CardPak Announces Senior Management Promotions

SOLON, OH – June 22, 2011 – CardPak, the pioneer in developing and manufacturing environmentally sustainable packaging, announced the promotions of four senior managers. Greg Tisone, formerly CardPak’s vice president, general manager, was selected by the Board of Directors to serve as president. Jerry Lamm, previously the company’s chief financial officer, was promoted to vice president, chief financial officer. Tom Weber, director of sales, was promoted to vice president, general manager. Seth Duckworth, recently hired as the central region manager is now the company’s national sales manager. Messrs. Lamm, Weber, and Duckworth report to Mr. Tisone, CardPak president.

CardPak, Inc., the Paperboard Packaging Council and Solon Schools Team Up to Celebrate Earth Day

SOLON, OH – April 25, 2011 – CardPak, the pioneer in developing and manufacturing environmentally-sustainable packaging, donated tree saplings to teach Roxbury Elementary school students about the natural renewability of paperboard packaging. Jerry Lamm, CFO of CardPak (www.cardpak.com), explained, “we’re thrilled to once again have the opportunity to teach elementary school kids in our community about renewable resources like paperboard packaging. The TICCIT program (Trees Into Cartons, Cartons Into Trees, pronounced “ticket”) is a great way to demonstrate how fun and easy it is to take care of the Earth.”

NextLife Packaging Group Announces Partnership with CardPak to Provide Sustainable Paperboard Packaging Solutions

NextLife Packaging Group Announces Partnership with CardPak to Provide Sustainable Paperboard Packaging Solutions

CardPak is the First NextLife Packaging Group Paperboard Packaging Manufacturing Partner

Press release from NextLife - Boca Raton, FL, November 01, 2010: NextLife, a leading provider of sustainable solutions for the consumer packaged goods industry, announced today a partnership with CardPak, a leader in custom engineered packaging designs and solutions for merchandising strategies that utilize carded packaging and specialty paperboard converting. Through the partnership CardPak will become the first carded packaging converter to promote NextLife Packaging Group’s 100% PCR PET blisters for club and warehouse retail packaging.

Worldwide leader CardPak places order for KBA Rapida 106 41" ten-color press

Worldwide leader CardPak places order for KBA Rapida 106 41" ten-color press

Press release from the issuing company

KBA North America, a global press manufacturer based in Dallas, Texas, announces that CardPak, Inc., a leading supplier of packaging products to consumer brand companies across the globe, has placed an order for a new KBA Rapida 106 41-inch ten-color perfecting press with coating tower and twelve-foot extended delivery. The new KBA press is currently being built and will be installed at CardPak's headquarters in Solon, Ohio in mid-November of this year.

CardPak Increases Versatility, Capacity and Efficiency with New Bobst VISIONFOLD

CardPak® Increases Versatility, Capacity and Efficiency with New Bobst VISIONFOLD

Solon, Ohio – (Press Release) – Printer/Packaging manufacturer CardPak, Inc. (www.cardpak.com) has added a new Bobst VISIONFOLD 110-A2 folder-gluer giving themselves greater capacity and versatility, while further streamlining and enhancing the efficiency of their manufacturing operation.

Specializing in creating paperboard alternatives to plastic packaging, CardPak provides their customers with creative packaging solutions that not only give them an advantage on the shelves, but help them meet their goals, and demands of retailers such as Costco and Wal-Mart, of creating “greener” packaging and reducing their carbon footprint.

CardPak + TICCIT Program on Earth Day

CardPak, Inc., The Paperboard Packaging Council and Solon Schools team up on Earth Day

Organizations sponsor TICCIT – the trees into cartons, cartons into trees program for 4th graders at Roxbury Elementary School.

Solon, Ohio – (Press Release) – CardPak, the pioneer in developing and manufacturing environmentally-sustainable packaging, donated tree saplings to teach Roxbury Elementary school students about the natural renewability of paperboard packaging. Tony Petrelli, President of CardPak, and the Chairman of the Board of the Paperboard Packaging Council, explained “we’re thrilled to once again have the opportunity to teach elementary school kids about paperboard as a renewable resource and its recycled potential.

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.

"Green" packaging sales top $37 billion

US demand for recycled-content, biodegradable-plastic and reusable packaging is increasing 3.4 percent annually. Total sales to reach nearly $44 billion in 2013.

Converting Magazine (Press Release) - US demand for green packaging -- comprised of recycled content, biodegradable and reusable packaging -- is projected to increase 3.4 percent annually to $43.9 billion in 2013, using 59 billion pounds of material. Growth will outpace overall packaging but will remain modest due to the maturity of many products and the fact that recycled content packaging has a large existing presence in paperboard and metal packaging.

The fastest gains are anticipated for biodegradable plastic packaging and plastic recycled content packaging. Biodegradable plastic packaging is forecast to climb nearly 13 percent per year through 2013, driven by increased price competitiveness with conventional resins, rapidly expanding capacity and lower pricing volatility than petroleum-based plastic packaging materials.

Additional stimulants include enhanced performance properties brought about by more sophisticated polymerizaton and blending techniques; efforts by brand owners to improve the environmental footprint of their packaging; and legislative bans on polystyrene foam foodservice disposables in some parts of the country. These and other trends are presented in Green Packaging, a new study from The Freedonia Group, Inc., a Cleveland-based industry research firm.

While recycled content packaging demand is expected to increase in line with the overall green packaging average, robust growth for plastic recycled content packaging will be aided by more concerted efforts to boost collection volume, an increased focus on the development of food-contact approved resin grades, and further sustainability initiatives by plastic processors and brand owners. Gains will be moderated by slow growth for paper recycled content packaging, which is dominated by the large but mature corrugated and paperboard box segment.

Reusable packaging is forecast to expand more slowly, held back by marginal growth for drums, which face competition from larger formats such as intermediate bulk containers (IBCs). More favorable prospects are anticipated for reusable plastic containers, IBCs and other reusable packaging types. In general, value gains will decelerate sharply from the 2003-2008 pace due to an expected moderation in raw material prices, especially for plastic and steel. The relatively long service life of most reusable packaging also limits the need for replacements, a factor that restricts growth in demand for new units.

-- CardPak Inc.