ORBIS now offers beverage shells, dairy crates, bakery trays and meat trays that were formerly available from Norseman Plastics. Combined with its broad selection of pallets, bulk containers and dunnage, ORBIS now offers the most comprehensive solution for the bakery, dairy, beverage, agricultural, distribution and case ready meat markets.

Bakery Solutions
Now available from ORBIS... Bread Baskets and Bun Baskets designed for the efficient flow of bread, buns and baked goods throughout the bakery supply chain. ORBIS now offers the most comprehensive selection of trays, pallets and dollies to meet the needs of today's leading bakery companies.

Distribution Solutions
Now with more than 20 different distribution containers, ORBIS offers today's leading companies the most comprehensive solution for distributing their products. For decades, ORBIS FliPaks have been used by  apparel, internet, drugstore, publishing, automotive aftermarket and grocery retailers move their product from distribution centers to retail. Available in attached-lid, nestable and hopper styles for a variety of picking applications.

Beverage Solutions
With the addition of Beverage Shells, ORBIS now offers plastic reusable packaging products for every step of the beverage supply chain...from blow molding, pre-form handling, filling to retail distribution. Today's global beverage leaders rely on ORBIS for its bulk containers, plastic pallets and Beverage Shells to help them reduce distribution costs and add supply chain sustainability.

Dairy Solutions
By combining the 40 x 40 Dairy Pallet and more than 10 rugged dairy cases in two standard footprints, ORBIS now offers the dairy industry a complete solution for the efficient distribution of fluid milk products and fruit juice from dairy processing to grocery, convenient and discount stores.

Case Ready Meat and Poultry Solutions
ORBIS now offers a full family of stack and nest Case Ready Meat Containers for case ready meat handling. Containers offer a well-ventilated design for cost-effective chilling, freezer storage and distribution of packaged goods into grocery stores and big box discount stores. All stack with a easy-swing bail and nest when empty. Poultry Containers are available in 3 standard heights, with optional snap-tight covers and are used to move poultry and red meat products through processing. Both container families can be combined with ORBIS 40 x 48 plastic pallets for efficient distribution.

Agricultural Solutions
ORBIS offers a variety of stack and nest Agricultural Containers in footprints from 20" x 13" to 24" x 20" to handle fresh vegetables and fruit. Choose from many styles for harvest, in-plant handling, staging, processing and wholesale product distribution. All are easily cleanable and offer an economical and environmental improvement ofer single use corrugated cartons.

Environmental Solutions
Choose from Norseman Environmental curbside collection recycling boxes, organic recycling bins, the SYSTERN Rain Barrel and the Earth Machine™ Backyard Compost Bin to improve recycling rates, conserve natural resources and help the environment. The Norseman brand of products, now from ORBIS Corporation, has been preferred by municipalities and haulers in the United States, Canada and beyond for decades.

According to Jim Kotek, Menasha Corporation president, “This acquisition strengthens ORBIS’ position as a leader in plastic reusable packaging and provides us with tremendous growth opportunities in diverse markets. Customers are continually looking to ORBIS for leadership and expertise in ways to reduce their supply chain costs with reusable packaging. Norseman’s diverse product line, strong customer relationships and industry knowledge are consistent with ORBIS’ vision and expertise.”

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Created 08/27/09