Great Little Box Company
The Great Little Box Company (GLBC) is a Canadian company which manufactures custom and stock corrugated boxes, point-of-purchase displays, digital print and packaging, labels and flexible packaging, folding cartons, and protective packaging.[1] The company also distributes shipping and moving supplies. GLBC's main manufacturing facility is located in Richmond, British Columbia[2] and occupies over 250,000 square feet (23,000 m2). In addition to its Richmond head office, the company has distribution locations in Kelowna and Victoria, British Columbia, Everett, Washington, and a satellite office in Alberta.[3] The Great Little Box Company has won a number of awards.[4]
Timeline[edit]
The company was founded in 1982,[5] and began with three employees and some second-hand machinery.[6]
As the company grew, it began selling moving supplies in 2004 and in 2006 a label and plastics division was added.[7]
In 2007, the company acquired Boxstar Industries.[8] By 2008 it employed 170 people[9] and by 2012 it had about 250 employees.[5]
In 2014, the Great Little Box Company merged with the Great West Paper Box Company; it was then the largest box-maker in Western Canada.[10][11]
In 2015, the company operated from four locations in British Columbia and Washington state and employed about 270 people.[12][13]
In 2020 Great Little Box Company acquired Ideon Packaging.[14] That same year, the Everett location expanded to a 28,000 sqft facility on Riverside Road.[15]
References[edit]
- ^ "The best Canadian companies to work for in 2014". Business Review Canada, Nov 25, 2013
- ^ "Great Little Box Company BC's best for being great to its staff". Vancouver Sun, 16 December 2006, Brian Morton.
- ^ "Robert Meggy: Manufacturer puts people first". Business in Vancouver, By Peter DeVries | Nov. 4, 2014
- ^ Sarah Cook (3 July 2008). The Essential Guide to Employee Engagement: Better Business Performance through Staff Satisfac. Kogan Page Publishers. pp. 135–. ISBN 978-0-7494-5496-8.
- ^ a b " First hire, then hang on to the best". PAUL BRENT, The Globe and Mail, Oct. 17, 2012
- ^ "Secret of my success - Great Little Box Company". CBC News, Sep 24, 2014
- ^ Jody Heymann (30 December 2013). Profit at the Bottom of the Ladder: Creating Value by Investing in Your Workforce. Harvard Business Press. pp. 150–. ISBN 978-1-4221-5842-5.
- ^ "Great Little Box Company get bigger". Vancouver Sun, via Canada.com. September 5, 2007.
- ^ "'The worst job I ever had'". Maclean's, Jason Kirby and Ken MacQueen October 2, 2008
- ^ "Video: Great Little Box Company - making a box can get complicated". Vancouver Sun, Jenny Lee, Vancouver Sun 11.27.2014
- ^ "Metro Vancouver box maker wins back business from China". Vancouver Sun, Jenny Lee, 01.16.2015
- ^ "Barbara Yaffe: Lower Canadian dollar a boon for box company". Vancouver Sun, Barbara Yaffe, October 23, 2015
- ^ In Pictures: In sales, money's an important motivator - but so is freedom." - The Globe and Mail, Oct. 19, 2012
- ^ "Better Together - GLBC Acquires Ideon Packaging". Great Little Box Company. 2020-05-01. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
- ^ "Contact Us | Great Little Box Company | Custom Packaging Manufacturer". Great Little Box Company. Retrieved 2020-07-17.