Converting Suppliers Meet Short-run Needs

Cheryl Caudill, marketing and communications director, Multi-Plastics—This is nothing new to Multi-Plastics. Providing custom slit rolls or sheets in less than truckload quantities has been the core of our business for over 34 years. Multi-Plastics, Inc. stocks unsupported films for over laminates, ticket/tag materials, and flexible packaging materials. The reason large manufacturers, like ExxonMobil Chemical Co, partner with us is our ability to provide one roll or thousands of pounds of material in 3 to 5 days. We have seven strategically located distribution facilities in North America to service our customers from coast to coast in a timely manner. Narrow web printers can supply the flexible packaging products without having to buy a truckload of material or wait 8-10 weeks lead time from the manufacturer. Instead we work with the buyers to supply materials just-in-time and keep our customers' inventory levels low.