Customer Successes Enabled by Gilpin
Gilpin’s focus is enabling our customers’ success. Often, customers come to us with a challenge like these: A U.S. company has an immediate need for a new package to open up new markets. A factory in Southeast Asia needs easy-open ends, but they don’t have a stable supplier. A customer needs to retrofit equipment in South America, but lacks the expertise. Gilpin welcomes challenges like these as they represent a new opportunity to satisfy a customer’s need. Here are examples of Gilpin customer successes. We hope to add your story soon.
New package opens markets, unlocks greater sales potential
For years, the family-owned U.S. company had sold only fresh crab. While greatly appreciated by their regional customers, the family’s growth opportunities were limited.
Read MoreThreatened with a canceled contract, peanut company turns to Gilpin
When a major retailer threatened to cancel a contract over a bad package, Gilpin stepped in and solved the problem and kept the peanut company in business.
Read MoreNew Packaging, Technical Support, and Terms for the Seafood Industry
Gilpin was working with a major seafood company on a plastic pasteurized cup and aluminum EZO end for crab-meat and oysters.
Read MoreToo Much Capacity, Too Few Customers
Anticipating a major contract, a packaging company purchased a new press to make membrane ends and produced an inventory of 20 million ends.
Read MoreConquering Short Deadlines
A Mexican food processor was transitioning to a new plastic cup with a retort membrane end for pasteurized seafood and promised the new package to retail customers in a month’s time.
Read MoreGilpin Scores Industry-wide Grand Slam with Tennis Ball Package
What started as a successful solution for a global tennis ball maker is now a grand slam for Gilpin. Tennis balls are packaged in highly pressured metal or plastic cans with easy-open ends to keep the balls fresh for optimal performance. It’s a difficult package to execute—not for Gilpin.
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