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Viking Plastics Awarded for Reducing Waste
04-25-2016Travis Locke from ITUAbsorbTech presented Tom Burton, Viking Plastics’ Environmental Representative the “Achievement in Waste Reduction” award for reducing solid waste by using reusable wiping towels and sorbits instead of paper towels that go into the landfill. As part of Viking’s ISO 14001 environmental program and constant improvement culture, we are always looking for ways to reduce waste […]
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Viking Plastics Receives GM Supplier Quality Excellence Award 2015
04-25-2016For the 3rd time in 4 years, Viking Plastics has received the 2015 Supplier Quality Excellence award from General Motors. The annual award is given to General Motors’ top performing suppliers, that have met or surpassed a stringent set of quality performance criteria. With continued success, Viking Plastics has received the cross-functional support of the entire […]
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Viking Plastics Exhibits at AHR Exposition
03-15-2016Viking Plastics exhibited at the AHR Exposition January 25-27 in Orlando, FL. Known as the world’s largest HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) industry tradeshow, the AHR Expo draws in over 60,000 HVAC professionals. For over thirty years, Viking Plastics has been a supplier to the HVAC industry. This was the third consecutive year we […]
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First graduating class from the PTE Certificate Program
01-04-2016Viking’s Program Managers, Steve Moffett and Rene Menjivar, are part of the first graduating class from the PTE Certificate Program at the AIM Institute. They were interviewed on their thoughts of the new class- you can find the video of
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Viking Plastics upgrades presses, expands global reach
12-08-2015Viking invested over $1 million into its business in 2015, including three new molding machines to increase capacity and improve processes. With the addition of the new presses, Viking was able to get rid of four less efficient presses. Viking plans to replace two to four presses annually.
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The Culture Shift of the Morning Meeting
12-01-2015Drumbeat meetings are a way to continuously improve, educate, and communicate for all employees. Viking Plastics holds a drumbeat meeting for 15-20 minutes every day at 7 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. – one meeting for each shift change. The daily agenda includes dashboard review, efficiency numbers, gratefuls/thankfuls, review of one of […]