19 May ‘09 Tuesday
This morning as we were driving into Grand Rapids, we drove by a location that we had only seen in pictures many years ago… In 1981, Louise and I started a small business that was supplied products from this location…Ada, Michigan. We were Amway distributors and this was “The” Amway we’d only seen from afar. “What the heck, they give tours and we’re tourists…let’s go.” The first thing we found out was that tomorrow morning Amway was receiving the largest and finest of distributors from around the world, to help celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Amway. We were then given a tour through “The Hall of Fame” showing the major distributors throughout the world and a brief history of the founders of Amway and its products. Rich DeVos and Jay VanAndel together had a dream and in every way fulfilled it beyond their beliefs. Today, Amway is run on a daily basis by their sons, and they seem to be carrying on the “dream” of Amway. Another part of our tour took us out into the “manufacturing” areas to see just how and what was being made at that time in the day.
This morning as we were driving into Grand Rapids, we drove by a location that we had only seen in pictures many years ago… In 1981, Louise and I started a small business that was supplied products from this location…Ada, Michigan. We were Amway distributors and this was “The” Amway we’d only seen from afar. “What the heck, they give tours and we’re tourists…let’s go.” The first thing we found out was that tomorrow morning Amway was receiving the largest and finest of distributors from around the world, to help celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Amway. We were then given a tour through “The Hall of Fame” showing the major distributors throughout the world and a brief history of the founders of Amway and its products. Rich DeVos and Jay VanAndel together had a dream and in every way fulfilled it beyond their beliefs. Today, Amway is run on a daily basis by their sons, and they seem to be carrying on the “dream” of Amway. Another part of our tour took us out into the “manufacturing” areas to see just how and what was being made at that time in the day.
I was surprised to learn that Amway also makes over 95 percent of the containers that carry their products. One of the containers is made up of hundreds of 3 different beads that come together in a high vacuum and then melt down into a liquid plastic. This plastic is then poured into a mold. A little high pressure air applied into the center of the mold and then forms the container…in a few seconds you see anywhere from 50 to 100 moving out and ready to receive the liquid products that will soon be distributed to more than 80 countries around the world. After our tour we were given a special 50th Anniversary gift bag. In the bag we found some samples of Amway products that we can definitely use…you know things like lip balm, LOC quick-wipes, and an energy bar.
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