Updated December 2020 to reflect the addition of Section 8.3 Design and Development to our quality management system. If you are looking for a creative solution for reels or shipping platforms, give us a call or send us an email at (270) 487-6778 or [email protected]! We are proud to announce that we are now…
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What are they? Imagine a roll of kitchen plastic wrap. Now, instead of one you can fit in your hand, imagine a roll of plastic as big as a desk. Next, imagine you’re trying to load it on a semi-truck. Difficult, right? Not if we can help it. End boards, also called end fitments, are…
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What is Heat Treating Pallets? Heat treating pallets means that after a pallet gets nailed together, it has to go through a heat chamber before it’s ready for sale. A heat chamber, or dry kiln, is a special room that reaches temperatures around 140⁰ Fahrenheit to ensure the wood is sufficiently heated before being sold.…
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Need your company name printed on the reels or pallets you order? Part number? Other detail? We’ve got you covered. With the use of our EBS 260 Handjet Printer, we can print a wide variety of fonts and sizes. The ink we use is acetone-based permanent black industrial grade ink that won’t smudge or wear…
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Customers’ needs are our top priority. When one customer asked for a way to send back used reels for refurbishment and resale at a discounted price, we found a way to make it happen! Now multiple customers benefit from this recycling process. The recycled reels program might be a good fit for you if you…
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Two New CNC Routers for Wood Cable Reels We’ve expanded our CNC operation to our wood cable reel department. We purchased two new CNC machines to increase our production capabilities for wooden flanges. These CNCs can drill any arbor hole, start hole, drive holes, test holes, bolt holes, slots, and core route you might need…
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We take measurements seriously We pride ourselves on manufacturing high-quality products. To keep this up, we have to make sure our measurements are correct. To ensure our measurements are correct and consistent, we verify our tape measures and other tools once per quarter. The quarterly Measuring Tool Verification Day is a serious day for our…
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New market expansion We now make custom reels for the acrylic and polycarbonate sheeting industries. These aren’t typical cable reels with regular flanges and paper or stave cores. Instead, these have flanges covered with acrylic, and 2×4 inset cores. These cores have a unique design. Instead of a paper core or wood staves that fit…
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Last week we participated in a five-day Stage II audit for ISO 9001:2015 registration. After months of hard work to improve our processes, we successfully completed the audit with zero non-conformances. The auditor has recommended us for certification to the ISO 9001:2015 standard. You can click here to view the letter stating that we have…
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Here at AFP we like to celebrate when we can. We make it a point to show our employees that we appreciate their hard work by taking a break to do something fun every once in a while. We kicked off the holiday season with a company-wide chili lunch and Corn Hole tournament. Our General…
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Anderson Forest Products specializes in custom-sized wooden reels for our customers in the wire and cable industries. We recently expanded our operation to include production of massive wooden reels. As you can see in the pictures below, we are extremely pleased with the final product. Pictured above is one of the larger custom reels…
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