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Vertical Glass & Packaging Launches in Santa Rosa:
Supplier Offers Comprehensive Approach to Logistics
and Customer Service for the North American Wine Industry
Santa Rosa, California (February 3, 2010) -- Longtime wine industry professional Neil Foster and internationally recognized glass industry leader David Hammond have launched Vertical Glass & Packaging (www.verticalglass.com)
Vertical Glass enters the market at a time when wineries are demonstrating greater quality, delivery and support expectations of their glass and packaging suppliers. “Wineries wishing to increase sales appeal expect consistent functionality combined with cosmetic clarity in their bottles,” said Hammond. “To keep up with market demand, wineries are also asking for shorter lead times, more value, and 100% order accuracy. We have the systems and suppliers in place to meet these requirements.”
The economies of scale employed by large wine producers are placing added pressure on suppliers. “Today’s packaging suppliers are facing more and more challenges to meet the demands of large bottling operations,”
An Industry First
According to Hammond, his firm’s vertically integrated scheduling and delivery is an industry first. “We developed our order scheduling and logistics capabilities upon the evolving needs of wineries,” he said. “Like other industries, wine bottling has become a just-in-time operation. Inventoried glass and packaging consumes valuable warehouse space and employee attention. Our goal is to seamlessly interface our delivery with a winery’s bottling schedule, and provide error free shipping, competitive pricing and the strictest quality standards.”
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