GBIG News
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Wisconsin
- Converters Expo April 26-27 Lambeau Field
- PCMC Launching our new Packaging Innovation Center with a tour and networking!
- Precision Roll Solutions: JOIN US FOR A FACTORY TOUR ON APRIL 27TH FROM 1:00 TO 5:00 PM. during Converters Expo.
- ePac based in Madison, WI to top $200m in sales in 2021
- Officials break ground on American Packaging Corp. facility in Cedar City with headquarters in Columbus, WI.
- Placon: Living sustainable is not something we do every day; it is our company vision
- ePac – Helping Brands of ALL Sizes based out of Madison, WI.
- The Future Of Work: Olga Mendez of American Packaging Corporation – Columbus, WI.
- Summit Packaging breaks ground on new 77M sf Racine Facility
- Examining Paper Shortages and Publishing Worker Unrest – Jim Fetherston CEO of Stevens Point based Worzalla
- WEDC: Workforce Innovation Grant Program
- WPC Led Coalition Hosts Economic Roundtable with U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce
- Evers’ Surplus Plan Would Deliver for Wisconsin Families and Businesses
- The Ancient Forest In Wisconsin That’s Right Out Of A Storybook
- Sprint Print Converts to Minuteman Press Franchise in Madison after 35 years in business.
- Paper Discovery Center in Application shifting to focus on science
- Great Lakes Impact Investment Platform projects reducing 3 million tons of carbon, saving more than 5 million gallons of water
- UW Madison: Member of Nelson Institute lab helps to map the world’s irrecoverable carbon
- Foxconn: Once vowed to be Eighth Wonder of the World, Foxconn survives as a spec development
- Unemployment rates increase demand for college students in Wisconsin
- After Foxconn’s pledges have failed to materialize, the former executive is hired by UW- Madison College of Engineering
- 3 BRILLIANT MINUTES: Paper from pollen
- UW Madison: New machine learning and data science option offers ECE undergraduates in-demand skills in Engineering
- Pulsar Engineering – GB Food trays
- UW-Oshkosh to heat campus building using food waste $339K grant will retrofit campus biodigester.
- UW Platteville students recognized at Research on plastics in the Rotunda
Industry
- Converters Continuous improvement: the great equalizer.
- Printing 5th largest manufacturing industry and Wisconsin is in trouble – NO PAPER
- Running in circles: How the paper industry is the epitome of the circular economy
- Amplify brings print finishing and embellishments to the forefront.
- Intertape Polymer Group.acquired in $2.68B deal
- Science says thinned forests are healthy forests
- Vanguard uncovered: Eco-Products president on creating fiber packaging without PFAS or regrettable substitutes
- MILLCRAFT: Keeping Ahead of Continuing Supply Chain Issues for PAPER in 2022
- Flexible Packaging circular economy: Industry targets mono materials amid inadequate recycling infrastructure
- Fighting Fade: How Long Will Color Last?
- Amcor develops compostable paper packaging for butter
- Sawdust-based biodegradable packaging can nourish aquatic life, researchers discover
- Forest don’t just reduce climate change – they can improve our mental and physical health as well
- Could the Pulp and Paper Industry Play a Role in Producing Bio-Products?
- Starbucks phasing out its iconic cups
- Michigan Tech on Cutting Edge of Cross Laminated Timber Technology
- CASA and INDA Welcome Introduction of WIPES Act in U.S. Senate
- Revival of the North American Book Market
- International Paper’s Mark Sutton Named Executive Papermaker of the Year
- Addressing the Challenges in the Paper Supply Chain
- After Making a Considerable Investment, What Is BillerudKorsnas Going to Do with Its Verso Mills?
- Paper Shortages: What’s Behind the Problem and What Can We do?
- Russian Invasion of Ukraine is Already Impacting the Global P&P Industry
- How Rising Containerboard Capacity Has Influenced Boxplant Investments
- Postal workers hope new law will stop the bleeding at the USPS
- Stora Enso launches recyclable fibre-based material for foodservice paper lids
- Midland Announces Strategic Acquisition of J. Schmid
- INDA Announces Six New Board Members and Officers
- Veritiv Agrees to Sell Its Canadian Operations to Imperial Dade
Converting
- New Guide: How To Modernize And Optimize Your Label Converting Business
- ABX Packaging Rhinelander, WI: See Video
- New Research Service to Track Label Production Workflow Trends
- Nichols Paper: A NEW ERA OF PRINTING AND CONVERTING
- Paper Converting by Norka, Inc.
- A trusted leader in flexographic, digital, die cutting, lamination and clean room manufacturing
- Walden is a leading Flexographic Printing & Converting company with a long trusted reputation
- Creative Converting is a leading source for any BRAND name products.
- Converted Products, Inc. Capabilities: Slitting, Rewinding, Hot Melt Laminating and Spool Winding
Sponsor
- The New North: Registration now open for Summit, June 9 at Lambeau Field
- FIRST BUSINESS Bank Quarterly Market Review Q1 2022
- Stratasys on volume production and additive manufacturing
- EMT World Class Manufacturing
- Shemesh to Showcase Enhanced Vertical Canister Wipes Stuffer Range
- Domino details VDP growth
- Robinson: Modular metal fabricators produce plug-and-play systems solutions
- MWES: Robotic Paint Line Tending Cell
- PCMC Tour and Networking Event from 2:00 – 4:00 on April 26
