C.R.A.T.E.S., Inc involves three types of business operations:

1. Selling new packaging equipment and rebuilding packaging equipment.

2. Selling new bundling and rebuilding bundling equipment.

 3. Selling recycling equipment and material

New packaging equipment includes packaging machines such as case sealers and shrink wrap machines.  C.R.A.T.E.S., Inc also buys and rebuilds used equipment.

C.R.A.T.E.S., Inc is involved in another important process, recycling.  In this area C.R.A.T.E.S., Inc sells machines that break down a product that no longer has a valuable use to make a new product.  Mr. Cervantes, owner of C.R.A.T.E.S., Inc is very involved in the recycling movement and is on the board of the ARC (Arkansas Recycling Coalition).

The third part of the business is the selling of supplies. C.R.A.T.E.S., Inc sells any type of supplies needed for the packaging process.  These supplies include twine, strap, tape, and paper/poly film material.

C.R.A.T.E.S., Inc. has a large coverage area. This area includes six states; all of Arkansas and portions of Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Texas.