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We are a secondary packaging company.
We build the machines that put the prepackaged
goods into another case to be sold.
- Well, Douglas is very vertically integrated,
which means we do
everything from
the design of machines to fabricating the parts.
We have our own metal finishing facility that assembles our machines.
Once they ship from Douglas, we have
after the sale support of
replacement parts and field service. - So many of our technologies that we use, we
implement here at Douglas Machine,
are very cutting edge. Companies come to us all the time--
companies that provide us components and they say, "Hey, we have this brand new
component--can you guys utilize this?" Sometimes we can, sometimes we can't. But many times they are
supplying these to some of the
biggest manufacturers in the world, and we're implementing these in our machines.
- If you think about World War II and all that,
you just wonder how they ever made all those parts.
It must have taken forever.
Now we can build them,
what took a week, we can build in a few hours.
When ever I go out there, I'm awestruck by
all the equipment we have out there.
It is pretty amazing.
It is exciting to see all
the new technology.
Well, even two years ago we were making
pretty simple parts, and with the technology
we have now, I have seen the parts just elaborate.
- Douglas stands behind the equipment, their word,
that when we make a promise or a commitment, we will give them all that we
promised and more.
I think that has a lot to do with our growth through the years. - The great
recession that we just went through, we actual grew
the revenue of the company during that time period. (music)
- Douglas builds very solid equipment.
I definitely think they are the Cadillac of packing machinery.
I think we are a world class manufacturer,
and we are very innovative, and we are very exciting. We come up with new products,
and
we are seen as a
top manufacturer. (music)
- Five years from now I see us being able to provide a full
production line
for a customer,
where they can come to Douglas
and say, "We want to put a brand new line in,"
and from fillers to
packaging to case backing to
palleting the whole line--I believe we can provide a full line to our customers in the future.
- When I go to a customer plant,
and I see the production increases that they have attained through our machines,
it is great feeling because I know that
not only did I make my company more profitable, I made their company more
profitable, and I made their company more efficient.
When you can see something run all day long, and
you see these operators run this machine,
and they don't fight it, that is
pretty rewarding.
Alexandria is a wonderful place to live, and Douglas Machine has a good
reputation within the community. (music)
- Around here you can have the... you can be a sportsman, you can be a fisherman,
you can be a hunter, you can do all those things and have the small town community
feel
and still have a good job with with so much opportunity. (music)