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1992 Meanwhile, the automotive industry was turning to reusables to reduce costs and protect parts during shipments. As the demand for reusable packaging industry grew, Menasha recognized the need for protective interior dunnage, especially in the automotive and electronics market. Secondary suppliers were shipping expensive and sensitive components into original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and found that reusable protective interior dunnage could save them thousands of dollars by reducing product damage. Not only that...interior dunnage could be used over and over again.

About ORBIS Corporation ORBIS Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Menasha Corporation. With more than 150 years of material handling expertise and 50 years of plastics innovations, ORBIS consists of a portfolio of businesses that meet the material handling needs of companies across many industries. ORBIS helps world-class customers move their product faster, safer and more cost-effectively. Using a proven approach, ORBIS experts analyze its customers’ systems, design a solution and execute a reusable packaging program for longer-term cost savings and sustainability.

By 1895 , under the direction of Elisha Smith, the company we now know as Menasha Corporation became the world's largest manufacturer of turned wooden ware. 1863 Several hundred miles away, G.B. Lewis was founded as a manufacturer of wood related material handling products for bakeries, laundries, hospitals and a few light industrial plants. By 1885 , a machine was developed that could weave fabric out of wooden slats resulting in a rugged container that could be used for many trips.

Today, food and yard waste account for 27% of solid waste sent to landfills. Communities are seeking ways to divert these items from the landfills, either through backyard composting programs or curbside collection of organic materials. For those communities with a composting facility, communities are able to reduce the waste going to landfills, decrease their tipping fees and sell composted material to the landscaping industry or back to the community. ORBIS organic waste carts and bins provide consumers with convenient solutions for keeping food waste out of landfills.

6/25/2013 An industry first, ORBIS reusable plastic pallets will be manufactured immediately using new Fire-Retardant material free of Deca-Bromine. OCONOMOWOC, Wis. ? ORBIS Corporation, a manufacturer of sustainable reusable packaging and an expert in supply chain optimization, today announces it has received approval from Factory Mutual Insurance (FM) for a new fire-retardant material, free of deca-bromine, for use in its family of FM-approved, fire retardant pallets.

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