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FEATURED SHOP: MILARC CABINETS

IntelliStore material sorting system Showroom
with that machinery, you can’t know
for certain,” Miller says. “That gives us
the confidence to go through with a
purchase.”
As with most companies, Milarc’s first
transformative tech investment was a
CNC. “It changed everything,” Miller says.
“It was the first piece of the puzzle.”

Has Milarc’s technology investment paid
off? “One hundred percent,” he says Finishing line
without hesitation. “It will receive a whole line of sprayed “When I started, I saw how hard the seven
Two big purchases have been game- parts and slowly flash that line, move it other guys at the company worked,” Miller
changers for Milarc: the IntelliStore higher and higher, heat it and bake it on says. “No chit-chatting or breaks, and you
material sorting solution and a finishing and then will shift it over to the other worked as long and hard as you possibly
system that includes a spray machine with side, drop it down, cool it, and finally could. That work ethic came from my dad.
an integrated stacking oven. spit it out completely dry,” he explains. He still works Saturday and Sunday and is

The IntelliStore works in tandem with one “It alleviates the need for someone to always trying to come up with things to
of Milarc’s saws. “It takes the place of the catch one piece, put it away, then catch improve the way the shop runs.”
forklift and does what an employee used another, etc. Now we have another But as many others in the industry have
to do,” Miller says. “We load bunks of conveyor catching everything, so it’s sped noted, young people’s approach to work
material, then the IntelliStore puts it into up the process and minimized waste and has shifted in recent years.
its cage; ultimately, the IntelliStore loads overspray. We’re able to stack all of our “I’ve seen a transition to ‘Hey, we’re going
the saw with the exact board it needs for pieces and parts really tightly.” to work really hard for you guys, and
the project.” CULTURE we’re going to do a great job, but we want

Milarc’s other revolutionary investment is Being open-minded and shrewd about to have a little more fun, too,’” Miller says.
the Superfici Vertical Stack Oven, which technology has helped Milarc succeed, “The older generation — and I include
has a sophisticated set-up featuring 26 but the culture the company has created myself in that group now! — has noticed
conveyor belts. has played a big part, too. that and adapted to it.” For instance,

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