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LIGHTWEIGHT IS THE RIGHTWEIGHT
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Pratt Industries' commitment to
lightweight packaging is resonating
within the marketplace as an
expanding customer base seeks to
optimize its packaging needs.
Unlike Pratt, most paper producers
can't produce lightweight linerboard
efficiently or at competitive
prices. So they don't run 23-pound,
26-pound or even 30-pound in many
cases.
That's why many American
manufacturers are 20-25%
over-packaged when compared to
the corrugated specifications
used in the rest of the world.
But with the recent startup of our
new 100% Recycled Lightweight
Containerboard Mill in Shreveport,
LA, we are pleased to offer
customers the means to achieve their
sustainability goals as well as
their packaging cost reduction
objectives.
"With these new capabilities, we are
encouraging all of our customers to
re-evaluate their current packaging
specifications, and allow our
packaging specialists to develop
innovative cost-reduction
alternatives," said David Dennis,
Pratt's VP of Sales and Marketing.
Indeed, many companies, including
the following two Success Stories,
are now asking: "Why pay for
packaging we don't need?"
One of them was Florida-based Silver
Springs Bottled Water Co. Six months
ago, Silver Springs invited our
Conyers team to their facility to do
a formal packaging audit. Within a
few days, we were able to reduce
their packaging by light weighting
to 23ECT several of their
high-volume items.
"Pratt Industries was able to change
our packaging to a lighter weight
board without any effect to our
final product," said Silver Springs
Bottle Co spokesperson Jennifer
Hartman. "Through their innovation
of light-weight material we were
able to down grade to a lighter
weight board and in turn reduce our
packaging costs.
"The design team evaluated our
machinery and made their
recommendations on which light
weight material would work best for
our operation. We have been
extremely pleased with the
consistency and quality of the final
product since our transition. We
look forward to growing our business
together."
Another success is our relationship
with CIBA VISION®, which develops
and manufactures contact lenses and
lens care solutions to meet the
evolving eye care needs of eye care
professionals and consumers.
We had the opportunity to work with
CIBA VISION - which has its
worldwide headquarters in Duluth, Ga
- on the redesign of an "F" flute
ECT 32 carton they had been sourcing
from a packaging competitor. The
carton was a 6-corner glued tray
that provided challenges for both
companies: The competitor couldn't
glue it consistently and CIBA
VISION® employees had difficulty
opening and packing it efficiently.
So we proposed several different
designs and reduced the basis weight
to 29 "F" flute, which provided CIBA
VISION several benefits:
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Reduced carton costs.
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Increased the number of cartons
per pallet for better packing
line fill efficiencies.
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Reduced employee frustration by
providing cartons easier to pack
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Lighter weight packaging will
provide reduced shipping costs
Pratt Industries is leading the
drive to lightweight packaging,
so why not see what our
packaging engineers can
re-design for you!
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WE'RE ON TOP OF SAFETY
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 Pratt
Industries' ongoing commitment to
employee safety has again been
recognized by the Fibre Box
Association. In all, 26 Pratt
facilities won FBA awards for their
safe working environment.
"Our company makes safety priority
one, so we're thrilled at the FBA's
recognition," said Pratt's Corporate
Safety Director Bob Hoskins. "We
believe an intelligent, well-trained
and motivated workforce is our
greatest resource."
Pratt's Minneapolis box plant was
singled out for having the "Lowest
Total Incidence Rate" in the entire
country among sheet plants operating
up to 50,000 work hours during 2009.
Ten Pratt facilities were also
honored with the "Perfect Plant
Award" for a zero incidence rate in
2009 including: Atlanta, Dallas,
Grand Prairie (Tx), Houston, Jackson
(Ms), Memphis, Moultrie (Ga),
Richmond, Staten Island and Tulsa.
Additionally, more than a dozen
other Pratt plants were given the
"Excellence Award" in recognition of
having zero lost workday accidents
for 2009. They were Albany (Ga),
Birmingham, Pratt Specialty Sheets
(Conyers, Ga), the Millugator
facility (Conyers), Pratt Displays
(Conyers), Grand Rapids, Humboldt
(Tn), Kansas City, Livonia (Mi), New
Orleans, Oklahoma City, San Antonio,
Greenville (SC), Statesville (NC)
and Valparaiso (In).
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PRATT OPENS TEXAS RECYCLING CENTER
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Our Recycling Division has
begun operations in Denton,
Texas, just 40 miles outside
Dallas. This is our 10th
recycling facility,
representing a multi-million
dollar investment in the
community under a 20-year
agreement.
"In addition to accepting
curbside from the city and
surrounding areas, this
facility will also process
recycling materials from
commercial accounts
including manufacturers,
retailers, distribution
centers and others," said
president of Pratt Recycling
Myles Cohen.
"This is another example of
Pratt's willingness to
engage in
public-private partnerships
to assist local communities
with their recycling
efforts."
Under the agreement, the
city will collect
recyclables from businesses
and residences and deliver
them to the center. We will
then consume the collected
recovered paper at our
Shreveport, Louisiana, mill,
and sell the plastic and
metal to other end-users.
There are already plans to
update the facility in the
near future with additional
equipment to increase its
processing capabilities.
Pratt has similar contracts
with other cities, including
New York City, Savannah (Ga)
Shreveport and Fayetteville
(NC).
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RUNNING FOR LIFE
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 Pratt
is proud to be a
sponsor of a group
of Australian
firefighters who
will run from Los
Angeles to New York
City to commemorate
the heroic efforts
of American
emergency service
workers in the wake
of the September 11
attacks.
The 22-day run -
featuring 16 members
of the Melbourne
Fire Brigade - will
finish at the World
Trade Center site at
exactly 8:46 on the
morning of September
11, nine years to
the minute since the
first plane hit the
North Tower.
The route passes
through Las Vegas,
Phoenix,
Albuquerque,
Oklahoma, Houston,
New Orleans,
Mississippi,
Memphis,
Charlottesville,
Washington,
Baltimore and
Pennsylvania before
reaching downtown
Manhattan. Funds
raised will be
donated to charities
nominated by the
Firefighters and
Emergency Services
of America.
Organizer say the
run "honors the
brave men and women
of the
emergency services
who sacrificed their
futures on that
fateful day to
ensure that others
could live." We
couldn't agree more.
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