This week, the Food and Drug Administration launched a new online dashboard to help measure progress made in the regulatory oversight of food safety issues and the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The new Food Safety Dashboard is part of...
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How to Implement an Effective Supply Chain Compliance Program
As cross-border supply chains continue to grow, the U.S. government has focused its attention on customs compliance regulations to catch potential fraud within customs and international trade. While more attention was previously paid specifically to importers and...
General Mills pet food sales hit US $368 million in Q1 FY20
BY TIM WALL Brought to you by PetfoodIndustry.com ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2019General Mills executive discussed these and other financial results during the company’s earnings call on September 18. General Mills’ pet food segment, including Blue Buffalo, reached...
The Impact of Natural Disasters on Economy and Supply Chain — and How to Prepare for the Worst
Whether facing a hurricane, tsunami, or blizzard, any kind of natural disaster will inevitably disrupt global supply chains with postponed or paused deliveries, closed ports, canceled cargo flights, and unbalanced supply and demand.Depending on the...
Are Incubator Farms the Solution to the Disappearing American Farmer?
This is a shared Thomas Insights .Sign up here to get the day’s top stories delivered straight to your inbox from ThomasNet. Small farmers are struggling in a world of mass production and it's becoming a problem in the United States. The problem is multifaceted, but...
Take a look: JohnPac made Slings loading Bulk Bags
JohnPac works with customers to make custom solutions. For example, take a look at our slings being used to load bulk bags filled with rice in the picture above. This is being operated at the Port of Lake Charles where these FIBCs of rice are being...
HOW GRAINS AFFECT THE DRY BULK FREIGHT RATES
Blog brought to you by OPEANSEA.PRO Read More: https://www.opensea.pro/blog/shipping-grains Millions of dry bulk commodities are traded every day and loaded into bulk carriers. Chartering people circulate hundreds of inquiries with coal, iron ore, grains, fertilizers,...
UPS Expands Self-Driving Semi Partnership
Click Here: Watch full ThomasNet Industry Update on UPS Expands Self-Driving Semi Partnership. Operating a shipping and logistics company in the age of Amazon has spawned new pressures that force organizations to be more aggressive in pursuing potential competitive...
Tariffs Won’t Affect our bulk bags
List 4 Tariffs for China Won't Affect our bulk bags or any of our woven polypropylene products. Beginning on September 1, 2019 10% tariffs will begin on List 4 for Chinese produced products. The list includes bulk bags. In addition, there is a 8.4% duty. If...
Are you ready to automate your packaging?
Your company is doing well. You are selling goods as fast as you can make them. It doesn't seem like you can get the orders out fast enough. One option is to hire more hands to solve your output problem, but that would increase your overhead indefinitely. The...
Use our sandbags and plastic sheeting to build a flood protection barrier.
It is early summer; the beginning of the Atlantic hurricane season. Rivers and lakes are already cresting along with levees breaching due to heavy spring rain fall and melting winter snow. We can’t impede nature, but we can prepare for it. Just as you make sure...
print on your bulk bags
Attention Contractors! Demand for construction is steadily on the rise. Data from Thomasnet.com shows by a rate of 29% annually. Take advantage by printing on your bulk bags with us! It is a great way to market and inform your customers. Need bulk bags with...
Pamalia Moss Celebrates 46 Years with JonnPac!
Happy Work Anniversary to Pamalia Mosa. Pamalia has been with JohnPac for 46 YEARS! She joined our work family in April of 1973 back when Mitchell John (company founder) was the owner. If you’ve met Pamalia, you’d never forget the experience 🙂 A robust...
Let us be your source for slip sheets.
JohnPac carries slip sheets in a variety of sizes and thickness both in fiberboard and corrugated materials. We also can customize your slip sheet size. Slip sheets are a great solution if you want to maximize your delivery quantity by effectively using more container...
Car Club Toured JohnPac
Happy Friday! We truly are having a special day at JohnPac HQ with our special visitors from the “Antique Automobile Club of America” who have come to enjoy a tour of our plant and distribution center. Enjoy some pictures from today.
JohnPac Donates Sandbags to St. Martin Parish
JohnPac Donates Sandbags to St. Martin Parish Last Monday, we stumbled on a report from local news outlet KATC that 3,000 unfilled sand bags were stolen from Stephensville Park on LA 70. ...
JohnPac at Texas Grain and Feed Show in Austin!
JohnPac is at the Texas Grain and Feed Show in Austin! Visit Us at booth 306 at the Hilton Austin Airport. Taylor and Roger have expert advice on all of our woven polypropylene bags and industrial packaging supplies and goodies to share with you. We are manufacture...
Servicing Lantech® Equipment
Servicing Lantech® Equipment Meet Jason, he is our Lantech® certified in-house technician. You may see Jason if you ever need help with servicing your stretch wrapping equipment. With JohnPac, you get customer service long after you purchase from us. We understand the...
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR DELIVERY FLEET!
Truck delivery shortage? No problem for JohnPac with our fleet of 14 delivery trucks! Due to online shopping demand and retiring truck drivers, shipping charges will serge as demand goes up. We offer a solution! When you order a minimum of $1000 worth of packaging...
When to use Perforated Woven Bags!
Perforated versus non-perforated woven polypropylene bags Which is right for your product? Packaging needs to protect your product from damage in transportation, look good on the retail shelf, and also preserve your product’s freshness, especially when that...
Is your pail UN rated for Liquids?
Are you sure your pail is UN rated for Liquids? Get the right pail for your product! Pails are a great inexpensive solution for packaging all sorts of versatile products – solids, powders, viscous oils, and thin liquids — the list can go on. But with the...
Building Better Customer Relationships By Utilizing the Power of Salesforce
JohnPac is proud to supply a diverse spectrum of customers with our industrial packaging supplies, services, and experience. Our markets include government agencies, agriculture, and chemical industries just to name a few. Exercising top quality customer...
Paper cost will continue to Rise…Check into our cost saving stocking program
The demand for paper composed packaging such as corrugated boxes and fiber board slip sheets is continuing to rise. Why is paper still so widely used in the packaging industry? Its lightweight reduces shipping cost It’s easy to print graphics on Recyclable and...
Government shut down does not hinder FDA as inspectors are called on to inspect "high-risk" facilities.
FSMA Update Jan. 16, 2019 Compliance Requirements Remain, Despite Government Shutdown As the partial government shutdown continues, the American Feed Industry Association reminds animal food facilities that it is your responsibility to continue...
Farm Bill, Cuba, and Government Shut Down…politics effecting agriculture
Farm Bill, Cuba, and Government Shut Down…politics effecting the rice agriculture market Markets are constantly shifting due to policy. Read about the potential in exporting to Cuba and how the government shut down effects new market growth. Read and listen to this...