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April 30th, 2024 Golf Outing Newsletter
Month: April 2024
GBIG Fosters Collaborative Growth in 5P and Converting Industries
A Green Bay-based business consortium has opened the door to mutually beneficial collaboration between diverse companies. The Green Bay Innovation Group (GBIG) is a business-to-business leader in the Packaging, Paper, Plastics, Printing, Pulp (5P Industries) and Converting industries in Wisconsin. GBIG supports the Great Lakes Region by empowering innovation and technology.
GBIG, which started in 2017 with one sponsor, has grown to 175 sponsors from across the U.S. and the world. GBIG builds authentic relationships while promoting business opportunities, education, and networking.
The key to GBIG’s success is the ability to highlight the innovations of world class manufacturing in the region. In the past, these industries were unrecognized for their innovation and technologies, yet they exported their manufacturing products across the globe. Northeast and Southeast Wisconsin form the Converting Corridor of the U.S., providing tremendous growth opportunities for the region.
Marty Ochs, GBIG executive director, has 50 years of experience in the 5P Industries. He recognized the importance of developing a business-to-business professional organization to serve Wisconsin’s diverse 5P and converting companies. GBIG hosts educational events, tours, seminars, a golf outing, and an annual expo. Recent GBIG events delved into the themes of PFAS in Food Packaging and Converting, Coating, and Sustainability.
GBIG publishes a free, bi-weekly e-newsletter called the GBIG News. The GBIG News shares the latest innovations, announcements, and events in the industry. GBIG also empowers women in the profession by supporting an offshoot of the organization – Wi5P (Women in the 5P Industries).
In addition to promoting collaboration and innovation in the 5P Industry, GBIG contributes to the broader community. The Green Bay Innovation Group Foundation donates to nonprofits, community outreach programs, education, and the business community.
GBIG offers free membership, supported by sponsors. To join GBIG, learn more about the organization, or subscribe to the GBIG News, visit www.greenbayinnovationgroup.com
Swing Big With GBIG June 13th, 2024
Register today for Swing Big With GBIG, a golf outing co-sponsored by Green Bay Innovation Group and First Business Bank.
Swing Big With GBIG is a 4-person scramble on Thursday, June 13, at Mid Vallee Golf Course, 3850 Mid Valley Drive, De Pere, Wisconsin. The golf outing raises money to support local food pantries and nonprofit organizations. Join us for a day of golf and camaraderie for a good cause. In addition to golf, we’ll have raffles and contests on the course. Sink a Hole-in-One to win $10,000 from contest sponsor Packerland Websites.
Promote your organization by sponsoring a hole. Hole sponsorships are available for $300. We do expect to have 150 plus people attending the event. Register as a hole sponsor at the GBIG Events webpage, and email a high-resolution logo to Steve Van Dyke at Steve@greenbayinnovationgroup.com.
We welcome ALL of you to provide give-a-ways at the event!
Golf Outing Schedule
- 8:30 a.m. Registration 8:30 a.m.
- 9:15 a.m. Instructions
- 9:30 a.m. Shotgun Start
- 4 p.m. Awards and socializing
Registration Information
- Registration includes 18 holes of golf with cart, 2 drink tickets, and lunch on the course.
- Single player: $150
- Foursome: $600
- Hole Sponsor: $300
Don’t miss out! The registration deadline is June 5. We have room for just 36 foursomes, and we had a waiting list last year. Let’s make this golf outing a huge success. GBIG is now a 501(C)3 nonprofit organization, and all of profit goes right back to the community to support local charities. Sign up today as a golfer or hole sponsor.
For more information, contact Steve Van Dyke at 608-451-2554 or Steve@greenbayinnovationgroup.com.
GBIG Overview
The Green Bay Innovation Group started in 2017 with one sponsor and we have over one hundred and seventy in 2024. We expect by the end of the year to approach two hundred sponsors. GBIG has added three new Platinum sponsors with two more expected soon. We offer FREE MEMBERSHIP and a FREE Bi-WEEKLY Publication: GBIG NEWS and you can sign up by going to our website GBIG NEWS to get the latest information on the 5P and Converting Industry.
The Green Bay Innovation Group offers 4 Sponsorship Levels: Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze.
New Green Bay Innovation Group Sponsorship Opportunities for 2024
- BRONZE: $250.00 Per Year with unlimited number of companies with your logo and link to your website and it will appear in twenty-four bi-weekly issues per year in our publication.
- SILVER: $500.00 Per Year with your logo and link to your website and it will appear in twenty-four bi-weekly issues in our publication plus special editions. We will publish up to four news releases or articles about your company. We offer 2 FREE passes to our events.
- GOLD: $1,000 Per Year with your logo and link to your website and it will appear in twenty-four bi-weekly issues plus special editions in our publication. We will publish up to eight news releases or articles about your company. We will offer 4 FREE passes to our events. We will help and support your EVENTS, Open Houses, etc. for your company.
- PLANTIUM: $2,500 Per Year with your logo on the GBIG NEWS and link to your website. It will appear in 24 bi-weekly issues plus special promotions supporting your company. We will highlight your company in our GBIG NEWS. We will publish up to twelve news releases, upcoming events at your company, and articles about your company. We will provide SPECIAL REPORTS and INFORMATION to support your sales support staff for new business opportunities!
- Green Bay Website: GBIG will be updating our special section called GBIG Resources. We will create a brief overview of your company with one person’s contact information to direct companies to you. We will have complete listing along with a search engine that will allow buyers to find you. The cost is FREE for our SPONSORS.
- Green Bay Innovation Golf Hole Sponsor for our annual event: $300.00 per hole.
You can go to: www.greenbayinnovationgroup.com/Join and click on JOIN GBIG NOW to sign up for our sponsorships. You can print out a receipt for your records. To get a better understanding of our premier Publication, go to our website and click on GBIG NEWS. You can sign up for FREE!
Marty Ochs
Executive Director
Green Bay Innovation Group
608-698-3333 cell and text
April 24th, 2024 Newsletter
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GBIG NEWS | 80 Stories and Links on the Internet 4/24/2024
GBIG News
Get links to the latest news, events, stories, and interviews from our 5P news sponsors. Our goal is to remind the decision-makers in Wisconsin of the importance of our industry both historically, and more importantly, into the future.
Read the latest 80 Stories and Links on the Internet below.
Featured Stories
- Sofidel paper manufacturer sees room for expansion and beyond
- EPA Finalizes national drinking water standards
- Is hemp the next sustainable medium for packaging?
- In Barron County WI burning trash powers bulbs and cheesemakers
- Biden administration sets first national standards for forever chemicals in drinking water
- Plastic to paper switch brings complications in packaging.
- The Dismantling of the American Timber Industry Logging Sector
- Judge approves historica $12.5 settlement with 3M over pfas
- Evers veto Republican sponsored pfas bill
- US limits pfas in tap water for the first time.
- Myplas new film recycling facility in financial trouble in Minnesota
- pfas alternatives looking more attractive for food packaging
- Forest products Industry gathers for spring celebration hosted by the Great Lakes Timber Professional Association.
- UW Stevens Point alumni named head of Wisconsin Wildlife Federation.
- UW Madison Master Degree in Education ranked number 1 by US News. Why is Wisconsin losing teachers at an alarming rate?
- International Paper Announces agreement to acquire DS Smith.
Events
- The New North Summit June 6, 2024 a can’t miss event.
- Greater Green Bay Chamber tour of the Mulva Center after hours.
- Wisconsin Sustainability ESG Summit in Appleton May 2, 2024
- Fox Cities Chamber 2024 May Pulse CEO Breakfast
- St. Norberts College: CEO Breakfast with Barb LaMue New North, Inc.
- Greater Green Bay Chamber: Build Up Showcase on May 9, 2024
- UWSP: Forestry Management for Wildlife Certification of Birds
Pfas
- Health Department says 22 Minnesota water systems above Federal limits for pfas
- pfas affected water systems in Marinette to receive $750 million in settlement with Tyco Fire Products
- Trump appointees barred staff warning senate of pfas about loopholes.
- Novel hydrogel to remove microplastics
- pfas forever chemicals to officially be removed from food packaging
- The worry about pfas goes back to the 1960’s.
- Evers not ruling out legal challenge to force release $125MM to address pfas
Paper
- SAPPI Announces price increases for Coated and Uncoated Printing Papers
- The push for more recycled content paper for packaging grades.
- Proctor and Gamble profits pop despite China sales
- Paper Cup acceptance low despite mill capacity to reduce them.
- Ahlstrom and Istiuto Stampa develop a compostable butter and margarine packaging
- Survey shows paper based packaging better for the environment than other packaging materials
Design
- Print Typography report 2024 circus of type
- Spectratek Technologies is the industry leader in Holographic Diffraction and Decorative Films.
- 23 social media ideas to keep your brand’s fresh
- Building your social media marketing strategy
- Bottling the Secret Sauce: Brands Share Insights of Closing the Intention-Action Gap
- Designers pick their favorite packaging from 2023
Forestry
- Top countries by forest growth since 2001 with China leading the way.
- India lost 233 million hectares of tree cover since 2020.
- We found vast numbers of ghost roads used to crack open pristine rainforests.
- Historic Investment Planting trees in urban areas
- Logging and Road Construction continue to fuel forest loss in Papua New Guinea
- Forest conservation efforts in Peru are failing across the board in the Amazon region with large losses of forests.
- What happens when Agriculture replaces Forestry
- Sweden’s old growth vast forests are being chopped down faster than the Amazon
Plastic
- Non-Profit group surpasses major milestone removing 15 millions of plastic from the ocean.
- Plastics found in every human placenta
- Groundbreaking New York law on single use plastics band.
- Teaching nature to break down chemical bonds
- Canada’s New Plastic Ban Could Drive Renewed Interest in the P & P Industry
- Nations spar over how to cut plastic pollution
Sponsors
- Appvion: What is Thermal Paper and how does it work!
- Box Latch Products now available on Walmart.com. Congratulations:
- Fiberglass Solutions a ALL STAR in 2024 in fiberglass.
- First Business Bank giving back to our communities is our DNA
- Forever chemicals no more with Wisconsin firm works to remediate pfas – Orion Technologies
- Who is ECO3: A global supplier to the Graphics Arts Industry
- First Business Bank: A guide to succession planning
- Wikoff Color receives ecovadis Bronze metal
Federal and State Regulation in Food Packaging Presentation With Tom Lee
Attorney Tom Lee spoke at the March 20 GBIG event, PFAS in Food Packaging: State by State Regulations. In the absence of comprehensive federal regulations of PFAS in food packaging, states are dishing out their own laws. View Tom Lee’s presentation to learn more.
Swing Big With GBIG 2024
Register today for Swing Big With GBIG, a golf outing co-sponsored by Green Bay Innovation Group and First Business Bank.
Swing Big With GBIG is a 4-person scramble on Thursday, June 13, at Mid Vallee Golf Course, 3850 Mid Valley Drive, De Pere, Wisconsin. The golf outing raises money to support local\ food pantries and nonprofit organizations. Join us for a day of golf and camaraderie for a good cause. In addition to golf, we’ll have raffles and contests on the course. Sink a Hole-in One to win $10,000 from contest sponsor Packerland Websites.
Promote your organization by sponsoring a hole. Hole sponsorships are available for $300. Register as a hole sponsor at the GBIG Events webpage, and email a high-resolution logo to Steve Van Dyke at Steve@greenbayinnovationgroup.com.
Golf Outing Schedule
- 8:30 a.m. Registration 8:30 a.m.
- 9:15 a.m. Instructions
- 9:30 a.m. Shotgun Start
- 4 p.m. Awards and socializing
Registration Information
Registration includes 18 holes of golf with cart, 2 drink tickets, and lunch on the course.
- Single player: $150
- Foursome: $600
- Hole Sponsor: $300
Don’t miss out! The registration deadline is June 5. We have room for just 36 foursomes, and we had a waiting list last year. Let’s make this golf outing a huge success. GBIG is now a 501(C)3 nonprofit organization, and all of profit goes right back to the community to support local charities. Sign up today as a golfer or hole sponsor.
For more information, contact Steve Van Dyke at 608-451-2554 or Steve@greenbayinnovationgroup.com.
Making Paper at the Children’s Museum
By Joan Koehne
Birds and butterflies are sure signs of spring. Thanks to the Handmade Papermakers of Green Bay and Beyond, my great-nephew, 4, and I made a paper bird and butterfly on Saturday, April 13. What a nice memento of our morning together at the Children’s Museum of Green Bay. We attended Paper Play, the free, hand-dipped papermaking event sponsored by GBIG, Women of the 5P Industries, and Handmade Papermakers of Green Bay and Beyond.
To make paper, we started by tearing up a sheet of white paper and colored paper into small pieces. I chose blue paper. Then we scooped up a pint of water, added our torn paper and blended the mixture until it was well-blended. I added dried flowers to the mixture to add color and texture. Next, we chose a cookie cutter so we could make our paper in a fun shape. I chose a bird. We poured the water into the cookie cutter set on a screen, and collected the run-off water in a metal can. Then, we used a sponge and a wooden block to press out the excess water. We hung the bird on the window, so we could see it and let it dry.
The end result was a soft and pretty blue bird with yellow tones. I brought it home and hung it on my refrigerator. On Saturday, April 13,
If you have young children, then schedule a visit to the Children’s Museum of Green Bay. There’s so much to do for the little ones. After we finished our handmade paper bird and butterfly, we spent a lot of time playing in the water and catching fish in the water play area. The Fire Station and Vet Clinic were our other favorites.
Here’s something interesting for GBIG sponsors and their families. The Trades in Training exhibit is coming soon to the museum. This exhibit is designed and created by Kidzibits. Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is partnering with the museum on the exhibit. Trades in Training will allow kids to explore carpentry, electricity, welding and plumbing. The museum will provide weekly programming focused on these trades.
Kids learn by playing. The Children’s Museum of Green Bay created a fantastic learning environment for kids – and a fun place for adults, too.
Thanks to GBIG, Women of the 5P Industries, and Handmade Papermakers of Green Bay and Beyond for sponsoring the hand-dipped papermaking event. The HPGGB members were so gracious, patient, and helpful to me and my 4-year-old great-nephew. We’re glad we went to Paper Play.
Anderson & Vreeland Announces the Expanded Role of Tyler Thomas as National Sales Manager
Tyler Thomas further expands his role as National Sales Manager – U.S. at Anderson & Vreeland Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of flexographic print technologies, equipment, and consumables, announced by Andy Gillis, Vice President & General Manager of Anderson & Vreeland Inc.
BRYAN, Ohio, April 11, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Anderson & Vreeland, a prominent manufacturer and distributor of flexographic print technologies, equipment, and consumables, is pleased to announce the expanded role of Tyler Thomas as National Sales Manager – U.S.
Thomas has demonstrated unwavering commitment to his work, continuously climbing the ranks over the years. After serving as a Technical Sales Representative at Provident LLC, Tyler joined Anderson & Vreeland as the Eastern Sales Team’s Regional Manager. Then after the formation of the Polymer Business Development Team in late 2023, Thomas began leading the U.S. Sales Team at Anderson & Vreeland, where he has exhibited positive momentum and trajectory in the company, knocking out every opportunity that has come his way.
“Tyler’s authentic and genuine leadership style, passion for promoting clients’ success, and exceptional ability to unify the US-based sales team have earned him this promotion,” stated Andy Gillis, Vice President & General Manager of Anderson & Vreeland. “I am confident that under Tyler’s leadership, the company will remain a next-generation business problem solver.”
Before joining Provident, Thomas served as an Infantry Officer in the US Army. During this time, he earned invaluable experience serving as a Platoon Leader up to Executive Officer of a Headquarters Company, managing inventories worth over $70 million, and leading an organization with over 200 people. He went on to conduct multiple training operations with partnered nations’ militaries, including in Gabon, Africa, and Thailand.
Thomas is a graduate of the University of Alabama where he received a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and was awarded The Daughters of The Founders and Patriots award for having the highest GPA in leadership and management. Currently, Tyler and his wife, Morgan, reside in Carrollton, Georgia, where they enjoy spending time with friends and family.
About Anderson & Vreeland
Anderson & Vreeland has established itself as a trusted name in the industry with a commitment to delivering exceptional flexographic products for over 60 years. For more information about the company and its range of products and services, please visit their website at http://www.andvre.com.
Media Contact
Courtney Pazdra, Anderson & Vreeland, 2242531171, marketing@andvre.com, www.andersonvreeland.com
