In 1992, Mark started in the die industry right out of school working in a steel rule die shop.
In later years he worked several years as a plant manager of a large die-cutting and bindery finishing house (Schreiber Specialties) in Wisconsin, where he learned how to run dozens of diecutting and bindery equipment .
He also worked two years as a manager of a carton plant’s 2nd shift die-cutting dept. (Beck Carton, now called Proteus Packaging), learning how to setup blankers, strippers and Bobst presses.
He worked those jobs in between working at steel rule die making shops and learned a good lesson in what the end user die-cutting companies needed from his dies from a diecutters point of view .
After helping a die shop in Wisconsin start up it’s business, he decided to venture off on his own with one customer’s promise to get their work.
In April, 2001 he opened SRD and built the business on the " normal" things such as fast turn-a-round, price and customer service,
|