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WHEN SHOULD I LOOK AT
CORRUGATED PLASTIC AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO MY PAPER
BOXES? |
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| Corrugated plastic is a good fit for
those shipping applications where the box can be
re-claimed and re-used numerous times. Corrugated
plastic is six to ten times more expensive than
paper, BUT, will last hundreds of distribution
cycles. Many customers report over 500 uses. The
re-use of the plastic box will dramatically reduce
you distribution packaging costs by up to 90%. |
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WHAT ARE PRE-AUTOMATED,
AUTOMATIC LOCKING BOTTOM or CRASH BOTTOM BOXES? |
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| TCC invented the one step
manufacturing process for Pre-Automated or Automatic
Locking Bottom Box Designs. Also known as Crash
Bottom Boxes, these boxes are very User Friendly.
The bottoms of the boxes are pre-folded and glued
during their high speed manufacturing process. The
pre-glued bottom boxes ship knocked down flat like
conventional boxes; however, all you need to do to
assemble the boxes is press on opposing corners and
the bottom “automatically” folds itself into place.
This eliminates the previously necessary time,
materials, labor and floor space required for
conventional box assembly. Pre-Automated boxes
streamline your packing operation without the need
for any automation equipment. The same feature works
in reverse, allowing the boxes to knock back down
flat instantly for easy return and reuse. |
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I WANT TO GO WITH A PLASTIC
PROGRAM, BUT DON’T HAVE THE FUNDING TO INITIATE A
CAPITAL PROJECT THIS YEAR, WHAT CAN I DO? |
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| No Problem. TCC has financing
programs that can work within your existing paper
budget where you will spend the same or slightly
less than your current annual paper budget. We will
structure a lease-to-own program where the payments
will be less than your current paper budget and at
the end of the lease, you will simply own the boxes. |
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I DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW A MORE
EXPENSIVE PLASTIC BOX CAN SAVE ME MONEY? |
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| Plastic boxes will save your company
money on many different levels. Typically, as long
as you can reuse the boxes and have the return
logistics to get them back, we will save you a
tremendous amount of money. The savings comes from
the reuse and the added product protection our boxes
offer. Plastic boxes last hundreds of distribution
cycles. If you divide the cost of the box and divide
it by 200 uses, plus the cost of return freight, you
should be 50-90% less than your one-way paper boxes.
Looked at another way from an annual budget
perspective, a plastic box program in year one will
cost approximately the same as your annual paper
budget. In years two and beyond, your annual cost
for maintenance purposes will be about 20% of your
initial purchase. In addition to the cost savings,
you will pick up productivity improvements with our
pre-automated designs, and do a better job of
protecting goods since corrugated plastic is more
durable and is unaffected by moisture or humidity. |
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ARE PRE-AUTOMATED PAPER
DESIGNS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN CONVENTIONAL PAPER
BOXES? |
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| YES & NO! Generally, since we end up
re-designing your box with more material and added
convenience features, our paper, pre-automated boxes
can be more expensive to purchase, but overall, they
are much less expensive to use. Most customers spend
at least $0.10 to $0.20 in time, materials, labor
and floor space to erect, fill, close and seal their
boxes. TCC’s boxes with the pre-automated bottoms
and tapeless top closures can eliminate traditional
costs associated with box assembly. Your true cost
of setting up, filling and shipping your traditional
paper boxes is more, when measured against the
initial cost difference of our boxes vs. regular
paper boxes. |
