Sea plasticPlastic container manufacturer in San Martin (Buenos Aires) and second in Uruguay, produces several 25 million units per yearOf which Exports from 40% to 45% To directions Latin America, United States, Russia and China. It has 50 years of experience and has been selling overseas since the early 90s. While she started with cleaning containers, she was transformed and Sustainable For cosmetics, nutrition, medicine and agriculture.

Mariano MunozThe company is run by the son of founder Mariano Manuel Munoz. On the account ᲔᲠᲘ That re-conversion and diversification was a “necessity” for continued growth. Its exports are through direct and indirect customers. For example, they supply large food companies that export and a firm that has 90 factories around the world.

The Argentine plant employs 25 people, while the Uruguayan plant employs 12. The facilities are “highly technical” because otherwise Munoz says they would not be able to export. “Taxes are killing us; We export for one dollar, of which we have $ 80 left. “We are very expensive in the country, in general, because of the high tax burden,” he said.

He points out that one of the strategies they resort to Split export containers“So we can defeat China because they send whole containers. We arrange and complete with different orders. ” He also argues that an open economy, like Uruguay, “is not an obstacle; You can be competitive“.

He noted that in 2005 the company exported $ 80,000 a month: “Today More production, more technology and more customers, we have not been able to reach this figure. “Tax backpacks are difficult.”

In 1995, the company was going to collapse, its biggest client was a cosmetics company, which “disappeared” overnight and left them with significant debt. This has forced them to renegotiate with suppliers and expand their customer portfolio and the products they serve. They were in the process of recovering when the 1998 crisis struck, for which, Munoz said, they were already “better prepared”.

It was at the Uruguay Expo that the company decided it could export. This was exactly the first destination they came to. Now their products are more than ten.

The escalation of sales – both abroad and in the domestic market – is based on the fact that they produce containers “with tailored and very specific details for each company”. Definition to be “growing Sustainable“It is another crucial point,” said Munoz.

“We have been working to improve this area for 15 years,” he added. We plant trees in Corrient; In Uruguay we closed the deal with a small trash can. We produce containers made of sugar cane and the rest from the sea and rivers“.

Regarding this material, he explains that it is produced with “all the waste that floats”. It is collected by a cooperative; Developed and supplied in the form of pallets. They also work with re-used pets. “Sustainability is the way; Is where you need to go. There is no other – emphasizes Munioz -. The world demands it and Argentina is a pioneer in packaging legislation; “Up to 50% must be reusable, we can not continue to pollute.”

It proves that the foreign market is increasingly in demand in terms of caring for the environment. Another factor that weighs, he says, is that Service activities. In this sense, technology is an ally that allows, for example, the client to accompany 3D printing from the initial idea to the final product. They are constantly incorporating state-of-the-art vehicles

All facilities and processes are adapted to international food standards; They have German peripheral equipment certified to European standards for use in the food and pharmaceutical industry, ISO 9001: 2008 and the World Food Safety Standard and United Nations certification to prepare containers suitable for the transport of hazardous materials.