34 | Business World Magazine |
November 2013
James Womack, the author and business consultant who founded the Lean Enterprise
Institute, once said,“Commitment unlocks the doors of imagination, allows vision and
gives us the ‘right stuff ’ to turn our dreams into reality.”And indeed, the capabilities of
one company inWestern Pennsylvania have been so complemented by customer com-
mitment and operational vision as to distinguish it as a modern marvel for not only
offering the “right stuff” in terms of doors of imagination, but it has proven equally
remarkable in the production of other protective barriers – from windows and wall
panels to roof systems and more.
Consider the headquarters of the National
Collegiate Athletic Association and Hall of
Fame in Indianapolis, or for that matter, the
Boeing Headquarters in Washington D.C. -
combine this with the recording studios of
the Walt Disney Company, the testing fa-
cilities within the Los Alamos National Lab
in New Mexico, the executive residence of
the National Park Service (better known as
The White House) and, say, the gym locker
room at Greensburg Central Catholic High
School in Pennsylvania. As far removed from
one another as these facilities may seem, they
all have one thing in common, and in this
case, it’s a Western Pennsylvania enterprise
that has amassed a 125 year legacy of ex-
pertise in the manufacturing of doors, win-
dows, roof systems and more. Yet make no
mistake, when it comes to that supplied by
the dynamic duo of Overly Door and Overly
Manufacturing - these are anything but con-
ventional doors, windows or roof systems.
As Overly President Terry Reese explains, “If
you need hollow metal doors or a simple fire
rated door, you should go to Lowes. If you
need a door that is blast resistant, acoustical-
ly (sound) rated or able to withstand against
bullets fired from a high powered, combat
rifle, then we’re the people you’re going to
want to talk to.”
