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By Karen Gray
Foundation/Development
Director,
The Arc of Mercer County
In today’s economy, where
can a company find a ready
and capable work force that
can quickly turnaround quali-
ty piece work at a reasonable
cost?
Since the early 1980s, area
businesses have looked to
MCAR to handle assembly
jobs and piecework that must
be done by hand. Whether
it’s only a few items or tens
of thousands of multi-part
product assembly, MCAR’s
workers help a company free
up its own employees to do
other work. Each assembled
piece is hand-checked and
counted by MCAR staff, en-
suring quality control.
With its 20,000-square-foot
produc t i on
facility and a
ready work-
force of over
100 employ-
ees, MCAR
is highly competitive in bid-
ding for subcontract jobs.
Most important, however,
these sub-contract jobs pro-
vide individuals with intellec-
tual and developmental dis-
abilities a paycheck.
Recently, Wendell August
Forge contracted MCAR’s
work force to assemble its
holiday ornaments, which in-
volved adding a ribbon to
each ornament before plac-
ing it in a lidded box. Anoth-
er recent job involved label-
ing and tabbing a mailing of
over 10,000 pieces for a local
organization.
For a number of years,
MCAR has been the only fa-
cility in the state licensed to
build crash-tested and ap-
proved highway sign-stands,
part of a state contract held
by Pennsylvania Industries
for the Blind and Handi-
capped. These sign-stands are
used by PennDOT or other
agencies, such as fire and
forestry departments, that
need to put up safety signs on
state-maintained roads.
A number of other local
companies have also con-
tracted with MCAR for as-
sembly work, including
Wheatland Tube, Premier
Hydraulics, Thomas and
Betts Reznor, Signature Alu-
minum, Mercer County Re-
hab Supply, Cheonho USA
and others. MCAR also con-
tinues to operate its award-
winning furniture refinishing
shop as well as its document
shredding business.
When not working on sub-
contract jobs, MCAR individ-
uals turn their efforts toward
creating handmade crafts for
the Holiday Shop. This shop,
open from October through
December, offers decorative
seasonal items for sale.
To learn
MCAR’s work
capabilities, as
MCAR can save
ny time and mo
981-2950.
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