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February 24, 2017
The brains behind your packaging
by: EPE USA
Do you remember the “Black Box” experiments in your science classes? Most of us barely remember what we did yesterday, but the “Black Box” was literally a black box, which served as a teaching tool to introduce the scientific method as a generic protocol for problem solving. It was your…
February 13, 2017
U.S consumers are projected to spend a whopping $18.2 billion, yes billion, on Valentine’s Day this year.
by: EPE USA
A holiday that was once meant to honor St. Valentine has now turned into one of the highest consumer spend days in the United States. According to the National Retail Federation, U.S consumers are projected to spend a whopping $18.2 billion, yes billion, on Valentine’s Day this year. So what…
February 6, 2017
EPE is reversing the trend of one way packaging flow into the US
by: EPE USA
Around the world with EPE…China. Many of our EPE colleagues are still celebrating CNY and we wanted to talk about the seemingly one- way flow of Chinese products and thus Chinese packaging into the United States and how EPE has started to reverse this trend, at least as far…
January 24, 2017
How to ring in the Year of the Rooster, the right way.
by: EPE USA
Millions of people around the world believe that the actions you take during the Lunar New Year could affect your luck in the coming year. For example, crying during this season can bring you bad luck and depict sadness and misfortune throughout the year. Sweeping your house and washing clothes…
January 18, 2017
CES- It’s all about the box!
by: EPE USA
Walking through CES is always a kid in the candy store experience for me – mouth wide open with starry eyes and a mind running wild with ideas. Seeing more than a million square feet of products at CES that require packages makes a packaging guy feel like a…
January 10, 2017
How Fortune 500 companies are setting the new standard by opting to establish a packaging SYSTEM
by: EPE USA
In a world where products are sold, returned, refurbished, and resold, packaging is more than a box; it’s a complete ECO System of product handling and transits. Thinking of packaging in terms of a system, denotes that it can be studied and optimized like any other system, right? Let’s do…
December 22, 2016
HO, HO, HO! Give a little HOPE this holiday season!
by: EPE USA
With a little help from the U.S. Postal Service, neither rain, nor snow, will keep Santa Claus from delivering dreams this holiday season. USPS Operation Santa ® is a wonderful program that started in 1912, and since then they have never missed a year. This operation is about catching the…
December 16, 2016
What makes a cantaloupe worth $250? An extraordinary one.
by: EPE USA
Around the world with EPE…Japan Ok, and I’m not kidding, but in Japan you can buy an apple for $100.00. (Seriously, an apple). You can also buy one (1) cantaloupe for $250.00. Yes, it’s a cantaloupe, the big round orange on the inside piece of fruit. So why the…
November 25, 2016
THANKS and GIVING
by: EPE USA
Thanksgiving is not just about the to die for mashed potatoes and gravy made by your favorite Aunt, the beautiful turkey on the table or the pumpkin pie in the oven – it’s much bigger than that. The name of the holiday is what it is supposed to be…
November 15, 2016
The Fine Line Between the Perfect Package and Excessive Packaging
by: EPE USA
Perfect Package vs Excessive Packaging The feeling is all too familiar, you purchase that USB drive, light bulb, or book online and when the package arrives, it’s big enough to house a plasma TV. Excessive packaging has become an epidemic for both online shoppers and retail consumers. So…