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A. Rifkin Co. A. Rifkin Co. is the leading provider of security and non-security reusable fabric bags and specialty products.

We’ve been manufacturing goods since 1892 to meet the needs of banks, elections, federal govt, libraries, medical facilities, schools, & more.

đź’Š Does your medical facility have a documented process for medication transport between departments? In many facilities,...
11/02/2026

đź’Š Does your medical facility have a documented process for medication transport between departments?

In many facilities, controlled substance transport is among the least documented high-risk processes. Rifkin's Keyless Security bags with tamper-evident closures provide verifiable documentation that a bag was not accessed between the pharmacy and the receiving department — supporting the accountability that compliance requires.

See tamper-evident options for healthcare:
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🏦 Cash moves through your branch dozens of times a day. Are the bags holding up? Coin counting, denomination sorting, te...
11/01/2026

🏦 Cash moves through your branch dozens of times a day. Are the bags holding up?

Coin counting, denomination sorting, teller-to-vault transfers — currency handling at bank branches is high-frequency and high-stakes. Rifkin's Coin and Currency Handling Bags are designed for that institutional use environment, with multiple sizes and durable construction for daily branch operations.

Browse banking bags:
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Safety Sac vs. Heavy-Duty Courier Bag: matching product to agency use intensity. Both include Arcolock-7 locking. The ch...
10/31/2026

Safety Sac vs. Heavy-Duty Courier Bag: matching product to agency use intensity.

Both include Arcolock-7 locking. The choice between them is a use-intensity decision.

Safety Sac Bags: general-purpose agency transport with moderate daily use frequency and standard load requirements.

Heavy-Duty Courier Bags: engineered for higher daily use frequency, heavier loads, and applications where the bag is shared across multiple departments or shifts.

Over-specifying costs more than necessary. Under-specifying produces premature failure and unplanned replacement cost.

Connect with Rifkin to find the right match:
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How to standardize document transport procedures across a multi-building government agency. Standardization across distr...
10/30/2026

How to standardize document transport procedures across a multi-building government agency.

Standardization across distributed government operations requires four elements:

1. Categorization: define material types and their compliance requirements.
2. Product assignment: match bag type to compliance requirement consistently across all locations.
3. Training: deliver the same handling procedure training to staff at every location.
4. Sourcing: purchase all bag types from a single manufacturer for consistency and simplified reordering.

Rifkin's product line covers both access-control (Arcolock) and tamper-documentation (Keyless Security) categories from a single source.

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Government agencies face growing audit scrutiny on sensitive material transport documentation. Audit requirements for go...
10/29/2026

Government agencies face growing audit scrutiny on sensitive material transport documentation.

Audit requirements for government document handling have expanded significantly in recent years. Chain-of-custody documentation — once primarily an elections and law enforcement concern — is now standard practice across a much wider range of government operations.

Agencies that have not formalized their transport documentation process are exposed. Those that have — using tamper-evident bags with verifiable closure integrity — are better positioned when audits occur.

See tamper-evident transport options:
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The risk of non-compliant transport bags shows up in audit findings, not procurement costs. A bag that costs less but la...
10/28/2026

The risk of non-compliant transport bags shows up in audit findings, not procurement costs.

A bag that costs less but lacks the tamper-evident or access control features required by the workflow it serves looks like a procurement success at the time of purchase. It looks like a compliance failure during the audit.

The total cost of that audit finding — remediation, documentation review, potential operational disruption — is almost always higher than the cost difference between the compliant and non-compliant bag. Procurement decisions made with compliance function as the primary criterion prevent that cost.

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How many of your agency's courier bag routes have a documented chain-of-custody process? For most agencies, the answer i...
10/27/2026

How many of your agency's courier bag routes have a documented chain-of-custody process?

For most agencies, the answer is fewer than compliance frameworks expect. The gap is not always a policy failure — it's often a product gap. Bags without tamper-evident features make chain-of-custody documentation difficult to maintain at the individual transfer level.

Rifkin's Keyless Security bags close that product gap, providing the physical documentation layer that makes written procedures auditable.

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Did you know Rifkin's Classified Material Bags can be discussed directly with Rifkin's team for agency-specific requirem...
10/26/2026

Did you know Rifkin's Classified Material Bags can be discussed directly with Rifkin's team for agency-specific requirements?

Agencies with specific classified material transport requirements — unusual dimensions, custom interior configurations, or specialized security specifications — can work directly with Rifkin's manufacturing team. All custom work is produced at the same U.S. facility as catalog products, under the same quality standards.

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🎥 Government procurement officers who want to verify a manufacturer's production standards can see Rifkin's facility dir...
10/25/2026

🎥 Government procurement officers who want to verify a manufacturer's production standards can see Rifkin's facility directly.

A. Rifkin Co.'s YouTube channel includes footage from the U.S. manufacturing facility — the in-house production process behind every product. For procurement teams that document vendor facility reviews, this footage provides direct visual verification of the manufacturing environment without requiring physical travel.

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The value of working with a fifth-generation, family-owned manufacturer compounds over time. Establishing a government v...
10/24/2026

The value of working with a fifth-generation, family-owned manufacturer compounds over time.

Establishing a government vendor relationship requires initial investment — evaluating the manufacturer, confirming product specifications, establishing the ordering process. Once established, every subsequent order benefits from that institutional knowledge.

Over multiple fiscal years, the efficiency of a maintained manufacturer relationship accumulates into a meaningful administrative cost reduction. The investment in establishing the relationship is repaid quickly.

Learn about Rifkin's manufacturing and history:
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1400 Sans Souci Pkwy
Wilkes-Barre, PA
18706

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm

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(800) 458-7300

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