Success Stories
PENNTAP Assistance Secures Positive Future for Wood Products Company
May 13, 2005
Manufacturers in the United States face many challenges to remain competitive in the global marketplace. Companies must compete against a very cheap foreign labor while complying with strict environmental regulations here at home, often times with fewer resources. William Gittler, Jr. CEO of Catawissa Lumber & Specialty Co. Inc., understands this all too well. His 48-year-old company was nearly shut down when a boiler, paramount to facility operation, was found to be noncompliant with environmental regulations. However, technical expertise from Penn State's Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program (PENNTAP) helped the wood products company comply with clean air regulations, ultimately allowing the facility to expand their operation and grow sales.
PENNTAP Helps Creekside Mushrooms Upgrade Environmental Efficiency
August 30, 2004
University Park, Pa.--With help from Penn State's Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program (PENNTAP), Creekside Mushrooms, a mushroom grower located in Worthington, Armstrong County, Pa., is demonstrating that being both environmentally and energy efficient can help a company's bottom line.
Creekside Mushrooms is the leading mushroom grower on the East Coast and home to Moonlight® brand mushrooms. Moonlight® is recognized around the world for the highest quality white agaricus mushrooms for distribution to supermarket retailers and foodservice/wholesale operators since 1937.
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Environmental Efficiencies Give Cabinet Door Maker An Edge
June 30, 2003
University Park, Pa.--With help from Penn State's Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program (PENNTAP), Nature's Blend Wood Products, a cabinet door manufacturer in Armstrong County, Pa., is demonstrating that being environmentally efficient can help a small company's bottom line.
Nature's Blend employs about 50 people in the Ford City community about 30 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. Located in a former PPG factory that also houses several other businesses, Nature's Blend turns Pennsylvania lumber into, on average, 600 to 700 doors a day for the modular home and motor coach cabinet markets.
118 Keller Building . University Park PA 16802
Phone: 814-865-0427 . Fax: 814-865-3589 . E-mail: to come
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