Posts Categorized: Boxes
Derek’s outBOX – 4/8/22 RIP to Greg Milligan
For those who have not heard, Greg Milligan, who worked with us in sales for 38 years, passed away last night during heart surgery. Those of us who knew him are devastated by this shocking news. Greg and I worked very closely for many years. He started at Volk Packaging when I was 12... Read more »
Derek’s outBOX – 4/5/22
Thank you for your donations to Vladimir Lenchuk’s family in Ukraine. Through your generosity, we raised over $2,000 for Vlad’s family. I am sure that will go a long way to help them. Tomorrow our neighbor on Morin Street, FMI, will be bringing in some very heavy equipment. This will block off much... Read more »
Derek’s outBOX – 3/28/22 Special Baby Edition!
Some very good news this week, Newcorr has picked up some additional capacity which should allow us to bring in more board and gain some ground on our very long lead-times. Newcorr has purchased their new 110” corrugator but it will not be installed, and benefitting us, until mid-2023. As most of you are... Read more »
Derek’s outBOX – March 8, 2022
CONGRATULATIONS to ALI MEHDI on the birth of his baby girl, Merna. She was born last Tuesday at 11:37pm. She was 6 lbs. 10 oz. Mom and baby are both doing great! For those who have not yet heard, we have decided to shut down the Universal Rotary Slotter. It has just become too... Read more »
Derek’s outBOX – February 25, 2022
I was looking at some employment data recently and it is pretty amazing. Check out the hiring graph chart since 1980! That is pretty amazing when you see it in a graph like that. Also, I noticed we currently have 9 people who have been with the company for at least half their life! ... Read more »
Derek’s outBOX – January 7, 2021
We received an amazing annual report card from XYZ Customer. Check it out and THANK YOU! Highlights from 2021: – All the boxes you produce for us are very high quality and we have never had any reported “defects.” – Communication with your customer service team and our sales rep is always consistently excellent.... Read more »
Derek’s outBOX – January 3, 2022
Apparently, due to the massive amount of “dusting up to an inch” that we will be getting in the Northeast today, our flights were canceled. The airlines all have policies that exempt them from paying for hotels and food for stranded passengers if it is “weather related,” so of course they use weather as an... Read more »
Derek’s outBOX – December 13, 2021
The Cross Arena will be hosting the Maine Ice Racing Championships We attended a few years ago and everyone who went had a great time. We have 4 tickets to each Associate and there will be sign -up sheets in all the break rooms. First pictures of... Read more »
Supply Chain Woes Lead to Longer Lead Times-Box Talk Video #84
These are unprecedented times. I think it is safe to say that none of us have ever lived through anything like what we have experienced in 2020 and 2021. As we weathered an historic pandemic, our government forced businesses to shut down, placing millions on unemployment and delaying the manufacturing and delivery of critical products.... Read more »