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Joint Venture of Three Leading Independent Steel Drum
Manufacturers
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Formed in February 1999
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Favorable Business Review Letter Issued by Department of Justice
in March 2000
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Represents 30% of US Steel Drum Market
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Containers
America, LLC is a joint venture of independent steel drum manufacturers located in various
geographic regions of the United States providing the support and expertise of
larger multi-plant organizations. The group is comprised of the following
companies: C.P. Louisiana, Inc., New Orleans, LA; General Steel Drum
Corp.,
Charlotte, NC; and North Coast Container Corporation, Cleveland, OH. The LLC companies have highly sophisticated equipment and state-of-the-art
technology, such as ISO Openhead capability, "W" style design drums, and ambient
air testing of drums. All members of the LLC are ISO 9002 certified. The LLC,
working as a group, gives our customers support and production capacity backed by
three
fully-operating drum plants to create a level of compatibility among the companies that
allows total support. The LLC can therefore validate the commitment of any one of
its members to provide service to your multiple facilities.
One of the strongest driving forces for the
LLC is our ability to be more responsive than much larger individual drum companies while
remaining competitive. One of the ways we have been able to accomplish this is by
pooling our purchasing in order to reduce drum cost. Vendor responses have been
favorable and we intend to share these savings with our customers.
We realize that the LLC creates a new
perspective for you as a purchasing manager to view your vendor; that is, a coalition of
companies presenting multiple location service versus a single entity. We believe
that this structure provides us the ability to deliver greater dependability, long-term
experience, the highest possible quality and overall customer satisfaction. |