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1. 1. PAX Corrugated Products

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   Published on: 12/13/2007   Last Visited: 12/13/2007

   Stan Bernard C.E.O.
   
   "PAX Corrugated Products

2. 2. www.americanbaler.com

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   Published on: 8/16/2007   Last Visited: 12/9/2007

   Stan Bernard, president and co-owner of PAX Corrugated Products, Inc.
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   According to co-founders Stan Bernard and Jim Cory, the focus was on improving productivity without increasing labor.
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   Stan Bernard described the effect saying, "It simply snows scrap right into the baler."
   
   Air from the cyclone is exhausted to the filter housing.
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   According to Stan Bernard, "The fully automated bale tying system was something that fully addressed our needs.
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   "In the past, 40 to 42 bales were required to maximize a trailer limit of 40,000 pounds," states Bernard. "Before we didn't have consistent bale weight, and sometimes the bales were breaking open during transit. Now we optimize every shipment with 38 bales. Because our bales are now a better quality - consistent size, consistent high-density and weight, easier to handle and not broken - we get top dollar from our recycling broker."
   
   According to Bernard, the same quality issues benefit PAX when handling bales, too.
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   Bernard adds, "In fact, very soon, we are hoping to secure FDA certification needed for food-handling packaging plants."
   
   Even after increasing plant size over fifty percent, PAX still inventories very little raw material.
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   Bernard clarifies the company focus by stating, "Our goal is to become the preferred supplier.
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   According to co-founders Stan Bernard and Jim Cory, the focus was on improving productivity without increasing labor.
   ...
   Stan Bernard described the effect saying, "It simply snows scrap right into the baler."
   
   Air from the cyclone is exhausted to the filter housing.
   ...
   According to Stan Bernard, "The fully automated bale tying system was something that fully addressed our needs.
   ...
   "In the past, 40 to 42 bales were required to maximize a trailer limit of 40,000 pounds," states Bernard. "Before we didn't have consistent bale weight, and sometimes the bales were breaking open during transit. Now we optimize every shipment with 38 bales. Because our bales are now a better quality - consistent size, consistent high-density and weight, easier to handle and not broken - we get top dollar from our recycling broker."
   
   According to Bernard, the same quality issues benefit PAX when handling bales, too.
   ...
   Bernard adds, "In fact, very soon, we are hoping to secure FDA certification needed for food-handling packaging plants."
   
   Even after increasing plant size over fifty percent, PAX still inventories very little raw material.
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   Bernard clarifies the company focus by stating, "Our goal is to become the preferred supplier.

3. 3. Labor Shortage - 2003-06-09 - Dayton Business Journal

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   Published on: 6/10/2003   Last Visited: 6/11/2003

   Stan Bernard understands the need for an educated manufacturing workforce capable of learning the high-tech ins and outs of a rapidly expanding industry.
   
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   Right now, though, Bernard, owner and president of Lebanon-based Pax Corrugated Products, will settle for new employees who know how to read a tape measure -- and show up on a regular basis.
   
   "The biggest thing I, along with every other growing business, have to do is make a decision: Do we want to hire employees and have to teach them basic math skills?" he asked.
   
   The problem isn't with Pax's core group of employees -- 28 of the 36 full-time employees have been with the company through most of its 12-year history. It's the question of how to attract and retain qualified, skilled labor that's vexing Bernard.
   
   He's not alone. The manufacturing industry is experiencing an slump in image and interest, according to a recent report by the National Association of Manufacturers and human resources research firm Deloitte & Touche.
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   Bernard said the company advertises positions in various local newspapers, fliers and temp agencies, with little to no success; new hires usually last a month or two before they're fired for poor attendance.
   
   "It seems like the employees we've tried to bring in the last several years haven't worked," he said.