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assisted with our maintenance team. “I was impressed with the professionalism and dedica- tion – they were accommodating in explaining not only to my maintenance team but to the operators also – it was a structured communication, along the lines of: ‘Here’s what we found,’ ‘Here’s what the system can do for you,’ ‘Here’s how you take care of it,’ and above all ‘This is what needs to make it work.’ Our team appreciated it. “I’ve had a lot of experience with different systems in my 37-year career, and working with Escada was different – the preparation work before going live and the commu- nication between our teams made it smooth.” The installation was a resounding success, highlighted by quick buy-in from the wider business teams and nota- ble improvements in reliability and speed. The upgraded
system facilitated running orders at higher speeds imme- diately after going live Darwin continues, “We had an agriculture job that typ-
ically would run that at about 550 – 560 ft per min, and the day we went live, we ran that same order, 150 to 200 lineal ft per min faster. That was one of the immediate takeaways, and we’ve seen our crews pushing the speeds ever since. “In addition to the increase in speed, we are now experiencing less than 10 mins of downtime per shift. Before the upgrade, our bridge control wasn’t reliable, our sync splice was off, and we would experience many overruns that would lead to paper jams and stoppages. With Escada, we can now see the bridge control function and have dialed in our sync splice settings, which has been a success story. “This combination of higher throughput coupled with reduced waste has meant that we have not worked a whole five-day week since the first full week of Septem- ber (2023) – our MSF per corrugator hour has increased in less time – we’re running what we did in five days now in four – a 20 percent increase in productivity. There’s a big target on our sales teams to win more business. “I take every investment project me- thodically – within the next six months, I should be able to make up this investment cost in just waste savings alone. It’s a solid investment for us.” The partnership approach with Esca- da yielded positive results based on clear communication and a dedication to suc- cess. The company envisions a quick re- turn on investment and plans to explore additional technologies offered by Escada. Darwin concludes, “I’ve always worked with suppliers as a partnership; what I’ve
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