April 18, 2022
Congratulations to the entire Gibbs Powertrain team on receiving the NTMA (National Tooling and Machining Association) 6S Excellence Award for the second year in a row! The term 6S is central to the Lean Manufacturing process and stands for Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain, and Safety. While these concepts are strong foundations of […]
December 15, 2021
Gibbs has been awarded parts for two (2) Toyota programs by Tier-One supplier, AW North Carolina (AWNC). The parts are pistons for Toyota’s new LA14 transmission and the re-designed G985 transmission. AWNC is a new customer for Gibbs and furthers our strategy of customer diversification. During the pre-award and launch processes, AWNC visited Gibbs many times […]
November 1, 2021
August 19, 2021
In 2020, Gibbs booked sixteen (16) new parts set to start production in 2022! These new parts will be incorporated into: Toyota Tundra and Rav 4 VW Atlas and Tiguan Review Stellantis Wagoneer GM heavy duty trucks and 4 cylinder cars In the U.S., SUVs and trucks continue to gain market share, and these new […]
August 19, 2021
On August 11, 2021, Larry Buchanan achieved 50 years of service at Gibbs! Marking both his service anniversary and retirement date, Gibbs celebrated with presentations honoring Larry, a cookout, and snow cones across all three shifts. Special guests from KEI included Kevin Koch, Jim Muehlbauer, Steve Church, and Glenn Muehlbauer. Jim and Kevin both expressed […]
April 28, 2021
COVID brought many challenges for everyone — including our school systems. Unfortunately, the impact on many high school seniors means they are graduating without a job or career in mind. To help, Gibbs is holding Open House Week on May 3rd to 7th from 3pm -5pm. If you are a graduating high school senior, stop […]
April 23, 2021
Gibbs Die Casting Corporation (Gibbs) and Audubon Metals’ parent company, Koch Enterprise Inc., support numerous people and community organizations through financial grants in the areas of education, arts, health care, and human services for people in need through no fault of their own. The Koch Foundation is a vehicle that helps accomplish this. This week […]
April 7, 2021
Gibbs’ newest die cast machine, a Buhler Carat 140L, was delivered and is being installed at the Federal plant. When this 1600T machine is fully assembled, it will weigh 66 tons which is equivalent to the weight 12 adult elephants! Its powerful 1,581 tons of die closing force and 123 tons of aluminum injection force […]
March 26, 2021
Gibbs proudly announces Powertrain is a NTMA 6S Excellence Award winner! Congratulations to each Team Member at Powertrain. It’s all of your hard work and dedication everyday that made it possible to win the 6S Excellence Award. The 6S manufacturing principle focuses on sort, set, shine, standardize, sustain, and safety. Implementing 6S in manufacturing leads […]
March 19, 2021
Safety is #1 at Gibbs! All of our Team Members take personal responsibility for following our safety processes and looking for ways to improve. Thank you Team Members for your diligence and caring — Gibbs sets safety records thanks to your hard work! Gibbs President & CEO, Greg Risch, presented Safety Awards to three of […]