GT Green Story Continues…

Our business entails taking large buns and planks of PU, PE, EPE, and XLPE and cutting them into specific shapes and products for our customers.  While we work hard to engineer the highest possible yield from every cut, it is impossible to not create some excess material (scrap) from the fabrication processes. G&T Industries is […]

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Where are the Workers?

Certainly, this has been a frequently asked question in conversations among those owning or operating a business with a manufacturing/factory component. In recent years, the need for hourly employees has increased, yet the pool of a ready and able workforce dwindled. One employer recently told us they had to turn down a 4 million dollar […]

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Customers Endorse G&T Service Model

In 2011, G&T hired an outside Sales/Customer Service consultant to conduct a survey of Customers who were purchasing Foam Fabrication products/services across the country.  The feedback that we received from the resulting survey was concerning to us.  The consultant indicated that our ‘industry’ was being underserved in terms of both quality and service. We immediately […]

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UNDERSTANDING CALIFORNIA TECHNICAL BULLETIN 117-2013

G&T Industries, Inc. does not produce or ship any flexible polyurethane foam products to California. However, it is important for our customers to understand that the polyurethane foams we provide are compliant with California’s revised TB117-2013 standard that takes effect January 1, 2015. According to the Polyurethane Foam Association (guidance bulletin dated January 2015): “California […]

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G&T Joins Colony Paper for Annual Customer/Supplier Golf Outing

Golf Outing

G&T Industries’ Reading, Pennsylvania location recently joined packaging foam customer Colony Paper for their annual custom/supplier golf outing.  This yearly event is seen as a great opportunity to form strong relationships with both suppliers and customers, something that is very important to G&T Industries.  As a wholly employee-owned ESOP, G&T strives to always put people […]

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TB117-2013 Statement

G&T Industries, Inc. does not produce or ship any flexible polyurethane foam products to California. However, it is important for our customers to understand that the polyurethane foams we provide are compliant with California’s revised TB117-2013 standard that takes effect January 1, 2015. According to the Polyurethane Foam Association (guidance bulletin dated 2/19/2014): “TB117-2013 is […]

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G&T’s newest employee looks to bring his sales expertise to the foam fabrication industry

G&T Industries is proud to welcome its newest employee, Paul Moore, in the role of Territory Sales Manager.  Moore will represent G&T Industries’ Jasper, Indiana location in Indiana, Kentucky, Western Ohio, Southern Illinois, and Missouri Moore, an Indiana University alumni, has been in sales for his entire career, most recently working for Velcro USA as […]

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G&T Announces Drew Schramm As Executive VP of Global Sourcing

Sourcing

G&T Industries is pleased to announce its hire of Drew Schramm, who will join the leadership team as the Executive Vice President of Global Sourcing at the Byron Center, Mich. location. Within this role, Schramm will lead the company’s Global Sourcing team and the World Resource Partners business unit.  Schramm’s proven background building successful supply […]

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G&T Adds Two More Waterjet Cutting Machines

Waterjet

G&T Industries, Inc. announced today that it has brought production online with two more waterjet cutting machines, one in Byron Center, MI and one in Jasper, IN. “These capabilities of these two brand new machines effectively quadruples our capacity,” says Jay Loprest, VP of Manufacturing, “they will help us to further our position as the […]

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