New In-plant Leaps Forward

But he doesn't have to think back very far to summon up this memory. It was the fall of 1999, five short years ago, when he was hired to run the new Hamada 234 the company had ordered to print its forms. Having spent 12 years operating machinery in another in-plant, Smith expected to continue doing pretty much the same thing at Hobby Lobby, a growing chain of stores selling supplies for arts, crafts and hobbies.