| History: Lowell M. Guthrie,
a 25-year veteran of Ford Motor Company, founded Trace Die Cast in 1988.
Over the past decade, he has watched his vision of a world-class, quality-focused
die cast operation develop. With the average sales growth exceeding 25%
a year, Trace's sales are quickly approaching the $60 million per year
level. Through unrelenting focus on quality and customer service, Trace
has created an operating system that has been certified to the ISO9002
/ QS9000 standards. We project this strong growth and success to continue
as we develop meaningful relationships with more customers that seek a
qualified business partner for their die cast needs.
Location: Trace is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky- 60 miles north of Nashville and 2 hours south of Louisville on I-65. This rapidly growing city offers easy access to all major highways, and the presence of many manufacturing industries makes this an ideal location for the die casting industry. Additionally, Western Kentucky University and two local technical schools help to provide a wealth of talent from which Trace can feed and grow. We, at Trace, feel that our unique location provides us with BIG city resources and SMALL town values. |
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Business Philosophy: Building a
business depends on building good customer relationships - by delivering
on our promises and always keeping our customers' needs and viewpoint in
the foreground. We believe that readiness to adapt our resources and capabilities
to suit our customers' changing needs should be the basis of that relationship.
To ensure that our efforts to form a working partnership with our customers
are successful, we continuously monitor four vital measures of our performance:
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