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You may have noticed that there has been a slight modification to our online inquiry forms. Custom-Pak Products has added an extra layer of security to our site for the benefit of our web inquirers, our customers, and also us. There is now a CAPTCHA box on all our inquiry forms, although this will add a few extra seconds or minutes to your visit, please know that we are doing this to better your web browsing experience and to help qualify inquires sent to Custom-Pak Products.

Custom-Pak Products was honored and excited to be the host company for last Thursday’s TEC Midwest meeting with special guest speaker Robert Grede. It was a wonderful and insighful day for a number of local CEOs, presidents and business owners. Custom-Pak Products is new to the TEC Midwest organization and is looking forward to the many opportunities TEC Midwest offers it’s members. For more information regarding TEC Midwest visit their webpage at
http://www.TECMidwest.com or ‘LIKE’ them on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TECMidwest

Success spotlighted in PCI Magazine

Congratulations to 2 of our current customers who were spotlighted in the most recent edition of PCI (Powder Coaters Institute) Magazine!  The Powder Coating Institute (PCI) represents the North American powder coating industry, promotes powder coating technology and communicates the benefits of powder coating to manufacturers, consumers, and government.

In a time of economic stress our two customers that were highlighted in PCI Magazine have found ways to improve the quality of their products, reduce their costs, and offer better service to their customers.  It’s great to see our customers thriving and being recognized for their hard work and dedication to their products, customers and processes.

Custom-Pak Products recently introduced new paint pen nibs for their exact match paint pens.

These new nibs are more versatile as they are reversible – one size is chiseled and the other is a rounded bullet shape.

This new reversible nib provides a more even flow of product, and offers the customer the option of a wider or more precise coverage all in one exact match paint pen.  This new reversible nib is currently available for all Custom-Pak Products exact match paint pen orders.

As members of the Midwest Aerosol Association (MAA) we were invited to attend the Annual Dinner Meeting.  What a great night out at the StoneWood Ale House in Schaumburg, IL!  The food was fabulous and the industry conversations were great!  It’s always nice to gather with customers and vendors!

The presentations were about Quality and The Customer, and Hazardous Materials and Aerosol Related Regulations.  The presentations this year were very informative and noteworthy.  Dawn O’Malley from Bridgeview Aerosol began the night discussing the importance of quality in all aspects of your business and how top notch quality will be evident to the customer.  The next presentation was from Christopher Zawarus from the Federal Aviation Administration.  His presentation on Hazardous Materials and Aerosol Related Regulations was a great presentation!  It was packed with information on transporting hazardous materials, making sure that products are properly packaged, marked, labeled, documented, that employees are trained properly and we are taking all the correct security measures.  This presentation was so informative and helpful!

Custom-Pak Products has enjoyed taking part in a number of events and presentations that were sponsored by the MAA.  In particular, their Aerosol 101 programs have been great sources of information regarding the aerosol industry, covering topics from packaging, labeling, shipping, quality, and formulations.

Where there is a painted product there is a need for Touch Up Paint.  That’s just a fact.  We came across this great article on How to Avoid Speeding Tickets and it talks about common approaches to avoid getting pulled over.  #3 is: Quality of your vehicle. Fix small issues like cracked windows and use some touch up paint if your car needs it. Keeping it clean and up to date will help you avoid the eyes of the law.

We recommend that everyone invests in keeping the original aesthetics of your painted products by using touch up paint.  It is a smaller investment than replacing your products entirely and touch up paint will help prevent the fading of the original finish which will inhibit rusting.  It is a minimal investment for the long term care of your painted products, whether it be aerosol touch up paint – for larger blemishes, brush in lid container touch up paint – for smaller nicks and scratches, or paint pen touch up paint – for the most precise coverage touch up paint will not only help avoid a speeding ticket it will keep your products looking like new for years to come.

Recently CAPCO sponsored a nationwide contest to use electronic media to inform people about aerosol products. They were looking for short videos regarding the safe use of aerosol products. A 19-year-old, University of Oregon student, Tyler Short won the video contest. His short video features a cleverly animated aerosol can that humorously stretches, poses and dances while providing information about aerosol products. It’s a great short video that engages the viewer and gives a brief description of the technology used in aerosol cans and environmental information about aerosol products.

Continuing to inform the general public about the endless ways that aerosols have helped everyday life and the explaining the benefits of aerosols is so important. Custom-Pak’s products are CFC-free and our aerosol cans are recyclable when empty.

There is so much that goes into creating a new website, we’ve been so lucky to have found fantastic companies to work with! When we began working on our new website we wanted to learn how to optimize the website and found a great company in Sarasota, FL called Epiphany Marketing to work with. We got to work directly with David Johnson, his insights were fantastic and the tools that he provided us with will help well into the future.

We decided that we wanted to use the WordPress platform but wanted our website to look unique and be able to make changes and additions to our website ourselves. After much research and interviewing with many companies we decided to begin working with Here Next Year. Amber Ludwig and her team have made our website come to life! We’re so proud to have it finally go live.

We’re so glad that you’re visiting our website! Please come back often to learn more about what is new with Custom-Pak Products, as we will be updating our latest news right here!