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Longevity is a theme among much of the staff at Acme. Tracy Canter, Packaging Consultant at Acme, reflected on the changes she has witnessed during her tenure. “I’ll be going on my 24th year here and I’m happy to say I still wake up every day and thankful that I’m part of the Acme team. We are one of the best out there in the game of boxes. “When I started, we used to put out about 3 million square feet of boxes a day, which was a really good day. And now, just the other day we did 7.4 million square feet. So, our growth over the years has been exponential and it’s so much fun for me to be able to grow along with the company.” The scale of that growth is visible throughout the facil- ity, where automation plays an increasingly important role in handling the high volume efficiently and safely. Tracy later joked about the company’s approach to capital in- vestment, attributing it directly to Bob: “You know, I like to say Bob doesn’t really enjoy buying cars and houses. He likes buying converting equipment.” WIM Member Insights As Kevin led us through the plant and up to the bulk- head overlook, I connected with a fellow woman in man- ufacturing, Madeleine (Mady) Herringa. She’s a partner relationship manager with KP Interface, a managed IT ser- vices provider, and she attended her first WIM event about three years ago.
system capable of storing a staggering 10 million square feet of product, and two robotic cranes. Material moves automatically between the corrugator and converting
equipment with virtually no human intervention. There’s also a full testing lab and design lab onsite, so it can meet the unique needs of each client. Our group was led by Kevin Beynon, Production Su- perintendent, who is approaching 20 years with Acme. He started as a single facer operator and has watched the op- eration evolve dramatically over the course of his career.
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