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                                    <p><strong>Great Plains Industries </strong>has added another day to its production schedule for manufacturing fuel transfer pumps and fuel meters.</p>
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                
                                    <p>“We had to ramp up production in order to cover the increased demands,” says <strong>Brian Fedro</strong>, GPI’s product manager over fuel products.</p>
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                
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                                    <p>“Our shop floor gets Friday and the weekend off,” Fedro says. “Right now, we’re working Fridays.”</p>
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                        
    
    
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                                    <p>Next week, GPI is adding a Saturday shift, too.</p>
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                
                                    <p>“It comes down to being able to handle the fuel,” Fedro says of communities in need.</p>
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                
                                    <p>There may be fuel in hurricane-ravaged areas, but it may not be usable.</p>
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                
                                    <p>“Those tanks can become contaminated or inaccessible,” Fedro says.</p>
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                
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                                    <p>“We have solutions for … both applications,” Fedro says. “In events like Harvey and even <strong>Katrina</strong>, we’ve seen increased demand of our product.”</p>
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                
                                    <p>In addition to fuel pumps, GPI’s meters help after storms.</p>
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                
                                    <p>Fedro says those are “important for people who have fuel on hand already.”</p>
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                
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                                    <p>GPI has sent more than 300 pumps and more than 600 meters to Texas since Hurricane Harvey.</p>
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                
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                this.credit_read_story();
            
        },

        required_values_present: function (widget_id) {
            return this.user_cookie && this.user_email &&
                   this.nextbee_host && this.nextbee_client && this.nextbee_campaign &&
                   widget_id;
        },

        post_to_nextbee: function (widget_id, href) {
            if (this.required_values_present(widget_id)) {
                var nextbee_url = ['https://' + this.nextbee_host, 'nextbeeapis',
                    this.nextbee_client, this.nextbee_campaign, 'Event'].join('/') +
                    '?email=' + encodeURIComponent(this.user_email) +
                    '&widget_config_id=' + widget_id;
                var timestamp_key = Math.floor(Date.now()).toString();
                var api_call_signature = md5(this.API_AUTHORIZATION_KEY +
                    this.ENCRYPTION_KEY + timestamp_key);

                console.log("NextBee URL: " + nextbee_url +
                    "\nAuth. Key: " + this.API_AUTHORIZATION_KEY +
                    "\nEnc. Key:  " + this.ENCRYPTION_KEY +
                    "\nTimestamp: " + timestamp_key +
                    "\nSignature: " + api_call_signature);

                $.ajax( { url: nextbee_url, type: 'post', headers: {
                    'ts-key': timestamp_key,
                    'api-call-signature': api_call_signature,
                    'cache-control': 'no-cache',
                    'content-type': 'application/json',
                    },
                    complete: function(data) {
                        if(href)
                        {
                            window.location.href = href;
                        }
                        console.log("NextBee API response: " + data.responseText);
                    }
                } );
            }
        }
    };

    $(function(){
        nextbee.initialize();
    });
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