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Gardenscape
It was back in 1998 that Gardenscape—a large North American producer of soils, mulch, salt, and stone—called Premier Tech Systems (PTS), a supplier of bagging and palletizing systems, to investigate a potential alliance. At that time, Gardenscape was using a competitor’s horizontal Form, Fill and Seal (FFS) bagger and was not 100% satisfied with the machine’s performance and reliability and the after-sales service provided.
“We had to look for a true partner with complete integration capabilities,” says Stu Hoffman, manager of the Gardenscape plant in Emlenton, PA. “There was this new company out of Québec which we did not know much about, but we sure could feel the dynamism of its team when we met a few of its engineers.” After careful evaluation and consideration, Gardenscape decided to take a chance on PTS. “We’ve improved our production drastically with much less downtime, maintenance costs are half what they were, and when we face a problem they are there to help. What else can we expect out of a supplier?” adds Gardenscape President Dave Kasmoch Jr.
In December 2003, Gardenscape acquired a horizontal bagger from PTS’s FFS-200 series of second-generation FFS baggers. Gardenscape already had a first generation FFS bagger from PTS. Stu Hoffman’s comments speak for themselves: “In the first six months of production with our new bagger, we produced 1.7 million bags with maintenance costs of less than $200. We start it in the morning and shut it down at night when we leave: just impeccable.”
Gardenscape has now selected PTS as its supplier of choice for its feeding, bagging, conveying, and palletizing needs—certainly because of PTS’s overall integration capabilities, but most definitely because of its superior design quality and great after-sales service.
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