Business Management - Operations

On Tuesday, International Paper unveiled plans to invest up to $150 million to upgrade equipment and expand its linerboard mill in Coosa, GA, The Rome News-Tribune reported Wednesday morning.

In an online story by The Rome News-Tribune, International Paper plant manager Devin Nix said the investment ensures the Georgia facility, which employs more than 400 workers, will stay competitive.

"We've got very hardworking families who live in this community and we're very proud to have this investment going into the facility," Nix told The Rome News-Tribune.

To better serve existing and new customers in the Northeast, Georgia Printco owners, Sheldon Hurst Jr. and Tom Clarke, purchased a new 30,000-square-foot facility, equipped with the latest VUTEk print technology, in Pittston, PA.

Insisting that certain people adopt a "new and better way" of doing something can actually make a situation worse. To cure your business, heed advice from a first century physician named Luke, about the consequences of pouring NEW wine into OLD wineskins.

In the business world, some people have more of a cat-like personality, while others operate more like dogs. When hiring, our tendency might be to look for dog-like attitudes when in reality we need some cats.

Tech-ni-Fold has prevented a third U.S. company from continuing to sell a device that Tech-ni-Fold believes infringes upon its Tri-Creaser patents. As a result, Rosback Co. of St. Joseph, MI, will be discontinuing the current design of its TrueScore-Pro and TrueScore-Pro Quad products.

Folks, there is a way to do the THAT's in life and business, which owners and managers should do. However, I'm a witness to THIS fact—you will never get to all the THAT's unless you do THIS! Got it? Good!

NewPage signed an agreement with Omya, a producer of minerals and pigments, to build a precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) plant at the Escanaba, MI mill site.

NewPage says the new on-site PCC plant has yet another benefit; it will use carbon dioxide generated at the paper mill in the process of making PCC, which reduces the environmental impact and carbon waste of the paper mill.

On top of all that good news, the plant will create seven local jobs.

In today’s competitive environment, owners need to spend the lion’s share of their time building customer relationships and “chasing business.” You can hire the talent to do the other work, and landing new business is what will dictate success.

If you’re a print provider that only prints and sells locally, think again about the potential growth that projects from outside your geographic area might bring to your business.

Most of the buzz involving Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 is the "pay or play" stipulation. Employers with more than 50 full-time workers must decide if they will offer health insurance or pay the penalty and have their employees use the state insurance exchanges.