Facilities, Environmental Use Power Of The Sun To Resolve Ergo Strain
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (January 23, 2012) — TMMK has become adept at harnessing the power of Mother Nature. From composting our cafeteria waste to installing solar-fueled pond fountains along the Nature Trail-some very innovative projects have been undertaken thanks to a partnership between Facilities Control and Environmental Engineering. And recently the two groups got creative while resolving an ergonomic concern.
Twice a month an Environmental Specialist must test TMMK’s four storm water ponds for compliance with state storm water discharge standards. After it rains, the process requires the specialist to use 150 pounds of force to hand crank a gate which raises and lowers pond control valves. Over time, the ergonomic burden became a concern.
TMMK’s Environmental, Energy Reduction Efforts Honored
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (December 19, 2011) — If awards are an indicator, it’s been a banner year for Environmental performance and education at TMMK.
During a recent recognition event, Facilities Control Manager David Absher announced that TMMK was recognized by the U.S. government’s Energy Star program.
For the sixth year in a row the plant received an Energy Star Sustained Excellence Award. TMMK is one of only 17 automobile manufacturing plants in the country to receive the honor for meeting energy performance standards, and one of five plants to be certified Energy Star facilities for five years or more.
TMMK also is the recipient of a unique award bestowed by the Wildlife Habitat Council. The Pollinator Protection Award, recognizes the Environmental Education team for their awareness campaign on the decreasing habitat of pollinating bees and birds and restoration efforts ongoing at TMMK’s Nature Trail and other locations around the plant.
Diversity, Safety, Quality Circles Shine During BOPs Fall Festival
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (December 12, 2011) — As part of their Fall Festival, BOPs’ Grassroots Safety, Diversity and Quality Circle teams joined forces to host a fair to remember.
Between shifts, team members could check out booths representing the Fitness Facility and TAAS, one of TMMK’s three business partnering groups. Also on display were the Quality Circle promotion and recognition awards, along with the Ergo Cup Safety Risk Recognition Awards.
Activities included computer stations for team members to familiarize themselves with the Safety Registration System and enter a safety related issue they wanted to see resolved.
TMMK Honors Paint Team Member and His Daughter's Winning Safety Entry
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (November 28, 2011) — Ten-year old Sydney Kopser was the star of the show when TMMK President Wil James presented her and her classmates at Lexington’s Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary with a special treat.
Kopser is the daughter of Paint Team Member Scott Kopser. Her bee-themed entry was the winner of this summer’s Safety Mascot contest, earning her the honor of a cake and donuts delivered to her school.
The Color Me Safe Coloring and Slogan contest is held every June as part of Safety Month. It is open to team member’s children or grandchildren ages five to 11 years old.
Young Professionals Group Participates in Community Service
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (November 19, 2011) — On Nov. 19, TMMK Business Partnering Group, Young Professionals, helped clean up a section of the historical park, McConnell Springs in Lexington. Members included: Grace Agboka, Geoff Gaither, Erica Nims, Bethany Giordano, Jennifer Joseph, Beth Kasa, Kevin Wieman, Ben Kasa and Chris Zeitler. Chris Tallon was not pictured.
Together they cleared invasive non-native plants from the area to allow traditional native Kentucky under-brush to return.
Team Effort Generates Monumental Improvements In Community
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (September 14, 2011) — TMMK team members participating in this year’s National Public Lands Day proved just how much you can accomplish when you work together as one.
In a span of under six hours, Team Toyota accomplished numerous improvements and upgrades to the Salato Wildlife Education Center in Frankfort. During the Saturday volunteer event, more than 80 trees and shrubs were planted throughout the center’s forest exhibits.
Team members also performed maintenance on four hiking trails, weeded and mulched wildlife habitats and constructed a life-sized eagle’s nest that will become part of an interactive exhibit for visiting school children.Additionally, team members upgraded Salato's bobcat exhibit by replacing a worn out stream liner; just one of many jobs that could not have been accomplished without Toyota volunteers.
Run the Distance Winners Take It To The Limit
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (August 9, 2011) — It’s a repeat for Assembly 2’s A Step Above. They won the 2011 Team up to go the Distance Challenge. Along with Captain Jim Lewis, the team is Johnnie Oakley, Chris Karam, Matt Slone, Melissa Florence and Freida Brinegar. They completed a team average of 954.8 minutes of cardio activity during the three-week cardio challenge.
Legacy Runners took the second place prize. They are Assembly Team Members Jim Greenlee, Courtney Greenlee, Tammie Peach, Richie Rowe, Chris Coy, Sherri Ard, and Michelle Nelson along with Dave Baird from Quality Control. Together they reached a team average of 953 minutes.
Third place honors went to 4 Gals and A Guy, who are Business Planning’s Rebecca Lucas, Meg Howard, Lillie Kelly, and Maria Towles and Corporate Compliance’s Ken Ramsey. Each member received a commemorative medal for logging a team averaged 723.5 minutes of activity.
Newest Members of TMMK's Diversity Council Announced
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (August 9, 2011) — TMMK’s Diversity Advisory Council (DAC) has announced the appointment of three new members. Exempt team members from across the plant make up the 19-person group, which helps steer diversity activities and plans.
Paint’s Troy Abrams, Assembly’s Robert Brock and BOPS’ Manuel Reyes were selected from 15 applications to fill the open positions. The team members were selected based on their application, department/section management recommendation, personal interview, leadership and commitment to diversity.
What's All The Buzz About Pollination?
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (July 7, 2011) — Ever ponder the connection between the birds and the bees and the food that we eat? That’s the point of National Pollinator Week, which is celebrated nationwide during the third week of June each year.
TMMK Environmental Engineering and Community Relations did their part to commemorate the occasion.
Several 8 to 11-year-old toured the Nature Trail for a hands-on opportunity to learn about pollinators and how these busy bees supply one-third of our diet, as well as medicines and fibers.
visit to TMMK. More than 60 students rotated through displays presented by seven departments.
Area Students Get Feel For Manufacturing
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (June 25, 2011) — TMMK recently hosted education opportunities for Gateway Academy, a math, science, technology and engineering bootcamp for Scott County students.
While visiting the plant, the 64 sixth-graders and their teachers experienced a half day of hands-on learning by rotating through a series of department-driven activities in the Visitor Center.
TMMK Awards First Ever Environmental Youth Leadership Award
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (June 13, 2011) — On May 16, the first ever "TMMK Environmental Youth Leadership" Award was presented on behalf of TMMK to Liberty Elementary in Lexington.
Each year, TMMK receives dozens of requests for transportation funding from schools across Kentucky wishing to visit TMMK to learn about manufacturing and the environment. Last fall, Liberty Elementary submitted an application that made quite an impression on the Environmental Education Grant Committee.
Toyoda Gosei Automotive Sealing Kentucky plant can be seen after a tornado hit the Toyota supplier on April 1, 2011.
Toyota Responds When Disaster Strikes, Helps Supplier Recover
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (May 30, 2011) — When Mother Nature recently dealt a blow to a Toyota supplier in Hopkinsville, TMMK team members and those from other affiliates sprung into action.
On April 1, a tornado hit the Toyoda Gosei Automotive Sealing Kentucky (TGASK) plant which makes weather stripping for several Toyota vehicles. While production was running at the time, employees took shelter and no one was seriously injured. However, the building suffered heavy structural damage in the areas that store raw materials and finished goods.
TMMK Team Members Shine During Community Involvement Day
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (June 2, 2011) — This month, team members fanned out across central Kentucky to help with everything from Habitat for Humanity to park improvements. More than 400 first-and second–shift team members were selected by their departments to represent TMMK at 17 different non-profit organizations in Scott, Fayette, Montgomery, Shelby, and Jessamine counties. In all, TMMK team members logged 3,304 hours during Community Involvement Days. The program educates our workforce on the needs of the community as well as inspiring them to volunteer again in the future.
Spring Fling Festival held at TMMK's softball field.
Soggy Conditions Don't Damper Crowd, Enthusiasm at TMAA's Spring Fling
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (May 7, 2011) — April showers may bring May flowers, but they also make for a slippery Team Member Activities Association (TMAA) Spring Fling Festival.
The Spring Fling boasted events for kids of all ages. From the fastest texter competition to the traditional Easter egg hunt, there were a variety of fun activities for TMAA members and their children.
review the efficiency of the lighting fixtures in the kitchen at Western Elementary in Georgetown.
Western is one of 14 buildings being evaluated through TMMK’s participation in the district wide energy committee.
TMMK Shares Kaizen Thinking, Energy Management Tools With Community
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (May 5, 2011) — Through a partnership with Scott County Schools, TMMK’s Energy Management group is helping the district become more energy efficient.
Assistant Manager Roger Wallin is representing TMMK on the district wide energy team which has worked on everything from lighting retrofitting to rate assessments. Together they helped earn an Energy Star rating for 84-year-old Garth Elementary, making it the oldest school in the state with the designation. To date, the initiative has saved the school district over $200,000 a year in reduced energy bills.
“This has been a great opportunity for myself and TMMK to provide support to our local school system,” Wallin said.
Team Member's Ingenuity Creates Learning Tool For Area Youth
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (May 2, 2011) — Team members in Facilities Control DICEM Group never know what they will be asked to repair, replace or sometimes even build from scratch. Team Member Lance Hamilton was recently asked to build a solar-powered fountain for the pond along TMMK’s Environmental Education Trail.
Equipped only with solar panels and a water pump that was purchased years prior, Hamilton got on the Internet and learned the ins and outs of solar energy.
“I just started reading and found the parts that I needed and really tried to do it on the cheap,” Hamilton said. “A lot of the stuff I used we had back at the shop or was scrap from other departments.”
Meet TMMK’s “Biggest Losers”: Trio Wins Weight Loss Competition
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (April 18, 2011) — Three second-shift team members recently turned their good habits into a winning combination, earning them the titles of TMMK’s Biggest Losers.
Jessica Frazier, Lisa Sanders and Wallace Morton along with more than 135 other team members and Fitness Facility members entered the Biggest Loser competition in January. The eight-week long competition consisted of a start and finish weigh-in, as well as weekly fitness challenges that included everything from a 40 yard dash to a timed run through an obstacle course.
Open to all Fitness Facility members, the teams were composed of three people and the biggest loser was declared once the weight loss percentages were totaled for each team.
McManigle Wins Volunteer Of The Year
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (April 4, 2011) — Business Planning Associate Dorothy McManigle is this year’s Volunteer of the Year.
She was honored for her numerous volunteer commitments including her time spent at the Kentucky Horse Park where she serves as a public tour guide, in addition to arranging volunteer work schedules.
McManigle also spends her time organizing collection and donation opportunities for the Salvation Army and Amen House, as well as providing transportation for the Central Kentucky Riding for Hope program.
Four To Represent TMMK Through Adult Mentoring Program
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (March 9, 2011) — Four TMMK team members have been chosen to represent the company for the 2011 YMCA Adult Black Achiever program.
Assembly Group Leader Demarcus Dawson, Body Operations Specialist Manson Myles, Quality Control Team Leader Ruth Padgett and Powertrain Manager Jerry Sturdivant were selected from 10 nominees from across the plant.
TMMK’s representatives were chosen based on their interest form application, department and section management recommendation, performance evaluations, leadership roles and community service involvement.
TMMK Hosts High School Students, Promotes Girls in Engineering
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (March 7, 2011) — In February, nearly 50 students from Scott County High School and Bryan Station High School in Lexington toured shops at TMMK as part of “Girls in Engineering” day.
The annual, day-long event is part of a national effort to encourage more females to become involved in the field of engineering.
The students, split into teams of six rotated through three different departments where they had the opportunity to participate in real-world engineering related activities. In all eight departments participated.
Powertrain Attains Top Spot for This Quarter's
Energy
Reduction Contest
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (January 26, 2011) — Powertrain was recognized for taking the top spot in the third quarter of the Running Green Marathon. Overall in the contest they are ranked second behind Quality Control for FY11 energy reduction. Powertrain received bonus points this quarter for having the highest percent reduction in compressed air.
Plastics, QC Win Ninth Annual Shutdown Energy Challenge
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (January 14, 2011) — Congratulations to Plastics and Quality Control for their performance in the annual President’s Shutdown Energy Reduction Challenge. Last week at the Daily Operations Meeting, the two shops were recognized for their efforts to reduce energy usage.
The results of the contest are a comparison of energy usage over December shutdown, versus the FY10 weekend non-production average for each shop.
Die Team Member’s Ergo Kaizen Earns National Recognition
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY, (January 13, 2011) —Congratulations to Die Manufacturing Maintenance Team Member Bill Roggenkamp for placing in the Humantech Find It – Fix It Challenge.
Roggenkamp was featured on Headline News and Inside Track in October 2010 for his work to alleviate ergonomic burden on team members opening the access door for the tool magazines on the shop's three milling machines. Using an automated switch and air cylinders the door now opens with ease, alleviating push force and allowing the operator to stay in a neutral back posture.
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