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and can handle the volume so we haven’t had to add any- thing,” Harris says. “I can see our next purchase probably being another blanker.” Outside vendors, such as Marbach, supply the cutting dies. With the complexity of the dies Tucker says it has been more efficient to outsource, but in-house tooling pro- duction is being considered. “We’re at that tipping point right now for the justification for it,” he says. Best Of The Best ACC is a certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBENC). “Jana and Jenise are definitely driving the com- pany,” Tucker says, adding that their management style is more about people than profits. “Our owners here are not so much focused on what kind of money we are going to make them, but more about what lives they can impact as far as how many more people they can employ and impact more families. That’s pretty neat.” With the additional printing capacity, the plan is to con- tinue to grow and add to the ACC family. “We’re currently at $13 million in sales and I think we can get to $25 million with our existing equipment. However, knowing us, we’ll purchase a few more things between now and then,” Har- ris says. Aligned with the planned investments and growth is the focus on quality. The company has a number of glob- ally-recognized certifications to meet the quality and U.S. FDA safety compliance requirements of its clients. This in-
quired any additional investments in diecutting or gluing. The production flow is designed to “pull” from printing. “We try to have the bottleneck be printing because that’s where you have most of your investments and ex- pensive materials,” Tucker explains. “Diecutting and gluing really try to pull so we try to minimize our WIP there.”
The plant has two Bobst 102-E diecutters and a Bobst Novacut 106-ER diecutter with blanking capability. Of the four gluers, two were purchased in the last five years. “Most of our equipment is fairly new and very efficient There are two Bobst 102-E diecutters and a Bobst Novacut 106-ER diecutter with blanking capability.
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