Packaging medical supplies has become the priority for UNC graduate 和山地州 Plastics owner Scot 盖格农 as supplier’s race to meet healthcare demands.

 They provide underground tubing for water and sewer projects for municipalities and construction and surface tubing for agricultural irrigation in 20 U.S. 州,非洲, the United Kingdom, Myanmar, and Europe. In addition, they manufacture custom film for trash bag liners, food produce, vet services, parks and recreation departments, and colleges and universities. 盖格农 said his clients have been understanding when he says that medical supplies take precedence.

“You throw this business on top of our normal stuff and holy cow,” 盖格农 said. “我们 have had five record years in a row of business. Upgrading and adding more stuff here and there to keep up with the times has helped us keep pace with business. 我们是 only business of our kind left in Colorado.”

As an essential business and without the luxury of offering a work from home option, 盖格农 has taken steps to keep his employees safe. 现场必须戴口罩. 任何人 reporting not feeling well is quarantined at home for two weeks. 他的同事 temp agencies to fill necessary spots. In-person visits with clients and suppliers have been replaced with phone calls. The upside is the already relaxed dress code demands fewer times to “dress up,” 盖格农 said.

At home, 盖格农’s family is also pitching in. His wife, Tylene, and two of their daughters have sewn washable facemasks for Mountain States employees and for first responders like the Johnstown Police Department. They used leftover fabric from costumes and donations from cast members from shows like the Hunchback of Notre Dame, performed by the Stampede Troupe, Greeley’s oldest community theater organization of which Scot set builds and performs and Tylene manages.

As a student at UNC, 盖格农 studied vocal performance before graduating with a degree 在地质. In 1990, as a member of the Bears track and field team, the thrower set a UNC record in the javelin throw that stood for four years before Nick Vuolo, whom 加格农教练，打破了它. Vuolo and 盖格农’s records are still first and second on 时间列表.

After graduating from UNC, 盖格农 acquired the company from his father, Henry, but not before spending summers in Alaska, where he mined for gold and commercial fished. After marrying Tylene, also a UNC student-athlete and member of the Bears’ swim team, he also earned a secondary teaching degree in Earth Sciences. 他既工作又教书 at John Evans and Greeley Central before returning to run the family business, which started in 1976 where he had worked growing up.

-作者:Nate Haas