offer a competitive alternative solution for
shipping bulk liquids in comparison to
IBCs, drums, totes and ISO containers,”
said Jennifer Phillips, the company’s global
salesmanager.
Its corporate headquarters are in Houston,
Texas, while its manufacturing hub is
housed in an 80,000-square-foot facility in
Zeeland, Mich. – about 175 miles to the
west of Detroit, along the shores of Lake
Michigan in the state’s Lower Peninsula. A
small office that’s home to accounting
functions is also in Zeeland, while the
Houston location has sales, operations and
logistics responsibilities.
More than 40 employees work at the
manufacturing base inZeeland and another
60 or so, according to Shane Sims, EPT’s
president, are scattered in the various global
locations.
The Houston headquarters office has 15
employees.
The typical EPT customer, Phillips said, is a
Fortune 500-level company that’s looking
to move a non-hazardous chemicals and is
seeking a partner that can provide logistics,
emergency response and insurance coverage
toward that end. Among the items most
frequently packaged and shipped range
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