SUSTAINABILITY

Corporate Philosophy and Culture

With heightened consumer awareness in the importance of “green” packaging and lowering the impact of packaging production and use on the environment, T.H.E.M. encourages sustainability in packaging production through:

• Efforts to achieve significant source reduction
• Recognizing supply chain impact on space utilization,
  storage, transportation and distribution
• Assuring consumer ability to recycle most, if not all, packaging components

THEM Overview and History

T.H.E.M. (Technical Help in Engineering and Marketing) was founded in 1973 as one of the first providers of innovative packaging solutions in the U.S.
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T.H.E.M. is best known for commercializing Sanko Stick Packaging in the U.S. As the stick pack authority, T.H.E.M. has helped to put America’s leading brands into convenient, portable, single-serve packaging. Stick packs are the perfect solution for consumers of all ages and a popular package option for powdered beverage brands, snack items, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals and personal care/healthcare products.

Working in conjunction with select packaging and equipment manufacturers, T.H.E.M. offers a comprehensive array of packaging solutions that can take your brand from initial concept to full-scale national or global production.

T.H.E.M. has a fully operational onsite R&D center located at its Marlton, NJ headquarters, with pilot production to scale up capabilities.

T.H.E.M. Background (History)

1973 – 1995

Consulting & Supply Chain Management
Technology Transfer to Japan 1992

1996 – 2003

Technology Transfers to North America
Sanko Relationship – 1996

2004 – 2008

Validation of Mass supply Model
New Technology Pipeline and Commercialization Methodologies

2009

Zipbox^® Launch