Paper Products

The head of industrial conglomerate 3M blasted the president as being "anti-business," claiming Obama has not done anything to improve the White House's relationship with corporate America.

In a letter mailed to distributors this week, Hallmark Business Connections announced it will be leaving the promotional products industry effective January 31, 2011.

Fenton, Missouri-based Quick Point announced it is introducing a line of greeting cards with antimicrobial phone pads attached. Quick Point’s antimicrobial phone pad protects a phone from the growth of harmful germs and bacteria for 12 months, reinforcing the greeting cards' sentiments for a full year.

The Economic Policy Institute's (EPI) report highlights the continuing efforts of the Chinese government to promote the development of its paper producers at almost any expense. The academic study identified roughly $33 billion in subsidies provided to China's paper producers in a variety of forms that have stimulated enormous capacity increases and jeopardized production and jobs in the U.S.

St. Paul, Minnesota-based 3M announced the launch of a new online service that helps graphic designers, communicators and marketers quickly test the impact of graphic designs and increase the probability that viewers will pay attention to the most important content in the first three-to-five seconds.

Staples Inc., Framingham, Mass., will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss first quarter 2010 results on May 20 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time (7:00 a.m. Central Time).

Lenexa, Kansas-based Gill Studios has partnered with New York-based ScanLife, the global leader in mobile barcode solutions, to offer 2-D mobile barcodes and discounted code creation on a variety of Gill Studios products.

City of Industry, California-based Sweda Company announced it will supply selected 3M Post-it Brand products beginning with note pads, notes cubes and flag writing tools.

Bridgeport, Connecticut-based Prime Line proudly announced it has expanded the company's line of custom products. Prime Line can now source custom versions of any of the products in its catalog including all of its new items for 2010.

The egg packaging for the annual White House Easter Egg Roll has been made from Washington-based Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) chain-of-custody certified paperboard. This is the second consecutive year in which SFI products have been used.