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Box Latch Products Trade Shows Press Release

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...

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Please Enjoy, Like, and Share Our New Video: How To Save Money On Boxes and Tape

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...

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Box Latch – “I wish I would have thought of that!”

“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...

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Is Recycling A Waste When Reuse Is This Easy and Efficient?

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...

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Shortage of Corrugate Boxes – We Don’t Make Boxes, We Make Them Reusable

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...

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Learn How Sustainability Actions Pay Huge Cumulative Dividends

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...

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How to save 40% Annually on Box Costs

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...

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How and Where Box Latches™ Are Used Around the World

We have watched trade show visitors and potential customers struggle with the simple learning curve as they closed and reopened boxes and cartons with our Box Latches™. While observing their many techniques, it became clear we needed to illustrate optimal ways to do this so that companies can leverage their Lean Manufacturing principles to generate Triple Bottom Line sustainability benefits via their use. As we produced this video, we realized that we have photos of our latches being used in 8...

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Want to Reduce Your Plastic Footprint?

Plastic totes and bins are handy to use, but require massive amounts of plastic. The plastic in these totes will be in our environment forever. The WikiHow link that follows illustrates how easy it is to reduce plastic waste.  3 Simple Ways to Reduce Plastic Waste – wikiHow  It does not explain or show how easy it is to replace plastic totes and open bins with sustainable, cardboard boxes held open and stacked using the Corner Clip & Stack. To see the...

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Growing Global Box Shortage Solved by Box Reuse

The worldwide shortage of boxes and cartons was first reported by us in an April 2020 blog. boxlatch.com/worldwide-shortage-of-boxes-looming/ Covid-19 reluctance to visit retailers is feeding online sales with vigor. As predicted in the spring, concerns about box shortages are growing. radio.com/wwl/news/business/report-box-shortage-in-u-s-ports-another-amazon-center When CEEO Jim Wilson was asked recently, “Why aren’t people reusing boxes and cartons?,” he replied “Because manufacturers of products and consumers do not know how fast, easy and cost effective it is to close,  reopen and stack them with...

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