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WS Packaging Group, Inc. is an organization comprised of multiple facilities offering the widest array of printing and packaging with products and services as diverse as the following: pressure sensitive labels (core business), tags, coupons, shrink sleeves, decals, folded cartons, printed tape, overwrap, response marketing items for direct mail applications, POP/POS, game and sweepstake printed products, kids’ premiums and programs, thermal transfer labels, ribbons and printers, patented products such as our MultiVision® extended text line, custom application equipment and technical support, security tags, and RFID labels and systems. WS Packaging is more than just a printer and offers "innovation for impact " to customers as a provider of real packaging solutions through out-of-the-box thinking and engineering.

WS Packaging Group, Inc. was formed in October 2000 with the merger of Wisconsin Label Corporation, founded in 1966, and Superior Label Systems, Inc., founded in 1970. With this merger, WS Packaging Group became one of the top privately-owned label and tag manufacturers in the North America.

A further expansion of WS Packaging Group included the following acquisitions: February 2001 - the three facilities of Label Art, Inc., specializing in short-run label production; February 2002 - Blake Printery, San Luis Obispo, California, well known for its high-end prestige label manufacturing; July 2002 - IdentiGraphics, Portland, Oregon, a digital printer for short to medium production runs; June 2003 - Gorilla Label, Phoenix, Arizona, a flexographic printer with an excellent regional client base; October 2003 - Concept, Inc., Carson City, Nevada, a manufacturer of high-speed label applicators; August 2004 - Promo Edge Company, Neenah, Wisconsin, a well-known manufacturer of promotional, gaming, and sweepstakes products; September 2005 - Ampersand Label, Garden Grove, California, a west coast manufacturer of patented extended text products; December 2005 - Renaissance Mark Narrow Web Division, Fullerton, California and Monterrey, Mexico, flexographic facilities and first international venture; October 2007 - SenecaSalem, Franklin, Pennsylvania and Salem, Ohio, a diverse flexo and litho printer specializing in shrink sleeve labels.

Annual sales exceed $400,000,000 due to creative product innovation through our R&D staff, our online website services, WebFlex™, which enhances our customer's daily business interaction with us, and retention of long-term customers such as Sara Lee Food & Beverage, Coca-Cola USA, Kroger Company, Dean Foods, and the ConAgra companies. WS Packaging remains committed to quality, efficiency, and value for each and every customer, large or small. With over thirty-five years of experience, WS Packaging has the strong foundation to become your successful business partner.

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