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2015 Manufacturing Summit

Ulrich owners discuss small business concerns with Congressman Reed.
Congressman Reed meets with Ulrich owners

On May 28, 2015 Congressman Tom Reed hosted a Manufacturing summit. Bringing together manufacturing industry leaders, government agencies and trade representatives to promote a more successful manufacturing base in Western, NY.

Representing Ulrich Planifling was Eric Livengood, Director of Sales and Marketing and Dan Berry, President.

“I was impressed by the level of expertise of the presenters. They provided information that I hadn’t realized and am sure will be useful to manufacturers in developing new business” stated Dan Berry.

“It was a rewarding experience both personally and professionally.” said Eric Livengood, “I appreciate Tom Reed organizing the event. You could see the commitment Congressman Tom Reed (R-NY), Congressman Glen ‘GT’ Thomas (R-PA), and Congressman Chris Collins (R-NY) have to spend a day with manufacturers. The congressmen listened to our concerns and questions while filling us in on important legislative activity. The congressman also invited expert speakers to provided information key to exporting products outside of the US.”

Dan Berry stated in a letter of appreciation to Tom Reed, “My college career and all of my adult working life has been focused on being a successful manufacturer and I am very appreciative of the focus and attention you are bringing to this very important topic.”

For more information on the 2015 Manufacturing Summit.

Ulrich Planfiling specializes in custom sheet metal fabrication, including precision sheet metal fabrication in the office furniture business as well as many other industries. In addition Ulrich Planfiling is know for it’s line of large document filing systems.

Blueprint Storage Cabinet Move Made Easy

Ulrich Plan files the blueprint storage cabinet of choice in spacious blueprint room at PSNH - Eversource. These fire resistant blueprint cabinets are mobile allowing for an easy recent move. Mobility is a feature you will never find in a flat file cabinet.

Ulrich the Blueprint Storage Cabinet of Choice

PSNH Energy exclusively use Ulrich Planfile  and Minifile Cabinets as their preferred blueprint storage cabinet.  These blueprints represent a complicated network that supplies more than 490,000 homes and businesses in New Hampshire with electricity. PSNH have trusted this important blueprint storage to Ulrich Planfile Cabinets for many years. PSNH had used Ulrich Planfiles exclusively for many years. Some old flat file cabinets were still in service. A recent move to a new facility prompted PSNH to put all their large documents in Ulrich Cabinet.

Moving is easy with Ulrich Blueprint Storage Cabinet

the Ulrich vertical blueprint storage cabinet is better than flat file storage cabinets, more features and less cost.

Moving flat file storage cabinets can be risky for the blueprints. And let’s face it a whole lot of work! A key motivator for PSNH to ditch the last of their flat file cabinets and buy Ulrich was a recent move to a new building. As described below moving flat file, this is terribly time consuming as well as hazardous to important blueprints.

Easy Mobility is one of the design features of Ulrich Planfile. And the heavy duty casters make it easy to roll a fully loaded Planfile. These cabinets have a depth of 31 1/2″.  Small enough to fit through standard interior doorways. Ulrich blueprint cabinets allowed PSNH to roll the cabinets, fully loaded with documents, out of the building and on to a truck, then roll the cabinets off of the truck, into position and are immediately ready for work – no packing or unpacking required! When has a move ever been so easy!

Flat File Storage Cabinets Make Moving Difficult and Time Consuming

If they were using flat file storage cabinets PSNH would have had to unload the drawings, pack them for transport and then disassemble the flat file cabinets. Because, movers must tip flat file cabinets on their side to bring them into or out of a room. Then they must carry the drawings and flat file cabinets separately from their old building to their new building – what are the chances they arrive together and without damage! After that they must reassemble the  flat file cabinets. Finally, they would need to unpacked the documents and returned them to the proper drawers in the flat file cabinets. PSNH would have been unable to access their distribution line drawings and prints for days, even weeks. Not to mention the added labor cost.

Benefits of Ulrich over Flat File Storage

Besides the convenience during their recent move, PSNH also appreciates the numerous advantages Ulrich Planfiles

  • Superb document protection: fire resistant and water resistant
  • Ease of use, drawings are easily accessible and well organized
  • Saved floor space with the same capacity as flat files
  • Affordability! When comparing equal storage capacities Ulrich Planfiles have all these extra features and. . . . . they cost Less!

About PSNH

Ulrich blueprint storage cabinets have the same storage as 6 flat file storage cabinets with The Public Service of New Hampshire (PSNH), the state’s largest electric utility and subsidiary of Eversource, have been longtime customers of Ulrich Planfiling, utilizing their vertical filing systems to house engineering prints and map drawings of distribution lines. These drawings represent a complicated network that supplies more than 490,000 homes and businesses in New Hampshire with electricity. Ulrich Planfiles are located in numerous PSNH facilities, which all together include 12 plants, both hydroelectric and fossile fuel-fired.

Downloadable copy of this article: Blueprint Storage Move Made Easy by Ulrich Plan file

vertical blueprint storage cabinets that are better than flat file storage cabinets, more features and less cost.
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Tom Reed Presents Congressional Proclamation to Ulrich Planfiling

Tom Reed presents Congressional Proclamation to Ulrich Planfiling
Ulrich Owners and Congressman Tom Reed

Congressman Tom Reed recently visited Ulrich Planfiling to acknowledge the 100th Anniversary of the Ulrich Planfile. He presented Ulrich owners with a Congressional Proclamation acknowledging the amazing efforts from 1915 with Charles Ulrich’s initial invention to the successful business today. Three generations of the Ulrich Family and the current ownership have created a company with a culture of quality products and process as well as a strong concern for customer satisfaction. This along with a quality well trained workforce, and a drive toward constant improvement have made Ulrich Planfiling a premier manufacturer of custom sheet metal products as well as the Ulrich Planfile line of products.

Congressman Reed congratulates Ulrich Planfiling on 100 years of large document filing business.
Congressman Reed Congratulates Ulrich

Congressman Reed and Ulrich Owners discuss small business concerns in front of the many Ulrich Patents.
Ulrich Owners discuss small business concerns.

Ulrich owners discuss small business concerns with Congressman Reed.
Congressman Reed meets with Ulrich owners

Congressman Reed tours final assembly where the Ulrich large document filing cabinets and custom sheet metal manufacturing products are assembled and shipped.
Congressman Reed tours final assembly

Eric Livengood discusses small business issues with Congressman Tom Reed
Owner Eric Livengood and Congressman Tom Reed

Tom Reed sees custom sheet metal products being washed and dried in preparation for painting.
Congressman Reed and the wash conveyor

Congressman Tom Reed sees the press brake that performs the initial forming for Ulrich custom sheet metal products and filing cabinets
Tom Reed views sheet metal fabrication in brake room

Congressman Tom Reed see's the break room at Ulrich Planfiling where sheet steel is cut and formed. It is the first step in the custom sheet metal fabrication process.
Ulrich Owner Dan Berry and Congressman Tom Reed.

Congressman Tom Reed and Dan Berry discuss the Ulrich Plan file - vertical filing features for map storage
Congressman Reed studies the Ulrich Plan file.

Learn more about Ulrich:

The Planfile is simply the best large document filing system money can buy. For users requiring fire resistance, water resistance, and large capacity, The Planfile is the solution. The Planfile replaces 6 flat file cabinets....and it costs less!
Best Large Document Protection Ulrich Planfile

Custom sheet metal capability highlighted with a large stainless steel ultrasonic cleaning tank.
Ulrich’s custom sheet metal fabrication

Organize your flat file storage with Ulrich flat file folders. File your engineering prints, map drawers, poster storage or blueprint storage with these heavy duty folders.
Flat File Cabinets Organization

NYS and Senator Cathy Young Recognize Ulrich Planfiling

Thank you Senator Young for sponsoring the NYS resolution honoring 100 years of the Ulrich Planfile. This is a testament to the 3 generations of the Ulrich family who founded and ran this company and to the great crew that makes everything happen.

Patent for the Ulrich Plan file for blueprint storage, map storage and drawing storage. Unique spring compression system is a revolutionary replacement for flat file cabinets
Learn more about Ulrich History

The Planfile is simply the best large document filing system money can buy. For users requiring fire resistance, water resistance, and large capacity, The Planfile is the solution. The Planfile replaces 6 flat file cabinets....and it costs less!
Large Document Protection Ulrich Planfile

Heavy Duty Folders for Large Documents, Store Maps, Blueprints, Plans, Engineering Drawings in these heavy duty folders.
Heavy Duty folders for Maps, Blueprints and Plans

Keys to Continued Success – Stellar Century

Dan Berry president of Ulrich Planfiling manufacturer of Custom Sheet metal products and the Ulrich Planfile, a premier filing system for Engineering Prints, Blueprints, Poster Storage and Map Storage
Ulrich serves as a highly skilled extension of it’s customers engineering department.

Continuous business success is an elusive thing. Countless articles and books have been written on the subject. But the best of them are predicated on advice from the front lines—from the leaders of these successful companies.

Two recent Post journal articles tapped Dan Berry, President of Ulrich Planfiling to describe his keys to Ulrich Planfiling’s continued success. Berry describes those keys as follows:

  • Excellent Products
  • Talented and dedicated staff making the product.

 

Revolutionary patent design for Ulrich Planfile. Providing the first vertical Engineering Print and Map Storage. Bi-lateral pressure on the Engineering Prints and Maps stored in the cabinet by the spring compression system keeps the Plans, Prints and Maps stored in the cabinet smooth and flat.
One of Charles Ulrich’s original Patents for Engineering Prints and Blueprint Storage

Excellent Products

“Our company started 100 years ago when Charles Ulrich patented a revolutionary filing system for engineering prints, architectural plans, map storage and blueprints. This product became known as the premier filing cabinet for large document filing.

This Ulrich Planfile has undergone many improvements and changes over the years, incorporating the latest technology into the improvement of the design and manufacture of this cabinet.

 

Engineering Print Storage in vertical custom sized cabinets for the United Nations
Ulrich Team creates Custom Cabinets for Engineering Prints for the United Nations.

And that one cabinet has become an entire line of large document filing cabinets. The Planfile was a great idea 100 years ago and it is still the industry “gold standard” for large document storage. Berry described, “It is our talented and dedicated staff that made us successful in manufacturing filing for engineering prints.

 

Talented and Dedicated Staff

And their talent and dedication poised us perfectly in the 1980’s to leverage our extensive knowledge in precision sheet metal fabrication to develop another segment of our business — custom sheet metal fabrication. Our ability to produce complex fabrications which are close tolerance and highly cosmetic has allowed us to branch out into other areas which include filing systems, furniture, stainless steel cabinetry and tanks, heavy duty HVAC equipment and pretty much any fabrication requiring high quality, competitive pricing, and short lead times.

Custom sheet metal capability highlighted with a large stainless steel ultrasonic cleaning tank.
Ulrich’s custom sheet metal production began in the 1980’s

Since 20% of Ulrich’s workforce have engineering degrees – Ulrich can serve as a highly skilled extension of it’s customers engineering department. Ulrich’s dedicated custom sheet metal fabrication team brings years of experience and extensive industry knowledge to every step of the precision metal fabrication process. From initial engineering design to final assembly of the product. I am proud to have spent the past 21 years with such a talented and dedicated group of people.”

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