For me it’s a “win-win” opportunity, I’ll be like a kid in a candy shop! Plus, the technology on display at the Pack Expo is outstanding, I’m sure there will be some time to walk some of the show and check out some amazing products. The final topper for me was being asked if I was interested in working the show, are you kidding! As a person that designs products, the chance to meet with potential customers, discuss their particular applications and talk about how Cleveland Vibrator can help solve problems, attending the show is such a positive opportunity. This is great for the company, what an exciting opportunity to display our vibratory table at a major show, one that we hadn’t planned on attending this year. Well even though we have limited time to get something through manufacturing and to the show, it opens November 2nd, the decision was made to take Firestone up on the offer and display a unit! Currently Cleveland Vibrator is working to manufacture a Vibratory Grid Top Table, GT-4750 RE 24-4(2), for this year’s Pack Expo in Chicago. So I kicked the call up the chain to our VP of Sales and Marketing, let the powers that be make the final decision. No problem there, certainly we have a number of products that would meet that criteria. Quite surprisingly I got a call about a week later, Firestone had space in their booth at the upcoming Pack Expo and would CVC be interested? From their end, the only requirement was that our product incorporate and clearly displays a Firestone product.
Great, maybe an appropriate opportunity might present itself in the future, seed planted. Almost as an aside the Firestone salesman said that occasionally they invite their OEMs to display with them at appropriate trade shows and did I think Cleveland Vibrator would be interested in displaying in the Firestone booth at a future show? Absolutely! While it’s not my decision to make, I didn’t see why in the world the company wouldn’t jump all over the opportunity. So we ended up meeting and talking about what Firestone makes and how we apply it to our products, pretty good discussion.
Our local guy had a regional salesman from Firestone in town and wanted to talk a bit about our use of the mounts and suggestions for product line expansion. We use a fair number of Airmount Isolators and Marsh Mellow Springs on our equipment. Again, that diversity of customers and applications is what helps keep it interesting and “entertaining” here at Cleveland Vibrator.Ī couple of weeks ago I got a call from my local distributor fo r Firestone isolator products. The Cleveland Vibrator has products in all these industries, both equipment and individual vibrators. Since then I’ve been fortunate to work a number of shows, Bulk and Powder, Foundry, World of Concrete, Interphex, NPE – Plastics showcase and the Pack Expo. I think this was the second time I’d ever attended any type of trade show and the first for me when I knew I’d be involved with the industry targeted by the show.
This would give me a quick overview of the industry. Sometime after accepting the job, Glen Roberts, my future boss, had gotten the idea that it might be beneficial for me and the company for me to spend the day in Chicago walking the Bulk and Powder Show. My start date was in June, but first things first, I needed to finish up the degree and then get to work. Back in the spring of 1996 I was finishing up work on my engineering degree, had interviewed with The Cleveland Vibrator Company and had accepted their offer of employment.
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