CONFER PLASTICS LOOKING FOR A BACK-UP TRUCK DRIVER

Confer Plastics has a perfect way for a retiree or part-time worker with a CDL to pick up some extra cash. We need a back-up for our truck driver.

But, we aren’t looking for a full-timer or a standard part-timer. You could say we're looking for a "part-time part-timer".

We’re looking for someone who could be our driver when our main driver is on vacation or taking a personal day. That might be 15 to 17 days a year. Some of the days would be individual days, while others might be taken as a week at a time. Hours would be 5:00 AM to 2:00 PM and they would on weekdays with only the occasional Saturday.

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 centers on Liberty Drive in Wheatfield and in the former Bell Aerospace plant in Wheatfield. 

Confer Plastics would pay for your health exam and your license renewal.

If interested, send a resume to Bob Confer via either of these methods:

Email:

bob@conferplastics.com

Postal mail:

Confer Plastics, Inc.

97 Witmer Rd.

North Tonawanda, NY 14120

ECONOMIC IMPACT: WHERE OUR COWORKERS LIVE

A question often posed to us is "where do your employees live?"

It's an excellent question because the answer shows how far-reaching the economic impact of a company really is. It's just not in the community where the plant is located. 

Our coworkers earn their wages in North Tonawanda, but as you'll see below, they pay rent, own homes, buy their gas & groceries and spend their discretionary income all throughout the Niagara-Buffalo region and across 4 counties.

We currently employ 152 people and here is where they hail from...

City/town distribution

Niagara Falls: 48
North Tonawanda: 33
Lockport: 21
Buffalo: 12
Tonawanda: 10
Ransomville: 4
Cheektowaga: 3

Gasport: 3
Sanborn: 3
Williamsville: 3
Medina: 2
Amherst: 1
Arcade: 1
Getzville: 1
Grand Island: 1
Kenmore: 1
Lewiston: 1
Middleport: 1
Newfane: 1
North Collins: 1
Wilson: 1

County distribution

Niagara: 116 or 76.3%

Erie: 33 or 21.7%

Orleans: 2 or 1.3%
Wyoming: 1 or 0.7%

THANKSGIVING HOURS

Confer Plastics will be closed Thursday, November 22nd through Sunday, November 25th so that our coworkers can enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday with their families. Regular hours will resume on Monday, November 26th.

May you and your families have a memorable Thanksgiving. The entire team at Confer Plastics is thankful to have customers and vendors like you!

TOYS FOR TOTS

Confer Plastics has just completed a month-long Toys for Tots drive at the plant. Our coworkers and the company donated a wide variety of toys that the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve will distribute to less fortunate children in the community as a means to brighten their Christmas.

Thank you to all who donated, and a special thanks to second shift's Mark Leveille (shown above) for bringing the Toys for Tots initiative to the plant and coordinating pick-up and delivery.

For more information about Toys for Tots, visit http://www.toysfortots.org/Default.aspx

CPI HELPING THE BOY SCOUTS

Confer Plastics is doing some interesting community service this Friday: Our Liberty Drive warehouse is serving as the distribution center for the Greater Niagara Frontier Council's (Boy Scouts of America) popcorn sale that the boys partake in to work their way towards summer camp and other Scouting events.

Scoutmasters: Our address is 2107 Liberty Drive in Wheatfield (Niagara Falls maildrop).

MIKE SMITH JOINS THE 20 YEAR CLUB

A picture of Mike from 2003

This week, second shift’s quality inspector, Mike Smith, joins the coveted 20 Year Club, of which he’s the 25th person to achieve that milestone.

Mike started working here on November 13, 1992. His first job before working here was as a maintenance man for 3 years a real estate company in Buffalo.

Upon coming to CPI, he worked in the secondaries department where he spent about two-thirds of his career. He got his start packing ladders and working on voting machines.

Through the years he has been the assistant and the manager of the secondaries department, third shift foreman, and quality inspector, which he is now, utilizing his 20 years of knowledge of our products and our customers’ expectations.

How long ago was 1992? Well, a few of the guys in the plant weren’t even born yet. Of those who were, see if you remember these events from November of that year….

Bill Clinton won the presidential election over the first George Bush

Riddick Bowe beat Evander Holyfield to win the heavyweight title

The Rifleman – Chuck Connors – died at 71

The Dow Jones was at 3,200

Gas was $1.05 a gallon nationally

CONFER PLASTICS: 57th IN NORTH AMERICA

This week, Plastics News -- the industry's go-to weekly magazine -- released their annual ranking of North American blow molders based on sales volume. Their analysis includes bottle makers as well as large-parts blow molders like us.

Confer Plastics is ranked as the 57th largest company on the continent. The company was 52nd last year and 63rd the year prior.

Read Plastics News' editor Don Loepp's blog about the ranking here:

http://www.plasticsnews.com/blog/2012/11/a_peek_behind_our_blow_molders.html

NEW BROCHURE NOW ONLINE

Swimming pool dealers and distributors: You can download our new brochure for the 2013 season at the link below. It features our complete line of pool ladders and steps, including the brand new Curve step system.

http://conferplastics.com/Confer_Plastics_2013_Ladder_brochure.pdf

OUR BOOTH AT THE 2012 INTERNATIONAL POOL & SPA SHOW