Polyfam Packers Corp

I moved from Colorado Springs back to the Midwest and went to work for another growing company. Polyfoam Packers Corp, owned by Mort Rosen. Here I was brought into a plant that was recently bought by Polyfoam, in Waukegan Illinois. I went to work with Gary Haas and we had the task of bringing this existing plant up to modern standards. A lot of new equipment was brought in, Kurtz molding presses, plus bigger boilers and air compressors to handle the new equipment. We worked a lot of hours assembling and setting up all this new equipment. We were still sending a lot of product downstate to another growing customer and soon realized we needed to build a plant closer to cut their freight and keep the business. When Polyfoam decided to build the plant in Effingham Illinois, I volunteered to go down and start it up, then manage its day today operations. For 6 years we grew and expanded the building several times there. Then when a new block plant was built in Waukegan Ill on Sunset ave. I was again on the ground floor helping with the setup. Another opportunity came when we move a smaller plant from wheeling Illinois to Michigan City Indiana. I moved there to take over the move and operations of this plant. Then when Polyfoam wanted to build a plant in Mt Pleasant Tennessee, I was asked if I would be available to head up and run that operation, Due to some unforeseen economic issues from our customer ( moving to China) the plant was short lived and sold to a competitor shortly after startup (Tuscarora plastics). I was told I was needed back in Michigan City In, so once again I made the move for the company. To my surprise and dismay they shortly sold this plant too.