Safe Ship Ashburn to Celebrate Grand Opening Aug. 8

Safe Ship invites the Loudoun business community and the public to join the nationally franchised chain’s grand opening in Ashburn Friday, August 8 at noon at 44190 Waxpool Road.

The event will include giveaways, grilled hot dogs and hamburgers, and customized overseas shipping box demonstrations with the company’s patented box-making machine.

The company recently signed a lease for a 5,520-square-foot space in Ashburn Technology Park with business plans catered toward clients working out of Dulles International Airport.

“Loudoun has a strong entrepreneurial community, with more than 8,000 small businesses,” said Loudoun Economic Development Director Buddy Rizer. “Many of these companies could grow exponentially by expanding into overseas markets. Small businesses can use Safe Ship to send prototypes and samples to potential customers outside the U.S. Companies like Safe Ship are a vital piece to the logistics infrastructure that makes Loudoun such an important economic hub in the mid-Atlantic.”

Safe Ship partners with the U.S. Postal Service, FedEx, UPS and DHL to ship more than 200,000 packages annually at discounted prices.

“With our patented Box Maker Pro, we can make a heavy-duty box to spec for any item. This saves customers money because now they don’t have to spend more on shipping larger boxes that may not snuggly fit their items,” said Anthony McKenzie, president of Safe Ship Ashburn.