On March 10, a new world record for consecutive successful splices was set by Tony Jimenez of Independence Corrugated in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA. Jimenez completed 3,741 splices on a MarquipWardUnited Splicer without a miss. This surpasses the 1992 record of 3,531 splices set by Faalele Tuafuti of Kiwi Packaging in Auckland, New Zealand.
Representatives from MarquipWardUnited presented Jimenez with a crystal award, an embroidered world record jacket and, in keeping with the traditional belt-buckle theme for the MarquipWardUnited Century Club, a World Champion Splicer Operator Belt.
Asked for the secret to his 11-month splicing streak, Jimenez replied: "A lot of dedication. You have to be consistent with every splice, by double-checking the splice, and double-checking the machine."
Independence Corrugated commissioned special software to automatically track, and continuously display operator performance by machine. The excellence in splicing performance at the company has spread, with two of Jimenez's peers currently achieving over 2,000 splices.
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