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New Operations Leader Welcomed at Silgan Specialty Packaging
We welcome our new Operations Leader, Gary Bartow, to the Silgan Specialty Packaging team! Gary joins us with 20+ years of Operations and Management experience and brings a wealth of knowledge and passion to his position at Silgan Specialty Packaging. Gary’s bachelor’s degree is from Western Michigan University where he majored in Public History.…
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Partners in Profitable Sustainability
By joining WMEP’s Profitable Sustainability Roundtable, Silgan Specialty Packaging is looking to take our already comprehensive Sustainability program to the next level. Silgan Specialty Packaging is proud to be an innovative force in sustainable manufacturing. Just how pioneering are our sustainability record and practices? As just one example, Silgan Specialty Packaging holds a 12%…
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Purina Tidy Cat Pails
Saving 1.6 million pounds of resin annually – In reviewing their Tidy-Cat litter 27 and 30 pound pail packages, Purina decided the existing pails used too much plastic. The packages were just larger, heavier and costlier than they needed to be.When Purina approached Silgan Specialty Packaging, we viewed it as an opportunity to not only offer…
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Reusable Shipping Materials
In the United States alone, two billion wooden pallets are used each year. The use of these pallets contributes to more than six million tons of wood being dumped into landfills every year and the consumption of an estimated 50 percent of the country’s annual hardwood harvest. To minimize the environmental impact resulting from the…
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Rotary Blow Cell
Introducing the WORLD’S HIGHEST OUTPUT wide mouth rotary blow cell.We offer our customers these competitive advantages: Our “First of its Kind” Rotary Blow Cell gives us the ability to produce our PET bottles at ultra-high volumes. Silgan Specialty Packaging invested in quick change tooling which takes changeovers from what used to be hours down to…
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Safe Paw Ice Melter
Safe Paw Ice Melter – The chemicals in these products require packaging that makes the product easy to use and safe to store. The plastic materials used are guaranteed to withstand the strength of the chemicals that are found within the product.
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Silgan Specialty Packaging Gives Back to Support Local Youth
Silgan Specialty Packaging values the opportunity to give support to the community. This quarter, the team came together to donate school supplies to support local youth kicking off a new year of learning. This collection was a part of Gateway Gives Back, a quarterly program designed to empower our team to positively impact the local community. …
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Silgan Specialty Packaging Intern Advances New Sustainability Initiative
At Silgan Specialty Packaging, environmental sustainability isn’t just a goal – it’s an exciting reality that our business practices every day. Silgan Specialty Packaging boasts a 96.4% rate of waste material recycled, soaring a full 12% above the industry average (source: Harvard Business Review, 2015). As part of Silgan Specialty Packaging’s commitment to remaining at the…
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Silgan Specialty Packaging Rail Spur
In 2013 Silgan Specialty Packaging christened a short, two-mile railroad spur that continues to provide benefits to a world well beyond this little track of metal. Silgan Specialty Packaging has received the resin pellets used in the manufacturing of their plastic products via rail for decades, but the nearest depot was two miles away and…
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Silgan Specialty Packaging Sponsors Packaging Scholarships at MSU
Silgan Specialty Packaging is pleased to support the work of Michigan State University. Over the past number of years, Silgan Specialty Packaging has had the opportunity to maintain an active presence on campus through internship opportunities and career fairs. This year, Silgan Specialty Packaging is also proud to make a financial contribution to the Packaging…
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STEM Students Experience Modern Manufacturing at Silgan Specialty Packaging
While the primary focus of our production process is manufacturing amazing plastics to serve the needs of our customers across the globe, Silgan Specialty Packaging’s partnerships in the local community are also thriving. We were pleased to host a group of STEM students from West Bend East and West High Schools (West Bend, Wisconsin) recently…