Atlantic Packaging Corporation receives Shrink Packaging’s Top Award of Independent Distributors, delivering an exceptional “Focus on Shrink” to Clysar customers
CLINTON. IA – Nov. 8, 2016 – Leading polyolefin shrink film manufacturer Clysar, LLC, announced that Atlantic Packaging Corporation, headquartered in Wilmington, NC, has been named its 2016 Distributor of the Year. The award was presented at the Clysar annual distributor meeting and reception, held at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, in conjunction with Pack Expo 2016.
The award celebrates the elite distributor partner who has demonstrated sustained growth; value- added support for Clysar’s shrink packaging program; and a commitment to provide technical expertise and exceptional customer service excellence in shrink packaging.
“We are especially pleased to honor Atlantic Packaging with our top award. Over the last year, they have demonstrated strong volume and revenue growth in a hyper-dynamic market, and are innovating through new shrink film
applications that expand the industry overall,” said Vicki Larson, Clysar’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “Atlantic is an outstanding distributor. They know Clysar® shrink film products, they know shrink packaging equipment and they know how to make these elements work together to bring real value to our shared customers.”
This is the second time Atlantic Packaging—a Clysar distributor since 2002—received the prestigious award. The company garnered Clysar’s first-ever Distributor of the Year award in 2005, beginning a long-standing partnership of shrink package performance, cost savings and consumer appeal.
About Atlantic Packaging Corp.
Atlantic Packaging is a technically advanced, expert source of shrink packaging equipment, materials, engineering and technical resources. With a rich history rooted in family and community, the company was founded in Tabor City, NC, in 1946 by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, W. Horace Carter. Since that time, Atlantic Packaging has grown to encompass 18 locations throughout the U.S., the Caribbean and Central America, and is now under its third generation of family leadership. As a turnkey supplier of Clysar® shrink films, Atlantic offers packaging engineering, material evaluations, machinery integration, training programs and technical service to meet focused packaging needs in a wide range of industries.
About Clysar, LLC
Founded in 1963, Clysar manufactures high-performance polyolefin films for a wide variety of packaging applications including meat, poultry, produce, bakery, pizza, office supplies, hardware and consumer products. The Clysar® product line of industry-leading shrink films includes LTC Lowest Total Cost thin films; ShrinkBox® corrugate-replacement films; EZ-R easier-to-run high-speed films; and new HPG Confidential opaque privacy films. Headquartered in Clinton, IA, the company has over 300 employees focused solely on shrink film.
