Company appears to be like streamline operations and delivery efforts with new location
Tailwind Nutrition workers undergo the delivery course of on the firm’s new manufacturing facility. The firm ships about 200 orders per day on to prospects. (Courtesy of Tailwind Nutrition)
Tailwind Nutrition has moved into an expanded warehouse and manufacturing facility positioned close to the Durango-La Plata County Airport at 325 County Road 309A.
The location change was made to extend manufacturing as the corporate’s merchandise proceed to develop in reputation. Tailwind moved into the brand new location on Oct. 10 however remains to be ready on allowing for the manufacturing portion of the constructing.
It’s been a busy 12 months for the dietary complement firm between launching its new energetic hydration electrolyte combine in July and now altering its manufacturing facility location, a transfer that was lengthy overdue based on firm founders.
“We outgrew our manufacturing facility three years in the past, and it’s been a sport of Tetris since,” stated co-founder Jenny Vierling in a information launch. “We’re thrilled to open our new facility with ample house for development, retaining manufacturing and success right here in Southwest Colorado.”
The new facility is about 14,400 sq. toes which permits extra space for delivery and manufacturing groups to work beneath the identical house.
Tailwind has been rising at a speedy charge since beginning in 2012. Operations Manager Brer Bales stated gross sales have elevated about 20% annually.
In addition, Tailwind ships internationally to 36 totally different nations and its merchandise are offered in additional than 1,000 totally different bike and mountain climbing shops. It additionally sells its merchandise via Amazon.
The firm ships about 200 orders per day on to prospects and 5 to 10 pallets per week to Amazon and worldwide companions. Each pallet is estimated to hold about 1,500 kilos of product.
“We see actually comparable development each single 12 months. And we’ve been making do with buildings that had been too small for the final a number of years,” Bales stated.
Amazon is the corporate’s largest gross sales channel with Colorado and California being the states the place the corporate’s merchandise are hottest.
Bales stated the transfer not solely provides Tailwind’s manufacturing extra space but in addition effectivity.
Previously, manufacturing and delivery had been housed in two separate buildings inflicting workers to drive product between the 2. Employees must load a truck and drive it to the delivery constructing subsequent door. The new constructing has house to facilitate each manufacturing and delivery beneath the identical roof.
“It’s going to save lots of us hours and hours each week to be at one facility,” Bales stated. “I might say on common an hour and a half a day. We’re not taking part in Tetris and tripping over one another to do our jobs.”
Bales stated the transfer will streamline manufacturing with out having to outsource manufacturing to a location exterior of the neighborhood. He stated it was essential to founders Jeff and Jenny Vierling to maintain the ability in La Plata County.
“We had been at a breaking level the place if this facility hadn’t opened up, we had been going to take a look at outsourcing our manufacturing,” Bales stated.
With the addition of the brand new facility, Tailwind is trying to develop all of its gross sales channels and improve manufacturing.
The firm goes to emphasise promoting its merchandise to the army and first responders in addition to internationally. Bales stated Tailwind has a number of army bases it desires to pursue.
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