It was like history is repeat itself on that Sunday nighttime October 21st , when a flack break out in the production hall of Floralife , a division of Smithers Oasis Belgium . Vice President Floralife / Grower Global Operations and Corporate Research Jim Daly , in Ohio , United States was hope it was just a kitchen fire , when he heard the news . Unfortunately , it flex out to be much worse . Three quarter of the construction had to be declare a complete expiration .
Jim Daly .
Act quickly“The first thing that down into your mind is if all worker are OK . The good newsworthiness was that the fire happened at night , so none of our workers got suffer . The second matter I was touch on with is how we can still serve our customers . The next sidereal day we immediately had a squad together to work on a plan of action at law . Our promontory of bodied engineering science started the insurance paperwork , our sales film director focused on what impact the fire had on our client and our operations manager jump to increase yield at other manufacture locations around the earth to sate the gap . ”
Extra shifts at other product locationsAt the glow down manufactory both liquid and powder postharvest products were made . Most of the machines were destroyed . Since the firing , the bulk promotion and sachets of powder and liquid are now manufactured in four other locations . Jim : “ We created superfluous break there to make product to control supplies to our client . So , with extra production we could converge the requirement . At first , our customers acknowledge that our orders were hold up . However , within a month the production was up and run . And with sentence , we are getting closer to contact full capacity again .
2d fireThis was not the first time that the Floralife Belgian yield facility was struck by a fire . “ Because we had go through this before , we had right measures in place that allow us to recover faster . Unfortunately , we were ready for this ” , read Jim . We have already moved to a fresh location in Opglabbeek , Belgium which is a twenty - minute driving force from the one-time facility . “ We want to continue producing in Belgium , not only because Europe is an authoritative market for us , but also so that our workers can keep their jobs . ” At the new deftness , flame auspices is of furthest grandness . “ It was a painful experience to go through , but we get a line from it which is what matters . The Modern machines will be set up in the next 2 to 4 months and the production will be fully restore then . In the end , we are terminate up unattackable with better equipment , more capacity and more rich fire protection plans . ”
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