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In January 2010 Gar Kenyon was the proud recipient of the distinguished “Manufacturer Of The Year” award from the Waterbury Regional Chamber. This was the ultimate acknowledgment that the company had evolved since the acquisition in 2003 by Steve Fournier.  His continued investment in equipment, training and people has helped provide valuable job opportunities and created an increased awareness of the company.

The Harold Webster Smith Awards were established by the Chamber’s Small Business Council to recognize companies which have shown achievement and excellence in small business.

The Chamber hosts this program to honor the legacy of Harold Webster Smith, founder of Webster Bank, who supported, and helped nurture, small business development within the Greater Waterbury Region.

Nominations are accepted each fall, and the winners are honored at a breakfast each January.

Our company has prided itself on being passionate about energy efficiency and being conservation oriented. This is exhibited in a multitude of energy saving initiatives throughout our facility in Naugatuck.   On an almost daily basis we transport our manufactured parts to various local outside vendors for special processing. Up to this point we have used an older vehicle that was beyond it’s years of service and was costing us more and more to operate. In our spirit of efficiency and cost savings the company recently acquired a Nissan Cube that will be utilized for these outside processing pickups and drop-offs.  We estimate that we have immediately reduced our fuel consumption by 75% in addition to reducing outside emissions into the environment. The vehicle has been graphically enhanced to feature the new Gar Kenyon logo and will serve as a traveling billboard for the company.

Gar Kenyon has made investments in new CNC equipment and tooling to increase productivity and capacity. Also, Gar Kenyon manufacturing engineers optimize productivity by utilizing Mastercam X computer aided manufacture (CAM) software to leverage existing design data in the manufacturing process.

Gar-Kenyon’s experienced machinists and assembly/test professionals continue to be one of its greatest assets. Additionally, Gar-Kenyon has made investments in facilities, equipment and software to support its commitment to provide exceptional service at a competitive cost.

With state-of-the art Machine capability together with a highly skilled team and a solid quality system (AS-9100:2004 and ISO9001:200 Certified), Gar Kenyon can provide solutions to meet customer’s most demanding requirements.

Gar Kenyon has focused on lean manufacturing throughout the company.  Optimal set up reduction for our CNC operations have been conducted and sustained to provide customers with improved delivery time.   For scheduling we are using machine loading Kaizen.  6S Kaizen in inspection.  We have extensive kitting of tooling in machine shop and secondary.  We utilize value stream mapping and we have more scheduled throughout 2011.