The concrete guys completed the floor and the foundation is set.  Here's what a reinforced floor looks like before concrete is poured:

Exciting eh?

Well, here's what it looks like once it's completed:

Even more exciting!  But hey, the concrete guys had fun..

So the press arrived on Monday and the riggers came with their really big forklifts and cranes and the parking lot had 7 tractor trailers full of equipment to unload.  But the heavy lifting went without a hitch and the press started to look like a press:

Now comes the really fun part where electricians and mechanical guys crawl all over the press hooking up all the wiring and running all the systems and connecting all the connections..  But it won't be long now.

6/c 28" x 40" press, full UV interdeck dryers, extended delivery plus UV coater.  Full automation, meaning you press a button and the press does the work.  We'll be able to increase our offerings to you, plus do it faster.  That's our main goal here.  Decrease lead times.  Get the product to you faster.  And do it faster without increasing your costs..  Sounds like a great plan to me!

Well, we did it.  Just went ahead and did it...  We bought a new press.  We had a really good year last year thanks to all of our customers that honored us with their work.  Don't get me wrong, it was tough.  But considering the enviornment in which we all operated, PSI had a good year.  BUT, I know that we caused some heartache out there for some of our best customers when we might not have been able to move things up in the schedule the way we used to.  Our lead time wasn't what our customers grew to expect from us over the years, and we may not have been able to jump through as many hoops as we once could.  We took steps to correct that by installing the new blanker and folder gluer I mentioned in earlier posts.  But this press is designed to give us the flexibility that we need to service you in the manner you expect and give us the ability to hit those dates, move items up in the schedule, and, hopefully, hit a home run for you everytime.  Look, we're trying to do our part to help the economy, right?  And I truly appreciate all of you enabling us to take this project on and buy these capital goods.  We couldn't, and wouldn't, do it without you.

They're digging the foundation as we speak:

Those concrete guys have the best toys..