Bing Priest Receives Linda Hartinger Award

February 27, 2020

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Bing Priest of Printing Papers in Little Rock, AR will be honored with the Linda Hartinger Award at the 2020 AIPPM Annual Meeting in Austin, TX on February 27, 2020.

Costco Boasts Ownership of America's Fourth Biggest Magazine

February 25, 2020

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Costco relies on a surprising perk to engage its executive members and keep them hooked on their $120-a-year subscription: The Costco Connection monthly magazine.

CNG’s Lindenmeyr Munroe Acquires Minnesota-Based Wilcox Paper

February 19, 2020

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Central National Gottesman Inc. (CNG), which owns a range of sales and distribution businesses in the global pulp, paper, tissue, packaging, wood products and metals industries, announced today that its Lindenmeyr Munroe division has acquired the business of Wilcox Paper, an independent paper merchant based in Champlin, Minnesota.

Protecting Packagers in an Already Connected Market

February 14, 2020

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How do you know that what’s inside your package is safe? This is a question the packaging industry is taking seriously. Counterfeiting and diversion—the act of derailing a product from its expected course—within the packaging industry is rampant, said Joe Belenardo, senior vice president at Systech, at Pack Expo 2019.

5 Must-Know Trends in Paper Packaging Today

February 14, 2020

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Displays at Pack Expo 2019 were full of sustainable paper packaging products made to stay true to the natural properties of paper. Joan Sahlgren, senior director of public relations at the Paper and Packaging Board, said this trend is one of the reasons why it’s an exciting time in the paper packaging industry right now.

Corporations Remove Consumer Choice

February 14, 2020

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In an effort to reduce costs, a growing number of companies are switching customers from paper to electronic communications — without their consent.

Putting Pencil to Paper

February 14, 2020

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Examining the benefits of keeping print and paper in the classroom.

Repurpose Boxes to Make Your Own Seed Paper

January 16, 2020

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If you've done some online shopping, recently moved or even threw a birthday party, there are probably more boxes floating around your home than usual. Cardboard is recyclable (in fact, 88 percent of all cardboard boxes in the United States were recycled in 2017), but there are creative ways to reuse cardboard, too.

Unboxing Great Packaging Design with Mouth.com

January 16, 2020

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Today you can order almost everything online, but when it comes to treating yourself or someone else, packaging may play a bigger role in the experience than you think.

Unboxing Great Packaging Design with Ernest Packaging Solutions

January 16, 2020

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Most orthodontic kits come in plain packaging, even plastic bags. So when World Class Technology and Ernest Packaging Solutions teamed up to showcase the Pitts 21 orthodontic system, they set out to give clinicians a different kind of customer experience.