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A Note From Marty Ochs
Over the past 30 years, we have witnessed more independent companies going into Converting. Today, the Paper Manufacturers are subcontracting and providing jumbo mill rolls to independent converting companies and paper distributors. That’s just one of the changes in the industry.
GBIG has compiled other statistics and information about the Converting Industry in Wisconsin. Read more of these insights into the Wisconsin Converting Industry.
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GBIG Sponsor Appreciation Night
Thanks to everyone who attended the GBIG Sponsor Appreciation event on Thursday at The Automobile Gallery in downtown Green Bay. It was great to socialize with others in the 5P Industries.
We had a chance to see the gallery’s amazing collection of cars and enjoy a buffet. We also had an opportunity to network, reconnect with others in the industry and meet new people involved with the 5P Industries. Thanks for attending!
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VPI Breaks Ground
VPI announces the groundbreaking of the new Community Programs Collective, a facility designed to meet the rising demand for inclusive services and serve as a hub for programs that support children, adults, and families with disabilities. This facility, opening Spring 2025 at 2350 N. Casaloma Dr. Appleton, brings together VPI’s Early Intervention, Adult Day Services, and Education and Employment Programs.
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Amcor buys Berry Global
Amcor bought U.S. packaging giant Berry Global in a $8.43B deal to bring together two complementary businesses. The transaction potentially creates a global mega-company with a big footprint in the consumer and healthcare packaging sectors. Amcor and Berry will combine in an all-stock transaction.
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Each year, GBIG partners with Trees For Tomorrow, a Wisconsin nonprofit dedicated to environmental education, by providing a matching donation to their annual fundraiser. Trees For Tomorrow, located in Eagle River, Wisconsin, annually serves 14,000 youth and adults. To match GBIG’s support of environmental education, visit TreesForTomorrow.com and click on the red Donate button. | |
Cutting costs, increasing output, and reducing emissions: three goals that all leaders in the oil and gas industry continuously prioritize. Achieving these goals means optimizing processes that are already highly complex, finding sources of inefficiency and loss, and remaining agile in a volatile and disruptive economic climate. Read about the ways Quad Plus technology is making waves in the oil and gas industry. | |
Rocket Industrial, a leading name in packaging innovation and solutions, announces the launch of its new private labeled product line: Zenith. The Zenith line, designed to meet the highest standards of performance and reliability, includes a comprehensive range of packaging essentials. Key features include Zenith hand and machine stretch wrap and polyester strapping. “Our aim with the Zenith line is to offer our customers not just superior products, but also solutions that align with their cost saving and sustainability goals,” said Chris Boudreau, Category Manager at Rocket Industrial. | |
Keller is a leader in cutting edge design/build services and large-scale projects. With on-staff Architects, Interior Designers and Project Managers, Keller is a single point of contact for customers to keep everything on track, on time and in budget. Keller is headquartered in Kaukauna, WI, with offices in Madison, Milwaukee and Wausau. As 100% employee-owned, they are leaders in the construction industry specializing in new construction, remodel, retrofit, and reroof projects. | | |
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PACKAGING STORIES AND UPDATES | |
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FOREST STORIES AND UPDATES | |
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Specializing in Films
Hi-Tech Plastics, Inc. is a proud family-owned business specializing in top-quality cast machine, hand, banding, disposable, and specialty stretch films. Based in Kaukauna, WI, the compan opened in 1986. In 1999, Bernie Dahlin acquired the business, and in 2020, his son Chip assumed the role of President and CEO. By 2024, Chip’s son Gus had stepped into the role of Vice President and General Manager, continuing the family tradition of leadership.
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3 Best-in-Class Awards
The TLMI Printing Excellence Awards celebrate the outstanding printing and converting achievements in the North American Label and Packaging Industry. The TLMI Printing Excellence Awards recognize all print processes including digital, flexography, gravure, offset, rotary screen, and multi-process. Of the nine Best-in-Class category winners, Domino customers brought home three Best-in-Class awards! Amherst Label, an Inovar company; ASL Print FX, an AWT Company; and International Label & Printing.
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How to De-stress Employees
With 2025 right around the corner, the data shows us that 2025 is building up to be a year of intense turnover. Employees are fed up with all the pressure at work (which compounds the pressure in their personal lives) and are experiencing burnout at historically high rates. Organizations are going to need to find some kind of solution to de-stress their employees, or they will be putting themselves at risk of experiencing turnover that might be too much to handle.
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Team Building & Results
In today’s challenging business climate, there is ongoing pressure to find employees, build a strong team and generate results like lower waste, greater efficiency and increased profitability. Often, team building and results are thought of and managed as two separate objectives. Human resource or operations focused. What if there was a proven approach to combine the two and achieve both objectives at the same time?
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The mission statement of the Green Bay Innovation Group is to bring together and create opportunities for networking between Wisconsin companies involved in the Paper, Printing, Pulp, Plastics, Packaging, Converting and Supplier Industries. GBIG creates an open dialog between companies. GBIG webinars, meetings, etc. talk about current and new products, technology, innovation, sales, marketing, social media/web design, new equipment, etc.
GBIG is looking to create new products, new markets and expand the presence of our industries in Wisconsin. We are here to help you push the norm and challenge one another to help make our companies and our communities better.
Finally, we are bringing financial support to our communities, especially to those most in need through the donations from our Sponsors.
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