| Acquiring Venture Capital for a Unique Reusable Packaging Service |
"Raising money for a "non-traditional" venture is probably the hardest
thing I have ever done," observed Marty Metro recently to Reusable Packaging News. "It sucks the life out of
you. Its consumes you."
After several iterations of a business model to buy and sell used
cardboard boxes, Marty shared how he shifted from the bricks and mortar approach of his
Boomerang Boxes outlets to one involving the creation of a national
website to facilitate the buying, selling and ultimately reuse of used cardboard boxes
across the country, a process that involved raising investment capital to create www.UsedCardboardBoxes.com. Read more here.
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| CAPS Container Cleaning and Repair Services Increase Lifespan of Reusable Containers |
Over the past few years, CAPS has extended its container repair and
cleaning offerings to customers owning their own fleet of polypropylene
and polyethylene intermediate bulk containers (IBC) or bulk bins.
During this time, CAPS has experienced a rapid influx of container
repair requests, which it attributes to companies looking for creative
ways to cut costs in challenging times by extending the life of current
resources and eliminating the need for capital required to purchase new
assets. Read more. |
 | CHEP Americas Still Awaiting Market Uptick
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Brambles has reported that sales revenue for the nine months ended March
2010 was 1% lower than the prior corresponding period. This reflected the slow rate of economic
recovery in major operating regions such as the USA, UK and Spain as well as the impact on CHEP USA of
business lost in the last quarter of the 2009 financial year and the first quarter of the 2010 financial
year.
Read more here.
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