demand increases for aluminum wheels, investments and capacity improvements are in process at both of Accuride’ s aluminum wheel production facilities.”
Accuride’ s long-standing commitment to operational excellence has been critical in translating innovation into consistent, highquality output. By embedding disciplined processes across its manufacturing network, the company ensures that new technologies and performance improvements are effectively implemented and sustained at scale.
“ Accuride started the lean journey more than 15 years ago, standardizing policy and practices across our manufacturing sites,” Joseph continues.“ This led to us receiving the Association for Manufacturing Excellence Award at all of our current manufacturing sites. The lean journey is never finished as these processes have transformed into systemic monitoring, reporting, and analysis. Continuing the development of these systems contributes to leading edge technologies.”
Complementing this lean approach to production and continuous improvement is a robust culture that actively engages and empowers its people. From top-level senior leadership through to those on the factory floor, Accuride’ s workforce is deeply invested in both the company’ s own success and that of its customers – an ethos that is reinforced further by the organization’ s employee ownership structure.
“ Since the introduction of our Employee Owner Program, Accuride has created a more unified, motivated, and accountable workforce, as employees now directly share in
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