Box Latch™ Products is working hard to “Revolutionize the worldwide use and reuse of boxes and cartons.” The winner of our drawing in this “Box Reuse Challenge # 1” will receive $1,000 of Box Latch™ products. If you are reusing your boxes, we would love to hear from you. Send a picture or two and brief description of the boxes you are reusing, how many times you are reusing them and, if possible, the financial savings to: info@boxlatch.com. Our experience has been that...
Sometime in the mid-1990s “I had the pleasure of attending a full day conference learning from Michael Gerber, author of The E-Myth” says Jim Wilson, CEEO of Box Latch™ Products. “Of all the speakers I have heard and books I have read, the E-Myth and Steven Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People have changed my life more than any others.” When asked “Why is that?” Jim responded, “Because Michael Gerber taught me to spend at least one hour every week...
Covid-19 has changed the world as we know it very rapidly. It is still business as usual at Box Latch™ Products where we are filling orders from our shopping cart and purchase orders on a regular basis. Unfortunately, the two major trade shows at which we were going to be an exhibitor in the next three weeks have been cancelled. The first one, Ethical Corporation’s Responsible Business Summit in New York City, has been postponed from March 17-18 until September 22-23. The...
PackExpo East turned out to be the perfect meeting place on March 4, 2020 for Jim Wilson, CEO of Box Latch™ products to meet Daniel Smith, Regional Manager of PMMI Media based in Chicago. PMMI is the parent company of PackExpo and their trade journal, Packaging World. During the meeting we confirmed that Packaging World Editor Emeritus, Pat Reynolds, is excited to be working with Carl Bartle at Wisconsin Packaging, Inc. in Green Bay, WI to flesh out a case study...
On Wednesday, March 4, CEO of Box Latch™ products, Jim Wilson, met with Daniel Smith at PackExpo East. Daniel reached out to Jim a few weeks ago to see if our company had any unpublished case studies illustrating the value of using corrugate boxes to replace expensive plastic totes. The answer was, “We sure do.” That led to communications with Pat Reynolds, VP Editor Emeritus at PMMI Media Group and Packaging World. Watch for the notice reflecting the incredible on which Pat...
Box Latch™ Products, Jack Wilson – Co-Founder, Inventor & Chief Operations Officer, attended the Wisconsin Association of Energy Engineers February 25th meeting, hosted by Mercury Marine, Fond du Lac, WI. The tour of the world’s largest aluminum propeller manufacturing plant was enlightening. Of particular interest was witnessing the lost wax casting process. The experience was a real joy for Jack who is always interested in seeing how things are made. Mercury Marine is one of the newest customers using our Corner...
For nearly a decade our Box Latch™ Products vision has been to “Revolutionize the worldwide use and reuse of boxes and cartons.” The photos above show our products featured inside the exhibit area at the Feb 27-28, 2020, Packaging Innovations trade show in Birmingham, UK. Voting for the most innovative new product ends Thursday, Feb 27. Congratulations Item Products, Ltd, for bringing the time, money and environmental benefits of our Box Latches, Corner Clip and Stack and tamper-evident tape to the...
One of the conference themes at this important WMEP event is “Making Things Better with Lean Six Sigma.” wmep.org/events/manufacturing-matters-conference Our family of Box Latch™ Products boxlatch.com can be of great assistance and provide exceptional ROI for companies focusing on “Lean.”
Thank you Item Products! As a result of your efforts and our innovation, our Box Latch™ company is one of 10 featured in the Packaging Innovations 2020 Gallery. It is a real honor to be in the Showcase Arena where visitors will select the overall winner for “Most Innovative Pack.” Click Packaging Innovations 2020 online innovation gallery to see the competition. Jim and Jack were in the booth with David Holt and Julian Cook from Item Products at this show in...
We are excited to announce that Item Products, Houghton Regis, UK will be featuring Box Latch™ Products at The Packaging Innovations Trade Show in Birmingham, UK. This 2-day series of co-located events at the Birmingham NEC showcases the entire packaging supply chain under one roof. Through free-to-attend seminars, visitors will hear from the industry’s leaders, innovators and policy influencers on a variety of topics from “The Big Carbon Debate” to “How Packaging Innovations can Accelerate Future Automation”. We invite you to visit...