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

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.

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. 

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.

  

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."

HUNTING AT OUR LIBERTY DRIVE PROPERTY

With archery season almost upon us, we remind interested parties that hunting -- or traversing through our property -- is not allowed at our premises located at 2107 Liberty Drive in Wheatfield (Niagara Falls mail-drop) at any time of the year. There are too many liability issues associated with allowing hunters and other outdoor enthusiasts on the property. All trespassers will be asked to leave. Failure to leave (as well as repeat offenses) will lead us to contact the Niagara County Sheriff's Department and/or the NY Department of Environmental Conservation. 

1990 CUSTOM MANUFACTURING BROCHURE

In our ongoing celebration of our 40 years of business, here's a copy of our custom manufacturing brochure from 1990.

INTERNATIONAL POOL/SPA/PATIO EXPO

With all of the kids back to school, summer is unofficially over. That has us thinking about next summer and preparing all of our dealers and distributors for it.

One of the biggest events for this -- the International Pool/Spa/Patio Expo -- is just over 2 months away, November 12th - 14th at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Confer Plastics will be displaying our wares at booth 5036. Stop by and visit with Dennis, Bruce, and Charla and check out our line of products --- from the old stand-byes like the 7200 ladder to the Curve step system that took the market by storm this year.

You will also get to check out our new products, which will include an adapter kit that will allow our ladders to be used on the increasingly-popular Intex and EZ-Set pools.

For more information about the show, visit http://poolspapatio.com/