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Quick Pak - What the Packaging Trade is Saying!: Packaging Sales Job at Quick Pak Inc : Packaging Sales Representative Are you an experienced sales professional looking for a new opportunity? Come Join Our Growing Team! Pos...

Packaging Sales Representative Are you an experienced sales professional looking for a new opportunity? Come Join Our Growing Team! Position Title: Packaging Sales Representative Quick Pak Inc is a customer-focused, industrial packaging leader recognized for superior service and high performance results. Since 1999, Quick Pak Inc has emerged as one of the leading and most innovative single-source providers of industrial packaging products and equipment. We are currently seeking a high quality Sales Representative in our Tampa, Florida branch with prior packaging experience. In this sales representative role, you will be working with a product portfolio that includes such products as tapes, films, adhesives, corrugated, foam, bubble and packaging machinery. As a Quick Pak Packaging Sales Representative, you will be responsible to: • Support coverage of assigned accounts and /or an assigned geography • Understand and achieve sales targets and sales objectives • Demonstra

Quick Pak - What the Packaging Trade is Saying!: Amtopp & Pinnacle Price Increase Letter. : January 30, 2014 To Our Valued Stretch Film Customers: Our raw material resin producers have informed us of their intentions to implem...

January 30, 2014 To Our Valued Stretch Film Customers: Our raw material resin producers have informed us of their intentions to implement a resin increase effective on February 1st. Due to this escalation in resin price, we regrettably must increase our film prices. Effective with all orders received on or after February 24th, 2014, there will be a 6% price increase on all products. All orders must call for immediate delivery. It is very important to take note that orders will be limited. We will strictly limit orders to a quantity based on your average monthly shipments over the last six months and reserve the right to accept or decline orders for any reason. Please contact your Sales Representative if you need any additional information. Thank you for your continuing support of AmTopp and Pinnacle stretch film products. Sincerely, Tony Tseng Marketing Director

Quick Pak - What the Packaging Trade is Saying!: Sigma Stretch Film Price Increase. : Sigma Stretch Film Price Increase January 29, 2014 Dear Valued Customer, Our polyethylene resin suppliers have informed us of their ...

Sigma Stretch Film Price Increase January 29, 2014 Dear Valued Customer, Our polyethylene resin suppliers have informed us of their intentions to implement a resin price increase effective February 1st. The resin increase is being supported by rising feedstock costs and improving global and domestic market demand. In response to the February 1st resin increase, all new orders received on or after February 24th will be priced at a 6% increase. All orders must call for immediate delivery and ship no later than March 24th. Based on current lead-times, Sigma Stretch Film can only accept a limited number of new orders. Sigma Stretch Film reserves the right to accept or decline all orders for any reason. Please check with your local plant location. Orders placed at current prices will be limited to less than one month of your normal purchase levels. Pricing for orders accepted is based upon local lead-times and available resin. As always, Sigma Stretch Film strives to communi

Quick Pak - What the Packaging Trade is Saying!: Xpedex and Unisource Merger Going Ahead in 2014. : Unisource Worldwide, Inc. and xpedx Agree to Merge New publicly held Distribution Company to create enhanced platform for profitable growth...

Unisource Worldwide, Inc. and xpedx Agree to Merge New publicly held Distribution Company to create enhanced platform for profitable growth across Packaging, Print and Facility Solutions. NORCROSS, Ga., Jan. 28, 2014. Distribution solutions businesses Unisource Worldwide, Inc. ("Unisource") and xpedx will merge under the terms of a definitive agreement that would result in the creation of a new publicly traded company. The agreement to merge the two businesses was signed by International Paper. A parent company of xpedx, and by UWW Holdings, Inc. the holding company of Unisource and owned indirectly by an affiliate of Bain Capital and by Georgia-Pacific, as well as certain of their affiliates. Upon the expected completion of the merger in mid-2014, which is subject to certain closing conditions, the new company will have projected annual revenue in the range of $9 billion to $10 billion and will have about 9,500 team members across more than 170 distribution centers in

Quick Pak - What the Packaging Trade is Saying!: CDI Pricing for January 2014 : CDI is showing PE flat and PVC up $0.03 cents January CDI report estimates flat for LLDPE, LDPE, and HDPE. PVC up $.03 and PP up $.05. ...

CDI is showing PE flat and PVC up $0.03 cents January CDI report estimates flat for LLDPE, LDPE, and HDPE. PVC up $.03 and PP up $.05. A couple of interesting points: • CDI is predicting resin producer operating rates of 96% to 98% in 2014 and 98% to 100% in 2015!! • CDI is now forecasting a $.06 “annual average increase in PE contract prices for 2014”. • Export opportunities are keeping domestic supply tight. The February 1st resin increase is looking all the more likely to go thru.

Quick Pak - What the Packaging Trade is Saying!: Holland Gummed Tape Price Increase Feb 17th 2014 : Dear Valued Holland Customer: We have experienced continuous increases in many of the raw materials used to manufacture all of our produ...

Dear Valued Holland Customer: We have experienced continuous increases in many of the raw materials used to manufacture all of our products. Therefore we must raise our pricing in accordance with the following schedule: Water Activated Tapes 5% Blue Shield Industrial Products 5% Heal Seal Stay Tapes 6% Specialty Coated Products 6-11% The new prices will be in effect on February 17, 2014. Orders received prior to that date for immediate shipment and limited to a 30 day supply (based on annual purchases) will be honored at current pricing. If you have any questions, please contact your local Holland sales representative or our customer service staff. We appreciate and thank you for your business. Best Regards, Blair Holland

Quick Pak - What the Packaging Trade is Saying!: Resin Price Increase for Feb 2014! : Market Update & Summary Jan 10th, 2014 Happy New Year. I would like to thank each of you for a successful 2013 and I look forward to...

Market Update & Summary Jan 10th, 2014 Happy New Year. I would like to thank each of you for a successful 2013 and I look forward to continuing our success and growth in 2014. Attached are 4 resin letters from our suppliers announcing a resin price increase for February 1st. The likelihood of this increase going through is anybody's guess, but I don't believe resin prices will be dropping and we are preparing for a possible February / March price increase. I will keep you posted on further increase updates. Many customers have depleted inventory to bare-bone levels in preparation for year end as well as possible lower prices. I recommend building your inventory levels back up while lead times are manageable. Thank you for your continued support and business. More info at: www.quickpakinc.com Copy of price increase letters: DOW, Chevron, Westlake, Lyondell are at www.quickpakinc.com

Quick Pak - What the Packaging Trade is Saying!: AirFlow Vented Stretch Film : Air-Flow Premium can be prestretched up to 200% using existing prestretch equipment. Vented pallet wrap targets produce, dairy, beverage an...

Air-Flow Premium can be prestretched up to 200% using existing prestretch equipment. Vented pallet wrap targets produce, dairy, beverage and frozen food industries. Western Plastics introduces Air-Flow pallet wrap, an amazing stretch film with die cut holes for ventilation. Air-Flow reduces spoilage that conventional stretch film can cause by eliminating condensation build up on the inside of the pallet wrap. Air-Flow combines the advantages of stretch netting with the performance of LLDPE pallet wrap. Air-Flow is available in machine length rolls, and hand wrap rolls for manual application. End users include the agriculture/produce, packing and shipping industries. Also dairy, beverage, frozen food industries.

Quick Pak - What the Packaging Trade is Saying!: Stretch Film Pricing from quick pak inc : NEWSWIRE SNIPPETS Polyethylene business better LLDPE talk of a fresh increase is just that "PE flat again in December; there is n...

NEWSWIRE SNIPPETS Polyethylene business better LLDPE talk of a fresh increase is just that "PE flat again in December; there is not a conforming industry wide price increase for January, but a number of producers nominated a fresh $.04/lb for February." DYNAMICS I "The US energy markets were lower in active and volatile trading." DYNAMICS II "The Ethylene market, the vast majority of industry crackers are fully operational and continue to enjoy huge margins." DYNAMICS III Natural gas prices surged and demand reached an all-time high today as the coldest weather in decades descended upon much of the United States. Prices for one contract in New York reached $99 per million British thermal units earlier -- up from a normal winter price that usually hovers in the high teens or low $20s. PE Market set to pop in Q1 "Polyethylene trading activity was subdued" Steady as she goes "With minimal resin trading opportunities av

Quick Pak - What the Packaging Trade is Saying!: Stretch Film and market pricing. : Analysts forecast the Global Flexible Packaging market to grow at a CAGR of 4.95 percent over the period 2013-2018. The Global Flexible ...

Analysts forecast the Global Flexible Packaging market to grow at a CAGR of 4.95 percent over the period 2013-2018. The Global Flexible Packaging market has also been witnessing the growing concern for environmentally friendly packaging. The increasing need for sustainable and eco-friendly packaging is another trend being witnessed in the Global Flexible Packaging market. The public in many countries are raising environment and sustainability issues against packaging manufacturers. Numerous consumer product manufacturers prefer using eco-friendly packaging material as it provides an opportunity to promote environmental sustainability. The increased environmental concern and the need to reduce pollution have led to more emphasis being placed on the sustainability of the environment, the use of recyclable materials, especially plastic, in packaging.