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Sustainable Farming Practices: Farming Operations Optimized for the Future

Sustainable Farming Practices: Optimizing The Sustainability of Your Farming Operation What is sustainable farming? Organic Farming, Agroecology, Permaculture, Agroforestry Sustainability is widely defined as the ability to meet current needs and demands without compromising the ability to do so in the future. Like most industries, there is a widespread consensus that agriculture must make maximum efforts towards sustainability. While social and environmental responsibility may be motivating factors, [...]

Sustainable Farming Practices: Farming Operations Optimized for the Future2024-11-11T23:09:22-08:00

The Ultimate Guide to Reusable Agricultural and Transport Containers

Reusable Agricultural and Farming Containers from Thunderbird PlasticsHere at Thunderbird Plastics, we strive to provide the entire agricultural industry with the supplies they need to run a sustainable operation. Our agricultural product offerings include crates, pails, trays, and containers made from high-quality HDPE plastic which are 100% recyclable at the end of their useful life. Our clients can be proud to know that their operations contribute to a [...]

The Ultimate Guide to Reusable Agricultural and Transport Containers2024-11-08T12:03:26-08:00

Sustainable Storage and Harvesting Solutions for Farmers and Builders

Recycled Plastic Agricultural and Industrial Supplies: Sustainable Harvest Totes, Produce Lugs, and Transport Packaging In the current corporate environment, many businesses are positioning environmental sustainability as one of the leading cornerstones of their business practices. Industries like agriculture, aquaculture, dairy farming, and construction increasingly seek to optimize their supply chain to reduce their environmental impact and foster a positive reputation. Here at Thunderbird Plastics, we provide our [...]

Sustainable Storage and Harvesting Solutions for Farmers and Builders2024-09-02T20:30:19-07:00

Shellfish Aquaculture and The “Supertray” Shellfish Grow-Out System

The Process of Shellfish Aquaculture Shellfish aquaculture, also known as shellfish farming, is the cultivation of shellfish such as oysters, clams, mussels, and scallops. The process begins by producing larvae in hatcheries, then moving them to nurseries, and finally transferring them to grow-outsites that may be directly on the sea bed or suspended in the water using rafts or longlines[1]. The many positive aspects to shellfish aquaculture [...]

Shellfish Aquaculture and The “Supertray” Shellfish Grow-Out System2024-07-27T01:27:40-07:00

The Science of Berries: Cultivation, Harvest, and Storage

What Is a Berry? To understand what a berry is, it is important to distinguish between the botanical definition of a berry and the commonly accepted definition. Flowering plants have ovaries that develop into fruits that contain seeds after fertilization. In the botanical definition, a berry is a fruit with seeds that have developed from a single ovary of a single flower. It is fleshy throughout and therefore [...]

The Science of Berries: Cultivation, Harvest, and Storage2024-07-09T21:41:30-07:00

Product Development and Mass Production with Thunderbird Plastics: 3D Printed Prototypes and Custom Injection Moulding

What Is Custom Injection Moulding? Custom moulding is the process of creating a mould to specified requirements and then using the mould to create custom components. When designing your components with Thunderbird Plastics, our team of engineers first take the time to understand your business, your team, and your unique requirements. Once the requirements are understood, the Thunderbird team creates a digital 3D CAD model that is [...]

Product Development and Mass Production with Thunderbird Plastics: 3D Printed Prototypes and Custom Injection Moulding2024-04-18T20:50:27-07:00

Thunderbird Plastic’s Canning Sleeves for Construction: Easy Access and Clean Channels

Balancing Cost and Efficiency of Labour and Tools Like all modern industries, the construction sector is not immune to the pressures of optimizing output, accuracy, and expenditures. A construction firm’s success hinges on the delicate balance of profit and expenditure. As such, the cost of tools, labour, and supplies must exist at the intersection between quality and cost. Building firms often make projections for these crucial figures. [...]

Thunderbird Plastic’s Canning Sleeves for Construction: Easy Access and Clean Channels2024-09-04T09:15:03-07:00

The Ultimate Guide to HDPE (High-Density Polyethylene) at Thunderbird Plastics

Plastics’ Societal Impact: Building Our Environments and Societies It is easy to underestimate how the discovery of plastics has revolutionized the average human’s daily existence. While plastics gained widespread use in the early 20th century, the desire for a malleable material to create tools, art, and other objects is ancient in humans. The earliest human beings possessed a mind primed to build and create and it is [...]

The Ultimate Guide to HDPE (High-Density Polyethylene) at Thunderbird Plastics2024-09-04T09:14:39-07:00

Inside Thunderbird: 40 Years of Excellence in Plastic Manufacturing

Unveiling Thunderbird’s 40-Year Legacy in Injection Molded Plastics Since its founding in 1976, Thunderbird Plastics has undergone a unique and admirable business journey. After a decades-long buyout process, the company finally landed in the hands of the Nucera family where it lovingly stays today. With an expansive product lineup of high-quality injection-moulded HPDE plastic industrial products, Thunderbird is much more than a product manufacturer. At Thunderbird, you [...]

Inside Thunderbird: 40 Years of Excellence in Plastic Manufacturing2024-09-04T09:13:55-07:00
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