CabinetMaker+FDM - February 2011

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Osborne installs new packing equipment after customers request ‘no peanuts’

Osborne Wood Products installed new packing equipment that recycles cardboard to reduce the use of packing “peanuts” and save money.

The company invested $5,000 in
a shredding machine to turn a substan-
tial amount of salvaged cardboard, which
the company would otherwise give away,
into packing material that serves as an
alternative to formed paper or foam

Osborne’s shredder turns salvaged
cardboard into packing material.

“peanuts,” according to Tim Ramsey, shipping supervisor. Ramsey estimated that the money saved from previously purchased packing material means the shredder will pay for itself within a year.

“The number of customers requesting ‘no peanuts’ has been increasing,” Ramsey said. “We’re spending at least $100 a week on formed paper for packing in addition to running through a lot of foam peanuts in packing.”

Holz-Her U.S.
completes move to
Mooresville, N.C.

Holz-Her U.S. Inc. completed the relocation of its Charlotte, N.C., operations to the Weinig USA facility 30 miles north in Mooresville, N.C. All of Holz-Her’s U.S. personnel, including sales, service, software support and leasing are now integrated into Weinig USA, as part of the merger strategy implemented after Weinig acquired the company in April.

Holz-Her U.S. spare part warehousing and distribution is fully functional from the Mooresville site. The showroom and demonstration machines will be integrated into the expanding technology center by the end of February 2011, increasing the size of the showroom to nearly 25,000 square feet.