First Posted: 3/11/2015
LIMA — AMS Uniforms is constantly growing, evidenced by its recent move into the old Kmart building on Allentown Road.
The medical scrub company, formed in Lima in 2002, has been through a lot of changes, said Embroidery Manager Brandon Bohn.
“This is the second time that we’ve moved, and this is by far the biggest move that we’ve had,” he said. “The future of the company looks really good.”
With 75 full-time employees, part of the company’s growth will come in the form of five new employees it is hiring.
AMS is looking for five second-shift, full-time employees in embroidery, production and warehouse support and quality, said Jeni Bible, marketing director at AMS.
In employees, the company values personality over experience, Bible said in an email.
“Skills can be taught and experience gained,” she said. “It’s important to try new things and to get on board with new ideas.”
Bohn supervises 11 embroidery employees and said he likes employees who are willing to do what needs to be done and whatever is best for the company.
“The individual must also be able to take pride in what they do,” Bohn said in an email. “That is essential in delivering a quality product.”
In warehouse support and quality positions, the company expects individuals to have prior warehouse experience and familiarity with replenishment and forklift experience, according to Bible’s email.
AMS trains its employees, though most embroidery employees come in with an idea of how to work vector software, Bible said.
Previously working out of a warehouse on Kibby Street, AMS chose its new building for the available space and location, Bible said.
AMS takes up about 115,000 square feet of the building.
The move means that the company occupies three spaces in the strip mall at 2190 Allentown Road, one space that will soon become a factory outlet store, one that is a warehouse and one occupied by offices, Bible said.
The company moved in on March 2 and is still getting everything transitioned. In addition to making its own medical scrubs, the company does custom embroidery, screen printing, laser engraving and makes other medical and uniform-related products like bags, shoes, polos and lab coats.
It makes a wide range of sizes, something hard to find and “unique” to AMS, Bible said. Its sizes range from triple extra small to 10X, which Bible said is hard to find.
“We go the extra mile for our customers,” she said.
The company is customer service-oriented and values successful relationships in everything it does, she said.
“(We) place great value on external relationships with customers, suppliers and vendors,” Bible said.
This also shows in employee-employer relationships.
“Internally, we focus on open discussion from middle management down. Suggestions on how to streamline and improve processes is encouraged,” Bible said in an email.
Current company employees are very team-oriented, productive and know how to have fun with each other while getting work done, Bohn said.
“We’re not just looking for people to come in and punch a time clock, do mediocre work and then clock out,” he said in an email. “We like to have dedicated employees that are willing to learn and do what is best for the company.”
