G.F. Puhl
G.F. Puhl designs, manufactures, installs, and services pneumatic paper waste collection systems for companies in the commercial printing, folding carton, corrugated box, envelope, direct mail, package printing, board converting, and document destruction industries. Since its launch in 1983, G.F. Puhl has become a leader in the trim collection industry. Based in suburban Nashville, Tennessee, the company is best known for its high-performing air conveyance systems that help more than 4,000 customers in the United States, Canada, Latin America, and Asia reach their revenue, profitability, and safety goals. Today, G.F. Puhl employs more than 50 people and serves customers worldwide.
Company details
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Recycling Systems
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
- Year Founded:
- 1983
- Employees:
- 11-100
This company also provides solutions for other industrial applications.
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About Us
Setting the Standard for Excellence
Since 1983, G.F. Puhl has been setting the standard of excellence for air-conveyed paper waste recovery solutions. Our custom-built systems for trim and dust collection maximize productivity, recapture lost revenue from waste, protect the environment, save energy, reduce labor costs, and help our customers sleep better at night.
Company History
A Tradition of Quality
G.F. Puhl trim collection systems are designed, built, installed, and backed by a family tradition that spans more than 80 years in the air systems business.
It all started in the 1920s when Edward Peter Puhl, an engineer for a shoe manufacturing company, realized that air conveyance systems could be used to remove rubber and leather dust from shoe manufacturing lines. Seeing the business opportunity, Edward Peter co-founded Puhl & Hepper in 1929 and began designing, installing, and servicing pneumatic systems in the shoe manufacturing and related industries.
In 1945, Edward’s son, Robert Edward Puhl, joined Puhl & Hepper as a sales engineer, designing pneumatic conveyance solutions for his father’s company. After 15 years in the family business, Robert Edward left Puhl & Hepper and moved his family to Goodlettsville, Tennessee. It was 1960 and the R.E. Puhl Company was born.
In 1974, Gregg Puhl joined R.E. Puhl Company as a sheet metal apprentice and worked in a number of roles in his father’s company. When R.E. Puhl Company closed in 1980, Gregg worked as a salesman for Wolf & Sons. Within a few years, Gregg knew it was time to resurrect the family business.
Armed with a few air conveyance projects that Wolfe & Sons had allowed him to take with him, Gregg launched G.F. Puhl in 1983 from his three-bedroom apartment. After just a few months, Gregg won his first new project, a trim collection system for a large commercial printer in Dallas, Texas. He designed the system himself and subcontracted the fabrication and installation parts of the project to local vendors.
As the business grew, Gregg hired a road crew to handle installation and then discovered that his fabrication subcontractors were having difficulty meeting the demand for parts. In 1985, G.F. Puhl moved into a facility in Goodlettsville, Tennessee and began manufacturing many of components used in his custom trim collection systems.
By 2007, the company had outgrown its Goodlettsville manufacturing location and moved to its current 51,000 square-foot facility in Gallatin, Tennessee. Today, G.F. Puhl employs more than 50 people and serves customers worldwide.
Scrap, Trim, and Dust Collection Systems.
Done Right the First Time.
With so many companies claiming to offer full-service pneumatic waste collection systems, why choose G.F. Puhl? Quality, service, know-how, and engineering horsepower generate results that keep customers coming back. And our approach makes us a preferred vendor in every market we serve.
Why Choose Us
Dedicated to Meeting Your Needs
G.F. Puhl belongs on your preferred vendor list. Here’s why.
One of the most powerful tools in the G.F. Puhl arsenal is the unique perspective of founder Gregg Puhl. As a business owner familiar with the profitability pressures his customers face, he understands how a trim collection system affects both cost and revenue line items.
“When I’m looking at a production process, I put myself in my customer’s shoes,' says Puhl, who has been designing, installing and servicing trim collection systems for more than 40 years. “How would I want the system to work if I were running the plant? What features, controls, safeguards, and alerts would I want? How would I build a system to meet my needs today and allow for future expansion? How would I balance the tradeoffs to get the most through-put, maximum material segregation, and the most recycling revenue for the least cost?'
Gregg Puhl’s ability to design solutions that take a company’s big picture into account has won him—and the company that bears his name—a loyal following of customers who return to G.F. Puhl again and again for their trim collection system needs.
Guiding Principles
Trim Systems Built Around Your Needs
At G.F. Puhl, three core principles guide everything we do. Here’s what they are—and why they matter so much to G.F. Puhl customers.
At G.F. Puhl, we know that quality matters. That’s why we design and build many of our own components. Our design engineers control every aspect of the manufacturing process, and 3-D computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing push our product quality to a level few competitors can match. What we don’t make on-site is purchased from leading manufacturers who share our unwavering commitment to quality. Everything in your system is built to last.
- Heavy duty angle ring ductwork connections, fabricated duct hangers, angle flanges and rectangular duct construction.
- Heavy duty blower construction featuring laser-cut blades for near-perfect dynamic balance upon fabrication.
- Equipment support structures engineered to suit your facility.
- Conveying velocities include an extra margin of safety to prevent system jams.
Quality is about more than just equipment. It’s about making things easier for our customers—like handling interactions with building code officials during system design, meeting installation deadlines and responding quickly to problems. Quality is about standing by our customers no matter what. When you work with G.F. Puhl, your trim collection system is design, installed, and commissioned with high performance in mind. G.F. Puhl systems and components work. We guarantee it.
Your Company: In It for the Results
Freedom to focus on the big picture of your business is just one of the benefits you’ll enjoy when you choose G.F. Puhl. What other results can you expect from your G.F. Puhl trim waste collection system?
- Control waste streams with segregation and dust emissions control capabilities designed to meet your needs.
- Increase production with durable system components that perform long after the warranty expires.
- Generate revenue from trim waste segregated and consolidated to command top recycling dollars per ton.
- Cut labor costs with automated systems that reduce headcount and minimize potential for operator error.
- Reduce make-up air system requirements by returning conditioned and filtered air to the plant, eliminating the need for costly make-up air systems.
- Be prepared for business changes with systems that can be designed to expand or reduce production capacity.
- Manage down time more efficiently with our new Wi-Fi broadcast-enabled controls. See and control the system from more than one location via ethernet-wired HMI remotes.