Earth king gets a crush on lean

Posted on 12 Nov 2010 by The Manufacturer

With more than 15,000 employees and over 50 manufacturing facilities around the world, few would argue that Terex was not true to its name, coined in 1968 from the Latin words “terra” (earth) and “rex” (king). Martin Dummigan, operations director for Terex Omagh, tells Lorenzo Spoerry how the mobile crushing, screening, washing and recycling industry specialist has created an lean, mean manufacturing machine at its Omagh base.

Terex has two manufacturing sites in Ireland, with a combined workforce of 1000 people. It sells its heavy equipment to industries as diverse as construction, quarrying, surface mining, shipping and refining. Initially selling its products mainly in the UK and Ireland, Terex Omagh now sells its products around the world in South Africa, Australia, Europe,…

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