North Carolina License Plate Upgrade and Relocation

North Carolina Correctional Industries faced the challenge of relocating their entire license plate plant and equipment to a new location. They embarked upon the construction of a new industrial building at the Women’s Prison and decided to move two existing industries into this new space. The Central Prison had recently changed from a medium security level to a maximum security facility. The new higher level of security was making it difficult to manufacture plates at the Central Facility. Furthermore, the existing license plate plant in the Central Prison was located in a building that was difficult to access for raw material delivery and finished product shipments.

North Carolina had been discussing this relocation project since 1996. The John R. Wald Company was contacted by North Carolina Correctional Industries from the beginning to help them successfully
accomplish the move.

JOHN R. WALD MAKES IT WORK

The John R. Wald Company approached this project with almost 80 years of experience in the license plate manufacturing industry. In addition, the Wald Company successfully administered license plate plant relocation contracts in West Virginia, Georgia, and Rhode Island.

Wald was instrumental in evaluating North Carolina’s existing equipment to identify equipment that would be moved and equipment that should be upgraded or replaced. Ultimately, the John R. Wald Company provided a new 4,000 plate per hour finishing system, an Applicator Registry System, a new Wash Tank, and some modifications to their embossing presses to convert them from water-cooled to air-cooled systems.

The relocation contract was issued in June of 2001 for the heavy industrial equipment.
Wald was responsible for rigging out the existing equipment, reinstalling, and conducting training for new equipment/systems. The new equipment was installed and coordinated with the move of the plant that occurred over a period of weeks.