HIGHLIGHT HELPING CRITICAL PRODUCT GET OUT
Jay Hale Stretch Wrapping Troubadour
HIGHLIGHT INDUSTRIES Southeast Region Manager. Highlight Industries, maker of stretch wrappers, case tapers, strapping
Grand Rapids, MI is not only the home of HIGHLIGHT Industries but also considers itself to be the craft beer capital of the United States. They also have several notable distillers as well. To help out in the fight against COVID-19, one of the local distillers switched over to manufacture hand sanitizer for the state of Michigan, promising 30,000 gallons to start.
To stretch wrap the product they called HIGHLIGHT and utilized our “quick ship program.” We delivered last week. But the story wasn’t done yet. Well, I’ll let Andrew, one of our Sales Engineers tell the story:
When they purchased a Predator XS from us on Tuesday. I brought it there on the trailer and when I got there they were literally sprinting around trying to fill these gallon jugs with hand sanitizer put 4 of them in boxes (on the floor) tuck and fold the box flaps and put them on a pallet. They have an order from the state of Michigan for 30,000 gallons of hand sanitizer. They’re working on another contract with nationally for 200,000 gal / year.
Wednesday I had to bring them some film so I brought 2 hand tapers with me .
I took one of their boxes back and sent them this video and offered to let them demo a machine for a week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKUao3vbXag
Ultimately, they purchased an additional case sealer and 3 conveyors this week.
Great effort for a good cause! Stay safe!!