Zach Worthington Joins Trelleborg as Operational Excellence Manager

Trelleborg Healthcare & Medical has hired Zach Worthington as operations excellence manager based in St. Louis Park, Minn.
 
In this role, Worthington will implement Trelleborg Group Excellence programs across all Trelleborg Healthcare & Medical global manufacturing sites, in collaboration with the site Manufacturing Excellence Leaders. 
 
“Trelleborg has a long commitment to excellence across operations, with five formal programs in place. Zach will further strengthen and harmonize Trelleborg Healthcare & Medical’s approach to continuous improvement,” said Daniel Diffenderfer, director of Strategic Initiatives for Trelleborg Healthcare & Medical.
 
Worthington was formally trained in the Toyota Production System methodology while working for Toyota, achieved Six Sigma Green Belt certification from ASQ, and is on track to complete his Black Belt certification later this year. Most recently, Worthington served as quality manager for Donaldson in Baldwin, Wis. He earned a bachelor of science degree in industrial technology from Iowa State University. 
 
Trelleborg Healthcare & Medical helps pharmaceutical and medical device​ companies improve patient quality of life. ​It does this by partnering with customers to develop reliable engineered polymer solutions for demanding medical, biotech and pharmaceutical applications. From a single global source, Trelleborge partners with its customers in all stages of development, from concept to serial production, providing the optimum solutions to meet all their partners polymer-based healthcare and medical application challenges. Trelleborg Healthcare & Medical combines a number of operations from within Trelleborg Group that are focused on this industry. 
 
Trelleborg is a world leader in engineered polymer solutions that seal, damp and protect critical applications indemanding environments. The Trelleborg Group has annual sales of about SEK 34 billion (€3.34 billion, $3.95 billion) in about 50 countries. The Group comprises three business areas: Trelleborg Industrial Solutions, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, and Trelleborg Wheel Systems. The Trelleborg share has been listed on the Stock Exchange since1964 and is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, Large Cap.