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We know how to make communication technology. We don't need to make a pager. We’ll do the guts of it.’” “This is our mindset: it can be a stacker; it can be a bundle-breaker; it can be anything. We're going to collabo- rate with the customer, but we're going to have this scope of work that's basically like Motorola—they’re really good at communication. We’re going to be good at designing equipment that connects to everything. That’s why and where we’re going.” Thirty-Six Patents, And Counting Wunder’s Blockbuster and Motorola analogies elegant- ly reflect his vision for A.G. Stacker, which next year will
celebrate its 30th Anniversary. The company, headquar- tered in Shenandoah Valley hamlet of Weyers Cave, Vir- ginia, was founded in 1996 by Clarence and Helen Allen. The Allens began as a full-service rigging company for plant moves, machine installations and workflow redesign, and after years of experience in improving plant layout for greater efficiency, they applied their growing knowledge base to the design and manufacture of material handling equipment and systems, most notably stackers for rota- ry die cutters. Their first model was delivered in the year 2000. Today, the company holds 36 patents on various innovations in material handling component designs and software applications to improve the speed and through- put of corrugated boxmaking equipment. More are in de- velopment. Joe Wunder’s background as an electrical and comput- Eric Stempihar, Senior Design and Project Engineer, demon- strates A.G.’s eTAMP system.
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