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that machinery is constantly being maintained, upgraded, moved or replaced, which also means that at some point, plant layouts will be reconfigured for better productivity. For example, ACC will have an EMBA mini FFG for sale and CBI will soon be adding a brand-new J&L 190-inch Specialty Folder Gluer from Alliance to its production floor. It will then move the J&L 150-inch currently running there
such as Joe Yocam at CB Group, he is mentoring his cous- in Nick with knowledge needed to run an entrepreneurial packaging conglomerate in one of the most competitive markets in the country. Buying and selling factors have changed faster than the leaves of a maple tree in Maine. Nick Widera, like many others who have begun careers in their family’s independent box business, began his man- ufacturing education by working summers during college. He became acquainted with company cultures, shared vi- sion, converting machinery and plant maintenance. There- after, he performed stints in the expediting and design departments, which rounded out his initial insight of oper- ations. Nick graduated from Marquette University in 2008 with a business degree, moved, and immediately put his education to use in the family business in So Cal, first as an Expediter/Scheduler at CBII and later as a Sales Service Representative (SSR) at CBI. All five companies in the CB Group have their own staff of SSRs. There are 11 at CBI and CBII. Six more SSRs are on the corrugated side and two are on the packaging side at TCC and ACC, plus two at WTC. Assisting the SSRs are a group of expeditors. All SSRs are considered part of the Widera family and receive monthly performance bonuses. J&L Alliance As one might expect, the efficient operation of two mod- ern 98-inch BHS corrugators and five sheet plants means
40 miles east to CBII in Rancho Cucamonga to add capac- ity there. The J&L 130-inch currently running at CBII will be shipped approximately 800 miles east to WTC in El Paso, where it will find a home as only the third specialty folder gluer in the local West Texas market. Two BHS 98-inch corrugators supply CB Group’s Southern California sheet plants. CONTINUED ON PAGE 34
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