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Industry

Jeff Wooster: It’s time for the circular revolution

One Life Is Not Enough for Plastics: How Dow Is Designing for Recyclability

The importance of share-worthy packaging

This Labor Day we need to rethink the employer-employee compact

Scrap paper exports jump 21% in first half of year

Lumber Prices Stabilize; Is More Volatility Around the Corner?

Why do I need corona treating and how does it work?

Logging and Thinning Help to Reduce Catastrophic Wildfire Risks

5 Reasons Why paper Cards are Making Inroads into the Transaction Card Market

In My Opinion: Yes, plastics circularity is achievable

RFID IS Booming in Retail

Digital Inkjet Inks for Industrial Printing

Value-Engineered Packaging: Does Your Packaging Reflect Your Brand

Climate change is making ocean waves more powerful, threaten to erode many coastlines

The global supply chain wasn’t built for this: flight delays hammer US

Solving the plastic problem: A look at some sustainable initiatives in Africa

Packaging Coated Market to Reach

Georgia-Pacific Mill Reduces Water Use by 40% in 10 weeks

We asked young people about work and skills. Here’s what they told us

The Unboxing Experience: What’s Old Is New Again

New Beginnings and Future Opportunities in Digital Print

The global toilet paper market is expected to reach $39.5 Billion by 2028

6 Holiday Packaging Design trends for 2021

Wisconsin

Paper Industry International Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Sept. 30

Honors on the River – Paper Hall of Fame

After sale, uncertain future of Park Falls paper plant

A rare sight along the Bay of Green Bay

Evers; End of Pandemic Unemployment Will Not Solve Worker Shortage

Your move to Green Bay

Mayor Genrich Announces Green Bay’s Conservation Corps

Ahlstrom-Munksjo: Rhinelander plant announces temporary machine idle

Appvion Expands Direct Thermal Productin line with Dispersible Label Solution

Wikoff Color Adds Gravure Ink Facility in Milwaukee

Northwoods Loggers Say Federal Help Welcome, Won’t Fill Losses

Quad looks to hire 700+ people across Wisconsin

Secretary Message: Projects throughout the state aim to increase access to economic well-being

Inland Packaging Donates to the Great River United Way

Boston-based software company acquires Madison’s Widen

Forever chemicals found in groundwater near military bases

Winnebago Waterways work to speed up blue-green algae bloom detection

Removal of Second Smoke Stack Nearly Complete at Georgia-Pacific Broadway Plant

Wisconsin DNR Identifies 92 New Waters as Impaired

Event celebrates 150-year history of the Peshtigo fire

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2022 BUSINESS STATISTICS & TRENDS: Fill out survey for FREE COPY

JOA Gentle Touch Folder increase throughput and lower costs

Green Bay Packaging – E-commerce solutions

First Business Bank – Giving Back Means Doing Good For Our Communities

ePac Flexible Packaging Launches in Australia

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Industry

5 Top Printing Technology Solutions for Packaging

Oil Prices Near 7-Year High; Will Delivered Wood Fiber Prices Increase?

Packaging design trends 2021: Creatives critique F&B brand modernization and minimalism

Climate change is making ocean waves more powerful, threatening to erode many coastlines

How to succeed in an increasingly risky cyber environment

10 Artificial Intelligence Innovations Impacting the Packaging Industry in 2021

Berry Global unveils first US commercial clean-room for 9-layor blown-film manufacturing

Digital Printing is Making Gains in Sheet fed Printing Markets

Thinning Creates Healthy Forests and Drive Cash Flows for Landowners

What You Can Learn from the Evolution of the NBC Logo

SB Healthcare costs

UW Fluorescing Ink Jacket Showcases Future Status.

Waste Today – Recovered paper demand has not slowed down

87 Percent of American Shoppers Concerned About Plastics, Packaging Waste

Total U.S. Printing-Writing Paper Shipments Increased Five Percent in July 2021

Total U.S. Packaging Papers & Specialty Packaging Shipments Decreased One Percent

Preparing for the flood: Packaging New Product Launches

Google explores how to capture 4.5 billion tons of plastic

International Paper Announces Spinoff Name Sylvmo.

New Amazon Programs Aim to Curtail Rampant eCommerce Return Waste

Tapping digital’s full potential in pulp and paper process optimization

House passes bill requiring EPA to regulate PFAS contamination

What Coca-Cola Can Tell us About Effective Branding

Neenah Filtration Launches New Filter Media

Wisconsin

Whole freaking cow!

A Fight Is Brewing Over A Bottle Water Proposal Near lake Superior

Paper Industry International Hall of Fame Introduction Ceremony Sept. 30

Honors on the River – Paper Hall of Fame

Thompson wants task force to Examine higher education

Northwestern Wisconsin Experiences Smoke, Air Quality Impacts As Boundary Water Wildfires Grow

Using Custom Beer Labels & Packaging to Bring Your Seasonal Release to Market

Worzalla Employees Donate 500 Pounds of School Supplies

UW Wisconsin Moves up in worldwide ranking of universities

New North, Inc. Workforce Strategies

Grant program to help small businesses to help small business find homes in Wisconsin

WEDC – Tax credits available for employers who provide paid leave for vaccination

UWO Grant

CTI Paper USA in New, Exclusive Partnership with Italy’s Gruppo Cordenons

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ASI

Gopak Flexible Packaging

Printco Industries

Helping Brands of all Sizes Grow with Great Packaging

New North Regional Collaboration Idea Generator

Costly Mistakes Employers Make with Their Non-Competition Agreements

MECA – Carbon Fiber Rolls Generate Immediate Return On Investment

The Digital World In Corrugated

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Corporate Carbon Offsets Get Reexamined by U.S. Wildfires Range

Rapid packaging prototyping for consumer product packaging with 3D printing

Softwood and Hardwood Pulp

Understanding forest inventory

Retail Ready Packaging Market Report by MRFR

World Economic Forum – Technology and climate change

Beverage labels become greener and smarter

20 new sustainable packaging innovations

Wide format printers

Novolex Closes on Acquisition of Flexo Converters USA, Inc.

7 Product Design Trends

Five “Feel Good” Environment Stories from the Paper and Packaging Industry

Digital Printing is on the Rise

Georgia-Pacific: GB Packaging expands manufacturing curbside recycled paper padded mailer for e-commerce

Wisconsin

Georgia Pacific confirms plans for northeast wisconsin hub – 1.1MM square feet

Green Bay – Brown County’s population increases by more than 8.4%

Researchers Look For Ways To Stop Flow Of PFAS Into Rhinelander’s Water Supply

Geneva Supply opens Kenosha Country Warehouse transforming 385M Square-foot warehouse.

IRIS USA Inc. expands operations in Pleasant Prairie

Gov. Evers Announces Groundbreaking $130 Million Investment in Workforce Solutions

St. Paper invests in a Andriy supplied TM at Duluth

A Brief History of Logging Congress

Madison, WI came out on top of U.S. Cities that grew in engineering and tech jobs

UWO researchers gathering input for comprehensive Wisconsin Paper industry studies

Wisconsin – AcademicInfluence.com Ranks the States Best Colleges & Universities

Schneider to build new innovation center in Northeast Wisconsin

Top Cities Where U.S. Manufacturing Is Thriving – Sheboygan, WI

Midwest Crushing & Screening to represent Terex Ecotec in Wisconsin

Smoked Out: As Wildfires Ravage Canada and Western US, Wisconsin Air Quality Is Challenged

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First Business Bank’s Asset-Based Lending Group Closes $13 Million loan for a plastic injection products manufacturer.

Company Box Completes Major Expansion, Installs Second HP C500 Press

First Business Bank – Manufacturing First: Conference at a Glance

Domino, Paragon Inks Create Fully Compliant Suite of UV Varshishes

Davis-Standard adds 14th Blow Molder

Superior Food Packaging Papers

Summerfest Tech schedules for Sept. 8th

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Industry

Domtar, Paper Excellence Merger Approved by Stockholders

Pactiv Evergreen to Exit Coated Groundwood Paper Business Following Years of Market Decline

Former Appvion plant bought

First Person Perspective: How the paper industry is helping to push product recyclability

New Study Says Folding Carton Packaging Market Set to Boom to $172 billion in 2026

RethINK PACKAGING – reconfiguring the packaging system for a circular future

Inkjet Printing and The Packaging Market

Glatfelter to Buy Jacob Holm

Step-by-Step Package Dieline Tutorial

Ulta Beauty Joins the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag

Pushing Beyond Infinite: How Circular Plastics Can Help Reduce GHGs

Wisconsin

Smoked Out: As Wildfires Ravage Canada And Western US, Wisconsin’s Air Quality Is Challenged

Ahlstrom-Munksjö and Via Separations Partner with U.S. Department of Energy to Enable Energy Efficiency

Verso Corporation Confirms Receipt of Unsolicited Acquisition Proposal from Atlas Holdings LLC

Scott 24 Hour Sanitizing Wipes Wins WOW Innovation Award

C-P Flexible Packaging Announces Acquisition of Prestige-Pak, Inc.

State Regulators Can Begin Crafting Standards For More PFAS Chemicals

Regulators Vow To Meet Water Quality Challenges Despite Pushback From Industry, Lawmakers

Kimberly-Clark’s profit drops 41% in the second quarter

UW System Will Offer Scholarship Drawing For Students Who Get Vaccinated Against COVID-19

Survey: Wisconsin Great Lakes Communities To Spend $245M To Repair Coastal Damage

DNR Seeking Public Input On PFAS Contamination In Marinette/Peshtigo

Warm-up Contactless, Körber’s breakthrough innovation and the first ever to use electromagnetic induction heating for embossing. A real market revolution!

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Alternative Financing Strategies For Your Business

The Expanding Reach of Narrow Web

Welcome to BAUM MACHINE, INC.

Developments and Outlook on Employment Regulations under the Current Administration

Lemorau partners with Vetaphone

Prepress technology

HP Going Digital – can label Converters afford not too?

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Nonwovens Go Natural

Global Trade of Wood Chips Increased by Almost 50% from 2009 to 2020

5 product label trends to differentiate your brand in 2021

Nestlé moves beyond forest protection to a forest positive strategy and boosts its use of satellite services

Help your employees find purpose—or watch them leave

Sofidel Attains High Efficiency And Premium Quality On Toscotec’s Lines.

5 product label trends to differentiate your brand in 2021

Essity hopes to reduce the impact of its products in favor of the environment

This is how climate change is impacting the ocean – and what we can do about it

OCC price increases $20 per ton over the last month

Nation’s first packaging EPR bill is signed into law

Domtar to Restart Paper Machine at Ashdown, Arkansas, Mill to Meet Customer Demand

Research breakthrough signals end of fossil fuel plastic with new plant protein substitute

ACTEGA Launches Signite™ to Transform the ‘No Label Look’ Market and Provide a Zero Waste Future

Creating One-of-a-Kind Beer Labels Using Variable Data Printing

Leveraging Supply Chain Opportunities in a Post-Pandemic World

Verso Confirms Receipt of Unsolicited Acquisition Proposal from Atlas Holdings

UV Fluorescing Ink Market Showcases Future Status of Prime Manufacturers Across Major Economies during 2025

Sofidel launches sustainable household paper and packaging in the U.S.

Fort Dearborn and Multi-Color Corporation merge

Report Details Packaging Industry’s Massive Impact on the U.S. Economy

Wisconsin

ProAmpac acquires APC Paper Group

Nosco Begins Carton and Label Production at New Pleasant Prairie Packaging Innovation Center

Wisconsin Supreme Court Affirms DNR Authority To Restrict, Deny Farm Permits To Protect Water

Milwaukee Mayor Wants To Put Nearly $14M In Federal Relief Funds Toward Workforce Development

Are You Prepared to Staff for the New Normal?

A big win for clean water in Wisconsin

UW-Green Bay Funding in the New State Budget

ProAmpac Opens Global Collaboration & Innovation Center

US News and World Report Ranks Green Bay as 21st Best Place to Live in the US

SUPPORTING WISCONSIN’S FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY

Assembly Bill May Undermine DNR’s Authority To Hold PFAS Polluters Accountable

Gov. Evers, WEDC Celebrate Heartland Produce Groundbreaking on New $29 Million Facility in Kenosha

Wisconsin Labor Market Faces Challenges New And Old Coming Out Of COVID-19 Pandemic

Alliant Energy Announces Plans To Plant 1M Trees, Progress Toward Clean Energy Vision

“Innovation is a Process” – Craig Dickman’s Mantra

Fighting Fire with Fire: Bringing prescribed fire back to the land helps prevent wildfires and keeps forests healthy for recreation and industry

Gov. Evers joins Great Lakes States’ Governors to discuss PFAS Action Act

Reps. Kind, Gallagher Introduce a bipartisan bill to help families test their private wells for ‘forever chemicals’

Printing Industry Associations Signs Green Tier Charter

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Davis-Standard to Promote Range of Technology at Converter’s Expo

Flexografix, USA: A Relationship Built to Last

Robinson Can Help Integrate Wipes Lines

ASI To Supply Drying System for Construction Materials Line

The road ahead for plastic packaging

Alan Hice Joins First Business Bank as Vice President – SBA Lending

HP continues fight against counterfeit labels and packaging

Accounting and Administrative Support, Hingham

BELLISSIMA DMS CASE STUDY: Flexografix, USA A Relationship Built to Last

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Industry

New Study Says Folding Carton Packaging Market Set to Boom to $172 billion in 2026

Guide to Verifying Responsible Sourcing of Fiber

Digital Transformation: A Guide for Manufacturers

Packaging for E-Commerce

Stora Enso launches low-carbon material for micorwave ready meal trays

Bumble Bee Plants ‘SeaTrees’ to Kick Off Ocean-Regeneration Initiative

Global Molded Pulp Packaging Market (2021 to 2028) – by Source; Type; Product; End-use and Regions – ResearchAndMarkets.com

Wisconsin

Georgia Pacific takes massive warehouse plan from Town of Lawrence to De Pere

GBIG Evolutoin and Expansion of the 5P and Converting Industries

Green Bay Innovation Group’s 2021-2022 Season of Events

Neenah To Invest $13 Mln In Liner Coating Capacity, Cease Operations At Wisconsin Facility

Platinum Equity to Sell Multi-Color Corporation to CD&R

Neenah Announces Significant Operational Changes

How Two Cooperatives Plan to Bring Back Paper Mills in Wisconsin Rapids and Park Falls

Quad Divests Its QuadExpress 3PL Logistics Business

Inland Begins Production at New Facility in La Crosse, WI

Co-pack/Co-man Bets on Beverage Market Transformation

Learn more about the ‘Wisconsin Portfolio’ at TitletownTech July 26

Programmed to win: 10 cities where tech strength defies the pandemic

Körber introduces a hot embossing system for greater product volumes

INFINITY INFUSION 3.1 MODULAR MACHINE SYSTEM EXPANDS GLOBAL PRESENCE

Outlook Group thrilled with their FIRST digital label press, Domino N610i digital UV inkjet

Madison365: Michael Flowers joins Green Bay venture capital firm Equity League

DNR initiative seeks to conserve already healthy watershed

New Transportation Program Connects Workers To ‘Last Mile’ Of Employment

Ahlstrom-Munksjö launches PawPrint™, a full range of pet food packaging solutions

Wisconsin State Journal: Wisconsin should invest in its innovators by Missy Hughes

$100M For Eau Claire Sports, Events Complex Gets Green Light From UW Regents

Bill would provide grants for ‘forever chemical’ contamination but take away the ability to sue polluters

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Superior Food Packaging Papers

Vetaphone

Davis-Standard Honors Seven Retirees Representing 250 Years of Combined Service

PCMC Names Steven Charapata as Aftermarket Sales Executive-Controls Obsolescence

ePac Flexible Packaging Celebrates 5 Years of Accelerated Growth

Domino prepares customers for digital printing success

Domino, Paragon Inks Create Fully Compliant Suite of UV Varnishes

Emt International

PCMC’s Fusion C now equipped to run Gelflex-EB® inks at 400 meters per minute

Time is Money—The Spot Color Matching Challenge