Jamestown Container Ramps Up Production Of PPE, Corrugated Boxes Cleveland, Ohio based Jamestown Container is ramp- ing-up capabilities across its facilities to serve essential customers and the unique challenges presented by the COVID-19 crisis. Locally, Jamestown Container is providing indispens- able packing materials for businesses such as Jamestown
as the University of Rochester and St. Joseph’s Hospi- tal in Cheektowaga, NY, a facility now dedicated to the treatment of COVID-19 related patients. The company has also donated boxes to food banks and service pro- viders throughout Western New York and Ohio. “If value is measured by the company you keep, Jamestown Container is doing very well,” said Mark Geise, Deputy County Executive for Economic Devel- opment and Chief Administrative Officer of the County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency. “James- town Container has been around for many years, and the effort it is making to address the pandemic demon- strates why it is so successful.” Current customers include Rochester Midland, one of the few companies authorized by the Federal Avia- tion Authority (FAA) to produce airplane sanitizer; Port Erie Plastics in Harborcreek, PA, which is temporarily making flooring for portable hospitals; and Constella- tion Brands in Victor, NY, which is not only converting some of its operations to making hand sanitizer, but has pledged $2.5 million to organizations such as the Bartenders Guild to help fight the long-term economic ramifications of business closings. “Jamestown Container is a very important link in the supply chain,” said County Executive PJ Wendel. “Without it and companies like them, our response to the pandemic would be severely hampered. I commend Jamestown Container for everything it is doing.”
Plastics and Five & 20 Spirits to get critical new products like face shields and hand sanitizer into the hands of users. Within 24 hours of receiving a request, James- town Container’s Falconer (NY) facility designed, pro- duced, and delivered box- es that will be used to ship Jamestown Plastics’ new True Hero face shields. As a custom corrugated packaging manufacturer and
distributor of packaging supplies, including personal pro- tective equipment (PPE), Jamestown Container has provid- ed more than 30,000 pairs of essential nitrile disposable exam gloves and 2,750 lab coats to medical centers such
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