Some Hard Facts about Foreign Trade

Before you expatriate your business, take time to assess the potential risks involved when anyone but a dedicated U.S. manufacturer handles your products.

TIME Consider the many hours your cargo will spend on container ships, in transit, and potentially in customs from remotely based, foreign production facilities. JohnPac ships all in-stock items within 24 hours. Customized orders are processed immediately upon arrival, and we offer to warehouse customized products. In business, lost time is lost money.

HIDDEN COSTS - When production orders go overseas, they're subject to fluctuating foreign exchange rates. The job you pay X for today will cost Y tomorrow. It's a gamble, a gamble businesses often lose.

LOSS - Approximately 2,000 to 10,000 containers fall of ships each year; although seemingly insignificant, each container (typically 20'-40' long x 8' high) holds up to millions of small parts. The loss could easily shut down your entire manufacturing line or cause something that's one of a kind to be lost at sea - you miss your market opportunity and all revenue, not to mention the administrative nightmares you'll encounter as you try to unravel the debacle with shipping agents. JohnPac's own fleet delivers our goods free of charge to anywhere from Mobile to South Texas. Deliveries outside the South are made promptly and priced fairly. We ensure your packaging products arrive on time, in full to your precise specifications.

QUALITY - Foreign standards can be well below those in the USA, meaning your product, although possibly substandard, will still pass that country's inspections. Attempts to return your product will often fail, resulting in lost time, money, and customer satisfaction. Turnover is also so quick that few in the foreign packaging workforce have time to really master their craft - and it shows. The quality of your product can only be guaranteed when you use a U.S.-based manufacturing company for both domestic and import products. JohnPac meets all U.S. industry standards and guarantees the quality of services and materials.

RELATIONSHIPS - Foreign manufacturers aren't known for their exceptional customer service. They're in business to make a quick profit, not to establish long-term relationships. At JohnPac, we are proud to have served many of our customers for over 50 years. We understand our customers' needs and work to ensure their experience with every member of the JohnPac team is professional and personal. We're in it for the long-haul. And our interest in forging secure overseas relationships is apparent too, as we've made it a policy to hire national liaisons as well as direct technical packaging professionals to select, oversee, audit, and manage our global manufacturing entities.

Because we hire top talent, ship in-stock items within 24 hours, extrude and weave our own fabrics, operate our own production lines, transport most of our own merchandise, audit and train our global manufacturing facilities, and warehouse an extensive industrial packaging inventory, JohnPac has total control of our product - both the quality and the time it takes to arrive at your unloading dock.