The grand opening of LORD Corporation’s Robison Road facility marks the company’s 90th year in Erie.
Loyalty to the Community LORD Corporation is actively involved in supporting STEM education.
Performance Assurance
On May 18, the LORD Erie facility on Robison Road officially opened with members of the Erie community and LORD team present to cut the ribbon. For LORD, working in partnership with the communities around its facilities is a top priority. This commitment serves as the solid foundation of an enduring and sustainable business that allows LORD to create lasting value for its customers, shareholders, employees and the communities in which it operates. LORD Corporation’s 90-year history of innovation began in Erie, and the new facility will continue the company’s legacy of creating highly reliable technologies that improve the safety, efficiency and effectiveness of products used around the world. “This new facility enables us to build on LORD Corporation’s proud legacy in Erie,” said Ed Auslander, president and CEO, LORD Corporation. “For nearly a century, highly reliable innovations developed here in Erie have proven instrumental in shaping industries, setting global safety standards and delivering value to customers around the world.”
Quality Begins Within
Providing these quality products and processes requires a focus on people. LORD actively promotes a safe work culture and operating environment to educate and advocate continuous improvement in culture and practices. LORD believes that wellness goes hand in hand with safety. LORD provides and promotes programs that educate, support, and encourage employees and their families to make healthy medical, emotional, nutritional and physical lifestyle choices. Healthier employees lead to higher job satisfaction and increased productivity and effectiveness while working to achieve a better, healthier LORD. This unwavering commitment to quality stems from founder, Hugh Lord, and continues today as one of the core values around which the company conducts business. LORD strives to meet and exceed customer expectations while empowering its people to lead productive and healthy lives.
President and CEO Ed Auslander (kneeling) says LORD is committed to “delivering value to customers around the world.”
LORD Team
Employees at LORD have a strong commitment to keeping a close-knit community inside and outside the facility walls, further supported by combining workforces into the Robison Road facility. Each year, the LORD team donates its time and money in the surrounding community. They believe in supporting needs throughout the community and especially value STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). LORD has significant involvement in the local United Way and Junior Achievement chapters in an effort to support those initiatives. Aside from these corporate donations, individuals at LORD also donate to causes that are close to them. These projects range from The American Heart Association to Big Brothers, Big Sisters; and from expERIEnce Children’s Museum to The Fallen Soldiers Picnic. LORD and the northwest Pennsylvania community have a strong partnership and it will continue to strengthen throughout the years to come. “At LORD,” notes Auslander. “We work hard to lead by example.”
LORD Corporation is a diversified technology and manufacturing company developing highly reliable adhesives, coatings, motion management devices, and sensing technologies that significantly reduce risk and improve product performance. For more than 90 years, LORD has worked in collaboration with its customers to provide innovative oil and gas, aerospace, defense, automotive and industrial solutions. With world headquarters in Cary, North Carolina and 2014 revenues in excess of $890 million, LORD has more than 3,100 employees in 26 countries and operates 17 manufacturing facilities and nine research and development centers worldwide, including its Erie and Cambridge Springs locations in northwest Pennsylvania. LORD actively promotes STEM education and many other community engagement initiatives. For more information, visit www.lord.com. July 2015 > www.mbabizmag.com > 13