Leanin' Tree -- Lassoing New Offerings

While the depth of the standard feeders is 2 inches, the deep pile feeders provide 34 inches, which Bognar says is deep enough to stack as many as 1,000 to 1,500 cards. Do the math, and it's easy to see why Leanin' Tree is so impressed with the performance of its new collator.

"We gave Vijuk the product and told them what we were seeking. Between them and the manufacturer, they took a basic machine and configured it to our exact needs," stresses Bognar. He adds that allowances were even made to permit the use of friction feeders at the end of the machine in the event they ever want to run more than 20 products per set, as well as for the possible addition of static pinning or shrink wrapping at some point in the future.