While visiting the Coast Guard with Rick Barden to look at a recently installed project, Bob got the grand tour from our troops guarding our coast line. Jeremiah (SK1) took Bob on the latest craft, which cost around 3 million dollars. This craft will do around 60 miles per hour and is used for sea rescue in the ocean under light sea conditions (defined as 10- to 15- foot swells). It has all of the latest technologies: for example, there are joy sticks for steering instead of a typical steering wheel. The boat has a crew of just 8 sailors. As you can see in the photo below, Bob had to be rescued by the gallant crew while taking the tour, but lo and behold, he came out high and dry!
Bob Giberson visits United States Coast Guard here in Virginia.
January 6th, 2010PeakLogix Helps the Central Virginia Foodbank
December 6th, 2009
In keeping with the vision “…that none shall go hungry.”, the Central Virginia Foodbank (CVFB) feeds the elderly, children, the unemployed, the “working poor” victims of disaster, the sick, and those in crisis throughout the region. The vital service that the CVFB provides is clearly enhanced by material handling expertise, and PeakLogix has an ongoing interest in helping in this area.
During the month of November, PeakLogix held a company-wide food drive to collect food for the CVFB and collected food for 123 meals.
While working with Vic Miller, the Warehouse & Logistics Manager for the Foodbank, we learned of their need for hand trucks. PeakLogix was more than happy to provide hand trucks that are now in operation in their warehouse and one will even been used in the local Christmas parade.
Thank you to everyone at PeakLogix for their generous donations.
Happy Holidays,
Bob Giberson, Principal
PeakLogix Celebrates Plant Expansion with AVID Medical
October 29th, 2009PeakLogix client, AVID Medical recently completed an $8 million expansion that doubled the size of its plant. The open house was last week, and PeakLogix CEO, Bob Giberson, and Karen Lynch were excited to attend.
Despite the sluggish economy, AVID plans to add another 100 employees as the national demand for its surgical kits continues to explode. By ordering custom procedure trays from AVID, hospitals and surgery centers reduce the turnaround time for procedures in operating rooms and increases efficiency by 25 to 30 percent.
From its plant in Toano, VA, AVID provides trays to some 1,000 hospitals and surgery centers for a host of medical procedures. Orthopedic and cardiovascular procedures are their top growth markets.
This is AVID’s second expansion. In 2002, it broke ground on a $3.5 million, 45,000 square foot addition to its 40,000 square foot plant. This latest expansion adds 90,000 square feet, doubling the size of the plant.
We are honored to play a role in a Virginia success story like this one. AVID started as a two person company in a small office and has grown to be an inspiring presence in the Virginia business community.
PeakLogix CEO Hits the Junior Achievement Speaking Circuit
October 27th, 2009PeakLogix CEO, Bob Giberson, made his mark on the community last week in an important way. He was one of the Richmond area CEOs to take part in Junior Achievement. Bob spoke at Meadowbrook High School in Chesterfield County to Mr. Tim Gilbert’s Government class to a group of 26 students.
Junior Achievement brings local business leaders into classrooms to talk with students about the importance of ethics in business and life.
Bob was one of 150 executives visiting 150 classrooms in 25 local high schools.
“It was a huge success,” said Anne Marie McHugh, President of Junior Achievement of Central Virginia. The mission of the organization is to teach children how to succeed in a global economy.
Developing the next generation of our workforce is a cause that we view as imperative for business leaders to support, and we hope you will consider doing the same in your community.
We’ll go anywhere to solve a problem…
October 8th, 2009
Matt Cummings dives as deep as needed to solve a problem.
PeakLogix’s own Matt Cummings at about 45 feet under water on the reef off of Pigeon Point in Tobago.
Meet Phil Jones
October 8th, 2009
Phil has been in the industrial sales arena for 20 years, starting as a technician on-the-road installing, repairing and troubleshooting equipment. From there, he worked his way up through service, sales and territory management and is now a Regional Director with PeakLogix serving clients in the central Pennsylvania area.
As the proud father of two beautiful girls, Phil enjoys coaching youth sports. He has been involved in basketball, baseball, lacrosse and soccer. Currently, Phil is coaching his youngest daughter in soccer and serves as a referee in both basketball and volleyball. In his spare time, Phil enjoys playing guitar, playing basketball, and volunteering at his church. His favorite hobby, however, is being a Dad!
UMC Relief Group Back from Texas
July 24th, 2009I recently had the opportunity to volunteer for the United Methodist Committee on Relief to assist families near Galveston, Texas, nine months after hurricane Ike ravaged the area.
Our team was comprised of a group of 45 adults including college and high school students from the Richmond area. We stayed at Crockett United Methodist Church, which is not functioning at present and could not accommodate all of our shower and personal hygiene needs. A local hospital provided some much needed shower facilities, for which we we
re all very appreciative.
re all very appreciative.My team was sent to help Archie, Nina and their daughter, Laura, fix up their home. The family had been living in a FEMA trailer since June 13, 2008, as their home had so much water damage from the hurricane. I’m sure when we stepped out of the van, they wondered what we could accomplish. As the week went by, we were able to tear out the rotting floor boards and replace them, clean up the debris and trash from the property, and finished two-thirds of sheet rocking the ceiling. We also cleanup the family’s yard by pulling weeds, cutting down dead trees, and mowing the lawn.
Making a difference for Apex, NC, Schools
June 30th, 2009
I was excited to participate in the Apex, NC, Chamber of Commerce 9th Annual Book Bag Bonanza! Member businesses contributed $10,000 (exceeding the goal!) to benefit Apex elementary and middle schools. This provided 150 brand new book bags for elementary school students filled to the brim with school supplies. Each school will distribute them to children in need that would otherwise not have these essential learning tools. Schools were also given Visa cards and Office Max gift cards to fulfill any other student or school needs. I helped open cartons and set up school supplies in an “assembly line” fashion for efficient stuffing by the school principals and teachers. I can only imagine the look on each child’s face when he/she receives this new book bag that is all their own!
Christine Johnson, Regional Director - Eastern North Carolina
Always Turn Right
June 30th, 2009If you ever have an opportunity to tour the UPS Hub in Richmond, Virginia, I would highly recommend it.
I would like to give a special thanks to the CSCMP Central Virginia Chapter for putting last weeks tour together and to Rob Mason, Industrial Engineering Manager, and Adriana White, Industrial Engineering Supervisor for the Twilight Shift, for taking time from their busy schedules at UPS to provide the tour.
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PeakLogix Expands into Pennsylvania
June 3rd, 2009We are excited to announce that Robert D. “Bob”Sperring has joined PeakLogix as Regional Director.
Bob has 6 years of experience selling material handling solutions in the Philadelphia marketplace, and says that he looks forward to great success with PeakLogix, with our extensive engineering and design capabilities.
Personally, Bob enjoys spending time with his wife and 3 children. He and his wife are eagerly awaiting the birth of another son at the end of July. He enjoys scuba diving, fishing, camping and skiing with his friends and family.