Marshall & Bruce Printing Rebounds After Devastating Flood

“One of our employees, Casey Johnson, came to our facility in the middle of the night and cut the electric,” notes Smith. “That was a key decision and he helped to save our company.”

By daybreak, the river water began to rise slowly. As the floodwaters began to peak on Monday afternoon, Marshall & Bruce’s facility had three feet of water in the plant that remained for 36 hours.

Smith and his management team slogged through the facility and found themselves knee-deep in river water. Their KBA press had flood water up to the catwalks. Repairs had to be made to all of the pumps, motors and other systems housed below the catwalk level of the press. The electrical system on the press had to be cleaned and changed.