Category Archive: Corrugated Plastic

Design-2-Part for Your Prototyping Needs

What does your business need to make and test? Kiva Container is a leader in Design-2-Part services. You can take your drawings and concept sketches to prototypes and samples that you can evaluate, measure, touch, and hold.

Kiva Container offers the following services for Design-2-Part that can support your parts in the development process:

  • Dynamic CNC milling
  • Urethane casting
  • CNC routing and finishing

Make samples as you need them or do first article production parts. Use Kiva Container’s resources and expertise to identify and mitigate any potential issues in production or performance and design.

Whether you’re developing and testing parts in the aerospace industry, working with prototyping for aerospace/defense, or are part of the automotive industry, Kiva Container’s services and experience will support your design, protype, and sample program.

Test your materials and validate your designs in an efficient, flexible, and affordable way. Kiva Container has served many manufacturers in the design, prototype, and testing process in aerospace, defense, and automotive industries. Whether you are still in the concept phase or are farther along in your development process, Kiva Container can help you to take your vision into production and reality.

Auto / Industrial Operations? Reusable Packaging Is An Optimal Choice

From large bulk storage to handheld totes, reusable plastic packaging and storing is a great choice for your automotive business, parts business, or industrial plant.

What are some of the benefits of reusable plastic packaging in your operation?

  • Better access to parts at workstations
  • Reduced travel time in warehouses and work areas
  • Reduced loss due to damage
  • Maximized storage space and efficiency

Here are a few other benefits you may not have thought of, including safety and risk management. Reusable plastic packaging not only reduces damage to inventory and supplies, it also reduces the chance of workplace injuries or mishaps. Efficient stacking and storage methods using containers that are designed for your needs that also reduce weight on pallets.

Reusable packaging can be an optimal purchase:

According to a 2019 study published in the journal of sustainability, industrial and systems engineers studied the benefits of reusable packaging for the automotive industry, concluding that they ultimately saved money and preserved the environment for short term, longer term, or permanent use. Customized packaging did save time and money on assembly lines, and according to the study authors, could be an “optimal” purchase decision. For cost and environmental benefits, GM, Hyundai, Chrysler, and Ford all use returnable, reusable plastic packaging.

Reusable plastic packaging for your business is a smart, sustainable idea that works financially and environmentally.

Spring Cleaning? Upgrade to Reusable Plastic Packaging!

Whether at home or in your business, you’re probably thinking about cleaning up, organizing, and optimizing your space and products or supplies. Spring cleaning time is nearly here.

So, how can you clean up, organize, and still be environmentally friendly?

Reusable plastic packaging is one great way to get your spring cleaning and organizing done on time and with the good results you want for your business finances and management.

According to the EPA’s blog, businesses should “reuse whenever possible.” The World Economic Forum recommends increasing reusable packaging as an environmentally sound solution.

If your warehouse is using single-use plastic packaging or your logistics department has disposable plastic containers or packaging, spring is the perfect time to consider making a change.

Not only can you recycle single-use containers and packaging, you can optimize your space and rethink your shipping and storage solutions. In any location in your business, you can create a cleaner, neater, more organized environment with durable, clean, and neat reusable plastic packaging and containers.

While you’re doing spring cleaning, you may have a lot of waste you must dispose of. There’s no getting around that, but if you find a lot of single-use plastic containers or shipping and packing solutions, why not set yourself up for a sustainable year to come with reusable plastic packaging?

Next spring, you’ll find your cleaning will go much more quickly and easily. You’ll save money over time without the need to purchase disposable packaging, too. Keeping your business tidy and the environment clean is much easier with reusable plastic packaging. So give us a call at Kiva Container and make this spring cleaning the best for your business.

Get Green! Save Money & The Environment with Reusable Plastic Packaging!

Have you heard how plastic is terrible for the environment? Single-use, disposable plastics aren’t green at all. Certain plastics can take up to 1,000 years to decompose. Throwing them away and burying them in a landfill almost guarantees disposable plastics will last ten or more lifetimes.

According to National Geographic, 91% of the plastic we put in the recycling bin doesn’t get recycled. Some of it is shipped overseas, and a lot of it ends up in the ocean.

What’s the solution? Don’t use disposable plastic. If you use plastic, it should be reusable. The durable qualities of plastic make it a poor choice for disposable packaging and an excellent choice for reusable packaging.

Reusable plastic packaging could be one of the greenest packaging solutions out there. Plastic’s toughness and durability makes it an excellent choice for reusable packaging.

Reusable plastic packaging is also designed to be fully recyclable when it’s time to be retired. Over 90% of single-use plastics aren’t effectively recyclable — the main reason why they aren’t recycled.

Taking advantage of plastic’s toughness and using it to benefit your business packaging needs could be one of the greenest and best financial decisions you make.

Love Your Business – Use Reusable Plastic Packaging!

We’re sure you’ve heard the saying, “In order to love someone else, you have to love yourself first.”

You probably haven’t thought about your business the same way, but you can show your business some love through the benefits of reusable plastic packaging.

Reusable plastic packaging can show your business love in three different ways: bottom-line lower costs, environmental benefits (yes, really!), and corporate social responsibility.

  • You can cut your packaging, shipping, and storage budget by using reusable plastic packaging: Kiva Container is glad to work with you to show you how much you could potentially save.
  • Your business can also show some love to the environment with reusable plastic packaging. If you’re thinking that plastic can’t be environmentally friendly, you’re probably thinking of disposable plastics, like shopping bags and plastic straws. Durable, reusable plastic packaging from Kiva Container can be very environmentally friendly, and superior to disposable packaging.
  • The more people learn about the benefits of reusable plastic packaging, the more recognition it gets as a socially and environmentally responsible packaging solution. When you’re re-using plastic packaging, you’re not disposing of anything at all. And, when it comes time to retire your reusable packaging, your overall carbon footprint will be much lower than if you used any single-use packaging solution, including biodegradable, disposable ones.

Isn’t true love all about putting your loved ones first and doing what’s best for them? Why not love your business by using reusable plastic packaging?