Light Production & Assembly Services
A vocational training program that offers businesses the opportunity to contract light production and assembly services completed by adults with intellectual disabilities who are training to complete ability-appropriate work projects while earning a paycheck. Quality control is part of the final inspection process.
Work is completed in Barber National Institute's production facilities in Bedford, Erie, Corry, Millcreek, Somerset, or Warren.
Capabilities
Experience the difference that dedication and heart can make in your business operations. By partnering with Barber National Institute, you contribute to a more inclusive and supportive community and enhance your business.
The light production and assembly services crew is capable of:
- Document shredding
- Placing labels on boxes/bags
- Sorting parts into heat-sealing bags
- Cutting heat tape into lengths
- Heat sealing bags of parts
- Assembly work
- Envelope Stuffing
- Placing parts into bags/boxes
- Wiring tags onto parts
- Folding heat tape to specs
- Packaging/repackaging
- Folding boxes
Production Facility Locations
Bedford Production Facility
181 Friendship Village Road, Bedford, PA 15522
The facility has a loading dock, warehouse space and capabilities to prepare products for shipment. All work is picked up and dropped off by vendors.
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Corry Production Facility
670 Sciota Street, Corry, PA 16407
This facility has a loading dock equipped with a walk-behind jitney to load and unload deliveries and space for six pallets at a time. All work is picked up and dropped off by vendors.
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Erie Production Facility
101 East Avenue, Erie, PA 16507
The facility has a loading dock, box truck with 10 pallet capacity to pick up and make deliveries, warehouse space and capabilities to prepare products for shipment.
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Millcreek Production Facility
2084 West 16th Street, Erie, PA 16505
This facility has a loading dock, pallet space, and warehouse space with capabilities to prepare for shipment. All work is picked up and dropped off by vendors.
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Somerset Production Facility
1219 Red Brant Road, Somerset, PA 15501
The facility has a loading dock, box truck to pick-up and store raw materials, warehouse space and capabilities to prepare products for shipment.
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Warren Production Facility
44 North State Street, North Warren, PA 16365
The facility has a loading dock, box truck to pick-up and store raw materials, warehouse space and capabilities to prepare products for shipment.
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Our Partners
- Associated Spring – Barnes Group
- Bedford Reinforced Plastics
- Berkebile Oil
- Betts Industries, Inc.
- Builder's Hardware
- DeVilbiss
- Fairview Paper Box Corp.
- Guy Chemical
- Kennametal
- Petrex, Inc.
- Poof Slinky
- Rural Electric
- Seaway Manufacturing
- Supply Technologies
- Tri-Tech Molding
- Welch's
- Wheeler Fleet Solutions
Shred Express Document & Paper Shredding Services
Featured Partner in Somerset, PA
Every year improper document management costs businesses millions of dollars in liability and lost productivity. Somerset Shred Express can help you implement a low-cost, secure and compliant document shredding solution.
Shred Express offers two services: scheduled route pickup and one-time purge shredding. To meet our customers’ high-security standards, Shred Express is a member of and follows i-SIGMA guidelines. To verify the shredding process was completed, your company will receive a certificate of destruction.