When Sam Swartz was hired as Plant Manager for Grand Rapids, MI based Profile Industrial Products in May of 1998, his purpose was to purchase and install everything necessary to make a custom blown film extrusion plant. Owner Steve Ehmann, along with three other partners, gave Sam a budget, and the rest of the purchasing decisions were up to him. With a July start-up scheduled, there was no time to waste.
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