Construction is expected to be completed in the first quarter of next year. The company plans to hire 15 new employees as part of its expansion plans. This will enable us to meet the rapidly growing demand for our products to serve our customers better worldwide.”
“The addition to the manufacturing facility, and the resultant forthcoming new jobs, significantly increases our production capacity and improves the overall flow of our production processes. “The facility expansion validates the strategic investment in our people and process during the pandemic-impacted years of 20,” GK Chief Financial Officer John Koufis says. The new area also has been designed to provide space for further capital equipment purchases and increased material storage, the company says. Plans for the addition include high bay ceilings, which will allow the installation of cranes with 80-ton lifting capacity. Our customers know we are committed to solving their production challenges and our employees see the investment as a commitment to providing them with the best equipment to complete the job safely and efficiently.” “To stay competitive, we must invest in the right technology to make us as efficient as possible.”Įgan continues, “We see multiple positive outcomes from this investment. “With customer demand for larger, heavier and more complex units, we identified a significant need for more space and increased capabilities,” GK Vice President of North American Sales Jim Egan says. It will further expand our capabilities for our Tuffman and GK Systems brands.” "We can handle some of our larger products, such as STM-Series Two-Mass mining screens, Finger-Screen recycling screens and large rotary and vibratory drums for foundry applications. “The expansion of our North American manufacturing facility has been needed for a while,” General Kinematics President Tom Musschoot says. GK says the manufacturing addition will be added to its existing 220,000-square-foot space “to facilitate increasing demand and more extensive equipment offerings for the mining, foundry and recycling industries.” (GK), a Crystal Lake, Illinois-based recycling equipment and technology provider, has broken ground on a 42,000-square-foot plant expansion at its United States corporate headquarters in that city. New products include steel front load containers, roll-off containers, industrial containers, hoppers, trailers, recycling containers and the Pinnacle line of compactors and receivers. Container and compactor solutions include sales, refurbishment, field service repairs, rentals, inventory management, cleaning, repairs, rebranding and end-of-life container recycling. Her plans for the future? Cook says she wants to create a workplace where employees feel they can express themselves and strive to reach their potential, adding she wants to “bring together the team and get all their wonderful ideas out there and help them to express themselves and flap their little wings.”įleetGenius is a full-service container and compactor solutions partner.
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“‘Where there’s a will, there’s a way,’ and ‘Can’t never could, ‘til it did.’” I know they can be seen as silly phrases, but they were a big driver for me, through and through,” she says.
When asked about tips for other female leaders in the industry or those who want to work their way into leadership positions, Cook says two quotes that stuck in her mind:
“When you have a team that agrees, supports and backs you up, it makes all the difference.Ĭook has a background in engineering, and, prior to taking on her new role, earned an associates’ degree in engineering and worked her way up for two years within the company. “With a lot of coaching, guidance and support from the upper FleetGenius team, a light bulb came on, and I realized ‘Oh I can do this!’” Cook says.
She will be the first woman promoted to plant manager at FleetGenius and among only a few females in the environmental services industry to hold such a title. Naples, Florida-based FleetGenius LLC has promoted employee Lea Cook to plant manager in its Lenoir, North Carolina, facility.
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