A company’s success is based on many factors. The product it produces, the way they treat their clients, their reputation as a business and what they do for the community. Murrysville based manufacturer, Energy Swing Windows takes pride in exceeding in all of those areas. Just recently they did something special for a group of high school students. Energy Swing hosted a Life Skills class for Penn Trafford High School. This included a tour of their facility so the students could see firsthand the manufacturing of a product from start to finish.
Dawn Blank, Transition Coordinator at Penn Trafford High School, reached out to Energy Swing Windows because January’s focus career was manufacturing. The students talk about jobs, watch videos, participate in Q&A sessions and role play. Once they complete the lesson, the Life Skill teachers plan a field trip to see the focused career in action. Energy Swing Windows is known in the community for manufacturing their own products. Another plus is that Energy Swing is LOCAL! So the students didn’t have to travel very far for their field trip.
Ron Strader, Director of Manufacturing at Energy Swing Windows greeted the students. Faculty member Dawn Blank and teachers Mrs. Enick and Mrs. Makin were also in attendance for the tour. Strader gave the class a personal tour from the very beginning of how the windows are made all the way to the finished product.
Strader instantly knew he wanted to host the class. He learned about the Life Skills program last year.
“After we learned about the program, which is designed to get students into the work field, we ended up hiring a student to work for us part-time last summer. It was rewarding to see how that student flourished over the summer from a high school student and to see the knowledge he gained working in the shop. It was a rewarding experience to take a student from the Life Skills class and have him work for us. It’s a great program and we are happy to be supportive of it.”
About Energy Swing Windows
Energy Swing Windows has a solid reputation for being active in their community. Even more, they have proven to be a trustworthy company in an industry where that is hard to come by. Energy Swing provides a superior product in its easy–to-clean, most energy-efficient window on the market. They sell, manufacture, and install their products using only company employees-no subcontractors- and boast the industry’s only true Lifetime Warranty; no exceptions and no fine print. In addition to windows, Energy Swing offers beautiful entry, sliding glass and storm doors. Additional awards they’ve earned include the 2016 and 2013 Pittsburgh Business Ethics Award. Energy Swing is also the recipient of the 2011 Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce Business of the year.