CHARTER FILMS (now Charter Next Generation, CNG)
Krech Ojard & Associates designed the Charter Films (Charter Next Generation, CNG) plastic sheet products manufacturing facility in Superior, Wisconsin. Charter Next Generation is a manufacturer of plastic sheet products for a wide range of consumers, ranging from the medical to automotive industries. The manufacturing facility consists of a 27,400 square foot precast, a two-story footprint with a mezzanine level, and towers for the vertical extrusion processes. Two extrusion lines were installed with the construction and line three installed in a later phase. The project is designed to support a fourth extrusion line in the future.
Features in the Charter Films (Charter Next Generation) design include integrated structural support for the building and machine support, lifting ports with a bridge crane for install and maintenance, balance coding system to expedite and increase production volume.
The Charter Films (Charter Next Generation) recycling building was a second phase that was needed to manage the waste volume. Each film product is created with such unique properties that the start-up/completion by-product is too valuable and is reconstituted with virgin materials to be re-extruded.
Krech Ojard also designed uniquely angled loading bays that allow direct access to the adjacent street by truck. The Charter Films facility utilizes every square foot of its expansive manufacturing spaces inside and has been a repeat client for Krech Ojard at this Superior, WI facility and others across the country.
Krech Ojard has since been involved with a number of other CNG facilities across the nation and finds these challenging and technical facilities a great match for Krech Ojard’s multiple fields of engineering.
