Pace Dairy – Maddox is currently involved in an equipment relocation project for Pace Dairy to reconfigure a cheese line. Not only are we performing the design and work required to make its old line fit with new equipment, but we are also helping the dairy work through measurement, coordination and manufacturer challenges as well.  Years ago, Pace Dairy was a small customer for us. It has been fun to see how our expanded capabilities and abilities have really enabled us to grow our relationship with Pace from where it was during those early years.

Zimmer Custom-Made Packaging – Zimmer recently asked us to come up with a piece of equipment to lift its media rolls onto one of its machines.  The long-time leader in the flexible packaging market had been doing it the same way for years, but the outdated technique was becoming unsafe and unreliable.  Working with an outside manufacturer, Maddox was able to come up with a lift table machine to better handle the rolls. Sounds great, right? As in everything else in a plant, surprise challenges have surfaced as we have made our way through the installation planning phase.  Maddox is currently working through all of the kinks to make sure that Zimmer gets the solution that it asked for.

JFS America – Continuing work in Scottsburg, Ind., to help JFS reconfigure an old steel cord plant into a specialty wire manufacturing facility, Maddox has upped the ante over the last few weeks to help the company meet some tight deadlines.  By shifting manpower and talent to that facility, Maddox has gotten JFS closer its target time line.  But it’s all easier said than done. The reality is that only through strong communication, on-site decision-making capabilities and excellent vendor support that we have been able to help JFS.  Sometimes, adding resources just adds waste.  We have shown through this project how to make the resources pay off for our customer.