WS Packaging Group, Inc.

Gilchrist & Soames not only supplies its own branded guest amenities, it also offers exclusively designed custom collections that support and enhance the brand positioning of individual properties. Looking for an easier way to streamline and simplify the label development and production process, Gilchrist & Soames turned to WS Packaging Group and its WebFlex™ online ordering, proofing, and graphics asset management system.

News on printers in the packaging printing industry, including Universal Lubricants, Curtis Packaging Corporation, Bemis Performance Packaging, JohnsByrne Company, CCL Industries Inc., WS Packaging, Graphic Packaging Holding Company and PaperWorks Industries.

Diversion has had a detrimental effect on many businesses across the United States, but has been an industry-wide problem for professional tanning and beauty salons for years. New Sunshine, of Indianapolis, has been fighting product diversion for more than 10 years and has combatted this problem by finding a way to “diversion proof” its premier collection of Designer Skin professional indoor tanning products.

Sustainability in package printing news, featuring Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), WS Packaging, xpedx, Pistol & Burnes and Innovia Films.

News on printers in the packaging printing industry, including Printpack, WS Packaging Group, Exopack, JohnsByrne Company, Multi-Color Corporation and Sealed Air Corp.

Through the acquisition of Business Graphics Printing, WS Packaging Group will expand its offset portfolio with instructional booklets and inserts. Business Graphics Printing's lean manufacturing process will also fully complement the overall services offering of WS Packaging Group.

WS Packaging Group will be a guest speaker at the upcoming Product Authentication & Brand Security Conference, Sept. 10-11, in Chicago. The Product Authentication & Brand Security Conference is being linked with Labelexpo Americas 2012, also held in Chicago. Attendees related to the label industry will have a unique opportunity to gain valuable insight on the benefits of RFID technology and the emerging market segment.

Mesirow Financial acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Boelter Industries in its sale to WS Packaging Group. “Mesirow Financial was instrumental in identifying WS Packaging as a strong partner for Boelter Industries. We are truly pleased by the opportunity to join WS Packaging," said Dennis Boelter, president of Boelter Industries.

News on printers in the packaging printing industry, including Ampac, Spear and Bacardi, WS Packaging Group, CCL Industries, and Nordenia USA.  

WS Packaging's list of services now includes a new flexible packaging line that offers a wide range of products for a variety of markets and end-use applications. "Flexible packaging allows us to further leverage packaging as a primary point of differentiation for our customers' brands, and to accomplish such with speed and versatility," said Mark Moorhead, director of marketing.