Automotive

ORBIS CORPORATION AND NISSAN NORTH AMERICA REUSABLE PACKAGING PARTNERSHIP IS AWARDED AT 2012 AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLY CHAIN AWARDS

ORBIS Cor­po­ra­tion, the leader in sus­tain­able reusable pack­ag­ing, part­nered with Nis­san North Amer­ica to stan­dard­ize Nissan’s reusable pack­ag­ing sys­tem. Recently, the com­pa­nies accepted the Envi­ron­men­tal Aware­ness Award at the 2012 Auto­mo­tive Sup­ply Chain Global Awards for their part­ner­ship and efforts related to reusable packaging.Winners are selected from orga­ni­za­tions or com­pa­nies which have done the most to reduce the impact of pol­lu­tion on the envi­ron­ment.…read more

Member Spotlight: Brian P. Martin, Vice President, Remcon Plastics

Member Spotlight: Brian P. Martin, Vice President, Remcon Plastics

RPA inter­views Brian Mar­tin, VP of Rem­con Plas­tics and one of the new mem­bers join­ing RPA in 2012. Before join­ing Rem­con Plas­tics, Brian Mar­tin worked 14 years in the steel indus­try with Nucor Steel and Handy & Har­man in a vari­ety of posi­tions. Prior to that, he worked for three years with Cer­tain­Teed Cor­po­ra­tion.…read more

The challenges ahead for supply chains: McKinsey Global Survey results

Senior exec­u­tives say their com­pa­nies man­age key trade-offs well, yet see bar­ri­ers to bet­ter per­for­mance: ris­ing risk, lack of col­lab­o­ra­tion, and low CEO involve­ment.…read more

Workshop attendees listening to presentations

RPA Presents Fundamentals of Reusable Packaging Workshop at PACK EXPO

On Tues­day after­noon at PACKEXPO, the Reusable Pack­ag­ing Asso­ci­a­tion (RPA) pre­sented its Fun­da­men­tals of Reusable Pack­ag­ing Work­shop to a group of about 70 end users and mem­bers.…read more

Packaging sector should expect slow growth in 2011

Hav­ing sur­vived the eco­nomic reces­sion, North Amer­i­can pack­ag­ing com­pa­nies should not expect major growth in 2011, two indus­try watch­ers said at the recent Pack Expo trade show in Chicago.…read more

Automotive Groups Agree on RFID Guidelines for RTIs

The multi­na­tional Joint Auto­mo­tive Indus­try Forum is about to release a set of require­ments and rec­om­men­da­tions for imple­ment­ing RFID tech­nol­ogy to track return­able trans­port items—the reusable con­tain­ers used by that sec­tor.…read more

Production flattens as economy starts to slow

After a year of big gains, a new fore­cast shows North Amer­i­can pro­duc­tion flat­ten­ing in the fourth quar­ter. Mean­while, August sales num­bers, due this week, are expected to be lack­lus­ter.…read more