{"id":7374,"date":"2021-05-03T16:36:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T22:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orbiscorporation.com\/?p=7374"},"modified":"2026-04-17T09:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:24:24","slug":"orbis-recognizes-silao-mexico-facility-as-2021-plant-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbiscorporation.com\/en-us\/news\/orbis-recognizes-silao-mexico-facility-as-2021-plant-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"ORBIS Recognizes Silao, Mexico Facility as 2021 Plant of the Year \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbiscorporation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ORBIS<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0Corporat<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbiscorporation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ion<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 an international leader in reusable packaging \u2014 recently named its Silao, Mexico, facility its 2021 Plant of the Year. This annual ORBIS award honors one of its plants for its performance in safety, quality, service, innovation and overall operational efficiency.\u00a0<br>\u00a0\u00a0<br>This plant, located in the state of Guanajuato in Central Mexico, employs more than 350 associates and provides food, beverage, automotive and consumer goods companies with reusable packaging totes, containers, custom dunnage and pallets to move their products safely, efficiently and more cost-effectively than single-use packaging.\u00a0This plant is a two-time award recipient and was named the ORBIS Plant of the Year in 2019.\u00a0<br>\u00a0\u00a0<br>\u201cI am excited to share that the Silao plant has had zero recordable injuries for more than 1,000 days and achieved tremendous quality and workplace efficiency in 2021,\u201d said Todd Mathes, executive VP of operations at ORBIS Corporation. \u201cA top performer, this plant consistently exemplifies success through a deep dedication to safety, an engaged culture and an unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction.\u201d\u00a0<br>\u00a0\u00a0<br>The Silao plant \u2014 one of 14 ORBIS North American manufacturing facilities considered for the award \u2014 won the 2021 Plant of the Year Award for its strong performance in workplace safety, customer service and quality, as well as operational excellence. During 2021, Silao set new records in safety, revenue generation and workplace efficiency.\u00a0\u00a0<br>\u00a0\u00a0<br>\u201cA strong culture of teamwork, commitment and innovation helped the Silao plant earn this recognition,\u201d said Bill Ash, president of ORBIS. \u201cWe are very proud and appreciative of the plant\u2019s accomplishments and are looking forward to continued success from Silao in the years to come.\u201d\u00a0<br>\u00a0\u00a0<br>For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbiscorporation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">orbiscorporation.com<\/a>.\u00a0<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br>Media:\u00a0Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__baderrutter-2Dmy.sharepoint.com_-3Af-3A_g_personal_kdaniels-5Fbader-2Drutter-5Fcom_EjQFcTOthGpNreLw6IHxx4MBqjq7x-5FIRaDQn-5F66BhcGGQg-3Fe-3DdRghKI&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=_cdwF0tlqsHfeFIzcn_IcQ&amp;r=DOXb_aOe8KThPGSHBcu4SF81ZOHK9FgioPowAgzaxsgxfY6wACgUgUlGluuUZHwW&amp;m=auuxjWmSElHWgHwmAA1yfHAEWKSsFoXYZqaJ6zJd9FRJi6OfxLkiR0YEnjBRRoIe&amp;s=_AfSG_ctMdDTnU6zhhcA4cKovicrhSaazt1beZxm0cg&amp;e=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a>\u00a0for downloadable images.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ORBIS\u00ae\u00a0Corporation\u00a0\u2014 an international leader in reusable packaging \u2014 recently named its Silao, Mexico, facility its 2021 Plant of the Year. This annual ORBIS award honors one of its plants for its performance in safety, quality, service, innovation and overall operational efficiency.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This plant, located in the state of Guanajuato in Central Mexico, employs more than 350 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1875],"tags":[1886],"class_list":["post-7374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-award"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orbiscorporation.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orbiscorporation.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orbiscorporation.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orbiscorporation.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orbiscorporation.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.orbiscorporation.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orbiscorporation.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orbiscorporation.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orbiscorporation.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orbiscorporation.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}