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February 23, 2018
EPE Joins Forces With Operation Be Kind To Give Back
by: EPE USA
Operation Be Kind & EPE EPE Joins Forces With Operation Be Kind To Give Back – We jumped at the opportunity to help Operation Be Kind’s Valentine’s Day mission to package donations for Children’s Hospital of Orange County. The goal for the Valentine’s Day Mission is to provide the…
February 7, 2018
Sustainable Packaging – Do Consumers Really Care?
by: EPE USA
Taking steps towards sustainability is extremely important for brands and companies now more than ever. Sustainable packaging has become a new way of packaging and will be the industry standard in the near future. Below are examples and statistics showing how important it is for companies to become more sustainable…
September 28, 2017
Is Your Package Pretty or a Problem Solver?
by: EPE USA
Good vs Great Product Packaging Is Your Package Pretty or a Problem Solver – Good packaging accurately portrays a brand and helps to shape its creator’s reputation in the market place. However, great packaging does all of this AND helps to solve the customer’s problem as opposed to being just…
September 21, 2017
Cardboard vs. Corrugated: Why It Matters
by: EPE USA
To the untrained eye, a simple brown box made of wavy paper sandwiched between two flat pieces of paper is known as cardboard. Right? Wrong! Cardboard gets thrown around when people, outside of the packaging industry, actually mean corrugated board. So, what’s the difference? The difference is huge! …
September 15, 2017
The Truth Behind Apple’s iPhone X Design
by: EPE USA
On Tuesday, September 12th, Apple broadcasted their annual product release from their brand-new Steve Jobs Theater. This year anticipation was even higher than usual as 2017 marks the 10th anniversary of the first iPhone launch. The world waited anxiously, anticipating the arrival of a very special iPhone since…
August 31, 2017
Labor Day: The Engineer’s First Package
by: EPE USA
One can argue packaging began with animal or human skin. Or, perhaps, even the womb (what came first; the chicken or the egg?) But, when I think of the “first package” I think of an entirely different product altogether. Something that is primarily in the backdrop of our lives now…
August 24, 2017
EPE’s Favorite Employee
by: EPE USA
In honor of National Dog Day on Saturday, August 26, 2017, EPE is taking a moment to recognize one of our fellow employees. He always has a smile to share, is friendly with all fellow colleagues and works for free. Lou! Lou is the EPE USA headquarters office…
August 18, 2017
Are you emergency package-prepared?
by: EPE USA
With so many changes happening in the environment, you never really know what can happen. This is especially true if you live in an area that’s not accustomed to certain types of weather. In 2015, it snowed in Huntington Beach, CA. Known to locals as Surf City, this beach…
August 11, 2017
Does Customer Service Still Exist?
by: EPE USA
When was the last time you called a phone or cable company? Did you have a good experience? Recently, I called a prospective vendor. This is a large company with an international presence so I almost fell over when an actual, real live human being answered the phone. She…
August 3, 2017
What ISO 14001 Really Means
by: EPE USA
ISO 14001 is an environmental management system (EMS) used primarily to measure how business affects the environment including energy usage, water utilization and overall ecosystem performance. Protecting the environment is a leadership principle that starts at the top of every organization. In 2015, the standard was updated to integrate environmental…