Sheltered Employment

The Greater Richmond ARC

1901 Westwood Avenue
Richmond VA 23227
(804) 358-1874
(804) 358-7595 (Fax)
Email: info@richmondarc.org
Website: http://www.richmondarc.org/

ARCs Civitan Production Facility

With over 65,000 square feet of production workspace, including loading docks, racked warehouses, forklifts and automated equipment, work is done in a professional environment and supervised by a team of seasoned production managers. We maintain industry-standard quality control mechanisms.

Whats more, were paid by the job, not by the hour. Our goal is to exceed employers expectations through our dedicated work force and a highly professional managerial staff.

Our Specialty Areas include:

Contract Packaging Services

• Shrink Wrapping
• Small to large boxes requiring security or protective sealing. Poster flats with a backing board. Bottles or items which require collation and a double-pack method of packaging
• Overwrapping
• Custom Display Assembly
• Unique packaging formats which do not lend themselves to automatic construction.
• Bagging & Sealing
• Non-food items and non-sterile items, which need counting, sorting and placement into a bag which can then be heat sealed.
• Over Labeling
• Pre-existing packaging which may require a price flash, change of barcode, the addition of a safety notice, etc.

Hand Assembly

• Point-of-Sale (POS) Displays
• Assembly and insertion of product to form the finished POS item.
• PCB Connectors
• Electrical assembly, which does not require soldering, but where parts are repetitive and many.
• Re-cartoning
• The removal of good product from old displays or cases and setting into more updated packaging.
• Rework
• Quality control found some part of the product is missing and the product needs a label or additional part. Counting of goods to determine volumes etc.

Mailing Services

• Bulk Mail Assembly
• We collate in the order you need your materials to be received in.
• Folding
• We can accommodate a variety of folds, including “Z” fold and “Window to view”.
• Inserting
• We will take the collated items and insert into a envelope bag or box according to your project.
• Labeling
• We take your pre-printed labels and affix them in the specified position on the envelope, box, flyer or card as required.
• Tabbing
• We can handle various incidence of cards, papers, flyers etc. that require tabbing.
• Wafer Sealing
• Some bulk mail items are wafer sealed so they do not flap open during the mailing process and get damaged. Or we can seal booklets closed by adding a wafer seal to the open sides.
• Zip Sorting
• National, international and local ZIP codes are accommodated.
• Metering
• Postage metering services available