Implementing global pooling into the automotive supply chain will deliver a wealth of efficiencies which reduces costs, risk and removes waste that creates a sustainable, environmentally friendly process. Introducing a global packaging pool into a supply chain removes the need for expendable packaging. Expendable packaging in plastic and cardboard are the two main materials used [...]
Name Shannon Roberts Hometown I grew up in Louisville, KY, but now reside in Shelbyville, KY What is your position in the company? Parts and Service Coordinator How would you describe your job to someone that doesn’t know the business? I work for a company that makes large plastic bins for fruit and automotive parts. [...]
You may know about our popular agricultural and industrial returnable trip packaging containers, but are you aware that we also have a line of MacroLids to accompany some of our most popular bins? Manufactured with the same plastic and high-pressure injection molding process as the MacroBin and ProBin family of products, MacroLids are durable and [...]
When Macro Plastics first came into existence, the company made its mark with its first innovative plastic bin – the MacroBin. Prior to that, the standard harvest container was the wood bin. Prima Frutta Packing has been a customer of ours since 1990. When asked about the addition of MacroBins since then, president Tim Sambado said [...]
OEM's rely upon one trip expendable packaging throughout their intercontinental supply chains simply because they view it as the easy and best cost option. Their view is that it is much easier to use expendable options to ship components from one of their plants to another and create vast quantities of waste. This is viewed [...]
Name Pamela Bartemus Hometown Rochester, NY What is your position in the company? Account Sales Manager Northeast How would you describe your job to someone that doesn’t know the business? My company manufactures large, bulk, sustainable plastic bins for all markets. I sell primarily into the agricultural markets throughout the Northeast territory. What do you [...]
Diana Fruit Preserving Company was founded in 1921 when Alexander Diana came over from Yugoslavia bringing the tradition of Maraschino cherries to the United States. This new delicacy became very popular and really took off with the invention of the fruit cocktail in the 1930s. Today fruit cocktails are still a thriving part of the Diana [...]
Name Luis Diego Escorriola Hometown Belen, Heredia, Costa Rica What is your position in the company? Commercial Manager for Central America and the Caribbean. …And most recently a lot of my time has been spent in AG shipping development, with fruit headed for Spain. How would you describe your job to someone that doesn’t know [...]
Name Rob Crawford Hometown Lynden, WA What is your position in the company? Sr Business Development Macro Trac How would you describe your job to someone that doesn’t know the business? I sell manually deployable matting made out of plastic for a wide variety of applications. Covering the most expensive turf in the world at [...]
Fairfield, CA—June 18, 2019 — Food Logistics, the only publication exclusively dedicated to covering the movement of product through the global food supply chain, has named IPL Macro to the Top Green Providers list for 2019. Food Logistics’ annual Top Green Providers recognizes companies whose products, services, or exemplary leadership is enhancing sustainability within the food and [...]
