# Great Little Box Company

The Great Little Box Company (GLBC) is a Canadian company that manufactures custom and stock corrugated boxes, point-of-purchase displays, digital print and packaging, labels and flexible packaging, folding cartons, and protective packaging. The company also distributes shipping and moving supplies. GLBC's main manufacturing facility is located in Richmond, British Columbia and occupies over 500,000 square feet (46,000 m$^2$). In addition to its Richmond head office, the company has distribution locations in Kelowna and Victoria, British Columbia, Everett, Washington, and a satellite office in Alberta. The Great Little Box Company has won a number of awards. Most recently, they have been honored as one of Canada's Top Small & Medium Employers, Canada's Platinum Best Managed companies, and Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures.

## Timeline

The company was founded in 1982, and began with three employees and some second-hand machinery.
As the company grew, it began selling moving supplies in 2004 and in 2006 a label and plastics division was added.
In 2007, the company acquired Boxstar Industries. By 2008 it employed 170 people and by 2012 it had about 250 employees.
In 2014, the Great Little Box Company merged with the Great West Paper Box Company; it was then the largest box-maker in Western Canada.
In 2015, the company operated from four locations in British Columbia and Washington state and employed about 270 people.
In 2020 Great Little Box Company acquired Ideon Packaging. That same year, the Everett location expanded to a 28,000 sqft facility on Riverside Road.
In 2021 Great Little Box Company opened a warehouse in Abbotsford and expanded to include a location at Eburne Way in Richmond.
In 2023 Great Little Box Company added the addition of a print plate division.
In 2024 Great Little Box Company achieved G7 Master qualification.

## Reference.

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* ↑ "Culture and Business Awards". Great Little Box Company. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
* 1 2 " First hire, then hang on to the best". PAUL BRENT, The Globe and Mail, Oct. 17, 2012
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* ↑ "Great Little Box Company get bigger". Vancouver Sun, via Canada.com. September 5, 2007.
* ↑ "'The worst job I ever had'". Maclean's, Jason Kirby and Ken MacQueen October 2, 2008
* ↑ "Video: Great Little Box Company - making a box can get complicated". Vancouver Sun, Jenny Lee, Vancouver Sun 11.27.2014
* ↑ "Metro Vancouver box maker wins back business from China". Vancouver Sun, Jenny Lee, 01.16.2015
* ↑ "Barbara Yaffe: Lower Canadian dollar a boon for box company". Vancouver Sun, Barbara Yaffe, October 23, 2015
* ↑ In Pictures: In sales, money's an important motivator - but so is freedom." - The Globe and Mail, Oct. 19, 2012
* ↑ "Better Together - GLBC Acquires Ideon Packaging". Great Little Box Company. 2020-05-01. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
* ↑ "Contact Us | Great Little Box Company | Custom Packaging Manufacturer". Great Little Box Company. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
* ↑ Wu, Mayghan (2024-04-16). "G7® Master Facility Qualification: GLBC Elevates Print Standards". Great Little Box Company. Retrieved 2024-05-31.