Ahoy land lubbers! This weekend PackSmart is going to be settin’ sail in Glen Ellyn’s Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta for the second year in a row. It will be a day of fun for the whole family, including games, the best food trucks in the Chicagoland area and, of course, some intense cardboard boat ra...

Today we celebrated Bring Your Dog to Work Day here at PackSmart! We had a lot of fun having our bundles of love/fur in the office and getting to know everyone's dog(s)! They even showed some love for PackSmart's CORE Values. Check out the pictures below to experience this fun day at PackSmart!

You’ve just received yet another price increase notification from your packaging vendor…you’ve been a loyal customer, so why are they trying to take advantage of your business? The truth of the matter is that the packaging industry is a volatile market, especially when it comes to resin-re...

Environmentalism, sustainability, and the sense of corporate citizenship that accompanies them are becoming a more and more substantial point of interest and action for industrial companies. Many companies have put initiatives in place to achieve their sustainability goals, but still struggle to ide...

Did you know that 20% of consumers’ returns are due to damage product? (https://www.invespcro.com/blog/ecommerce-product-return-rate-statistics/). If you don’t take the time to find the best void fill/cushioning product for your application you risk losing money on the damaged product, shipping expe...

It's that time of year again!

This holiday season, the PackSmart Team participated in Toys for Tots, a charity organization that collects new, unwrapped toys, and distributes them to less fortunate children at Christmas time. This year, the PackSmart team donated over 40 toys and books to the Toys fo...