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manufacturer of setup boxes, Fisher Paper Box. It was this latter acquisition that Haglund points to as the driver of the company’s new direction. “Because we now had Fish- er and they were in the folding carton business and the chipboard business, it led us to other industries,” he says. “It really was the foundation of our company today; it got us into the medical industry.” Calling on the spectrum of companies making up the Minnesota “medi-sphere,” Haglund and his team then rec- ognized that these customers frequently had other needs
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such as foam and partitions. “My theory is that once you’re in front of the customer, you say, ‘What do you need? What aren’t you getting?’ And then they would say something, and we’d look into it and find a way to do it. … This in- cluded foam, partitions, and inserts—the things that inte- The company’s growth through the 1980s and early ’90s strained the company’s capacity at its existing loca- tion in Minneapolis. Haglund considered the need to im- prove efficiencies, quality, and service levels, and move to multi-graphics. Housed in a century-old building on Hi- awatha Avenue, an original industrial corridor in the city, Central’s operations were hampered by low ceilings, sup- port posts, production on different levels, and small dock doors, to name a few of the obstacles. The choices for Ha- glund and his team were to add onto the main plant, add onto an existing addition on the plant, move to an existing building, build a new building, or do nothing. The compa- ny’s growing volume in the cramped space was a serious drag on its efficiencies. Hence, the last option of “do noth- ing” was easily ruled out. The limitations of its existing lo- cation also made expansion or improvements impractical. “Never make future investment decisions based on the grateds didn’t want to run.” To Move Or Not To Move Austin Haglund, left, and his father, Mike, represent second and third generations of Haglunds to join the family business.
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