About AP Budget Fabrications

The journey started when I turned 18 years old.  I was working in an injection molding factory with no college degree and no real plan in life, I had no idea what I was in for or how this would shape my future. Starting at the bottom as an operator I was intrigued by the machines and processes but also surprised to see so many people struggling in every-day tasks at every level including technical personnel and management. To tell you the truth as an operator I really struggled to keep up with the presses so I had to find my own solutions just so I wouldn’t lose my job. Practical things and little changes started making sense and became useful tools to also help others.

Soon I was promoted to the next level job which was a material handler. This was the time before automatic conveying systems, we used buckets and climbed ladders to fill hoppers. It was also my responsibility to clean up any material mess on the machine. We had situations where we had to quickly evacuate material out of the machine because it could become volatile and dangerous filling the plant with smoke and harmful fumes.

The problem was that there was no good way with out making a huge mess to quickly introduce a purging compound before things got out of control. People would grab 5 gal buckets and try to fill a 2 inch diameter hole and of course plastic pellets went everywhere. This event is what changed my thinking about everything I do and I thought to my self there must be A BETTER WAY. This gave me the idea of a self-sustaining magnetic funnel; little did I know that 13 years later I would actually be able to build and patent it now known as the NO SPILL FUNNEL.  Over the years I have come up with many new ideas that made life easier for me especially when I dabbled in my own construction company. It is amazing that even in todays world with all its innovation there are still tasks that are difficult, messy, dangerous, strenuous, and simply just take too long to complete. This is what stimulated me to build this business to create an opportunity to make your life easier by helping to find A BETTER WAY.

I’m not a marketing guy and honestly, I hate paper-work and I really struggled to get this one product out there. To help my fellow entrepreneurs to market their products I want to offer this sales platform by having a new product section. The goal is to grow by giving back. I have been in plastics manufacturing for 36 years and helped others in developing new products and processes for automotive, consumer and medical sectors. I love the challenge of improving something by thinking outside the box. Over the years I developed organizational and best practice disciplines and also received a six sigma black belt. I have successfully helped companies grow in sales and by expanding their process capabilities. Now I want to help everyone by creating a freedom that will foster innovation by always searching for A BETTER WAY. So keep checking back for new products that may just save the day.

Andy