Powell Electronics Clamtainer® helps Powell realize 90% reduction in packaging costs What do an electronics distributor and custom plastic company have in common? A lot if you are talking about Powell Electronics, Jamestown Plastics, and their approach to better serving the electronics connector market! Powell Electronics specializes in high reliability, harsh environment connector design, manufacturing, and supply chain. […] Read More
Sustainability Sustainability and Plastic CAN Co-Exist Is sustainability important to a company’s success? It has been reported that up to 90% of business executives believe sustainability should be part of their long-term strategy. While some believe that plastic needs to be eliminated to reach their sustainability goals, consumer brands can implement smart and thoughtful plastic innovation […] Read More
Automotive Leading Automotive Styling Innovation The automotive styling landscape is everchanging, with manufacturers continuously introducing new design features on their various models. Keeping up with these constant changes can be difficult. Jamestown Plastics has not just met this challenge, but we have proven to be a leader in styling/restyling innovation and technology. We take on even the most […] Read More
Electronics One Packaging Solution from Manufacturing to End Customer A customer contacted us with an urgent request to develop a package for one of their most expensive and delicate products. The product needed to be protected during the manufacturing and assembly processes all the way through shipping to distribution centers. It also needed to deliver finished […] Read More
Tyco Electronics (now TE Connectivity Ltd.) How Jamestown Plastics helped achieve automation goals. As they were installing a new automation line, Tyco Electronics realized that the line would not function properly to meet its automation goals without tight tolerance part locating trays. With a tight deadline, creating injection molding tooling and making parts was not an option. However, manufacturing a thermoformed […] Read More
Cannabis Chocolate Bars It took longer to package these candy bars then it took to consume them. Cannabis-infused chocolate bars have become quite popular. But for the manufacturer, packaging the bars was taking more time than it took consumers to consume them. The manufacturer of these chocolate bars would place the bars into a plastic tray, then slide […] Read More
Automotive When the console is an eyesore, cover it – and quickly! A major auto manufacturer had a shipment of finished vehicles on the boat headed to the US. But market studies showed they had a problem. It seemed that their console color scheme was not going to work in the US. Their solution was to […] Read More
TRICO Products Corporation (dunnage trays) Wrapping windshield wipers was wiping out profits until Jamestown Plastics came to the rescue. TRICO Products Corporation is a major manufacturer of windshield wipers. As part of their packaging pack-out process, TRICO employees would wrap every pair of wipers in kraft paper and place the wrapped wipers into cartons. The problem with wrapping wipers is […] Read More
TRICO Technologies (retail packaging) How JP innovated retail packaging and reduced pack-out costs TRICO Technologies approached Jamestown Plastics to create a retail clamshell for their windshield wiper product line. They challenged us to eliminate all the traditional methods of keeping a clamshell closed such as plastic welding, snap locks, glue, and overwrap sleeves. Plus, they demanded that the package […] Read More
