Join Recycled Reels Program
Customers’ needs are our top priority. When one customer asked for a way to send back used reels for...
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End Boards (End Fitments)
What are they? Imagine a roll of kitchen plastic wrap. Now, instead of one you can fit in your...
Join Recycled Reels Program
Customers’ needs are our top priority. When one customer asked for a way to send back used reels for refurbishment and resale at a discounted price, we found a way to make it happen! Now multiple customers benefit from this recycling process. The recycled reels program might be a...
End Boards (End Fitments)
What are they? Imagine a roll of kitchen plastic wrap. Now, instead of one you can fit in your hand, imagine a roll of plastic as big as a desk. Next, imagine you’re trying to load it on a semi-truck. Difficult, right? Not if we can help it. End...
Printing Your Logo on Reels
Need your company name printed on the reels or pallets you order? Part number? Other detail? We’ve got you covered. With the use of our EBS 260 Handjet Printer, we can print a wide variety of fonts and sizes. The ink we use is acetone-based permanent black industrial grade...
New CNCs for Wood Cable Reel Production
Two New CNC Routers for Wood Cable Reels We’ve expanded our CNC operation to our wood cable reel department. We purchased two new CNC machines to increase our production capabilities for wooden flanges. These CNCs can drill any arbor hole, start hole, drive holes, test holes, bolt holes, slots,...
Verifying Measuring Equipment
We take measurements seriously We pride ourselves on manufacturing high-quality products. To keep this up, we have to make sure our measurements are correct. To ensure our measurements are correct and consistent, we verify our tape measures and other tools once per quarter. The quarterly Measuring Tool Verification Day...
Product Spotlight: Acrylic and Polycarbonate Sheeting Reels
New market expansion We now make custom reels for the acrylic and polycarbonate sheeting industries. These aren’t typical cable reels with regular flanges and paper or stave cores. Instead, these have flanges covered with acrylic, and 2×4 inset cores. These cores have a unique design. Instead of a paper...
We are ISO 9001:2015 certified!
We are ISO 9001 certified! We are proud to announce that we are now ISO 9001:2015 certified at our Kentucky location. We successfully created and implemented an effective quality management system. Our hard work wasn’t only rewarded with our certificate, but also with the continuous discovery of new ways...
Recommended for ISO 9001:2015 Certification
Last week we participated in a five-day Stage II audit for ISO 9001:2015 registration. After months of hard work to improve our processes, we successfully completed the audit with zero non-conformances. The auditor has recommended us for certification to the ISO 9001:2015 standard. You can click here to view...
Corn Hole Tournament
Here at AFP we like to celebrate when we can. We make it a point to show our employees that we appreciate their hard work by taking a break to do something fun every once in a while. We kicked off the holiday season with a company-wide chili lunch...
Product Spotlight: Large Wooden Reels
Anderson Forest Products specializes in custom-sized wooden reels for our customers in the wire and cable industries. We recently expanded our operation to include production of massive wooden reels. As you can see in the pictures below, we are extremely pleased with the final product. Pictured above is...
Calibration, Verification, and Validation
During the process of creating our quality management system conforming to the ISO 9001:2015 standard, we’ve discovered the importance of distinguishing between calibration, verification, and validation. Calibration Calibration is when equipment is compared to an established standard and can be altered. If the equipment does not match the standard...
