How JP innovated retail packaging and reduced pack-out costs TRICO Technologies approached Jamestown Plastics to create a retail clamshell for their windshield wiper product line. They challenged us to eliminate all the traditional methods of keeping a clamshell closed such as plastic welding, snap locks, glue, and overwrap sleeves. Plus, they demanded that the package also be restockable at retail if the consumer returned the product, as product returns were becoming very costly. Our solution was to create a custom Clamtainer to meet all of these requirements! The TRICO team members now need only to place the wiper blades and a pack of components into the custom Clamtainer and click the package shut, something they can do with her eyes closed! Pack-out time and cost plummeted and the Clamtainers have also made it incredibly easy for retailers to restock returned product! Get Started
Consumer Product Canadian regulations stick it to manufacturer; Jamestown Plastics finds solution. A major adhesives manufacturer selling glue in Canada had a problem. Canada has a stringent (600-pound gorilla) child-resistant packaging regulation, forcing the use of extremely excessive consumer packaging that both consumers and manufacturers despised. To comply, the manufacturer literally put their tubes of glue [...]
TRICO Products Corporation (dunnage trays) Wrapping windshield wipers was wiping out profits until Jamestown Plastics came to the rescue. TRICO Products Corporation is a major manufacturer of windshield wipers. As part of their packaging pack-out process, TRICO employees would wrap every pair of wipers in kraft paper and place the wrapped wipers into cartons. The problem with wrapping wipers [...]
TRW How a simple Ford F150 factory visit and an old machine resulted in substantial cost and time savings. While visiting the TRW factory that makes the headlight switch cover (this is the switch that gives you several headlight operation options, each of which is illuminated when selected) for the Ford F150, we observed a [...]
CLENZOIL Clamtainer helps Clenzoil create custom packages without a custom package Clenzoil produces and sells CLP (cleaner, lubricant, and protectant) and related products to outdoor enthusiasts to help care for their gear. The initial Clenzoil “Field & Range” product was developed in 1948 by a World War II Army Captain to help prevent weapons from “freezing” [...]
Cannabis Chocolate Bars It took longer to package these candy bars then it took to consume them. Cannabis-infused chocolate bars have become quite popular. But for the manufacturer, packaging the bars was taking more time than it took consumers to consume them. The manufacturer of these chocolate bars would place the bars into a plastic tray, then [...]
Tesla How Jamestown Plastics saved the day for Tesla, creating a hood liner that both cost less and weighed less. In their all-important introductory year, Tesla’s EPP foam supplier, responsible for making a hood liner for the “frunk” in a model S, was unable to meet criteria called out by Tesla and reached out to [...]
Automotive When the console is an eyesore, cover it – and quickly! A major auto manufacturer had a shipment of finished vehicles on the boat headed to the US. But market studies showed they had a problem. It seemed that their console color scheme was not going to work in the US. Their solution was [...]
