
What is Essential 8?
Essential 8 is a comprehensive approach that identifies opportunities in your facility to help you achieve cleaner, healthier, safer, more productive, and more sustainable industrial packaging operations.
Through an in-depth analysis by one of our representatives, we will uncover areas of improvement throughout the packaging process and the goods + equipment that will help you to protect your products while simplifying production, keeping your people safe, and reducing total costs.
Solutions by Challenge
Not Sure Where to Start?

1. STABILIZATION & LOAD CONTAINMENT
- Stretch film
- Strapping
- Edge protection
2. AUTOMATION/EQUIPMENT
- Manual equipment
- Automated equipment
- Robotics
3. LABELING
- Labels
- Ink jet printing
- Application
4. CARTON CLOSURE
- Tape
- Glue
- Staples
- Strapping
5. VOID FILL
- Air pillow/bubble
- Paper
- Foam
- Peanuts
6. PRIMARY PACKAGING
- Inner pack
- Outer pack
- Product direct contact
- Shrink film
7. PROCESS DESIGN
- Production line review
- CAD drawings
- Packaging engineer involvement
- Supply chain management/improvement
8. FACILITY CARE
- Facility maintenance products, cleaning solutions and equipment
- Washroom supplies and hand hygiene systems
- Safety and PPE supplies
Here's How We Do It
Our Consultative Road Map

DISCOVERY
Identify the areas of opportunities while performing an Essential 8 assessment.
PRODUCT
Align the best products and solutions for your facility's essential touch points.
PROCESSES
Implement best practices and processes with a focus on productivity, safety, and training.
PROCUREMENT
Standardize and streamline the supply chain to best fit your unique needs.
RESULTS
Achieve lower operating costs and a cleaner, healthier, safer, more productive, and more sustainable facility.
It's Not Just Packaging

FOODSERVICE
A complete foodservice solution that combines food safety and operational expertise with professional-grade products to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

FACILITY CARE
A complete facility care solution that combines laborsaving and low environmental impact products with professional, safe, and efficient cleaning procedures at the lowest total cost.

PACKAGING
A complete industrial packaging solution that delivers a comprehensive assessment of your packaging operation to protect your most critical products in transit while reducing costs and increasing productivity.