Jorge G. Ruiz Shares Agri-Packing's Production and Plans for Future Growth
NOGALES, AZ - “Our main goal is to provide excellence in customer service, and to be able to bring better solutions to the customer,” Agri-Packing’s Sales and New Product Development, Jorge G. Ruiz, tells me, as we talk about the company’s vision and ever-evolving program.
The Agri Packing group has two companies - Agri Packing Supply and Agri Packing Distributors. In AgriPacking Supply, the group sells all kinds of agricultural supplies for greenhouses, open fields and packing houses, while also specializing in packaging materials and specialized packaging materials.
“Our other company, Agri Packing Distributors, is a cold storage, logistics, and in & out service company, that has 4 cold storage buildings in Nogales,” Jorge says. “We handle a wide range of shippers and distributors like Trufresh, Crown Jewels, Oppenheimer, The Greenery, Nature’s Sweet, Delightful Quality Produce, Dayka Hackett and Frank’s Distributing, among others.”
When I ask Jorge why the company chose Nogales as the headquarters for its business, he tells me that the bulk of Agri-Packing’s clientele can be easily accessed from the region.
“From this point we can supply the Nogales and San Diego areas, as well as Sonora, Sinaloa, and Baja California among other states in Mexico. We are currently expanding our operations to McAllen, Texas in the cold storage and logistics operations and soon on the materials supply as well,” he tells me.
As the company continues to ramp up its supply and distribution channels, Agri-Packing is increasing its focus on customer service and inventory.
“We are always looking for new products and solutions for the agricultural business. We need to achieve excellency in everything we do, from our supply company to our cold storage facilities,” Jorge says.
Part of Agri-Packing’s service is to manage the customer inventories at the company’s facilities, that way the team can prevent any supply chain problems. In addition, Agri-Packing is also working with top companies in the industry to research and bring new products to market.
