A Bright Future for Packaging
As the true method of knowledge is experiment, the true faculty of knowing must be the faculty which experiences. ~ William Blake Atlantic celebrated the Grand Opening of the Packaging Solution Center in Charlotte earlier this month. During the event, we demonstrated...
Kick Off of the Packaging Solution Center
On Wednesday, August 9th, 2017, Atlantic held the first tour of the Packaging Solution Center as part of a four day Grand Opening event. Atlantic sales, senior managers, technicians, engineers and more along with Choate builders, carpet layers, welders, and furniture...
Announcing Atlantic’s Packaging Solution Center in Charlotte, NC
The most advanced testing equipment and research facility in the packaging industry Charlotte, N.C., July 25, 2017 --- Atlantic Packaging announces the opening of their Packaging Solution Center, a multi-million dollar facility in Charlotte, N.C. that will be the...
Customer Spotlight: Balmoral Cigar
At Atlantic Caribbean in the Dominican Republic, we work with businesses ranging from local farmers to international businesses in the Free Trade Zones. Our distribution, inventory management, equipment, and full-service printing operation allows us to keep up with...
Packaging Career Day
Packaging is an important part of our everyday life, even if we don't realize it. From an early age, we're handling packaging and making decisions about it almost daily. Picking out toys and household items, buying food at the grocery store, checking labels on...
How Stretch Wrapping is Evolving with the Times
"Set it and forget it" is no longer the mantra of the day when it comes to stretch wrapping. With smart technology and high speed production lines fast becoming the norm, stretch wrapping has evolved into a sophisticated operation able to keep up with even the most...
Atlantic at AmericaPack Summit 2017
The marcus evans AmericaPack Summit 2017 is a forum taking place February 16 & 17, 2017 in Los Angeles that will bring together elite buyers and sellers in the packaging industry. Discussion at the forum will encompass innovation and results-driven strategies that...
Clysar Distributor of the Year, 2016
Atlantic Packaging is honored to be chosen as Clysar's Distributor of the Year for 2016. Clysar presented this award at their annual distributor meeting and reception, held at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, in conjunction with Pack Expo 2016. Atlantic's continued...
Customer Spotlight: Mother Earth Brewing
This fall, we visited our customer, Mother Earth Brewing, in Kinston, NC. They're a leader in the regional craft brewing scene and produce a full line of beers including an award-winning Kolsch, an IPA, a Belgian Witt, and a Munich Dunkel, among others. We spoke with...
Rusty Carter Scholarship for CFCC, 2016
Courtney is a first-year student at Cape Fear Community College (CFCC) in downtown Wilmington, NC. She's paying for college on her own, living on her...
Consolidating Design for Greener Packaging
Product manufacturers are always looking for ways to make their packaging greener, more efficient, and less costly. Greener packaging is an important goal in all aspects of product creation, from how you receive parts from your vendors to how you package and ship to...
The Hidden Cause of Load Failure
One of the dominant trends in packaging over the last decade involved reducing primary and secondary packaging materials to save resources and cut costs. Think about the super-thin plastic water bottles and the smaller caps that are so prevalent today. Or cases of...
Leader of the Future: Wes Carter
The Grant Thornton North Carolina 100® (known as the NC100) recognizes the scope and impact of private companies in North Carolina. The list ranks businesses 1 through 100 based on revenue figures and has been updated and released every year since 1984. This year,...
Lessons from the Global Sustainability Summit
In August, two members of our Atlantic team attended the Global Sustainability Summit presented by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and the Grocery Manufacturer's Association (GMA). These organizations are the leading voices for major food and beverage retailers and...
Let Your Shrink Sleeves do the Talking
Labels and shrink sleeves are among the most important aspects of product packaging for bottles and containers. These help sell your product on the retail shelves and are what the consumer interacts with every time they use your product. Your labels and shrink...
Race2Rio Atlantic Wellness Challenge
Over 16 weeks this spring and summer, 324 participants in Atlantic's Race2Rio Wellness Challenge traveled 168,107 miles collectively. That's 369,835,468 steps and 6.75 times around the earth! For the Race2Rio, participants were grouped randomly into teams of 12 where...
Customer Spotlight – DryCASE
We visited with our customer, DryCASE, this spring to get an inside look at their business and to find out what matters most to them as they continue to grow their product base year after year. The waterproof technology that powers DryCASE products started with a...
Consistency & Precision for the Medical Device Industry
Customers in the medical device and pharmaceutical industries have a real demand for consistent, quality products that meet rigorous specifications. They rely on having a dependable source for wearables, personal protective equipment (PPE), cleanroom supplies,...
Stretch Film University
Over the last decade, we've hired material and equipment experts in-house to help give our customers an edge when it comes to choosing the right films and the right equipment settings for their specific applications. We've seen first-hand how successful this strategy...
LoadLogic – A Smarter Approach to Packaging
Distribution centers handle a wide variety of products that need to be sorted, packed, and shipped throughout the day. This variety presents a challenge when it comes to stretch wrapping. The loads coming through the wrapper vary in size and weight from pallet to...
Stories of Change – Keeping Up With My Girls
While out playing with his three beautiful daughters, a school-yard fence got between Horace and the reality that his weight was preventing him from keeping up with his girls. "I knew then that I had to make a change. And that's where my journey began" ~ Horace...