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<p>&quot;We've had to cut back on production and wait about six-seven weeks to actually start that production,&quot; said President Bob Confer.</p>

<p>75-80 percent of the polyethylene they use in their products comes from the Houston Area. Hurricane Harvey devastated many factories there, causing a plastic shortage. What they can get their hands on is costing them 20 percent more than just before the storm.</p>

<p>&quot;When you look at how much we use here over the course of a year to make really big products whether it's a swimming pool ladder or a spa cabinet or a kayak, we're using about 20 million pounds of material, so that's a substantial hit,&quot; Confer said.</p>

<p>Confer says companies are only about to meet about two-thirds of the country's demand for plastic.</p>

<p>&quot;The greatest fear that they have right now is that November will actually be worse than September and October because by then, and any demand that will exist at that time will have to be created on those machines, some of which are still under water. We're behind the eight ball already, and we hope to catch up as the season goes on, but it's difficult,&quot; said Confer.</p>

<p>Slowing down production has already cost Confer as many as a dozen employees.</p>

<p>&quot;Just on one shift alone, one pool ladder might have five people running that machine, but because we weren't making those, and it's really the season between seasons right now, we had to idle some workers,&quot; Confer said.</p>

<p>Confer says this is likely going to be the new normal for at least the next eight to ten months or even longer, and they're having to take steps to change the way they do business.Â </p>

<p>&quot;Some of the material actually got wet. Some of the rail cars got soaked. They got water up to the stanchions of the rail car. So we had to bring in that material, but the supplier said they would dry it for us. So we would never do that before,&quot; Confer said.</p>

<p>Confer says they're also looking into more silos to be able to increase the amount of raw materials they can store to help weather any future storms.</p>



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