Noise is regulated as well. Sound abatement efforts allow for workers to hear their radios, not clanking machinery. Employee morale is vital. The workforce numbers 292 and runs 24 hours a day, five days a week. The Langeskov plant prides itself on having a good reputation locally.
Employees enjoy working there and the plant is a good neighbor.
Already the changes have resulted in dramatic improvements. Thermo King container reefer units move swiftly down the line stopping an average of 15 minutes at each station. Workers hum along with the radio as they place some of the reefer's 600 parts. At the end of the line, every single unit is inspected, put through a three-hour test run and then, if everything is running perfectly, receives the Thermo King logo. Thermo King Corporation was founded in 1938 and manufactures transport temperature control systems for a variety of mobile applications, including trailers, truck bodies, buses, shipboard containers and railway cars.