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Regol Door Compony, Alreody on Three-Shift Operotion, Plons

Xlove to BqldwinPork This Winter to f,leet Demond for Product

"Tl-re business of manufacturing special doors for special building projects in Southern California is a specializecl business and rl'e believe we are tops in that business," says Pete Bingley, general maltag'er of the Regal Door Co.. El Monte.

Pete has been in the cloor-mar.ru{acturing business since graduating from school an<l is considered one of the young progressives in the ir.rclustry. His job also irrclucles sales promotion ar.rd adr.ertising ir.r a<lclition to adrninistration. In fact, it embraces every phase of actir.ity witl-r the exception of prodrrction, and this department of the firm is iri the capable l.rands of George Borttz,, vice-president of the rloorlnarlulacturl11g co1lcern.

_ George Ilonitz has been identihecl in production at llegal Door for the past cight vears. Ifc is yourlg in ycars but loug on experiencc. He has been in the u,ooclu,orkirrg industry since school clar.s u'hen l're u.orkecl at thc rtrill ancl remairrrfacturing levcls cltrring sunmrcr vacation. It is his job to keep proclrrction up rvith the order clepartment, anrl tl-ris he is linding hard to do.

"lior the past sevcral nronths u.e har.e founcl it neccssartto operate three shifts to keep up u'ith the demaucl ft_irRegal products," sai<l Cleorge. It is learnccl that tl-re prorluction clepartment hacl corrrpletell- outgrou'n tl-re plant anrl that plans are no\\' being completed io move the- facilities of the colnpanv to the citl' of Industry in Balclu,in park, where a fir'e-acr.e, fir'e-builcling. modern productiorr facility rj presentl)' under..construction. Accordihg to George anil Pete, the n.rove will take place cluring the ivinter moiths.

At this tin're Regal er.nltlovs more thalt 50 productiotr rl.orkers on its tl-rree shifts ir-r four manrrfactrrring areas at tlre El florrte plarrt. lt rctlrrires a collstant tirne.strrrly.bl- tltr. plzrnt superintenclent to kecp abreast of the orrler fi1e, as each <loor is a "special" anrl is practically a harrrl-ltrocluce<1 rrrrit fronr corc to finisl-recl rtrocluct.

In producitre tllore than a thorrsarrcl snch clc.rors for institutiorrs, churches, scl-roo1s anrl public builclings. it also re<ltrires somc <loing to properly stalT tl're 24-h.clur sl.rifts on a 'round-the*clock basis to secure the ntost in uroduction. Lieorge llotritz is a r.naster in this department.

To tnrn orrt a frrll lirre of special dt,ors {or tl-re trade, a llew hot, press l.ras beetr installecl at the trl \Ionte plant, along u,ith a double-end Tenoner r,'r.'hich u'ill be mor-ed to Balch.r,in Park late this winter. The core cleltartment and r-erreer de(Continued on Page 54)