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Article: Corporate freeform. (Sun Hydraulics Corp)
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- Florida Trend
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- August 1, 1997
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Sun Hydraulics of Sarasota prides itself on a unique management culture that encourages employees to be creative by leaving them alone.
Day-dreaming is usually discouraged among workers on assembly lines. But at Sarasota-based industrial manufacturer Sun Hydraulics Corp., employees are encouraged to let their minds wander.
Not long ago, assembly worker Jackie Holbrook grew frustrated at the time it took to prepare hydraulic valves for testing. Adjusting the screw on the valve with a wrench and turning the nut by hand seemed a waste of energy. Why couldn't she hold the valve stationary and have a machine do the work?
The engineer who heard Holbrook's ...