[0:01] [Music] [0:08] hello Chan Hassen i'm Samantha Deaggio [0:11] and I would like to welcome you to this [0:12] episode of the local today I'm excited [0:14] to welcome Melissa Mas we are here at [0:17] Federal Package would you mind telling [0:19] us a little bit more about Federal [0:20] Package and your history here in the [0:22] city of Chanhassen so Federal Package [0:24] has been around for over since 1982 uh [0:28] we started out as a packaging company so [0:30] Propel repel containers that are lip [0:33] balm containers deodorant containers [0:35] anything that's going to have a wax base [0:37] that's going to have product that goes [0:39] up and down inside the container uh we [0:41] then shifted into actually make I call [0:43] it baking the cake so actually putting [0:45] the ingredients inside and we expanded [0:48] into uh filling for our customers and [0:51] now that's the majority of our business [0:53] that we do is the actual contract [0:55] manufacturing side for lotion creams [0:56] serums lip balms deodorants and all [0:59] kinds of fun products that you find at a [1:01] Target or Walmart how long have you been [1:03] here in Chanhasson so the company's been [1:04] in Chanhassen since 2015 uh we moved [1:07] from Chaska when we expanded the [1:09] business into the contract manufacturing [1:11] side and needed more room so within the [1:13] last few years Federal Package has [1:15] really grown and within that time you [1:17] had thought about relocating looking for [1:19] a larger space you did decide to stay [1:21] here in Chanhassen and we're really glad [1:22] that you did what were some of the [1:24] deciding factors that kept you here in [1:25] Chanhasson one of the main deciding [1:27] factors was our employee base so we have [1:30] 60% of our employee base that lives [1:32] within a 10 mile radius and 75% live [1:35] within a 15mi radius so it was critical [1:38] for us to make sure we didn't have [1:39] disruption to our employees and make [1:42] sure that they can continue the home [1:44] base here in Chanhassen so how do you [1:46] support the industry or the local [1:48] community so obviously from an [1:50] employment perspective but also local [1:53] businesses that we utilize as well so [1:55] two key ones that we have right next [1:56] door is one is smart press that we use [1:58] for a lot of our marketing materials as [2:00] well internal signage and external [2:02] signage we also use promotion select for [2:05] different employee gifts and customer [2:07] gifts when they're coming on board and [2:09] then of course just local businesses and [2:11] restaurants like Red Seavo and Pod [2:13] Valley we use all the time for different [2:15] meetings as customers and um other [2:18] visitors come into the [2:20] business local is more than a zip [2:25] code local means supporting local until [2:29] next time Jan Hassen [2:31] [Music]