Thursday, October 31, 2013

PART-TIME TRUCKER POSITION

The part-time truck driving position has been filled. Thank you to anyone who had sent in a resume or was interested in the position. 

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

SWIM SPA PANELS

Our spa cabinet program has been such a huge success with spa manufacturers that we are expanding the line. In November we will be launching a cabinet line for swim spas! Details and photos of our first panels off the machine will be shared here in a few weeks.

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

CPI LOOKING FOR PART-TIME TRUCK DRIVER

Confer Plastics has a perfect way for a retiree (or overnight truck driver) to pick up some extra cash.

We have a need for a part-time driver. Hours would be 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM Monday - Friday and then from 7:00 AM till noon every other Saturday (the exact Saturdays are flexible and can be worked out with our primary driver). This position would begin immediately and last until May 2nd, 2014.

This would not be over-the-road driving to any of our customers or vendors. The driver’s primary role is to make transfers between our main plant at the corner of River and Witmer Roads in North Tonawanda and our warehouse and distribution center on Liberty Drive in Wheatfield (just a few miles apart).

Maybe once a day during the week and then all morning on Saturdays, you will have to make transfers to warehouse space we rent at the former Bell Aerospace plant in Wheatfield, which is only a few miles away, too.

If interested -- and you have a valid CDL -- send a resume to Bob Confer via either of these methods:

Email:

bob@conferplastics.com


Post:

Confer Plastics, Inc.
97 Witmer Rd.
North Tonawanda, NY 14120

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

DROP-OFF SITE FOR PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY DRIVE

The annual Peanut Butter & Jelly Drive, organized by Lockport's Pete Robinson, is heading into its fourth year. In each of the past 2 years the popular drive, with collection sites throughout Niagara County, has collected more than 9,000 cans!

When people donate food to food pantries, usually it’s canned food that kids all too often aren’t much interested in eating. That's why Pete started the drive: The PBJ drive collects only peanut butter, jelly and Fluff.

The crew at Confer Plastics is proud to be a drop-off site for this year's drive. We will have a drop box located in our front office for employees and visitors alike to make a donation.

The drive gets underway in November. As we get closer to the start of the drive, a note will be posted here as to the availability of the drop box.

Friday, October 4, 2013

UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN BEGINS NEXT WEEK

Everyone is familiar with the United Way, a national non-profit with 1,800 branches across the US that help facilitate the funding and management of various community organizations and programs.

Here in Niagara County the United Way partners with groups like Big Brothers/Big Sisters; the Boy Scouts; the Girl Scouts; YWCA; YMCA; Family & Children’s Services and a dozen other organizations. You can learn about the local United Way online at: http://www.uwgn.org/

The United Way is known for teaming with employers and their employees to conduct fund drives and offer a venue through which people can contribute in other ways, including volunteerism.

Next week, we will begin our first-ever United Way fundraising campaign at Confer Plastics -- the first of many to help support this great organization. We hope to emulate the success of local companies like Delphi, the Seneca Niagara Casino, and Wegman’s and help the United Way in positively impacting the community. 

Thursday, October 3, 2013

NEW PRODUCT COMING THIS FALL

"Non-traditional" metal-framed pools have become all the rage in the swimming pool industry as consumers have been buying the more-affordable pools -- produced by the likes of Intex -- in great numbers in the past few years.

Our ladders were never designed for use with such pools (due to the need to fasten to a traditional pool's top seat). To accommodate such pools we are introducing a ladder adapter kit this fall. The first of these kits will come off the molding machine by the end of this month and will be on display at November's International Pool and Spa Show. 

Here is a drawing of the kit in use with our 7100 ladder.


  

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

BOB CONFER APPOINTED AS BSA COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Our vice-president Bob Confer was recently appointed as the president of the Iroquois Trail Council of the Boy Scouts of America. The ITC serves nearly 3,000 youth in Western New York, covering Eastern Niagara, Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming and Livingston counties. 

Bob will oversee the board and ultimately all volunteers within the ITC in an effort to achieve an array of strategic goals and his big picture goal:

"I want to bring to our council’s ranks the most youth possible and offer to all of them an economical and effective outdoors-based program that will help shape their character and leadership styles in a positive way for years to come."