CardPak Wins Local Awards

CardPak Wins Local Awards

Recognized for Commitment to Workforce and Community

Solon, Ohio – (Press Release) – CardPak, Inc., a supplier of innovative packaging products to consumer marketing companies, invests a great deal in its workforce, and it’s not all about capital improvement. The company is consistently recognized for its commitment to being a great place to work and a strong member of the local business community.

“Our business philosophy at its core creates a culture that develops top performers and recognizes community needs. CardPak believes that each employee contributes directly to our business growth and success, and our responsibilities in the community.” said Tony Petrelli, president.  “By providing career opportunities, rewarding performance and creating a pleasant working environment, we encourage people to excel for the company, the industry and the city in which we work. The future of CardPak has people at its core.”

The company also is committed to a program of environmental responsibility, along with a strategic commitment to sustainable practices and products.  These were key components of CardPak’s business model for many years prior to the rise of today’s “Green” movement.  CardPak felt it critical to develop an organization that would establish policies and objectives that would protect the environment, benefit its employees’ health and safety, and provide a more efficient way of manufacturing.

As a result of all these initiatives, CardPak recently was named to the “NorthCoast 99” Best Places to Work in Northeast Ohio for the 10th straight year, and was also named 2009 Business of the Year by the Solon, Ohio, Chamber of Commerce.

NorthCoast 99 is a recognition program sponsored by the Employers Resource Council (ERC) that honors 99 great workplaces annually. Since 1999, the program has recognized over 400 organizations for their ability to maintain great workplaces that support the attraction, retention, and motivation of top performers.

“We are honored to receive this prestigious award in our home market, and we thank the ERC for recognizing our efforts to be one of the top workplaces in Northeast Ohio,” said Petrelli.   “This award validates everything we strive for everyday.”

CardPak also was named 2009 Business of the Year by the Solon Chamber of Commerce, which cited the company for ably handling many challenges, including responding to natural disasters and developing manufacturing practices and products that address environmental concerns and objectives.

“We couldn’t have done any of this without the dedication and commitment of our valued employees,” Petrelli added.  “They are at the heart of everything we do each day.”

-- CardPak, Inc.

Apple highlights packaging reduction efforts in green report

Apple highlights packaging reduction efforts in green report
Simeon Goldstein, packagingnews.co.uk, Sept 2009

Computer manufacturer Apple has released details of its work to reduce packaging in a report looking at the environmental impact of its products.

The life-cycle analysis show all greenhouse gas emissions associated with Apple products including raw materials, manufacturing, transportation and a three- to four-year period of consumer use and subsequent recycling.

Apple has reduced the packaging for its MacBook Pro laptop by 40% since 2006, meaning 50% more products can be shipped in each airline shipping container, the equivalent of using one less jumbo jet for every 32,000 units shipped.

"These reports help educate our consumers about how Apple products affect their own environmental footprint and track out progress to reducing greenhouse gas emissions with each new product," Apple said in a statement.

Each report breaks down the packaging into its component parts. So, for instance, the iMac desktop retail box consists of 1.7kg of corrugated and paperboard, 415g of expanded polystyrene and 18g of LDPE.

An iPhone in the US is packaged in 136g of paper packaging and 17g of thermoformed polystyrene. It is now 28% lighter and 23% smaller than last year.

For more on the product environmental reports, click here to visit the Apple website.

-- CardPak, Inc.

Sustainability Leader Discusses Innovation at 2009 Environmental Expo

SOLON, OH – (Press Release) Nicholas Rumanes, vice president of development for the Las Vegas Sands Corp., spoke at the 2009 Environmental Expo: An Education in Sustainability dinner during CardPak Inc.’s annual Pack Expo event at the Palazzo Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. CardPak is a leading manufacturer of environmentally sustainable packaging products, headquartered in Solon, Ohio.

The dinner attracted nearly 125 attendees, representing some of the pre-eminent retailers, consumer packaged goods companies, packaging manufacturers, contract packagers, educators, media and packaging trade associations nationwide.

“We chose the Palazzo for our annual dinner because the Las Vegas Sands Corp. has led the way in sustainability,” explained Tony Petrelli, president of CardPak. “Its dedication to the environment echoes our standards and mission here at CardPak, and we couldn’t have selected a better place to discuss the future of sustainability in our daily lives.”

Rumanes spoke about founding and operating Las Vegas Sands Corp.’s sustainable development practice, which achieved a Silver LEED rating for the Palazzo Resort. Rumanes is an expert on sustainable building practice and has worked on similar projects for clients such as GE, Equinox, ABC, Disney, Omnicom and SAP.

The Palazzo is not only the largest LEED-certified building in the world, but it is more than four times bigger than the second largest. More than 41.6 million gallons of water are conserved annually, which is enough to fill 63 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Enough electricity to power more than 700 homes a year is also conserved at the Palazzo. And perhaps the most impressive statistic is the facility’s waste conservation: approximately 42,000 tons of construction waste is diverted from landfill to recycling, which is the equivalent to a stack of cars 23-miles high.

-- CardPak, Inc.