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 About Plastic Packaging Solutions

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35 Years of Experience

Corporate Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Plastic Packaging Solutions Inc. has become an industry leader specializing in the design and manufacturing of plastic packaging, materials handling and point-of-purchase displays.

Design and Concept

Plastic Packaging Solutions’s design and engineering team will give you access to over 100 years of combined design experience to assist and create solutions.

Production

We produce your order in one of he largest and most advanced production facilites for plastic corrugated extrusion and product conversion available.

Relationships

With repeat customers spanning decades, we believe the sale is never complete until the project’s goal is fulfilled and our customer is satisfied.

Corrugated Plastic Boxes

Corrugated Plastic Boxes: Plastic Packaging Solutions is the industry leader in the design and application of corrugated plastic. Plastic Packaging Solutions has been servicing their customers for over 55 YEARS and the ownership has spanned four generations. Corporate Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona since 1957 Plastic Packaging Solutions Inc. has become an industry leader specializing in the design and manufacturing of corrugated plastic packaging, materials handling and point-of-purchase displays. Since first introducing plastic corrugated to the U.S. market in 1980 it has well proven itself to be a superior alternative to other materials used for packaging and displays.

Our unsurpassed capabilities have allowed Plastic Packaging Solutions to fulfill the packaging and display needs of some of the largest companies and organizations in the world. This long list of customers represent almost every industry imaginable. From aerospace to undersea products Plastic Packaging Solutions has fulfilled the requirements needed. Our solution-driven approach has earned Plastic Packaging Solutions the praise and respect of our clients by significantly reducing their long-term shipping and material handling costs.

In addition to packaging and containers, Plastic Packaging Solutions’s expertise includes point-of-purchase displays and retail products. Plastic Packaging Solutions’s graphic printing capabilities are unparalleled in the industry with your choice of a simple 1 color print or complex 4 color process graphics. Plastic Packaging Solutions has the ability to reproduce your logo, photo or any graphic image to exacting specifications.corrugated plastic design palm valley az home search

PPS Plastic Corrugated Core Boxes

SPECIAL CUSTOM RUN SIZES Core BoxesPlastic Packaging Solutions is one of the largest suppliers of Plastic Corrugated Core Boxes in the industry and has a variety of the most common Core Boxes in stock for fast delivery.

PPS Plastic Corrugated Core Boxes are lighter and more durable than waxed paper corrugated core boxes. PPS Core Boxes are ideal for customers that require long term storage of their core samples or would like to reuse the core boxes for additional projects and samples in the future. PPS has customers that have had our core boxes in service for decades.

PPS Plastic Corrugated is not affected by direct contact or submersion in water or 99% of all chemicals making it an ideal material for Core Boxes. PPS Core Boxes are not affected by wet core samples or the rainiest of environments making it ideal for most all core site applications. It is lighter than any other material used for core boxes including waxed paper, wood or molded plastic core boxes. This will also help you save on your shipping costs.

PPS Plastic Corrugated Core Boxes are 100% recyclable.

If you don’t see the Core Box size that you need we can custom make a Core Box that is exactly what you require.

Our core boxes come with standard identification printing in our standard white plastic corrugated. If you would prefer custom printing or for your core boxes or would prefer one of our other standard material colors, we would be happy to provide you a custom quote. (minimum order required for custom printing or material color)

Please contact us for details, pricing and availability on our standard Core Boxes or any custom requirements you may need.

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Corrugated Plastic Boxes

Corrugated Plastic Boxes: Plastic Packaging Solutions is the industry leader in the design and application of corrugated plastic. Plastic Packaging Solutions has been servicing their customers for over 55 YEARS and the ownership has spanned four generations. Corporate Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona since 1957 Plastic Packaging Solutions Inc. has become an industry leader specializing in the design and manufacturing of corrugated plastic packaging, materials handling and point-of-purchase displays. Since first introducing plastic corrugated to the U.S. market in 1980 it has well proven itself to be a superior alternative to other materials used for packaging and displays.

Our unsurpassed capabilities have allowed Plastic Packaging Solutions to fulfill the packaging and display needs of some of the largest companies and organizations in the world. This long list of customers represent almost every industry imaginable. From aerospace to undersea products Plastic Packaging Solutions has fulfilled the requirements needed. Our solution-driven approach has earned Plastic Packaging Solutions the praise and respect of our clients by significantly reducing their long-term shipping and material handling costs.

In addition to packaging and containers, Plastic Packaging Solutions’s expertise includes point-of-purchase displays and retail products. Plastic Packaging Solutions’s graphic printing capabilities are unparalleled in the industry with your choice of a simple 1 color print or complex 4 color process graphics. Plastic Packaging Solutions has the ability to reproduce your logo, photo or any graphic image to exacting specifications.corrugated plastic design palm valley az home search

Answers from the Expert

World’s Largest Plastic Corrugated Store

December 13, 2018 in Ask the Expert

World’s Largest Plastic Corrugated Store

Question

Are your online store products available and ready to ship?

Answer:

We do have a few plastic corrugated items that are stocked and ready to ship. The majority are available with minimal lead times. With so many products that we offer and with many options like material color choices it is almost impossible to have every scenario in stock.

500 Plastic corrugated store product choices

We have the largest online store for plastic corrugated on the internet with over 500 product choices. If we attempted to stock all of these products, we would have to manufacture every product in as many as 8 different colors. Doing the math that would be over 8000 possible plastic corrugated products to manufacture and stock. Inventorying this many products just wouldn’t be practical. Instead we have designed an area of our production facility to handle these standard products in a timely manner and produce smaller quantities than other manufacturers normally would require.

In addition to all of these possible size, style and color options some of our customers require their products to be label with their company information on them. So we offer custom printing options on most of the standard products as well.


Another benefit to ordering from our Online Store is that will not require you to purchase any tooling to produce the item. Other plastic corrugated manufactures require you to purchase tooling to produce any order.Our standard products have existing tooling in house that we will use to manufacture your order. This saves you hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars.

Plastic corrugated store “Quick Ship” option

We also have a selection of plastic corrugated products in our “Quick Ship” program. Allowing for orders as small as 20 containers to be deliver in just 5-7 days. Our other Standard Products ship in most cases in just 2-3 weeks. This allows us to run the plastic corrugated material in the color of your choice. After the material has been process it will be send to our fabrication department. And that turns the raw plastic corrugated sheet in to the finished product that you have ordered.

I hope this had shed some light in to the PPS Online Store. And the products we are able to offer you.

Here is a quick link to access the PPS Online Store: https://plasticpkgsolutions.com/shop/

December 6, 2018 in Ask the Expert

Plastic Corrugated U.S. Postal Tote

Question:

Can you provide us with the plastic corrugated U.S. Postal Tote?

Answer:

Absolutely!

Plastic Corrugated U.S. Postal Tote

We have the exact tooling that is used for the plastic corrugated U.S. Postal Tote. This is actually the most used product ever made in the history of plastic corrugated. U.S. Postal Service has been using this exact same tote for over 15 years. There are over a million of theses Postal Totes in service with not only the USPS but with manufacturers, distributors and retailers across the U.S. and around the world.

U.S. Postal ToteA TRUE SUCCESS STORY

Although there are not exact numbers for the U.S. Postal Service we have a national Automotive Parts Retailer that was using heavy double wall paper corrugated totes in their distribution system that was almost the exact same design and size as the U.S. Postal Tote. They were forced to replace their heavy paper corrugated totes 3 to 4 times a year due to damage occurring while in use. We replaced these paper corrugated totes with the U.S. Postal Tote plastic corrugated design and with absolutely nothing changed in their handling or use of their totes the new plastic corrugated totes averaged more than 9 years of service with many of their totes still in service for more than 12 years. That is more than a 36 to 1 ratio of the usable life between a heavy double wall paper corrugated tote and our plastic corrugated U.S. Postal tote.

The design is the popular “nestable tote” design. This means it nests about 70% inside the next tote when they are stacked together. It also features a steel wire frame welded in to the plastic corrugated around the top portion of the tote. This wire helps hold the rectangular shape as well as reinforcing and strengthening the tote. The Postal Tote is ideal for product handling as well as product storage and when color coded by ordering in multiple colors can be a valuable tool for maintaining your inventory control.

The Postal Tote is part of our standard product offerings in Plastic Packaging Solutions online store. This means you can order in low quantities and there is no tooling costs common with most plastic corrugated manufacturers. https://plasticpkgsolutions.com/product/kp1577-postal-tote/

October 28, 2018 in Ask the Expert

Standard or Custom Containers?

Question:

 What is the difference between ordering standard products from you online store instead of a custom container?

 

Answer:

Our standard containers products that are offered in the store will not work for everyone, but they are a great way to try a design without the larger investment required for a custom container. If one of the designs offered in our store can accommodate your need it will save you in several ways.

 

 

We already have existing tooling that is required to manufacture the items in our store. Almost all containers manufactured in corrugated plastic require tooling. (Also know as cutting dies) Custom containers require larger minimum orders than our store items. Although we do not stock most of our standard items we have much faster lead times and some items are available for our “Quick Ship” program. Standard items will ship in 2-3 weeks. Quick ship items will ship in 5-7 days.

 

When ordering custom plastic corrugated containers, they require many additional steps well before even the production process can begin. First step would be the design process. If our customer already has a design in mind this step can be shortened, and our design department can take the design and use the size requirements specified by the customer and a sample can be made and sent for approval in as little as a week. In other cases, the customer only has a product or idea of what they are in need of and the container needs to first be designed for both the product as well as the logistics of how the container will be used. This procedure can take from a week or two to as long as several months depending on the complexity of the project.

 

After the design has been determined and a sample container has been made and sent to the customer for testing and approval the matching production tooling will then be manufactured. At the same time, we would begin the process of scheduling and running the corrugated plastic material to be used to produce the container. This entire process once we have approved sample to finished production normally takes 4-6 weeks.

 

Things like printing and interior inserts can add some additional time and expenses to the container.

 

Conclusion:

We can design and manufacture almost anything from corrugated plastic but if one of the standard containers products that are offered in our store can fulfill your requirements it can save you time and lower your investment and development costs.

October 26, 2018 in Ask the Expert

Plastic or Paper Core Boxes?

Question:

Why use Corrugated Plastic or Paper Core Boxes?

Answer:

I am very familiar with both options as our company used to produce waxed Fiber Corrugated Core Boxes for over 20 years before discontinuing and selling only the Plastic Corrugated.

When comparing we will select the best waxed option as there are several types of waxing available as well as different configurations of glues that can be used. The strongest combination is WRA (weather resistant adhesive) glue along with wax saturated (dipped in wax) core boxes. This being the “longest term” option in Paper it still has many issues that just can’t compete with the Plastic Corrugated option.

 

Plastic Corrugated has many advantages over Waxed Fiber Corrugated especially in the type of environment that Core Boxes are many times exposed too. In some cases, core samples are stored in the boxes for a time outdoors where the sun and rain are a constant factor. In addition, the cores themselves could be anything from solid rock to a mix of wet soil.

Some disadvantages for waxing paper it will add weight to the paper making it more expensive to ship. In addition, waxing gets very messy when exposed to heat and sun. It gets very slippery with heat and could be a hazard factor when handling heavy Core Boxes. Another big issue is Waxed Paper is non-recyclable. There is “NO” use for waxed paper other than landfill. Waxed Corrugated will eventually deteriorate and begin to delaminate and the harsher the environment the shorter the life of the Waxed Paper Box.

 

Plastic Corrugated is ideal for Core Boxes. It is not affected by water or 99% of all chemicals. This makes it ideal for most all environments and is not affected by the wet core samples or rainy environments. It is very lightweight saving on shipping costs. Plastic Corrugated is also 100% recyclable. Many of our customers store their cores for years with absolutely no change in the performance of the boxes. We also have customers that reuse our Plastic Corrugated Core Boxes time and time again on new drill sites and additional projects.

March 13, 2018 in Ask the Expert

Different Types of Plastic Corrugated

Answers from the expert

Question: Can you please explain the different types of Plastic Corrugated?
Answer: Yes, there are several variations of plastic corrugated with different configurations and different advantages.
The first and most common is Profile Sheet.

Example: Corrugated Profile Sheet
Different Types of Plastic Corrugated

Plastic corrugated profile sheet is available in both polyethylene and polypropylene from 2mm up to 25mm in thickness. It is made by an extrusion process forcing heated resin through a hardened metal die. When the resin is pressed through the die it creates a sheet that has flat surfaces to both sides and an I-beam structure between the two flat surfaces.
Profile Sheet is the most diverse to work with since it is available in so many different thicknesses and can be extruded at variable weights.

The next sheet type is Laminated Sheet.

Plastic corrugated laminated sheet comes is only available in Polyethylene. Laminated sheet is made in a very similar way to paper corrugated fiber. Most commonly made with two flat sheets on each side with a third wave pattern sheet in the middle. Instead of glue being used to attach the sheets together they are brought together while the resin is hot and the layers are melted together. There is another form of laminated sheet called single face. This version only has one flat side and the wave pattern is exposed on the opposite side. Single face laminated sheet can be rolled and is much more pliable than the standard laminated sheet.

Example: Corrugated Laminated Sheet

Plastic Corrugated

The newest and last variation of Corrugated Plastic is Honeycomb or Bubble sheet

Available in polypropylene and comes in multiple thicknesses. It has two flat surfaces with either a honeycomb type pattern in the middle or a bubble format in the middle. It has better rigidity in both directions and is incredibly flat on the sides. Although more expensive than the other two options this sheet variation has some performance advantages in particular applications.

No matter what combination is best suited for your project corrugated plastic is a perfect replacement when there is an opportunity to reuse the packaging or the packaging or display needs to withstand weather or other variables in the environment. Unlike paper products it is also archive safe and does not contaminate the environment like paper dust making it a great alternative for clean room applications. It can also be customized economically when compared to molded plastic products or thermal formed products.

Example: Corrugated Plastic Honeycomb or Bubble sheet

Corrugated Plastic Bubble Sheet

October 11, 2017 in Ask the Expert

Durability of Plastic vs Fiber Corrugated

Question: How much longer do plastic corrugated boxes last than paper corrugated boxes?

Answer: This will depend on both its usage as well as the environment.

In the most common scenarios you can expect the following. You may get longer or shorter usage results depending on the environment, weather and usage or handling situations.

Durability of Plastic vs Fiber Corrugated

We have seen scenarios where our customers have seen over 100 times the usage of trips that their old paper/fiber boxes had made. There are other cases that saw fewer usages because of the abuse that the boxes or totes take in their system.

Some of our customers have had our plastic containers in use after decades of service.

If you are currently getting more than one use from your paper/fiber corrugated box then you are a perfect candidate to switch to plastic corrugated. The most important thing is that you can reuse the container, tote or tray.

When using plastic corrugated as a storage unit the material id either polypropylene or polyethylene and is unaffected by moisture and most all chemicals so the life in these circumstances could be indefinite.

UV exposure can have an effect on plastics of all kinds. Sun exposure can have adverse effects over time. Even long-term UV lighting can eventually deteriorate plastics although indoor lighting has much less effect than outdoor UV exposure. Even the color of the plastic can determine effects of UV exposure with colors like red being less tolerant to UV lighting.

Bottom line when it comes to durability and long-term saving changing over from your fiber corrugated containers to corrugated plastic ones is a smart investment in the long run.

One Case Study:

Wal-Mart was using a fiber corrugated distribution box with an average usage of 2 ½ trips per container. During the initial case study, we had the same container made from our plastic corrugated making over 80 trips in some cases between Distribution Center and Retail Stores.

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