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An invitation from John Maybury |
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Hardigg Industries Maximizes Floorspace |
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30th Anniversary Celebration & Industrial Expo |
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Lift Truck Rodeo Results |
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| Holiday Greeting |
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| Dynaco High-Speed Impact Doors |
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Hardigg Industries Updates
For more than 20 years, Maybury account manager Bill Sieber has worked with Hardigg Industries, Inc. of South Deerfield, Massachusetts, providing material handling solutions that matched the company’s growth. As Hardigg has evolved into one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-end molded shipping and carrying cases, their material handling needs have evolved as well. Sieber began by providing pallet rack and other small items for Hardigg’s manufacturing facilities, then moved on to fork trucks, rack and shelving solutions. Hardigg Industries was founded by James S. Hardigg more than 50 years ago with an eye toward engineering innovation in the area of case design and development. Hardigg has since continued to develop and produce the world’s best-engineered line of shipping and transit cases designed to offer maximum protection during transportation of computer, medical, ordnance, testing, audio and electronic equipment. Hardigg handles the entire design, manufacturing and testing cycle for their rotomolded, injection-molded and blow-molded cases and cushioning devices at their 275,000 square-foot Corporate Headquarters and flagship manufacturing site in South Deerfield, which houses manufacturing, warehouse and office space to accommodate more than 450 employees. As free floor space at Hardigg’s facility has become more and more sparse, they have relied on Maybury for solutions to maximize their storage and office space. Recently, when Hardigg’s rapid growth in injection-molded case business created a need to better optimize the floor space in their finished goods warehouse, they turned to Maybury. In addition to coming up with a plan to install a double-deep Interlake pallet rack system in this area, Maybury developed a plan for a Starrco Modular Office, which would allow Hardigg to make room for support staff for a new internal custom case assembly operation directly on-site in their receiving warehouse.
"Hardigg is growing again," said Sieber. "They came to us with a limited amount of floor space available and requested that we fit as many pallets as possible into that space." When the RFQ came in, Sieber initially met with Jim Kirkendall (V.P. – Supply Chain) and Sue Cass (Logistics Manager) at Hardigg to assess their needs and take critical measurements of the warehouse space. "Bill recommended Interlake high-bay, double-deep, high-density pallet rack to optimize utilization of our warehouse cube space," Kirkendall said. "Within 48 hours, he emailed an engineering drawing of a proposed rack configuration and layout. Over the next two to three weeks, we requested a number of changes to the footprint and rack configuration, which the Maybury folks made with excellent follow-through and turnaround time. The necessary resources and sense of urgency were continually given to this project." Installation of the new rack system came together quickly, with some flexibility in scheduling by Maybury in order to accommodate for sprinkler system and aisle lighting contractors who also needed to work in the area. Maybury additionally provided Hardigg with two Crown RD5225-30 double-deep 270" reach trucks, which allowed them to keep aisles very tight and maximize available floor space for the pallet rack install. Maybury provided operator training for the new lift trucks on site at Hardigg’s facility. "It took our material handlers a few weeks to get past the learning curve of reaching four tiers high, as well as two pallets deep," Kirkendall said. "They are now all proficient in the use of the trucks." In the end, Maybury created more than 1400 new pallet positions within just 8500 square feet of warehouse space. "We were able to exceed their storage expectations while staying within budget," Sieber said. This has allowed Hardigg to bring in all of their injection-molded case finished goods from a remote 22,000 square-foot storage facility, consolidating all of their distribution in their finished goods warehouse area.
In order to provide space right on the work floor for a new internal custom case assembly operation in the receiving warehouse, Hardigg additionally needed to create new office space for their Q/A department, which previously occupied that space. Maybury’s solution was a 30’ long by 14’ wide Starrco modular office structure across from Hardigg’s tool crib, which will house workstations for the half dozen Q/A employees displaced by the new custom assembly operation. The installation process took less than three days and was completed just before the Thanksgiving holiday, allowing Hardigg’s reorganization to be completely up and running by year’s end. The ease of installation, as well as the ability to break down and move the office at a later date, made this an easy decision to make. "Maybury has always been very responsive to our needs," said Kirkendall. "This project was no exception." |
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Pallet Jack Rodeo 
All of us at Maybury hope that you have a happy, safe holiday season and a very prosperous New Year. We look forward to working with you in 2007! 
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