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Niagara Sheets Sets New Milestone By Achieving ‘700 Club’ Production Goal North Tonawanda, New York based Niagara Sheets LLC, a sheet feeder established in 2008, announced that they have set an all-time record by breaking the 700,000 mark with their full line 110-inch BHS Corrugator which runs A, B, C, and E flutes along with varieties of double wall com- binations. The company’s B shift crew established this significant milestone at the facility on September 13 with these statistics: • 705,783 lineal feet
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• 58,750 lineal feet per hour • 980 LFM – average speed • 530 msf\hr average • 6.2 million square feet • 100 percent Uptime
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“This milestone that has broken the 700,000 mark is one that we have been striving to hit for several years and it did not come without
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extended efforts of the entire staff at the corrugator, maintenance, and through shipping,” said Jim Proefrock, Operations Manager at Niagara Sheets. “Even when all things are clicking it is a huge accomplishment to be able to produce footage like this while also holding 100 percent uptime for a full 12-hour shift.” Niagara Sheets averages around 3,100 lineal feet per dry end order change and 23,000 lineal per wet end change in the sheet feeder’s typ- ical order mix. This makes it difficult to have everything align itself to be able to break a record of this magnitude, Proefrock said. A relative comparison of the 6.2 million square feet of board pro- duced during this shift would cover 107 football fields or about 142 acres. Niagara Sheets actively participates in memberships with both AICC, The Independent Packaging Association and Fibre Box Association as these groups are great resources to ensure they are always growing and learning the industry trends that help them stay at the top of their game. Using FBA published KPI data, Proefrock said they recognize how they compare to others in the industry that are similar in structure to Niagara Sheets. “We are proud to say that we continually keep ourselves in the upper percentile,” he said. CONTINUED ON PAGE 16 The Niagara Sheets B shift is recognized for their production achievement.
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