Honda honored 61 North American suppliers for their performance and perseverance in supplying parts and materials during 2020. The suppliers earned awards for supporting Honda with mass production parts and materials, as well as service parts that serve the needs of customers after their purchase of a Honda or Acura product. Honda recognizes suppliers with Read More
Effective February 18, 2021, Ohito Takahashi took over as president of Weastec Inc. Mr. Takahashi replaced Yasuhiko Ida who is returning to Japan to assume the roll of executive director of global R&D at Toyodenso Co., Ltd. Mr. Ida served as Weastec’s president for four and a half years and had served at Weastec on Read More
Governor Mike DeWine issued a “Stay at Home” order for the State of Ohio effective March 23rd at midnight in an effort to fight the spread of the COVID 19 virus. This order will remain in effect until at least April 7th. In response to this order Weastec Inc. will be closing normal operations for Read More
All About That Bulk, a group of Weastec associates, working together to improve the process of locating parts needed for Manufacturing Order (MO) in the Bulk Area. Using the circle processes: data analysis, decision making and planning tools, the team implemented process improvement of scanning box (at station) to access the MO. Prior to implementation Read More
Weastec was very active, once again, at the 2018 Highland County Fair. Weastec bid on numerous livestock during week and won or teamed with partners to win over dozen auctions. Weastec teamed to win the auction of Christian Flowers’ Champion Rate of Gain Poultry and Claire Wilkin’s Reserve Grand Champion Market Goat. Weastec also won Read More
National Harbor, Md. – Today at the SelectUSA Investment Summit at National Harbor, Maryland, Weastec, Inc. President and CEO Yasuhiko “Nick” Ida announced the company will invest more than $3 million to expand its Technical Center in the Columbus Region and evolve the technological advancements in the automotive industry. Weastec, which designs and develops vehicle Read More
Associates from both Weastec’s Hillsboro Operation and Weastec’s Technical Center in Dublin participated in the week long TeamHondaCares. Twenty one associates participated in the TeamHondaCares week of community service. Ten associates helped prepare meals for Highland County Meals on Wheels. Eleven associates prepared and served lunch at the Ronald McDonald House in Columbus. Associates took Read More
At the 2018 Honda Power Equipment Supplier Conference Weastec was presented with the Excellence in Quality and Delivery Award. The award is given to suppliers who exhibited superior performance in both quality and delivery for 2017. Weastec supplies various electromechanical switches and ignition products to Honda Power Equipment. Our products go into Honda’s engines and Read More
AEP Ohio recognized Weastec Inc. as an Energy Efficiency Champion at the Event Location last night. AEP Ohio acknowledged the outstanding contributions to increasing energy efficiency and environmental stewardship of five of their customers. From 2014 to 2017 Weastec was able to reduce their electrical usage by over 900,000 kWh per year, significantly reducing our Read More
Weastec donated its third of five installments to the Highland District Hospital Foundation’s GreatER Care Campaign. The campaign funded a major expansion of the ER facilities at Highland District Hospital. The prior emergency department was not going to be able to support the upcoming patient load in the coming years. The expanded department was completed Read More
Weastec’s Quality Circle team “The Bay Watchers” presented their circle project at the 2017 Fall CAN North American Block Conference in Celaya, Mexico, last week. The team of Charlene Binegar, Brian Ortlieb and Janet Paris spent nearly a year in developing and implementing their project. The project focused on inventory process improvements. The team utilized Read More