PGT Improvements hosts ribbon-cutting for on-site coaching middle named after previous crew member

NORTH VENICE, Fla. – PGT Improvements (NYSE: PGTI), a nationwide chief within the premium window and door class, lately hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Coopey World, its on-site coaching middle for brand spanking new hires and native college students.

The Venice-based firm named the middle after the late George Coopey, a longtime chief and crew member who began the group’s first hands-on coaching program again within the Nineteen Nineties.

“We named Coopey World after George as a result of coaching was his ardour,” mentioned Jeff Jackson, PGT Improvements President and CEO. “The principle function of the area is to supply a managed studying setting for brand spanking new manufacturing crew members at our Venice campus. In Coopey World, they will find out about their new manufacturing roles in a setting with out strain and have the chance for hands-on coaching earlier than they step on to the manufacturing flooring.”

Coopey’s spouse, Mary, who has labored at PGTI for 40 years in varied roles, was current on the ceremony and obtained a plaque in her husband’s honor.

“George was a fun-loving one who liked folks, liked instructing, and liked working at PGT,” mentioned Mary Coopey, George Coopey’s spouse. “For the corporate to do one thing like this in his title — to recollect certainly one of their very own and have one thing like this — is simply superior, and I’m certain he’d be thrilled.”

The Coopey World coaching middle is situated on PGTI’s expansive campus at 104 Triple Diamond Boulevard in North Venice. The power is 1,971 sq. toes with 24 desks, presentation gear, an upcut noticed, die/fabrication machine, and body meeting tables.

All new PGTI manufacturing crew members based mostly on the Venice campus will full their orientation and spend three days coaching at Coopey World earlier than heading to the manufacturing flooring in varied roles.

“Now we have all the time believed in investing in our crew members, however particularly with our manufacturing crew members, it’s crucial that we offer them with the talents and coaching essential to be secure and efficient of their positions,” mentioned Debbie LaPinska, PGT Improvements Chief Human Useful resource Officer. “George Coopey knew that and demonstrated his dedication to that concept with crew members on his personal manufacturing traces. He was an unimaginable instance of our firm’s tradition of care and innovation, and he’s a legacy right here. We’re proud to have the ability to honor that legacy with this facility.”

Coopey World can be the placement the place native highschool college students start their mentorship program by the Pathway to PGTI program. Three Venice Excessive Faculty college students are at the moment going by this system.

“The scarcity of expertise, particularly within the manufacturing sector, is an actual concern,” mentioned Jackson. “To maintain up with the expansion and the demand for our merchandise, we knew we needed to discover a solution to foster curiosity in manufacturing roles and assist folks achieve the wanted expertise. Via our partnership with the varsity system, we have been in a position to set up a program that focuses on expert commerce, and Pathway to PGTI was born.”

This system consists of preliminary classroom coaching at PGTI’s Coopey World, after which the scholars spend 75 minutes of their college day, Monday by Friday, at PGTI’s Venice campus working alongside a talented mentor.

“The aim of Pathway to PGTI is for highschool juniors and seniors to develop expert commerce expertise whereas nonetheless at school,” mentioned LaPinska. “These college students are in a position to obtain a technical schooling path, guided coaching, and an attainable employment alternative after commencement. In the event that they do resolve to affix our crew, they’re additionally inspired to proceed their schooling or coaching by our tuition reimbursement program.”

PGTI President and CEO, Jeff Jackson, welcomed native authorities officers, representatives from the native schooling sector, enterprise and commerce organizations, and PGT Improvements crew members to the Coopey World ribbon-cutting ceremony. Friends heard from Jackson, Debbie LaPinska, Congressman Greg Steube and Eric Kowalewski, and have been supplied a tour of the power and demonstration of the coaching gear afterward.

About PGT Improvements, Inc.
PGT Improvements manufactures and provides premium home windows and doorways. Its extremely engineered and technically superior merchandise can face up to a few of the hardest climate situations on Earth and are revolutionizing the best way folks dwell by unifying indoor and out of doors dwelling areas.

PGT Improvements creates worth by deep buyer relationships, understanding the unspoken wants of the markets it serves, and a drive to develop category-defining merchandise. PGT Improvements can be the nation’s largest producer of impact-resistant home windows and doorways and holds the management place in its major market.

The PGT Improvements’ household of manufacturers embody CGI®, PGT® Customized Home windows and Doorways, WinDoor®, Western Window Techniques, Anlin Home windows & Doorways, Eze-Breeze®, CGI Industrial, NewSouth Window Options, and a 75 % possession stake in Eco Window Techniques. The corporate’s manufacturers, of their respective markets, are a most well-liked selection of architects, builders, and householders all through North America and the Caribbean. Their high-quality merchandise can be found in customized and commonplace sizes with huge dimensions that permit for limitless design potentialities in residential, multi-family, and business tasks. For extra info, go to www.pgtinnovations.com.

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