Quick-change operation

摘要

Creating a wide variety of products and packages has been one of the things that makes Arizona Beverage Co. unique — something that's great for adventuresome consumers, but a challenge for production. The company uses a network of co-packers to produce its beverages, and it also recently bought a production facility of its own in Maplewood, N.J. Located close to Newark, Maplewood Beverage Packers produced Arizona products as a co-packer for a number of years, but Ferolito Vultaggio & Sons purchased the 200,000-square-foot plant in August of last year. The company brought in Plant Manager Kurt Karaffa to oversee operations, and has focused on flexibility and quick, efficient changeovers as a core competency.