XPAC, formerly Export Packaging Company, is a provider of packaging services. XPAC offers five core services: sub-assembly

Assembly line

An assembly line is a manufacturing process in which parts are added to a product in a sequential manner using optimally planned logistics to create a finished product much faster than with handcrafting-type methods...

, painting

Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

, kitting, packaging, and order fulfillment

Order fulfillment

Order fulfillment is in the most general sense the complete process from point of sales inquiry to delivery of a product to the customer...

. XPAC also offers custom software development

Software development

Software development is the development of a software product...

, expediting

Expediting

Expediting is a concept in purchasing and project management for securing the quality and timely delivery of goods and components.The procurement department or an external expediter controls the progress of manufacturing at the supplier concerning quality, packing, conformity with standards and set...

, and other value-added supply chain

Supply chain

A supply chain is a system of organizations, people, technology, activities, information and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer. Supply chain activities transform natural resources, raw materials and components into a finished product that is delivered to...

 services. Founded in 1974, and headquartered in Milan, Illinois

Milan, Illinois

Milan is a village in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,257 at the 2000 census.The village is located near the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Before ceasing operations in 2003, Eagle Food Centers was based out of Milan....

, XPAC has grown to approximately 2,000 employees across 14 U.S. facilities.

About

From small component parts to complete machines and assemblies, XPAC is a total supply chain

Supply chain

A supply chain is a system of organizations, people, technology, activities, information and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer. Supply chain activities transform natural resources, raw materials and components into a finished product that is delivered to...

 solutions provider. XPAC provides service through the complete supply chain lifecycle, including:

• Forecasting
  Forecasting
  Forecasting is the process of making statements about events whose actual outcomes have not yet been observed. A commonplace example might be estimation for some variable of interest at some specified future date. Prediction is a similar, but more general term...
  
   & Planning
  Planning
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• Receiving
• Warehousing
• Inventory
  Inventory
  Inventory means a list compiled for some formal purpose, such as the details of an estate going to probate, or the contents of a house let furnished. This remains the prime meaning in British English...
  
   tracking
• Consolidation
• Assembly
  Assembly line
  An assembly line is a manufacturing process in which parts are added to a product in a sequential manner using optimally planned logistics to create a finished product much faster than with handcrafting-type methods...
  
  
• Packaging
• Painting
  Painting
  Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
  
  
• Containerization
  Containerization
  Containerization is a system of freight transport based on a range of steel intermodal containers...
  
  
• Shipping
  Shipping
  Shipping has multiple meanings. It can be a physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo, by land, air, and sea. It also can describe the movement of objects by ship.Land or "ground" shipping can be by train or by truck...
  
   preparation

Since 1974, XPAC has grown and evolved to meet changing business needs. XPAC has established an information technology

Information technology

Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

 department to create custom-developed software applications that can meet industrial outsourcing needs.

XPAC has 14 plants and facilities throughout the mid-west, with operational divisions specializing in:

• Service Parts Packaging
• Kit Assembly and Packaging
• Production Parts and Sub-Assembly
• Special Products
• Whole Goods and Component Packaging

XPAC has over 2000000 square feet (185,806.1 m²) of production and storage space, and can handle a variety of industrial packaging, sub-assembly, or logistics

Logistics

Logistics is the management of the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of destination in order to meet the requirements of customers or corporations. Logistics involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling, and packaging, and...

 related services.

In 2006, the company had a 20 percent growth in revenue, and a 30 percent increase in employees.

Awards and Facts

• 2007 Excellence in Commerce Award by the Illinois Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce
• 25 Largest Employers in the Quad City Region (7th)
• 2nd Largest Company, by employees, headquartered in the Quad City Region