A corrugated packaging manufacturer's full-line plant in Burlington, Wisconsin added ten water and ice units across its facility, covering a large production workforce and office staff with purified water and on-demand ice at stations throughout the building.
Zach Rambo placed eight M6 bottleless water coolers, one HID A-315 water and ice dispenser, and one S3 bottleless water cooler at the plant.
The Plant
The Burlington facility is a full-line corrugated packaging plant, meaning it runs the complete production cycle from raw containerboard through finished corrugated boxes and displays. The Burlington plant is part of a national packaging company and serves customers in southeastern Wisconsin and the broader Great Lakes region.
Full-line corrugated plants run heavy converting equipment, including large rotary die cutters, flexographic printing presses, slotters, and folder-gluers operating across production shifts. The workforce covers machine operators, maintenance technicians, material handlers, and quality control staff moving through a facility that does not slow down between orders.
A manufacturing plant of this scale, running continuous production shifts, needs water access distributed across the floor. Routing the whole crew to a single break room cooler creates gaps during shift changes and peak production windows.
Ten Units Across the Building
Eight M6 bottleless water coolers spread purified hot and cold water across the plant's work zones. Each connects directly to the water line and purifies water at the point of use, putting clean water within reach of the production floor, break areas, and support spaces without consolidating demand at one station.
The HID A-315 covers a higher-demand zone with both purified water and nugget ice from a single unit. For a shift crew coming off a hot press line or a long material handling run, having ice available at that station matters.
The S3 handles a smaller, lower-traffic space, such as an office area or secondary break room, where its 13 by 20 inch footprint fits without over-speccing the zone.
Zach Rambo assessed the layout and matched unit types to demand across the building. Bottleless Nation manages purification system maintenance on a set schedule, and the Milwaukee area team handles local service for the Burlington plant.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can water and ice units work on a corrugated plant floor?
Yes. Each unit connects to the building's water line, so stations can sit near converting lines, break areas, and support spaces instead of one central cooler.
Why mix water-only units with water and ice units?
Most zones need hot and cold water, so the M6 covers them. Stations near hot equipment or long material handling runs get a unit that also makes ice.
Does Bottleless Nation serve southeastern Wisconsin?
Yes. The Milwaukee area team installs and services units across southeastern Wisconsin, including Burlington.