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Submitted on May 29, 2017 - 10:08pm
Body: While some choose to do “spring cleaning,” Fitzpatrick has chosen to do “spring painting.” We have just completed the finishing touches on our painting project throughout the shop...
Submitted on May 7, 2017 - 10:25pm
Body: Fitzpatrick Mfg. management teams regularly utilize a management tool known as Gemba walks or waste walks. This tool leads to many of the dozens of miniature kaizen and lean...
Submitted on February 26, 2017 - 10:09pm
Body: Fitzpatrick Mfg. finished 2016 on an overall positive note. While 2016 was a good year and successful on many fronts, the manufacturing recession did not allow us to achieve our...
Submitted on October 18, 2016 - 10:24pm
Body: Fitzpatrick Mfg. Co. is once again sponsoring a student team from Oakland University's Department of Human Resource Development during the fall semester of 2016. This will be the...
Submitted on October 4, 2016 - 10:48pm
Body: CONGRATULATIONS, TEAM! We have just passed our 6 month surveillance ISO audit. This is likely the last audit based upon the 2008 standard. We are starting the implementation of...
Submitted on October 2, 2016 - 9:35pm
Body: Twelve of Fitzpatrick Manufacturing's team members attended IMTS 2016. This trade show is a long standing tradition in our company; some of our team members have been attending...
Submitted on July 11, 2016 - 10:23pm
Body: We recently changed our machine maintenance program from a paper/binder per team format to an electronic Microsoft Access based program that is accessible shop-wide. The new...
Submitted on June 19, 2016 - 10:50pm
Body: As many of our customers are becoming more conscious of weight as well as the ease of recycling, aluminum is becoming a natural choice. Aluminum does not have the same mechanical...
Submitted on June 7, 2016 - 9:44pm
Body: Fitzpatrick Mfg. Co. is proud to announce that we will be celebrating our 64 year anniversary in June!!!! We have come a long way since Mike Fitzpatrick’s father started the...
Submitted on May 11, 2016 - 10:28pm
Body: With safety being a top priority at Fitzpatrick Mfg., we recently installed blue LED safety lights on all of our forklifts. When an operator starts the forklift, the lights will...