Last week, Bob had the pleasure of accompanying a client to Toronto to visit Interoll, an international leader in supplying pallet flow systems.  The visit began with dinner out on a humming Wednesday night in Canada… just the thing to provide sustenance for the following eight-hour day spent touring the facility and observing the capabilities of the company.  The two enjoyed not only seeing the company in action, but also reviewing the results from tests done on products sent ahead by the client for analysis.  Getting home proved to be the most difficult part of the trip:  it’s much easier to leave the U.S. than it is to get back in!

PeakLogix recently gained a contract as a result of its new robotic test cell (featured in the last newsletter and pictured below). Impressed by the demonstration, the client signed on. The contract began as a quote for four of the palletizing robots; as discussions continued, however, it became clear that PeakLogix could provide the company with even greater improvements in efficiency. The scope of the project thus expanded to include a case conveyor system and a configuration merging several pallet outfeed lines into one single line prior to feeding into the stretchwrapping area. The project is still in the planning stages, but we look forward to sharing results!

Meet Tracy Buck.  Tracy is our Regional Director for the Roanoke/Lynchburg areas, with 18 years sales and management experience in the material handling industry.  He lives in the Lynchburg area with his wife, Andrea, and three sons: Trevor (age 10), Jon Douglas (alias JD) (age 8), and Austin (age 5).  Here, Tracy shares his tale of artificial winter fun with us…

“Well, I’m from Michigan, and many times we celebrate Thanksgiving at my folks’ house to avoid travel and Santa issues.  But when it’s time to celebrate JD’s birthday in the South, things like snow ball fights, ice fishing, and sledding become a challenge.  Sooooo…. what do you know! –  Liberty University creates “SnowFlex” for all of the children with winter birthdays so that they can enjoy a traditional winter birthday.  These are photos of JD’s 8th birthday party snow tubing on an artificial snow surface.  Unfortunately, some immature adults decided to join in on the fun… oh my!  I’m not sure who had more fun, the kids or the adults… all I know is that I won the adult division in all events ”