April 7, 2003

Chancellor Fox Visits IES Client in Asheville

Chancellor Marye Anne Fox listens as Jeff Imes, President of W.P. Hickman Co. in Asheville, explains how his company has embraced the principles of lean manufacturing with the help of the Industrial Extension Service at NC State University. (Photo: Deborah Porto, Industrial Extension Service)

As part of her statewide Listening Tour, Chancellor Marye Anne Fox visited the W.P. Hickman Co. in Asheville on April 7. While on the site, Fox saw how Hickman, a manufacturer of custom commercial roofing products, has worked for the past year with the Industrial Extension Service (IES) to become a model example of lean manufacturing.

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