Grocery Gateway and ORBIS Team Up for Efficiency
Imagine never having to fight the line at the supermarket or bag your own groceries. In answering the demand for increased convenience and the need for efficient distribution processes, Grocery Gateway and ORBIS®, a division of Menasha Material Handling  Corporation, have collaborated to transform the home grocery delivery industry in the greater Toronto area...(more)

The "Greening" of Ford Altec
Given the handling requirements when producing and distributing electronic components, a returnable packaging program incorporating rugged and well-designed reusable containers is today, a key component of Altec's material handling and supply system. The returnable program not only protects components and facilitates supply chain efficiency, but also benefits the environment...(more)

CAMI Converts to Returnable Packaging
CAMI's objective in 1995 was to convert its entire operation to returnable containers as part of the company's lean manufacturing methods. To this end, improving packaging, transportation and lineside presentation of containers were specific goals of the returnables program. Such a program would also benefit the environment by virtually eliminating waste from expendable packaging...(more)

Pallet Score Big Payback at Big 5 Sporting Goods
Big 5 Corporation, a major sporting goods retailer with 240 stores in the Western U.S. recently eliminated major pallet problems at its distribution center in Fontana, CA, by switching to ORBIS’ 40x48 CISC nestable plastic pallets...(more)

Helping DaimlerChrysler to Keep Things Simple
How can you cope with the demands of an ever-changing world? "Simplify, simplify," was Henry David Thoreau’s advice more than a century ago. This ideal was at the heart of DaimlerChrysler Corporation’s mission to dramatically improve how its employees handle material on assembly lines. And DaimlerChrysler leaned on ORBIS to facilitate the change management process...(more)

ORBIS Helps General Electric Appliance Reduce Material Damage by up to 85%
Ever-increasing competition spells trouble for companies who can’t keep their costs down, especially for large appliance manufacturers. In the case of General Electric Appliance (GEA) Park, Louisville, Ky., it rarely receives component shipments from suppliers in expendable corrugated containers...(more)

HEB Improves Efficiency with Returnable Packaging
When a meat processing plant serving 230 stores throughout Texas and Mexico decided to change their supplier of delivery containers, who did they turn to? ORBIS...(more)

Motorola and ORBIS Create a Custom Work-in-Process and Storage Solution
In 1992, Libertyville, Ill., was Motorola's primary cellular telephone manufacturing facility in the United States. With cellular telephone sales climbing rapidly and strong projections for future growth, the decision was made to break ground on a new state-of-the-art, highly automated manufacturing, storage and distribution facility in Harvard, IL...(more)

NUMMI's Successful Conversion to Returnables
Imagine your manufacturing operation has a bill of materials with approximately 2,500 items from 184 suppliers. Your task in Logistics and Packaging is to design and implement uniform packaging for 80% of those parts...(more)

Returnables for Saturn's "Next Big Thing"
Over the past decade, one of the most watched developments in the automotive industry has been the emergence and success of Saturn...(more)

Plastic Pallet Systems Trim Packaging Costs at Visteon
A leader in the use of returnable packaging, Visteon Automotive Systems is having success with plastic pallets and totes manufactured by ORBIS...(more)