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Ribbon Cutting & Open House:
June 30, 2010... F.N. Smith Corporation celebrates our RIBBON CUTTING & OPEN HOUSE
in dedication of our new building.
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Our News
2010 Business of the Year Award:
It is gratifying for F.N. Smith Corporation to be recognized by Oregon Chamber of
Commerce as “2010 Business of the Year ”. This is a completely unexpected event
in the life of our corporation and was made possible by the efforts of all our employees
that have been diligent in our training process. Politicians, economists and the
news media have been stating for years that manufacturing is dead in the United
States. We have all been given the impression that if you are making your career
in manufacturing that it was likely dead end or second class. What many are now
coming to realize that manufacturing is alive and well providing some form of job
education and training becomes part of the model for success. This type of training
is necessary to keep our workforce competitive in today’s world marketplace. Our
company educates all of our employees at a college level, we pay for tuition and
books and encourage a lifelong commitment in keeping up with changes in technology.
We are accredited by the U.S. Board of Labor for our apprenticeship program that
helps our people grow with the demands of a new manufacturing environment.
We would like to thank the Oregon Chamber of Commerce and the City of Oregon for
this recognition.
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Ground Breaking:
Ground Breaking for F. N. Smith new office building F. N. Smith Corporation, located
at 1200 S. Second Street, Oregon, Illinois is reinvesting in its home community
with the construction of a new, 6000 square foot office building. Ground breaking
for the new F. N. Smith office will take place at 10:00a.m. on Thursday, October
8, 2009. Architects for the office complex are McClellan and Blakemore, Rockford
and contractor for the project is Larson & Larson. The Board of Directors for F.
N. Smith is Fred Smith, CEO, Edward Smith, President, Louise Smith, Secretary and
Susan Smith, Director. F. N. Smith Corporation was incorporated on 01/01/1988. They
are a custom machine builder for customers primarily in the food processing industry.
F. N. Smith presently employes 45 engineers, technicians, welders and support staff.
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FNSC Apprentices Complete Important Project / FNSC Historic Vehicle Wins 1st Place
in Autumn on Parade Festival:
In 1949 the previous owner of our facility, The Quaker Oats Company purchased a
1949 Ford F-6 "Snub-Nose" to support their manufacturing operation. The Ford filled
that roll for years well into the 1960's until it was put out to pasture and kept
on site as a yard truck to shuttle materials between buildings. As the business
transitioned from Quaker to F.N. Smith Corporation minor maintenance was performed
on "Old Whitey" over the years with the thought that one day a full restoration
would be performed.
Finally in 2009 after 60 years of dedicated service the truck was fully restored.
The work was performed in house at F.N. Smith Corp by our apprentices and guided
by those on our management staff that have a lot of automotive rebuilding and racing
experience. The project is a symbol of how training, education and apprenticeship
can gain insight from working on old technology like a 49 Ford.
Soon after the completion of the project the truck took first place in the category
of antique vehicle at the Oregon, Illinois "Autumn on Parade" festival.
Whitey is an intact example of a 49 snub nose with original 239 Flathead V-8, 4
speed and 2 speed rear axle.
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5S Lean Mfg Program:
We are proud to announce our adoption of the 5S Lean Mfg program. In these difficult
times when many companies are struggling F.N. Smith continues to grow. We are constantly
trying to find ways to improve our process and the way we do business so that the
customer will see the benefits through improved quality, labor associated with manufacturing,
and organization that will improve lead times. We have launched a factory-wide 5S
project that will make us your place to go for all your machining and equipment
needs.
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