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== Kapp & Peterson Relocates to New Factory == | |||
[[file:up-and-running.JPG|thumb|Up and running at the new factory]][[file:up-and-running2.JPG|thumb]]Kapp & Peterson announced that as of 23 May, it has relocated to a new facility in the Deansgrange neighborhood of County Dublin — a relatively short walk from its previous home in Sallynoggin. | |||
Moving is not something the Dublin-based institution takes lightly. “We were in Sallynoggin for | |||
50 years,” says Managing Director Joshua Burgess. “And Sallynoggin was only our second | |||
home after moving from the original St. Stephen's Green factory in 1972.” Peterson’s staff | |||
leaves behind fond memories of Sallynoggin. “The factory in Sallynoggin was my first job,” says | |||
Factory Manager Jonathan Fields. “I worked in that building when I got married; I worked there | |||
when my kids were born.” | |||
“Despite our attachment to the building and the community, the move ultimately made a lot of | |||
sense for us,” says Burgess. “When Laudisi acquired Kapp & Peterson in 2018, we were able to | |||
sign a four-year lease. As our time in the building came to a close, we took a hard look at our | |||
needs,” he continues. Those needs included more space and updated infrastructure. “We | |||
reached a point where if we wanted to continue to grow and do things like update our tooling, | |||
some big changes were necessary,” notes Burgess. “For example, the electrical capacity of the | |||
building had reached its limit. The electrician at one point said, sort of jokingly, ‘No more | |||
machines. I can't add one more machine without doing a serious overhaul of the electrical.’” | |||
“Moving the factory was a really big project,” says Fields, “but we wanted to make it happen with | |||
as little disruption to the staff and our pipe making as possible.” To that end, the entire Peterson | |||
staff pitched in, moving the equipment, tools, and briar that they know best. “We moved all our | |||
machinery and pipes in three days,” says Fields. “We left Sallynoggin on a Wednesday and | |||
started making pipes in our new home the following Monday.” | |||
[[file:pub2.JPG|thumb|left|A well earned pint at The Grange pub]]After four weeks in their new location, the men and women who make Peterson pipes are | |||
settling into their new home. “The new place is great,” says Tony Whelan, former factory | |||
manager and 50-year Peterson veteran. “When I volunteered to help with the move, I became | |||
the first employee in Peterson history to work in three different locations. I’m proud of that.” In | |||
addition, Fields notes that the entire staff is getting to know its new neighbors. “The Grange pub | |||
is a good place to head after work. They pour a nice Guinness.” | |||
Peterson now finds itself with ample space for growth in pipe making and storage. “In the new | |||
space, we’re able to group work together in an intuitive way,” says Burgess. “All the machines | |||
that are related to drilling — bowls, mortises, mouthpieces — can now be in the same | |||
production line. It promotes better collaboration when everyone who's doing the same sort of | |||
work is stationed together.” | |||
Sykes Wilford, Laudisi’s CEO, recently worked alongside the staff in its new location. “I’m so | |||
pleased with the new place and all the work the guys did to make it happen,” says Wilford. | |||
“Peterson has a bright future here, and I’m convinced that the new factory furthers our goal of | |||
making excellent pipes, firmly in the Peterson tradition.” | |||
[[File:K_P_Factory.jpg|thumb|left|Kapp & Peterson Factory, courtesy [http://www.peterson.ie/ Kapp & Peterson]]][[File:Carring_Cross_Image.jpg|thumb|Charring Cross, courtesy [http://www.peterson.ie/ Kapp & Peterson]]]'''Press Release from Kapp & Peterson announcing their new website!:''' As stewards of the oldest continuously operating briar pipe factory in the world, we at Peterson have a certain tradition to uphold. That tradition isn’t bound to the factory floor, however; it urges us to adapt and to innovate in the spirit with which Charles Peterson launched his first System pipes. That spirit of innovation led us to develop a new website, which we today unveil: [http://www.peterson.ie/ www.peterson.ie]. | [[File:K_P_Factory.jpg|thumb|left|Kapp & Peterson Factory, courtesy [http://www.peterson.ie/ Kapp & Peterson]]][[File:Carring_Cross_Image.jpg|thumb|Charring Cross, courtesy [http://www.peterson.ie/ Kapp & Peterson]]]'''Press Release from Kapp & Peterson announcing their new website!:''' As stewards of the oldest continuously operating briar pipe factory in the world, we at Peterson have a certain tradition to uphold. That tradition isn’t bound to the factory floor, however; it urges us to adapt and to innovate in the spirit with which Charles Peterson launched his first System pipes. That spirit of innovation led us to develop a new website, which we today unveil: [http://www.peterson.ie/ www.peterson.ie]. | ||
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Joshua Burgess, Managing Director Kapp & Peterson | |||
E-mail: joshua.burgess@peterson.ie | |||