You Can Design An Efficient Packaging Station With These 5 Steps!!

5 Ways You Can Design a Successful Packing Station!!

 

1) Take Control Over the Use of Your “in-the-box” Packaging Materials
Using too much, too little, or the wrong packaging materials can lead to waste and product damage. Wrapnpack helps solve these issues with “fit-for-purpose” solutions that give you better control over your packing process, and put the right “in-the-box” materials in the hands of the packer:

• Multiple packaging materials conveniently integrated at individual workstations
• Programmable controls that dispense the right amount of paper or foam, and manage air fill
• Wide selection of AIRplus® air pillow and air cushion sizes
• Multiple PAPERplus® product choices to fit all cushioning and void-fill applications
• On-demand FOAMplus® systems with multiple foam density choices including our Universal Foam product that fits most packing applications and provides significant source reduction
• Standard and Biodegradable Loose-Fill
• Convenient, versatile PAD LOC® cushioning pads that cost-effectively replace custom packaging materials

2) Consider the Carton
When it comes to the carton there are two considerations relating to your “in-the-box” packaging material costs. First, training workers to use the right size carton can reduce in-the-box material usage resulting in annual savings of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars depending on your volume. Second, with the use of less durable cost-saving cartons it’s important to know that you can rely on Storopack packaging materials to support the carton and protect your products without added expense.

3) Plan for Sufficient Workspace
Using workspace efficiently is key. Crowding the packing area can interfere with workflow and slow down production. Again Storopack provides multiple options to utilize space as efficiently as possible and keep production moving.

• On-demand systems for air, foam and paper products
• Small footprint machines
• Integrated Delivery Systems providing materials to multiple work stations from a single source
• Overhead delivery and other space-saving storage
• Custom modification of machines to integrate directly into a worktable or speed line
• Air bag systems with automatic supply checks
• Automatic cushion film coiler

4) Automate in-the-box Packaging with Confidence
While there is automated equipment offered for many packing tasks, you’ll find that incorporating Storopack machines for your in-the-box packaging materials provides multiple advantages. In addition, Storopack equipment is of the highest quality. Engineered to meet the needs of today’s packaging challenges and supported by thorough training and prompt professional service our systems offer:

• Speed and efficiency
• Easy and reliable operation
• Ease of integration
• The latest technology and capabilities

5) Design Packaging Stations with the Worker in Mind
Providing workers with proper ergonomics helps to prevent on-the-job injuries and increase throughput. Storopack machines and products provide the latest technology and worker-focused features. Plus, our expert integration engineers plan for optimal placement to ensure working comfort that enhances productivity.

• Stands that swivel and adjust to operator height
• Material loading accessibility and weight considerations
• Automated separation and cutting of materials to minimize handling
• Careful planning and placement to optimize productivity

Your Wrap-N-Pack Line Card!!

+ YOU GET A GREAT BACK UP VENDOR WITH SAME / NEXT DAY DELIVERY TO YOU!!

+ YOU GET A CONSTANT INTRODUCTION TO MONEY SAVING PACKAGING SOLUTIONS!

+ YOU WILL STAY COMPETITIVE WITH THE BEST PRICING IN THE MARKET!!

+ PAUL HAS OVER 26 YEARS OF PACKAGING SUCCESS AND COMMITTS TO SERVE YOUR COMPANY!

Corrugated…

Stock & Custom Boxes, Heavy Test, Custom & Stock Pads/Slip Sheet, Single Face

Roll, Customer Die Cuts, File Storage Boxes, 1 Pc Folders

Mailroom Supplies…

Padded & Bubble Lined Mailing Bags, Pouches, White Corrugated Mailers, Printed

& Blank Label, Sealing Tape, Label Tape, Parts Boxes, Twist Ties

Shipping Supplies…

Plastic & Metal Strapping, Machine & Hand Grade Stretch Film, V-Board, Shrink

Wrap, Markers, Knives, Staples, Packing List Envelops

Protective Packaging…
Air Cell Technology, Bubble Wrap, Polyfoam, Loose-Fill, Foam-In-Place, Molded

Foam, Kraft Paper Rolls & Sheets, Tissue Paper, Foam Edge Protectors, Paper

Dunnage & Wadding

Polyethylene Products…

Poly Bags, Anti-Stat bags, Static Shielding Bags, Sheeting, Tubing, Zip-Lock
Thermal Transfer and Direct Transfer Labels
All Types of Thermal Transfer and Direct Transfer Pressure Sensitive Shipping Labels

Tape…

Sealing, Polyester Strapping, Masking, PVC, Label, 3M Specialty, Double Sided,

Filament, Pre-Printed & Custom Printed, Scotch, Cellophane, Electrical, Duct,

Dispensers, Paper, Reinforced Gum

Washroom Supplies…

Toilet Tissue, Hand Towels, Soaps, Hand Cleaners, Dispensers, Sanitary Napkins,

Urinal/Toilet Supplies

Maintenance Supplies…

Floor Cleaners & Maintenance, Rags, Garbage Bag Liners, Brooms, Mops

Packaging Tools & Equipment…

Stretch Film, Tape, Strapping, Staples, Paper Dunnage, Air Cell, Foam Molding

Food Service:

Cups, Plates, Napkins, Utensils

Office Supplies…

Copy Paper, Green Bar Paper, Custom & Standard Forms/Stationary

"If Your presence doesn't make an impact....your absence won't make a difference"!!!

Paul Pileggi

Cell 631 805 8714

Packaging Consultant

Wrap-N-Pack

email: ppileggi@wrapnpack.com

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Did You Know How Versitile Vinegar Is???

Here are 30 plus ways you can use vinegar!!!

Who knew that vinegar could do so much? It serves a purpose in just about every room of the house, and there are dozens of household (and personal) products that vinegar can replace, as you will see below. It's cheaper, better for the environment, and better for your health and home (in eliminating unnecessary chemicals).

All-Purpose Cleaners

Vinegar in general is a natural (and inexpensive) disinfectant. It can be used on almost anything except marble. So stick it in a spray bottle and get to work! Here are a few more "recipes" for various cleaning purposes. (See also: Household Cleaning Hacks that Save You Money)

All-purpose cleaner: 2 parts vinegar, 1 part water.

Extra dirty spots: Scour dirty areas with baking soda, then spray the all purpose cleaner (recipe above) over the area and wipe clean.

Floor cleaner: Brew a cup of peppermint tea (use 1 tea bag: one cup for you, one for the floor). Squeeze half a lemon in to the floor mix, and add 1 cup of vinegar. Mop away with your solution; the vinegar disinfects, the tea has antibacterial properties and removes marks, and the lemon freshens and disinfects.

Pee stains on carpet (presumably from pets): Blot up the initial stain, flush it with water, then apply equal parts vinegar and cool water. Blot it all up, rinse, and let dry. This will eliminate odors and stains.

Hard water stains and mineral deposits: Allow a cloth soaked in vinegar to sit on a hard water stain (for example behind your faucet) or mineral deposit for a few hours. Wipe clean.

Appliance cleaning: Clean your coffee maker or laundry machine or dishwasher by running vinegar through it, followed by water. This reduces soap buildup and keeps everything in working order.

In The Kitchen

Remove labels from glass jars: Saturate the labeled area in vinegar and scrape the stickiness right off.

Dirty pot bottoms and cooking utensils: Fill the pot with enough water to cover the stain, add 1 cup of vinegar, and boil rapidly for 5 minutes. Let cool, then scrub the stains off. While you're at it, put your stainless steel cooking utensils in the pot to get them sparkly clean too.

Fruit stains on hands: Had a little too much fun making that cherry pie or berry salad? Just rub your hands with vinegar to remove the stains.

Coffee stains on china: Use a mixture of salt and vinegar to clean coffee stains from china.

Wooden cutting boards: Wooden cutting boards are great, except they can be a hothouse for bacteria (especially if grooves have been cut into the board with use). Disinfect it regularly with vinegar to keep it (and your food) clean.

Veggie maintenance: Clean and crisp up your veggies by soaking them in a mixture of water and a tablespoon or so of vinegar. Any bugs lingering on your produce will float away, and your soggy celery will come to life again (depending on how far gone it was to begin with).

Smelly onion hands: Eliminate onion odor off your hands by rinsing them in vinegar. This also apparently works with other stinky parts of your body that soap isn't cutting through, such as underarms.

Clean sticky scissors: Sometimes those scissors get so gummy you can't even make them work. Just wipe them down with vinegar, and they'll be like new again.

Laundry

Fabric softener: There are a few fabric softener strategies you can play with. Add equal parts vinegar and baking soda, OR just ½ a cup of vinegar to your wash when you would add fabric softener (final rinse cycle). Line dried towels will come out softer with a vinegar-based softener.

Water: You can also add 1/2 to 1 cup of vinegar to your wash water, which does the following:

·                                 Reduces the amount of soap you need to use

·                                 Reduces lint

·                                 Brightens colors, and stops them from running

·                                 Acts as a rinse aid

·                                 Keeps the washing machine running clean and well

Stain removal: Use vinegar on stains before washing to remove stubborn ones like perspiration, fruit, mustard, and coffee.

In The Garden

Kill grass and weeds: Pour or spray full strength vinegar on grass or weeds poking through your driveway or rearing their heads in other unsavory places.

In The Car

Frost-free windows: If you know a chilly night is on the make, you can ensure that your windows will be frost-free when you wake up in the morning. Simply mix 3 parts vinegar to 1 part water, and coat your windows with the mixture the night before.

In The Bathroom

Kill soap scum: Wiping a scummy area with vinegar and rinsing with water will do as good a job as any at attacking your bathroom shower grime. If the scum is particularly stubborn, scrub with baking soda (a great natural abrasive) after wiping with vinegar. Rinse with water.

Unclog your shower head: Unscrew it, throw it into a pot of equal parts vinegar and water and boil for a few minutes to loosen deposits that are blocking your shower head.

Personal Use

Hair rinse: If vinegar removes soap scum on your tiles, it stands to reason that it will also remove soap scum on your hair. Rinse with a cup filled with ½ a cup of warm water and ½ a cup of vinegar, and your locks will be shiny and free of buildup.

Dandruff treatment: Using the same technique as the hair rinse above but with a higher concentration of vinegar; also acts as an effective dandruff treatment.

Acne treatment: Apply equal parts vinegar and water to problem areas.

Facial toner: Using vinegar as toner is a great (and inexpensive) alternative to using alpha hydroxyl based products.

Athletes foot (and other fungus): Apply full-strength vinegar to the affected area twice daily until symptoms abate.

Miscellaneous Uses

Eliminate smoke odor: Simply put a bowl of vinegar in the offending room near the offending source. Smoke odors be gone!

Air freshener: If you would like to reduce icky smells but would like a nicer room smell than vinegar, add some fragrant spices (like cardamom) to your bowl of vinegar and leave it in a warm corner of the room.

Chrome polish: Use full strength vinegar with soft cloth to make that chrome shine.

Insect traps: Vinegar is an active ingredient used in various insect and pest traps.

Not enough reason to stock up on vinegar? Paul described 254 uses for vinegar.

Why You Should Consider Learning to Speak In Public!!

You not only will feel better, you will earn more green the better you can deliver a message!!!



Toastmasters is a great way for you to get started on your new journey!!!

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Practical Benefit of Public Speaking
Improved ability to listen.
Enhances the ability to help others.
Enhances the ability to train others.
Enhances the ability to motivate others.
Enhanced ability to fill your organizational or business needs.
Enhances the ability to promote your organizational or business.
Help people change themselves.
Persuade people to reach and attain goals.
Get and keep the attention of an audience.

Career advancement.
Enhanced social life.
Improved memory.

Improve self esteem.
Improved writing skills.
Improved reading skills.

Improved listening skills (different than above).
Improved interpersonal skills.
Enhanced ability to negotiate.
Improved ability to communicate.
Get college credit for experience in life. (I know because I did this!)
Self confidence and self image improvement.
Skilled communicators are desired by employers.
Better be able to use listening skills to improve personal communication.

Social and Cultural Benefits of Public Speaking

Change social mood.

Enhanced ability to understand other cultures.
Enhanced ability to communicate with people from other cultures.
These are just a few of the benefits of public speaking. We hope to keep this list growing. Please send in any suggestions.

You Can Have Your Shipping Supplies Shipped Automatically!!

You May Consider Scheduling a Routine for Shipments & Get The Right Shipping Supplies

Gathering the necessary supplies needed for mailing products is vital to your company’s shipping department. After you have the necessary shipping boxes, labels and other shipping supplies, establish a relationship with a shipping company to handle all of your mailing needs. Determine which times are best for dropping off your packages, or in some cases, arranging for a delivery driver to pick up your shipments. Scheduling a consistent routine for your daily shipments will improve the logistics of your fulfillment department.
Coordinate with the shipping area of your company and determine the best time of day for all shipments to leave the office. While the post office closes at 5:00 PM on most days during the week, shipping companies work much later and provide customers the ability to ship goods after normal business hours. Establishing a routine for your shipping orders creates organization and avoids department confusion when sending out the day’s orders.
Contact customers or make a public announcement of shipping cutoff times to ensure fast and reliable delivery. If customers know what general time your scheduled shipments are, it will help them know when to complete their orders. Likewise, establish routine shipments for the afternoon so that customers have a fair opportunity at placing orders throughout the day.

How You Can Say No!!!

 

Why We Find It Hard To Say “No”

To learn to say “No”, we have to first understand what’s resisting us about it. Below are common reasons why people find it hard to say no:

1. You want to help. You are a kind soul at heart. You don’t want to turn the person away and you want to help where possible, even if it may eat into your time.
2. Afraid of being rude. I was brought up under the notion that saying “No”, especially to people who are more senior, is rude. This thinking is common in Asia culture, where face-saving is important. Face-saving means not making others look bad (a.k.a losing face).
3. Wanting to be agreeable. You don’t want to alienate yourself from the group because you’re not in agreement. So you confirm to others’ requests.
4. Fear of conflict. You are afraid the person might be angry if you reject him/her. This might lead to an ugly confrontation. Even if there isn’t, there might be dissent created which might lead to negative consequences in the future.
5. Fear of lost opportunities. Perhaps you are worried saying no means closing doors. For example, one of my clients’ wife was asked to transfer to another department in her company. Since she liked her team, she didn’t want to shift. However, she didn’t want to say no as she felt it would affect her promotion opportunities in the future.
6. Not burning bridges. Some people take “no” as a sign of rejection. It might lead to bridges being burned and relationships severed.

If you nodded to any of the reasons, I’m with you. They applied to me at one point or another. However, in my experience dealing with people at work and in life, I realized these reasons are more misconceptions than anything. Saying “No” doesn’t mean you are being rude; neither does it mean you are being disagreeable. Saying “No” doesn’t mean there will be conflict nor that you’ll lose opportunities in the future. And saying no most definitely doesn’t mean you’re burning bridges. These are all false beliefs in our mind.
At the end of the day, it’s about how you say “no”, rather than the fact you’re saying no, that affects the outcome. After all, you have your own priorities and needs, just like everyone has his/her own needs. Saying no is about respecting and valuing your time and space. Say no is your prerogative.

7 Simple Ways To Say “No”

Rather than avoid it altogether, it’s all about learning the right way to say no. After I began to say no to others, I realized it’s really not as bad as I thought. The other people were very understanding and didn’t put up any resistance. Really, the fears of saying no are just in our mind.
If you are not sure how to do so, here are 7 simple ways for you to say no. Use the method that best meets your needs in the situation.
1. “I can’t commit to this as I have other priorities at the moment.”
If you are too busy to engage in the request/offer, this will be applicable. This lets the person know your plate is full at the moment, so he/she should hold off on this as well as future requests. If it makes it easier, you can also share what you’re working on so the person can understand better. I use this when I have too many commitments to attend to.
2. “Now’s not a good time as I’m in the middle of something. How about we reconnect at X time?”
It’s common to get sudden requests for help when you are in the middle of something. Sometimes I get phone calls from friends or associates when I’m in a meeting or doing important work. This method is a great way to (temporarily) hold off the request. First, you let the person know it’s not a good time as you are doing something. Secondly, you make known your desire to help by suggesting another time (at your convenience). This way, the person doesn’t feel blown off.
3. “I’d love to do this, but …”
I often use this as it’s a gentle way of breaking no to the other party. It’s encouraging as it lets the person know you like the idea (of course, only say this if you do like it) and there’s nothing wrong about it. I often get collaboration proposals from fellow bloggers and business associates which I can’t participate in and I use this method to gently say no. Their ideas are absolutely great, but I can’t take part due to other reasons such as prior commitments (#1) or different needs (#5).
4. “Let me think about it first and I’ll get back to you.”
This is more like a “Maybe” than a straight out “No”. If you are interested but you don’t want to say ‘yes’ just yet, use this. Sometimes I’m pitched a great idea which meets my needs, but I want to hold off on committing as I want some time to think first. There are times when new considerations pop in and I want to be certain of the decision before committing myself. If the person is sincere about the request, he/she will be more than happy to wait a short while. Specify a date / time-range (say, in 1-2 weeks) where the person can expect a reply.
If you’re not interested in what the person has to offer at all, don’t lead him/her on. Use methods #5, #6 or #7 which are definitive.
5. “This doesn’t meet my needs now but I’ll be sure to keep you in mind.”
If someone is pitching a deal/opportunity which isn’t what you are looking for, let him/her know straight-out that it doesn’t meet your needs. Otherwise, the discussion can drag on longer than it should. It helps as the person know it’s nothing wrong about what he/she is offering, but that you are looking for something else. At the same time, by saying you’ll keep him/her in mind, it signals you are open to future opportunities.
6. “I’m not the best person to help on this. Why don’t you try X?”
If you are being asked for help in something which you (i) can’t contribute much to (ii) don’t have resources to help, let it be known they are looking at the wrong person. If possible, refer them to a lead they can follow-up on – whether it’s someone you know, someone who might know someone else, or even a department. I always make it a point to offer an alternate contact so the person doesn’t end up in a dead end. This way you help steer the person in the right place.
7. “No, I can’t.”
The simplest and most direct way to say no. We build up too many barriers in our mind to saying no. As I shared earlier in this article, these barriers are self-created and they are not true at all. Don’t think so much about saying no and just say it outright. You’ll be surprised when the reception isn’t half as bad as what you imagined it to be.
Learn to say no to requests that don’t meet your needs, and once you do that you’ll find how easy it actually is. You’ll get more time for yourself, your work and things that are most important to you. I know I do and I’m happy I started doing that.

How Your Company Can Benefit from the Right Trade Finance Advice!!

Meet John McArthur from Citi Trade Products!!


 

JOHN MCARTHUR

John McArthur is a Vice President and covers the northeast region for Citi's Trade Products Sales.  John is responsible for Citi's Middle Market Trade business.  

John has over 20 years of International Banking experience and spent several years in Asia financing exports to the USA. John started his career with Citibank’s Middle East Africa’s Trade Division financing large commodities.  He later joined Standard Chartered Bank’s Trade Sales group. During his time at Standard Chartered John was stationed in Asia, and worked with many large US retailers buying offices. John returned to the US and worked in Citibank’s Global Transaction Services Division (GTS). During his role in GTS, John financed sales of several aircraft to Africa and Asia, Commodities, and helped development organizations (Non Profit) with their “Food Monetization” programs. John has done extensive trade training to corporations as well as Non Profit Organizations. John has an MBA in Marketing from Adelphi University.

One of John’s Citibank clients’ is a dairy company. They traditionally sold dairy products domestically. In 2009, this clients’ revenue was off 55% and falling. They knew that they needed to find new markets. The Citibank Relationship Manager called John to meet with the client, because of John’s International experience. John put them in touch with an agent, and provided counsel on mitigating risk when selling into foreign markets. This client is currently selling products in 23 countries around the world, and their international sales are dwarfing their domestic sales.    

How Will You Benefit From A Packaging Audit???

(this is you when you get a promotion after your boss sees how awesome you are and all the money you saved your company!!)

Please call Paul to schedule your Free Packaging Audit Today!!  631 327 1958


The benefits of an audit are numerous. Audits can improve a company’s efficiency and profitability by helping the management better understand their own  shipping supply systems. Your company, as well as shareholders, suppliers and financers, are also assured that the risks in their organisation are well-studied, and effective systems are in place to handle them.
Audits can also identify areas in an organisation’s shipping structure that need improvement, and how to implement the proper changes and adjustments. Having an audit also lessens the risk and therefore the cost of capital.
An audit can uncover inaccuracies and discrepancies within an organisation’s records, which may be indications of weak financial organisation or even internal fraud, although fraud detection is not the main purpose of an audit.
The benefits of an audit:

• Analyse and understand your company’s shipping records.
• Identify key areas for improvement in your company.
• Assess risks, economy, efficiency and quality.
• Evaluate new technology.
• Uncover fraudulent or other illegal activities within your company.
• Reinforce and strengthen internal control.
• Analysis of Packaging Costs!!

Paul's Packaging Audit offers you a unique broad perspective of your company which you can apply to deliver effective analyses and relevant information. Management can use this information to evaluate the company and implement measures necessary to meet their objectives.
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You Can Save Space and Money Using The Air Plus High Speed!!

Please call me today to set you free trial!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd7Fo4-duNQ

Effective. Flexible. Cost-conscious.

• Effective: Its strength and durability offer reliable protection for your products.

• Cuts costs: Saves storage expense plus the light weight keeps your shipping costs down.

• Flexible: Pick the machines and the films to meet your requirements.

• Easy: The rolls of film are light and easy to handle. The machines are easy to operate, fast and reliable.

• Environmental benefits: It‘s reusable and the film is recyclable.

• Versatile: Machines are compact and portable allowing them to integrate easily into your packaging area.

AIRplus^® from Storopack offers quality machines that create versatile air-filled film packing materials. AIRplus^® films combine reliable protection and multiple uses with cost-saving features for the ideal in-the-box packaging products. Their lightweight properties lower shipping costs, and because you’re creating the inflated packing materials on-demand they require minimal storage space and handling in your facility. By using AIRplus^®, your packaging will be consistent and controlled. You’ll appreciate the low labor requirements and ease of production as well as its clean, dust-free characteristics.

You Can Save The Planet And Save Money With Your High Speed Paper Shooter!!

Please call me today to get one of these in your facility for a free trial??
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PAPERplus® Shooter from Storopack

Paper filler dispensed at high speed

The paper filling system PAPERplus^® Shooter from Storopack provides an exceptional running speed of 1.6 metres of paper filler per second. The handy device features an integrated automatic cutter. As well as optimum user convenience, this simple and durable mechanism ensures outstanding operating reliability.
A sensor is integrated to prevent paper jamming despite the high feed rate, ensuring that the machine’s high-speed performance is consistently translated into efficient packaging logistics. The PAPERplus^® Shooter is used for efficient void fill and stabilization of pack contents for transport.

A paper strip is cut off at the required length by releasing a foot pedal. This eliminates the need for manual tearing which interrupts the work flow and can be highly strenuous over the course of a shift. Packing staff have both hands free to fill the pack voids, and can easily control the machine speed as required.

The dispenser processes single-ply kraft paper to create a multiple-ply filler. The material is fed using a dispensing carton containing an 850 m roll of paper. To refill, the carton is simply exchanged.

The PAPERplus^® Shooter comes with a highly ergonomic design and facility for individual adjustment. The head of the dispenser can be freely swivelled. As the height is also adjustable, the filler can be dispensed from the most convenient position above the packs.

The PAPERplus^® Shooter measures 500 mm (width) and 600 mm (depth) and has a freely variable height of between 1,800 and 2,000 mm. The minimal size of its footprint allows the dispenser to be positioned easily in the required location even in cramped conditions. With a total weight of 23 kilos, it can also be moved to different operating locations with a minimum of effort. The table-top version offering the same functional characteristics can be height adjusted between 1,000 and 1,200 mm.

You Can Save 80% on Labor With A Battery Strap Tool!!

Yes....please ask me for your demo on this great ...cordless strapping machine that your bottom line will love!



The preferred battery tool for heavy duty and high tension applications. For most applications, Polyester works best when applied in the working range, ideally at least 50% of the break strength of the strap. At 700 pounds maximum tension, the VT700 is the ideal battery powered tool for a wide range of polyester strapping applications. Operation and batteries are identical to the VT550. TheVT700 is equipped with a high tension motor for increased tension, and all VT700 tools have a standard heavy duty steel wear plate for heavy duty applications. Competitively priced, the VT700 is a cost effective solution for heavy duty and high tension!

• Adjustable tension, maximum 730 lbs. for heavy duty jobs.
• Sealing efficiency 80% (+/- 5%) of strap breaking strength (varies based on strap quality, remaining battery power and set sealing time).
• 14.4V 3000mAh NiMH high capacity rechargeable battery.
• BOSCH 30 minute charger.
• High friction weld sealing, no metal seal required.
• Sealing time adjustment from .6 to 4.8 seconds.
• Ergonomically designed to reduce hand fatigue.
• Easy one-step strap insertion.
• Computer controlled operation monitoring system.
• Self-adjustable front and rear strap width guides for perfect strap alignment.
• Changeable strap cutting blade. 

You Can Now Protect With Paper Bubble-Wrap!!

Yes...you can now ship your products with Geami Protective Paper Packaging!!
You now can go green and save green at the same time!!
As usual...please ask Paul for more information!!

"We love our GreenWrap packing materials and have been using it for 6 years.  It is great to find an eco-friendly packaging material to replace bubble."

GreenWrap's paper-based protective packaging materials provide sustainable packaging solutions for businesses looking for an alternative to oil-based plastic packing materials such as bubble packaging, foam wrap and air pillows. The proven cushioning properties of GreenWrap packing materials help to ensure that your products will survive the rigors of small parcel shipping and arrive at your customer's door in good condition - Nearly 20,000 packages are shipped daily with their contents protected by GreenWrap packing materials. Businesses just like yours are benefiting from our eco friendly packaging solutions.

Protective Packaging Materials for Any Shipping Volume

Whether your company ships a few packages per day or thousands per week, GreenWrap offers packaging solutions suited to your type of business. Our packing materials are designed to deliver quality, performance, value and your product, in good condition, to your customers door.

Environmental Benefits of GreenWrap Protective Packaging Materials

While oil-based plastic packing materials such as bubble packaging are non-renewable and hard to recycle, GreenWrap's paper-based packaging materials are renewably sourced, biodegradable and 100% recyclable through curbside collection programs found in nearly every community. Additionally, the Kraft paper used to make GreenWrap packing materials have received third party certification from the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI). This SFI certifications assures that the fibers used to make GreenWrap packaging materials are derived solely from sustainably managed forests.

Reasons to try GreenWrap Protective Packaging Materials

• Proven in-the-box product protection & cushioning using our recyclable packaging materials. Every year from small businesses, to Top 100 Catalogers, millions of packages are shipped using GreenWrap protective packing materials. We have the right protective packaging solutions to meet the needs of businesses like yours.
• Packaging solutions that create opportunities for your company to reduce overall packaging materials costs while eliminating the problems often associated with using bulky plastic packaging materials such as bubble packaging wrap, foam protective wrap and air pillows.
• Improve your brand's image - no matter your industry, get ahead of the competition by using the type of earth friendly packaging materials that an ever increasing number of eco-conscience consumers prefer.
• Eliminate the hassles that consumers experience when they have to handle plastic packaging materials by replacing them with more end-user friendly packaging solutions. Your customers will appreciate your choice of eco packing materials that are easily disposed of in their curbside recycling bin.
• GreenWrap's packaging solutions easily integrate into most existing shipping processes that use packing materials.

Here Are 49 Ways For You To Get A Job In A Down Economy!!!

Maybe you or someone you know could benefit from these ideas and links attached to them!!
Remember, Believe and Succeed!!

You'll find great insights on age discrimination, handling the Web and social networks, what happens to your resume when you click "send", negotiating your offer, handling a declining industry and much, much more.

So, while I don't expect you to read all 49 of them (that would be more than 300 pages!), let me make a recommendation:

Pick the five that are most relevant to you, print them out, and read just one each day this week. You can do it on the treadmill, the train or as you're flying around this big old country of ours. It won't take much time, but it's a great way to get smarter about your job hunt...

Our 49 best advice packages (click on the link to download)

1. Is It Your Age or Your Salary?
2. Job-Search Basics
3. How to Work with Executive Recruiters
4. Clean Up Your Web Trail
5. Resume, Meet Technology; Making Your Resume Format Machine-Friendly
6. To Tell the Truth: Resume Rules
7. Your Job Application's Journey
8. Beating Interview Stage Fright
9. Interviewing Anywhere, Any Time
10. When Background Checks Make for Tough Interview Questions
11. 'How Old Are You?': Readers Tell Job Interview Tales
12. Leveraging Offer for a Raise
13. Psychology of the Job Search
14. Resume Insecurity
15. Two Layoffs, One Family: When A Household is Out of Work
16. After the Meltdown: Is Your Network a Trap?
17. Change Your Industry; Change Your Luck
18. Can You Facebook Your Way to a New Job?
19. Lose the 'Frump Factor,' Win the Job
20. Dress to Network - Every Encounter Counts
21. Keeping Cool on the Job Hunt
22. Why Men Have Stronger Networks Than Women
23. Taxes and Unemployment Checklist
24. Credit Checklist
25. Personality Tests on the Job Search
26. How Verbs Make Your Resume Sizzle
27. Green-Collar Jobs: Myth or Reality?
28. Is Your Industry in Decline? Make a Move or Make it Work
29. Job Fairs Reach the Senior Ranks
30. An Aging Workforce: New Opportunities for Older Execs
31. Your Job Search and Your Family: Striking a Balance
32. Apply-Interview-Negotiate. Repeat.
33. Getting the Job When You're Overqualified
34. Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube: Which Tools to Use
35. An Image Makeover - A New Shot at Success
36. Volunteering Opportunities Pay Off
37. Finding a Job in a New City
38. Tuning Your Resume to the Right Keywords
39. Getting Your Cover Letter Noticed
40. Ask to Succeed
41. Self-Employed to Employed
42. No Rest Between Jobs
43. Military Transition
44. Hired by the Holidays
45. Employers Tune Up Sales Force, Tap Growing Talent Pool
46. Job One for Marketers: Market Yourself
47. Tracking Finance Jobs in a Bear Market
48. Tech Down, Not Out
49. Operations Jobs Pick Up Steam

16 Things You Should Know About When You Used Linked-In!!!

Here are 16 things you should consider when using Linkedin!!



While most people think of LinkedIn as a glorified job search board, this social media site is actually an amazing business-to-business marketing tool.
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With a little bit of time and effort, the following guide can help you turn LinkedIn into a lead generation engine and give you the inside track to generating more business with LinkedIn.
Start with your profileYour profile <http://www.linkedin.com/profile/edit?trk=tab_pro> on LinkedIn is the single most important element on the site. It’s your "enhanced" business card -- a quick and easy way for people to decide if you’re relevant or not to what they care about.
LinkedIn provides a rich feature set to make your profile stand out. Use these tips to create a profile that gets your message across without losing readers along the way.
1. Don’t get clever with your picture
2. Headlines matter (as always)
3. You are more than your job
The more experiences that you add, the easier it will be for LinkedIn to connect you with others within their network.
4. Create connections that matter
As general rule of thumb, ask yourself, would you feel comfortable picking up the phone and calling this person? If not, don’t add them to your contacts.
One of my favorite ways to add contacts is using the People You May Already Know tool. Of course, the "trick" is to make sure you have done a thorough job of adding all of your work and non-work experiences to your profile.
While you’re busy adding contacts, don’t forget to prune a few out as well. By using the "would you call" benchmark, you may find that are a few names to drop. Keep your contact list relevant.
5. Work your recommendations
The best way to get recommendations is to ask for them <http://www.copyblogger.com/ask/>. The Request Recommendations tool is simple to use, but take the time to edit the default message by tailoring it for your audience.
For people you know well, a simple subject line could be "I need your help."
(I wouldn’t recommend "You are not alone" <http://www.copyblogger.com/get-your-email-opened/> for this one … you might make your colleagues a bit nervous.)For other connections that you may not know quite as well, include a point of reference to jog their memory.
As for the message itself, be short and to the point. A good way to start your message is to acknowledge how much you value their opinion. Vanity is often a great motivator.
And if your requests for recommendation fall flat? Start writing recommendations for others you know. You will be pleasantly surprised how many will reciprocate.
6. Don’t waste your summary
Instead, use the summary as a place to answer a simple question - Why do you do what you do? Think of your summary as the human element of who you are, the backstory to everything you’ve done so far.
7. Flesh out the details
One of my favorite features is the ability to add content from SlideShare.net, Twitter, and WordPress.
Give your LinkedIn viewers a well-rounded sense of your digital presence.
8. Drag the conversation along
Next to every section heading on your profile page is a directional arrow icon that allows you to re-order and emphasize the sections of your profile for viewers.
Front-load your page with the most exciting content. For example, if you have great recommendations, drag them to the top so viewers see your most positive details first.
9. Don’t forget SEO benefits
Take the time to optimize your summary, using your full proper name versus "I" or "me." You might also want to enter links to websites you want to highlight.
Also, give your profile page some link juice by creating a link from your website biography page to your LinkedIn profile page.
Now you’re ready to start promoting your business on LinkedInHaving a solid LinkedIn profile is a crucial ingredient - but it is only the starting point. LinkedIn gives you lots of tools to drive interest and traffic to your business - so use them.
10. Update your email signature line
The Email Signature tool <http://www.linkedin.com/signature?display=> provides a series of options to input and style your signature line. Make sure to select under Options the "Professional Profile" link and "See who we know in common" link.
11. Explore the rest of the tool kit
For example, beef up your online Bio or About page with a quick link back to LinkedIn by using the Member Profile plugin <http://developer.linkedin.com/docs/DOC-1278>.
If you have a business blog, the Share on LinkedIn plugin <http://developer.linkedin.com/docs/DOC-1283> is the perfect complement to your Tweet Share button.
Don’t forget to also include the Recommend with LinkedIn button <http://developer.linkedin.com/docs/DOC-1282>. This feature gives your business social proof through recommendations of LinkedIn Users that are visible on your site.
As a side note for those of you who are more SEO-savvy, it is very feasible that LinkedIn Recommendations will be a factor in search rankings - similar to Facebook Likes or Twitter sharing <http://www.copyblogger.com/seo-twitter-facebook/> today.
12. Dominate the All Updates area
Start building authority and awareness through an ever-present stream of relevant information that appears directly on the LinkedIn home page of your connections.
13. Create your own LinkedIn group
But for the savvy professional who is willing to commit the time, creating and nurturing your own online group <http://www.linkedin.com/createGroup?displayCreate=&trk=hb_side_crgrp> can pay huge dividends - if you build it right.
The real secret of having your own group is the free email broadcast tool included with it.
Under the Manage options, you will see a feature to Send An Announcement. While restricted to once every seven days, LinkedIn provides you with a free and easy method to send email broadcasts to your group members.
14. And speaking of email …
The Compose Message feature in your inbox has a unique way to tailor your emails to your LinkedIn Contacts by geography and/or by industry, for up to 50 people at a time.
So if you want to share an interesting story or idea with your contacts in the accounting industry, a simple point and click is all it takes.
Obviously you’re not going to use this feature to spam or annoy your contacts (that will take you in the exact opposite direction of where you want to go). Keep these messages informative and highly relevant.
15. Work your company page
As you update your Products & Services page, consider including appealing special offers <http://www.copyblogger.com/58-killer-offers/> for people who visit and recommend your LinkedIn company page.
And of course, don’t forget to promote your company page by LinkedIn email, group discussions, group announcements, and updating your status.
16. Manage and mine your data stream
On the Account Settings <https://www.linkedin.com/settings/?trk=hb_acc> page, you will see a tab called Account. Within the Account features is an option to Get LinkedIn content in an RSS feed. Make sure this feature is enabled and add the link to your favorite RSS reader to receive daily updates from your connections.
Once you have everything where you can review it easily, mine the data stream by taking advantage of the built in search features of your newsreader. Alternatively, your reader may have additional options to flag certain items that contain terms you designate.
With a little bit of effort, your RSS reader can become a daily source of business opportunities.
The value of LinkedIn is youLinkedIn gives you plenty of powerful toys to play with that can make your business-to-business marketing more effective. This guide represents just a few of the many things you can do.
The tools are there, your customers are there … the only thing that’s missing is you. So while the rest of the world sits in awe of LinkedIn’s stock price, start creating your own return on investment for your business.
With so much activity conducted within LinkedIn, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. This is where RSS can become your friend.
Recently, LinkedIn introduced company pages <http://www.linkedin.com/company/copyblogger-media-llc> - an easy way to provide additional details about your business.
Did you know you can send out email newsletters to your contacts?
LinkedIn contains a vast collection of online groups. For many, joining and participating in a LinkedIn group is an easy way to build authority through comments and discussion postings.
By default, LinkedIn presents a list of Network Updates <http://www.linkedin.com/home?trk=hb_tab_home> when a user logs in. This is a gold mine for the smart content marketing professional <http://www.copyblogger.com/content-marketing/>.
The LinkedIn Developer site <http://developer.linkedin.com/community/plugins> has a rich number of easy-to-use tools to enhance your site.
You’ll want to start building awareness of your LinkedIn Profile. Since many professionals rely on email as their primary digital communication stream, your usual email signature is often a great starting point to connect with others.
If you make your profile page public, search engines like Google and Bing will index it.
With one click and a mouse move, you can substantially control the narrative that people view when visiting your public profile page.
A new feature of LinkedIn is the Add Sections tool - a way to modify your profile with additional details about your qualifications from other online sources.
Don’t waste your summary area with a lot of empty verbiage about your "team-oriented, results-focused goal setting" qualifications.
An easy way to enhance your reputation is to obtain as many recommendations <http://www.linkedin.com/references?mrs=> as possible. Lots of recommendations add up to social proof that you’re a professional others can depend on.
Schedule some time every few months to update your contacts <http://www.linkedin.com/connections?trk=hb_tab_connections> within LinkedIn.
The biggest mistake people make with their profile is excluding their non-work related experiences. If you belong to a local networking group or other affiliations, add them.
The Professional Headline that appears below your name is included on every reference about you on the site. Make sure it includes your title and your company. Again, don’t get so caught up in trying to be clever that you’re hard to understand.
No one will recognize you if they can’t see your face. The best pictures have solid color backgrounds with your face taking up as much of the frame as possible. The image upload tool in LinkedIn includes a cropping feature to make this easier. , that is, you know what you’re doing.