Dalton Foundries Selected for U.S. Senate Productivity Award. . . .
. . . The Dalton Foundries, Inc., manufacturer of gray iron castings for the air conditioning/ refrigeration, transmissions, diesel and marine engines and other markets, was co-winner of the U.S. Senate Productivity Award. This honor was bestowed upon Dalton through U.S. Senator for Indiana Richard G. Lugar and a special screening committee of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce.
. . . Awarded to an organization that demonstrates the most efficient and effective use of its resources to produce a high quality product, this award recognizes productivity in the most critical sense.
. . . Recipients must adhere to established criteria, as well as to documentable and specific gains in productivity. Trends over a period of years are examined; however the award is annual.
. . . As a recipient, The Dalton Foundries was praised for:
* Technological improvements
* Recruitment of quality work teams
* Utilization of preventive and predictive maintenance techniques
* Increased use of statistical and pre-control tools
* A continuous commitment to quality