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CMA REGIONAL EVENT REPORT
HIGH-END
RETAIL
business is
Biesse
BOOMING
in Charlotte
Ivar's
(POP) displays for high-end retail projects. The company
has approximately 320 employees and runs three shifts;
WestRock also has a metalworking operation. We had a
chance to see a variety of machinery and automation in
action at their Forest City, NC, facility.
WestRock Our next stop was Ivar’s, which also creates retail store fix-
tures. The facility we toured is the East Coast manufacturing
On February 13, the CMA held a regional event the day be- base for Ivar’s, which is headquartered in Ontario, California.
fore the Wood Pro Expo in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Shelby, NC, location currently has 17 employees but is
First, we want to thank Knapp Connectors for sponsoring looking to grow to 100, and their facility is 50,000 square
the breakfast and Biesse America for sponsoring the lunch feet and has room for future expansion.
and transportation, as well as hosting the entire event.
The day concluded with a visit to Biesse’s Charlotte Campus
The first stop was WestRock, which makes point-of-purchase for machine demonstrations.
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