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Field Packaging Group Celebrates 10th Anniversary,
Has Grown from $5 Million to Nearly $40 Million in Revenues
Family-owned corrugated box company succeeds through a strong culture of quality and teamwork, on-time delivery and superior service
Chicago, Illinois – November 12, 2009 – Field Packaging Group, a solution-driven manufacturer of corrugated boxes, announced today that it is celebrating its 10th anniversary as Field Packaging. Based on the southwest side of Chicago near Midway Airport, Field Packaging has grown from $5 million in annual sales to nearly $40 million over the past decade through teamwork, fostering a culture of “yes” and delivering high quality, just-in-time product to customers around the Chicago area.
In 1999, Marty Field, his son Andrew and son-in-law Brian Herzog purchased Jet Age Container, and have transformed the company from an inefficient, money-losing operation to a highly efficient, profitable company with 80 employees working in a 200,000 square foot operation. Last week, the privately held, family-run company signed a major international food and candy manufacturing company to a long-term contract to produce corrugated boxes.
“With tremendous focus, dedicated employees and a passion for providing our customers with a quality product at a low cost and on time delivery, Field Packaging Group has become a leader in the corrugated box industry,” says Andrew Field, Executive Vice President. “We are aggressive, but never at the expense of profitability, which is why we continue to expand while competitors are going out of business.”
In addition to fostering a sense of family through open communication, goal setting and a share in the company profits for all employees, the owners of Field Packaging Group have also invested heavily in technology and equipment, and now makes boxes in a wide range of sizes and shapes—from extremely large cartons for durable goods to tiny 4”x4”x4” boxes with a variety of uses —and delivers next day on most orders. Every order is designed and custom-made for each customer’s specific requirements.
When the Field family took over ten years ago, the company functioned at 42 percent efficiency. One month later, after setting goals and creating incentives for employees, efficiency increased to 70 percent and is now over 90 percent. Quality, efficiency and on-time delivery are measured and communicated daily, and employees are rewarded with bonuses monthly. “Our employees know that we care about them and our success is due to our team’s hard work,” says Marty Field, President.
The company’s mission statement is clearly and openly communicated to all employees, customers and prospects:
It is Field Packaging Group’s goal to maximize profits and thereby create job security by increasing sales and increasing margin.
This will be accomplished in the following ways:
- Provide an environment to fulfill all of our customer’s requirements.
- Offer superior service by never turning down a customer’s delivery request and always being on time with our deliveries.
- Produce excellent quality.
- Be a low cost producer and create excess capacity and thereby flexibility by being extremely efficient.
- Create a "can do" attitude among our employees by properly communicating with them and rewarding them for their efforts.
Field Packaging has also embraced environmental efforts to “green” the company. It has earned Chain of Custody Certification from both the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) Certification and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) making them among the few independently owned corrugated converters to do so. Chain of Custody Certification is applied to companies that manufacture, process or trade in timber or non-timber forest products and want to demonstrate to their customers that they use responsibly produced raw materials that weren’t illegally harvested. Each tree that has been removed is replaced with a sapling to take its place. With its new certifications, Field Packaging Group adheres to guidelines that ensure boxes are responsibly sourced. “It’s just the right thing for us to do, and that’s a philosophy we have built Field Packaging on. We always ask ourselves, ‘Is this the right thing to do?’” says Brian Herzog, Vice President, Finance. “And if the answer is “yes”, we do it and don’t look back.”
About Field Packaging Group
Since 1999, Field Packaging Group has been making high-quality custom corrugated boxes. By combining capacity to make everything from mini corrugated boxes to jumbo furniture-size corrugated cartons, to Field’s exceptional design capabilities, Field Packaging is able to say “yes” and provide complete service for all of its customer’s custom packaging needs. Because that’s what it takes to be the best corrugated box company in Chicago.
www.fieldpackaginggroup.com.
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