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Textron’s People

Making a Difference... Every Day

Interesting PeopleTextron will become the premier multi-industry company because our employees are committed to making this happen. We see this commitment every day. By empowering each employee with the tools and opportunities to make a difference, we are building a stronger company. Simply put, we have extraordinary people – whether it is delivering exceptional customer service, creating new processes to do their jobs more efficiently or creating innovative and new products.

Read some of the stories about our people – and how they are moving us forward.

Improving How We Do Business

Recycling: Finding What Needs to be Done

Textron’s Theresa Pacheco never thought of herself as an environmentalist. But her Green Belt project created a recycling program at Textron’s Corporate headquarters that is a model for businesses around Rhode Island. Read the full story.

Textron Financial Revives the Lost Art of Saying Thank You

Textron Financial Corporation employees take one day each year to call every customer and say thank you. Now entering its sixth year, Customer Appreciation Day is a rewarding experience for employees and customers. Read the full story.

A Company We Can All Be Proud Of

Lycoming’s Leadership Soars

Like many of their employees, two of Lycoming Engines leaders love to fly. And they lead by example, encouraging employees to learn to fly by offering discounted flight lessons. They also routinely take Lycoming employees up for rides in their plane. Read the full story.

TFC Teambuilding with Habitat for Humanity

When Textron Financial Corporation’s Revolving Credit Group brings its people together for its annual kick-off meeting, team-building activities are a priority. Rather than climbing ropes or going sailing, this group works on charitable projects. This year, the team framed five houses for Habitat for Humanity. Read the full story.

A Kautex Student Builds a Racing Car and a Background in Business

The Formula Student Germany Competition challenges students to design and build a racing car that competes with cars from 11 countries. One participant was an engineering student at Kautex who has since been hired as a full-time employee. Read the full story.

Talented People

Greenlee’s Jeff Plummer: Tons of Product Ideas and a Passion for Motorcycles

Jeff Plummer is the man behind Greenlee’s new products. Read the full story.

Vicki Hoss: Secrets of a Chairman’s Award for Innovation Winner

When should a business add new sales professionals and territories? Vicki Hoss has developed an innovative method that assists in the decision-making process. Read the full story.

Cessna Engineer Hopes to Inspire a New and Diverse Generation of Pilots

Cessna engineer Chrystal Cole-Bridges is one of a handful of African-American female aviators in the U.S. She fell in love with flying after writing a 6th-grade paper about Amelia Earhart. Read the full story.

From Oil Painting to Science and Research: Textron Systems’ Emel Bulat

Emel Bulat, Textron Systems’ Director of Technology and Business Strategy, was recently named to serve on the National Science Foundation Review Board’s prestigious Committee of Visitors. Read the full story.

Cessna Scientist Uses Nanotechnology to Improve Aircraft Materials

Dr. Tom Tse finds the “beauty of science and business” in his work as a Cessna material and process engineering specialist. Read the full story.

Fast Fact

Textron was founded in 1923 as a small textile company called the Special Yarns Corporation. Revenues that first year were just $75,000.

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