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Alan NeSmith

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What Makes Paper Converting Good for the Environment?

Posted by Alan NeSmith on Thu, Aug 08, 2019

Reducing your carbon footprint and making the transition to “go green” are major priorities for preserving the environment for future generations. It may be a surprise, but a lot of the negative noise about paper’s impact on the environment is not true.  In fact, the paper industry has made leaps and bounds in reducing consumption of fossil fuels. 

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Tags: Paper Converting, Industry News & Tips

Food Service Packaging: What's the Best Sandwich Wrap for You?

Posted by Alan NeSmith on Wed, Jul 31, 2019

Printing your restaurant's logo on sandwich wrap is a great marketing strategy. People walk out of your sandwich shop and enjoy their lunch in a public area, or inside their office. Everywhere they go, hungry people will see your logo on that delicious sandwich. But food service packaging has to do more than advertise. It also has to keep your food fresh, sanitary, and ready-to-eat.

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Tags: Food Service Paper

Is Your White Butcher Paper 100% FDA Approved?

Posted by Alan NeSmith on Fri, Jul 19, 2019

Just because you order a roll of white butcher paper, that doesn’t mean that’s what you’re getting.  Some companies claim to sell white butcher paper, but are actually selling white kraft paper. While white kraft paper is great for many things, it is not the best option for direct food contact.

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Tags: Food Service Paper, Butcher Paper

Examination of a Multiwall Bag

Posted by Alan NeSmith on Wed, Jul 10, 2019

Multiwall paper bags are often used as shipping and storage containers as well as packaging bulk materials. In many cases, design and production artists can create and adapt multiwall bags that work for your specific needs, from a utility approach that simply identifies your product, to the more difficult task of grabbing the consumer’s attention at the point of sale.  There are several designs of bags: sewn, open mouth bags (manufactured at Oren International) and valve bags, and variations thereof.

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Tags: Paper Converting

3 Ways Floor Protection Paper Improves Construction Sites

Posted by Alan NeSmith on Wed, May 22, 2019

IMG_6978Big construction jobs, and home remodeling projects require heavy duty players. But the most important tool in a builder’s tool belt could be a roll of paper. Different types of paper are playing a big role at construction sites while reinforcing results.

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Tags: Kraft Paper Uses

What Makes Paper Converting Good for the Environment?

Posted by Alan NeSmith on Mon, Apr 08, 2019

Reducing your carbon footprint and making the transition to “go green” are major priorities for preserving the environment for future generations. It may be a surprise, but a lot of the negative noise about paper’s impact on the environment is not true.  In fact, the paper industry has made leaps and bounds in reducing consumption of fossil fuels. 

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Tags: Paper Converting, Industry News & Tips

What Customers Really Want from Industrial Packaging Distributors

Posted by Alan NeSmith on Thu, Feb 08, 2018

Customers that use paper in the industrial packaging space may be misinformed about their options. Therefore, they are using a stock that’s not necessarily meeting their needs, or they’re unaware of the variety of options available to them.

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Is Your Paper Converting Order Starting to Feel Like Groundhog Day?

Posted by Alan NeSmith on Fri, Feb 02, 2018

When placing regular orders for any number of business supplies week after week, or month after month, the process can become monotonous and it can be easy to get stuck in a rut. That certainly goes for ordering paper products too. It’s not surprising, considering that when businesses find a product that works, they may very well keep ordering the same thing over and over.

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Tags: Paper Converting

Do You Know About These Unique Kraft Paper Uses?

Posted by Alan NeSmith on Wed, Jan 17, 2018

Kraft paper. It’s white, brown, and mundane, right? Well call us biased, but we’d answer that question with a resounding “no!”

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Tags: Kraft Paper Uses

Top Questions to Ask for Your Next Paper Order

Posted by Alan NeSmith on Thu, Jan 04, 2018

Ordering paper is a function of business that often becomes routine no matter the industry. Whether for restaurants, corporate offices, retail stores, or shipping logistics, after awhile, the same order is placed repeatedly, week after week or month after month. If you’re the person ordering paper for your business, your options are limited to what you’ve been doing.

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Tags: Flexographic Printing, Food Service Paper, Custom Paper Ideas