Box Latch™ Products is delighted to receive the 2021 North America Business Elite Award for Leading Pioneers in Corrugated Box Re-Use! The North America Business Elite research team cast their final judgment based on business performance, longevity, business growth, and any significant innovations. Only businesses which stand out from the crowd have been commended. We could not be more honored to receive such an award! Check out our video showing how easy we make it to re-use corrugated boxes!
A November 17, 2021 Philadelphia Inquirer business news article today caught my eye and forced me to ask the question on which this blog is based. Collapsed Boxes Headed to Reuse Boxes Headed to Recycling or Landfill During the current challenges with supply chain backlogs, why aren’t businesses looking for better mousetraps to move toward Sustainable Supply Chains as suggested in this article in the Harvard Business Review. An even bigger question is, “Why are the Aussies beating the USA to the punch.”...
Great News! After nearly two years, trade shows are back with in-person demonstrations that make them so much more fun. Pictured above at the Oct 5-7 Milwaukee, WI Manufacturing & Technology show are our new Midwest Sales Associates, Art Steadman, and Dan Abrahms. Interest in our Box Latch™ Products was exceptional. Samples were provided to hundreds of interested guests who learned about the financial and environmental benefits of using our reusable supply chain solutions. Look carefully and you will see that...
Please visit us to see demonstrations of Box Latch Products and receive free samples at any or all of these three upcoming trade shows. Our staff will be happy to answer your questions relating to where, how, and why our reusable supply chain solutions are working well, saving money, and reducing waste for companies around the globe. Oct 5,6 &7 – Wisconsin State Fair Exposition Center Milwaukee – Booth 542 Click link to see who will be there: Home – The...
In keeping with our mission to “Revolutionize the worldwide use and reuse of boxes and cartons,” we are asking you to check out our Closed Loop Box Reuse animated video. In less than two minutes you will see how customers use our Box Latches and Corner Clips to maximize their financial and environmental ROI. Implementing what you see here requires B2B customers to rethink their supply chain logistics systems. Whether your products move from Point A to Point B and/or Point C at...
“You should be on Shark Tank.” “Inventing something this simple is harder than inventing most things that are more complicated.” These are the words we continue to hear as creative individuals learn how our Box Latch™ Products are “changing the way the world closes and reuses boxes.” This family of innovative, reusable, supply chain solutions hold box flaps closed or open without the use of tape. While doing so, they reduce box and tape costs, improve task times, reduce injuries to humans and...
This May 22, 2021 article explains the losing battle related to recycling plastic waste. cnbc.com/2021/05/22/is-recycling-a-waste-heres-the-answer-from-a-plastics-expert.html The article’s discussion point number 5 says, “While the goal of zero waste is ambitious, it is realistic to imagine a world in which more consumer products become reusable, if they can be easily returned in the circular economy.” The same is true for packaging products. 11 kg carton closed with 2 Box Latches on bottom and one on top Same box held open for filling and...
A shortage of corrugate boxes has continued to be linked to the COVID-19 domino effect. A January 2021 article in Packaging World explains how consumers’ concerns with visiting physical store locations has significantly increased e-commerce. From March 2019 to March 2020 the use of corrugated shipping boxes was up 9% according to the Fibre Box Association. As demand for corrugate increased, four major factors have reduced corrugate supply in the recycling industry. The combination of these is expected to result...
Would you like to prove the value of your sustainability efforts with hard data? Years of feedback from happy customers has led us to create what we believe is a one-of-a-kind calculator for measuring the financial savings that come from Zero Waste Management and Green Manufacturing. We believe it is the only calculator in the world that allows businesses to identify and project the cumulative savings that come with reusing boxes, maximizing labor productivity, and reducing reliance on and costs for...
We understand that not all boxes in your company’s supply chain can be reused. That said, if only 10% of your boxes were reused 10 times the result would be a 40% annual savings. For example: if your company purchases $10,000, $100,000, or $1,000,000 of boxes, the savings can be an amazing reduction of expense and a huge gain for environmental sustainability. Simply stated, each time boxes are reused; they do not have to be recycled or re-purchased. Historically, the biggest...