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News and Press: Company News
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Rexroth Lean Manufacturing Expert to Teach at National Manufacturing Week’s Assembly Technology Expo
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Rexroth lean manufacturing expert Kurt Greissinger will teach the “Box Game” – a hands-on simulation system showing the concept of single-piece flow in a lean environment.
(Buchanan, MI – www.boschrexroth-us.com) Kurt Greissinger, a lean manufacturing expert for the Linear Motion and Assembly Technologies group at the Bosch Rexroth Corporation, will be teaching a seminar called The Box Game Single Piece Flow in the Lean Factory Experience during the 2007 National Manufacturing Week’s Assembly Technology Expo (ATE) at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont (Chicago), IL.
Greissinger’s lean manufacturing session takes place Wednesday, September 26, from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM, and will be repeated from 10:35 AM - 12:00 PM.
Greissinger will teach a simulation system called the “Box Game,” a real-time hands-on experience showing the concept of single-piece flow in a lean environment. The Box Game is the same simulation system used to train Rexroth employees in their lean production strategy.
About Kurt Greissinger
Greissinger is the product marketing manager for the new Manual Production Systems product line at the Bosch Rexroth Corporation’s Linear Motion and Assembly Technologies Group in Buchanan, MI. He began working as a process engineer and has spent his career helping companies optimize processes and flows while eliminating waste. Prior to joining Bosch Rexroth, Greissinger was helping to lead the semiconductor industry in its adoption of lean manufacturing techniques.
Greissinger holds a B.S. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and an MBA from Grand Valley State University. He has conducted the "Box Game" around the country to hundreds of participants.
Bosch Rexroth has more than 30 years of experience helping companies optimize their assembly operations, including lean production concepts and ergonomics. To download or request any of the free lean manufacturing resources available from Bosch Rexroth, visit www.boschrexroth-us.com/lean.
Bosch Rexroth AG, part of the Bosch Group, achieved sales of approximately $6.2 billion (4.9 billion Euro) in 2006 with over 29,800 employees. Under the brand name of Rexroth the company offers all drive and control technologies, from mechanics, hydraulics and pneumatics to electronics and associated service. Over 500,000 customers worldwide utilize Rexroth’s unique technological know-how to implement their innovative and future-oriented systems and machine concepts. The global player, represented in over 80 countries, is an extensive supplier of components and systems for industrial and factory automation and mobile applications. Visit www.boschrexroth-us.com for more information.
For more information, please contact
Bosch Rexroth Corporation
Kevin Gingerich
816 E. Third Street
Buchanan, MI 49107
Telephone (269) 695-5295
Fax (269) 695-5363
kevin.gingerich@boschrexroth-us.com
Godfrey Public Relations
Todd Walter
40 North Christian Street
Lancaster, PA 17602
Telephone (717) 393-3831 ext. 133
Fax (717) 393-1403
twalter@godfrey.com
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