Associated Thermoforming Inc. Increases Company's Heavy Gauge Thermoforming Handling Efficiencies with New Expansion
Berthoud, Colorado - November 9, 2010 - Associated Thermoforming Inc. (ATI), respected throughout North America in the thermoforming industry, is excited to announce the expansion of its manufacturing facility in Berthoud, Colorado. Currently housed-under 58-thousand square feet of space, ATI is adding another 12-thousand square feet to the northwest corner of its building. According to ATI President John Nix, the additional space will help to increase the company's overall material handling efficiencies.
We have some significant new projects coming online that are going to require the additional space we're building, so the timing of this expansion truly couldn't be better for ATI," said Nix. The expansion project, which officially broke ground the first week of August, is scheduled to be complete at the end of 2010. Prior to the start of the project, Nix says there had been a lot of infrastructural work done to help prepare the facility for the additional 12-thousand square feet of space. "When we did the math we realized this would give us more than twice as much cubic storage space than 
we had before, and it would really help us to consolidate all that we were already storing in other leased buildings."
The consolidation also equates to a cost savings for ATI overall. For decades, ATI has prided itself on providing customers with product when and where they need it. Nix says ATI refers to that kind of service as "just-in-time-service." "Our commitment to 'just-in-time-service' is the primary reason this expansion makes sense. The additional storage space allows ATI to run larger runs and realize economies of scale while providing the customer only what is needed, thereby helping the customer minimize inventory and benefit from lower unit costs.
About Associated Thermoforming Inc.
Based in Berthoud, Colorado roughly one hour north of Denver, Associated Thermoforming Inc. (ATI) is a known industry leader in the heavy gauge thermoforming process. With processes including vacuum-forming, pressure- forming, and twin sheet thermoforming, ATI sets the standard for quality in the industry for process control, yielding parts consistently to exacting tolerances. Moreover, ATI continues to "push the envelope" of the thermoforming process, and continues to develop novel process variations to create customer solutions. Inhabiting more than 75,000 square feet of space, the state-of-the-art manufacturing facility houses tooling, forming, trimming and assembly equipment. ATI employs over 60 people from in and around the Berthoud area. For more information, visit www.ATI-forms.com or call John Nix, ATI President at (970) 532-2000.
