It may be easy to walk by your produce section without giving it much thought, but a lot of work goes into delivering fresh, ready-to-eat fruits and vegetables to your local grocery store. In order to harvest, sort, pack, and ship fresh produce around the globe, everything has to be done in a safe [...]
Name Lisa Lyons Hometown Vallejo, CA What is your position in the company? Controller How would you describe your job to someone that doesn’t know the business? I oversee the financial activities of the company. Ensure that employees and vendors are paid, that we’re getting paid by our customers, and that anything else that makes [...]
2018 was a year of innovation for Macro Plastics as we created and produced our most versatile bins to date, the Hybrid 1012 and the Hybrid 1212. The Hybrid 1012 and 1212 are highly durable polypropylene injection molded plastic bins that possess the ability to be used in a wide range of applications. Some of these [...]
At Macro Plastics creating reusable and durable products that help provide our customers with more sustainable packaging solutions is very important. However, we recognize that few things last forever, so we are very passionate about plastics recycling and reducing our impact on the environment. While our products are designed to be robust and long lasting, [...]
Macro Plastics began in 1988, changing the agricultural industry with its innovative plastic container the MacroBin! Prior to that, the standard harvest container was the wood bin. Although there are still farmers and packers who have not made the switch from wood to plastic, our 30-year tenure has justified the reasons in which companies originally [...]
Name Cheryl Corbin Hometown Grew up in Stamping Ground, KY currently residing in Frankfort, KY. What is your position in the company? Customer Service Representative. How would you describe your job to someone that doesn’t know the business? I tell them that we make big plastic harvest bins for the agricultural industry since that is [...]
Prima Frutta Packing Inc came into existence in 1991 when Tim Sambado, son of Primavera Marketing owner Lawrence Sambado, decided to implement his industrial engineering expertise and expand upon the family business. Since then, Prima Frutta has developed into an industry leader in packing cherries, walnuts, and apples. On a recent visit to their facility [...]
Recently, there appears to have been a reluctance to explore innovations and improvements to the global automotive supply chain. The knock-on effect has been the delay in making decisions on investments through the supply chain. There are many questions that remain unanswered around Brexit but one thing is certain - the need for the automotive [...]
Name Dustin Wallin Hometown I am from Park City, Utah. What is your position in the company? My position is now Project Manager in which I have multiple projects that I work on related to safety training and other projects that might be coming up. How would you describe your job to someone that doesn’t [...]
Located in Lodi, California is one of several Pacific Coast Producers plants that are spread along the West Coast. I stopped by for a visit to see our MacroBins in action during their peach harvest and to gather a testimonial from Steve Freeman, the Vice President of Field Operations for Pacific Coast Producers. Pacific Coast [...]
