisle Transportation Products, also remarked about the achievement of the Fort Scott facility: "The entire team at Fort Scott is dedicated to a continuous improvement philosophy and has utilized the Carlisle Operating System very effectively. They have used the process to ensure the working environment is safe and organized, improve the quality of our products, improve efficiency, and to make improvements to the factory's production equipment. I congratulate them on achieving the Bronze Award and look forward to working with the entire team as they continue their continuous improvement journey."

Carlisle Transportation Products manufactures a comprehensive line of power transmission belts, specialty tires, tire and wheel assemblies and aftermarket styled wheels for the agriculture, construction, outdoor power equipment, high-speed trailer, power sports, industrial and automotive aftermarket.

Carlisle is a recognized leader for superior product performance, quality and customer service. Its global manufacturing footprint and regional distribution centers allow it to deliver the right products to customers when they need them, the release said.