A Letter to Our Customers Regarding COVID-19

June 29, 2020

As we look forward, Cope Plastics celebrates the progress the world has made in the fight against COVID-19.  Although the battle is not over, we remain diligent and continue to evaluate, update, and perform our Best Practices.  In the interim, we would like to give thanks to our employees, customers, and vendors who continue to support our efforts and adapt to new ways of doing business.  Cope Plastics follows all Federal, State and local guidelines and encourages all to vaccinate.  #thefighttoreunite

Read our COVID-19 Best Practices

October 15, 2020

Our fabrication and warehouse teams are all on site at our locations to keep orders moving for our customers! While some office team members will continue to work remotely through fall 2020, our sales team members are now able to travel as needed to provide the support and personalized attention you’ve come to expect from Cope. Visit our locations page for more information!

May 8, 2020

As with many around the world, Cope Plastics is learning how to navigate through a pandemic. Identified as an essential business, we continue to build and review practices and procedures in an effort to keep our employees, customers, vendors, and visitors safe during this pandemic and beyond. This document is intended to share our best practices and initiate conversations in the pursuit of creating safe, robust and sustainable practices and procedures during this challenging time.

If you would like to join the conversation and share your best practices, email us at: safetyfirst@copeplastics.com 

COVID-19 Cope Plastics Best Practices

Disclaimer: Cope Plastics safety guidelines, processes and procedures are in line with the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), the World Health Organization (WHO), and other experts on pandemics. Please be aware that local regulations might differ and that our practices are based on the applicable regulations in the states where our facilities are located and well-known safety guidelines of business. It is your responsibility to align any action you may take with the applicable regulations in your municipality, county, state, and country.

April 20, 2020

To ensure the safety and well-being of all Cope employees, those currently working from home will continue to do so until the end of May. Currently, there are many states allowing non-essential businesses to re-open (at least partially) following the CDC guidelines. Illinois is not one of those states. We will continue to monitor all state and federal announcements regarding “shelter in place” and the status of the pandemic.

We want to thank all of our frontline workers here at Cope Plastics, without whom it would not be possible to fulfill orders. Our teams working at home continue to be persistent in supporting our customers, and we are very thankful for that!

March 23, 2020

Cope Plastics, Inc. has been deemed an essential business operation per the state of Illinois and U.S. Government guidelines.  As a manufacturer and distributor supplying products to businesses that support emergency services and critical infrastructures across the United States, we will remain open to fulfill such needs.

Cope Plastics, Inc. has set guidelines for our employees that meet or exceed the restrictions set by each state regarding social distancing, work-at-home, or shelter in place orders and will continue to follow those guidelines as we navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic.  Employees under the manufacturing and distribution umbrella of services will continue to operate at their designated facility to meet the demands of our customers whose operations are critical and essential to the nation’s infrastructure.  This guidance does not deter our commitment to employee safety and we will continue to monitor this situation on every level of operations.

If you’re looking for COVID-19 safety and medical materials, call 1-877-528-2594 to reach Joe Laaker or Linda Singleton in our Graphic Sales Department.

March 18, 2020

Cope Plastics, Inc. has a proprietary business continuity plan (“BCP”) that allows us to continue providing products and services to customers in the event of various catastrophes.  The plan outlines substitute internal resources for personnel, facilities, materials, operations and systems should any of these entities become damaged, unusable, unavailable or inaccessible as a result of a disaster.  Operations and/or employees affected by such an event may be moved to a different department or location in order to keep business running.

Cope Plastics has fabrication facilities in three geographically-distinct locales.  In the event one facility is damaged or business is interrupted, Cope Plastics can move operations to an unaffected area, with an expected short-term interruption in operations.  Likewise, Cope Plastics has eighteen geographically-separated warehouse/distribution centers so that operations and materials can be accessible for fabrication and distribution when and where needed.  We partner with third-party vendors and we cannot guarantee that a significant business disruption on their part will not impact that part of our operations; however, we have multiple vendor relationships providing alternatives that allow us to minimize most interruptions.

In the event of a significant business disruption, information about the status of your orders and/or materials can be obtained by directly contacting your sales representative, completing our Contact Us form or by calling 800.851.5510.

March 13, 2020

At Cope Plastics, we understand that there are many uncertainties during this time concerning the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak, including questions we have received surrounding how this might affect Cope Plastics and our supply chain.

Please be assured that, as it stands today, our supply chain appears to be very stable. The overwhelming majority of our supply channel partners manufacture product domestically and are operating at normal capacity. Although the travel ban between the United States and Europe does not currently affect goods and trade, it should be comforting to know that the majority of product we supply to the North American market is currently produced, by various methods, in the USA. We are also working with our vendor partners to ensure that they are taking steps to continue to closely monitor that all raw material sourcing remains available during this outbreak.

We continue to remain vigilant in monitoring updates from public health officials and government agencies so that we can make ongoing assessments. Our staff is in daily contact with our suppliers and monitoring the situation in our supply chain.

To limit the potential impact of COVID-19 on our employees, company operations, and valued customers, we are taking the following cautionary measures:

• Cope has initiated our BCP (business continuity plan) for pandemic response.
• All non-essential air travel is suspended for all employees
• All trade show attendance is suspended until further notice
• Employees are asked to limit nonessential travel to countries listed on the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website

Cope is following all CDC recommended guidelines:

• Washing hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds
• Avoiding touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands
• Avoiding close contact with people who are sick
• Cleaning and disinfecting frequently touched objects and surfaces
• Staying at home when sick and seeking appropriate medical care
• Social Distancing