Holiday Fanfare: CT Manufacturer Hosts Patriotic Charity Campaign

December is the time for holiday giving, but one Connecticut manufacturing company has been giving back to those who served our country all year long! Specifically, Watertown-based Packaging and Crating Technologies (PACT), today presented a $3,000 check to the Water-Oak VFW Post 5157 in Watertown based on a charitable campaign that it launched in November for National Military Appreciation Month. The local non-profit’s mission is to speed rehabilitation of the nation's disabled combat veterans, assist their families and provide education and community service.

“Although we, as an American company, are always patriotically minded, we consider it a privilege to highlight key military holidays and commemorative milestones like Memorial Day, Veterans Day and most recently, Military Appreciation Month,” said Rodger Mort, President of PACT. “In doing so, we are raising both awareness and financial donations for our heroes and their families.”

Mort notes that PACT has strong ties to the military which uses its various shipping and packaging container line when individual soldiers are moved from station to station, including its patented LiftVan, PleatWrap, J-Crate, Spiral Foot, MP40, Sofa Crate and Motorcycle Crate. Each item ranges in price between $40 and $2,000, is made from a durable and sustainable corrugated cardboard material, and is capable of being reused for hundreds of moves.

Further, the company is a preferred vendor for the US Department of Defense and has been awarded a special permit from the US Department of Transportation for the shipping of lithium-ion batteries, as well as passed the proposed SAE-G-27 test standard.

“PACT benefits the military through both its innovative product line, as well as in its generous charitable programs,” said Water-Oak VFW Post 5157 Commander Richard Noble. “We are extremely grateful for the company’s ongoing efforts in helping to ensure that the sacrifice of our servicemen and women is never forgotten.”

ABOUT PACT, LLC
PACT, LLC is a global leader in manufacturing sustainable, packaging products for the commercial, industrial and military industries. With more than 25 years of experience, the family business was founded by three green packaging professionals and continues to embrace a green future by designing cost-effective, patented, crating solutions like LiftVans and PleatWrap, as well as custom packaging for the aerospace, medical, electronics, tooling, machinery, furniture, fine art and automotive sectors. The company’s newest innovation is Thermo Shield, a sustainable paper-based packaging material that suppresses and controls lithium-ion battery fires by mitigating thermal runaway, and PACT Lion-X, the world’s first lithium-ion battery fire extinguishing solution.

ABOUT THE VFW
As the nation’s oldest major war veterans’ organization, the VFW has an impeccable and longstanding record of service and stewardship. With more than 4.4 million VFW and Auxiliary members in nearly 6,000 Posts around the world, the VFW provides vital assistance and support for America’s service members, veterans and their families. Its underlying mission is to ensure that veterans are respected for their service, always receive their earned entitlements, and are recognized for the sacrifices that they and their loved ones have made.

PHOTO: (from left): Rodger Mort, President of Packaging and Crating Technologies in Watertown, Conn. presents a $3,000 check to Post Commander Richard Noble of the Water-Oak VFW Post 5157 in Watertown for its fundraising campaign in honor of National Military Appreciation Month during November.

Photo Courtesy of: PACT, LLC