Abel Womack Manufacturing & Warehouse Distribution

Manufacturing & Warehouse Distribution equipment, service, rentals & support from Abel Womack, Raymond forklift NE Distributor

  • Online Catalogs
  • Contact
  • Locations
  • Customer Login
  • Cleanrooms & Controlled Environments
  • FANUC Industrial Robots
  • Automated Storage and Retrieval Warehouse Systems
  • Manufacturing Solutions
  • Modular Building Systems
  • Raymond Forklifts
  • Mobile Storage Systems
  • About Us
    • Careers
    • Customer Service Policy
    • Customer Testimonials
    • Discover the Difference
    • Our Locations
    • Management Staff
    • Raymond Solutions & Support Center
  • Forklifts
    • Used Forklifts and Equipment
    • Forklift Rentals and Leases
    • J1-TSV Task Support Vehicle
    • Raymond Basics
    • Power Solutions
  • Parts & Service
    • Equipment Maintenance & Repair
    • Forklift & Conveyor Parts
    • Forklift Safety Training
    • Shop Warehouse Products
    • Tennant Sweepers and Tennant Scrubbers
    • TechMate Service Lift
  • Optimization
    • Fleet and Warehouse Management Solutions
    • Labor Management
    • Asset & Maintenance Management
    • Operator Assist Technologies
    • Real Time Location Systems
  • Integrated Systems Solutions
    • Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV)
    • Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems
    • Conveyor Systems and Sortation
    • Deep Lane High Density Pallet Storage
    • Pallet Racking and Shelving
    • Mobile Storage Systems
    • Industrial Robots
    • Warehouse Automation and Software
    • Indoor Vertical Growing
    • Modular Building Systems
    • Cleanrooms and Controlled Environments
  • Engineering
    • Automated and Robotic Simulation
    • Facility Design and Layout
    • Project Management
  • Information
    • Blog
    • Case Studies
    • Industry Solutions
    • Material Handling News
    • Videos
You are here: Home / News / Corporate News / RAYMOND UNVEILS NEW EXPANSION AT HEADQUARTERS, HOSTS NATIONAL MANUFACTURING DAY EVENT

RAYMOND UNVEILS NEW EXPANSION AT HEADQUARTERS, HOSTS NATIONAL MANUFACTURING DAY EVENT

Southern Tier of New York students receive education and hands-on experience as part of the event

GREENE, N.Y., Oct. 2, 2015 — The Raymond Corporation hosted a National Manufacturing Day event at its headquarters in Greene, New York, unveiling a 47,000-square-foot addition to its facility and the reconfiguration of manufacturing space.

The creation of the Raymond Operations Center accounted for 32,000 square feet of the addition. In this space, Raymond was able to add a second level for office space for operations and support, multiple collaborative team rooms and an employee fitness center. This allowed for the reconfiguration of 60,000 square feet on the manufacturing floor and optimization of the first floor support operations for improved efficiency and production capacity.

An additional 15,000-square-foot expansion has been added to the west side of the building for new 60-foot test bay capabilities, office space, team rooms and break rooms. Raymond also implemented a number of upgrades to its manufacturing technology, installing advanced automatic welding and laser-cutting technology, upgrading warehouse management software, and integrating the corporate logistics plan with just-in-time delivery of equipment and materials.

“Raymond’s growing workforce and our evolving needs as a leader in our industry were driving forces to expand our footprint and implement a number of state-of-the-art technologies on the manufacturing floor,” says Michael Field, CEO for The Raymond Corporation. “To meet the ever-changing needs of our customers, Raymond must continually advance to bring forward the most productive and efficient products and solutions.”

Raymond’s main manufacturing facility is located in Greene, along with its central offices which include operations, engineering, marketing, finance and various other departments. Many of Raymond’s flagship products are built at the Greene location, including narrow aisle Reach-Fork® trucks, very narrow aisle Raymond Swing-Reach® transtacker and sideloader trucks, and Raymond’s sit-down and stand-up counterbalanced trucks.

In addition to the unveiling of the expansion, Raymond’s support of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) careers inspired a National Manufacturing Day event for more than 200 Southern Tier of New York high school students, demonstrating how STEM careers can be exciting, challenging and rewarding.

“Students were given a guided tour of our award-winning operations and witnessed first-hand what careers in science, technology, engineering and math are all about from myself and Steve Medwin, director of systems and advanced engineering,” says Rick Harrington, vice president of U.S. manufacturing at Raymond. “If we can inspire one more student to see a future in a STEM career, then we have been successful.”

Students who visited Raymond also learned about SkillsUSA from Bruce Potter, director for New York State SkillsUSA, and Ellen Coughlin, state leadership and skills conference coordinator for New York State SkillsUSA. SkillsUSA is an organization made up of students, teachers and industry working together to help create a skilled workforce for Americans through a structured program of technical and professional skills training.

For more information or to locate an authorized Raymond Sales and Service Center, visit www.raymondcorp.com or call 800-235-7200.

MEDIA: Photos of Raymond’s Manufacturing Day event are available here.

About SkillsUSA
SkillsUSA is a national partnership of students, teachers and industry, working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. SkillsUSA chapters help students who are preparing for careers in technical, skilled and service occupations excel. SkillsUSA has more than 300,000 students and instructors as members.

About The Raymond Corporation
The Raymond Corporation, recipient of the 2014 IndustryWeek Best Plant Award and 2015 Manufacturing Leadership Award from Frost & Sullivan, is a global provider of unmatched material handling technology, expertise and support to increase productivity and cost-efficiency. Designed with ecological and economical benefits in mind, Raymond® lift trucks are engineered to achieve higher performance and increase efficiency. Raymond offers a full line of manual and electric lift trucks — including pallet trucks, walkie stackers, counterbalanced trucks, reach trucks, orderpickers and turret trucks — and iWAREHOUSE®, complete with iWAREHOUSE Essential™ and iWAREHOUSE Enterprise™, to manage lift truck fleets, labor efficiencies and warehouses. Additionally, flexible automation solutions and industry-leading consultation from Raymond further enhance warehouse processes and streamline material handling practices.

####

iWAREHOUSE®, iWAREHOUSE Enterprise™, iWAREHOUSE Essential™,  Raymond®,  Reach-Fork and Swing-Reach are U.S. trademarks of The Raymond Corporation.

©2015 The Raymond Corporation. All rights reserved.

Sue Boczenowski

About the Author

Sue Boczenowski is the Marketing Manager for Abel Womack.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

  • About Us
  • Industry Solutions
  • Blog
  • Products
  • Corporate News
  • Forklift News
  • Warehouse News
  • Contact
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Linkedin
Raymond_ASASC_2020

Abel Womack - Discover the Difference - logo
1 International Way
Lawrence, MA 01843
800-554-2887

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Linkedin
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Forklifts
  • Careers
  • Fleet Management Solutions
  • Professional Design & Engineering Services
  • Parts
  • Service
  • Forklift Training
  • Pre-Owned Forklifts
  • Forklift Rentals
  • Products
  • Contact Us
  • Sitemap
  • Privacy Policy

Offices In

Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont

Copyright © 2021 · Abel Womack 2.0 on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in