Salazar Packaging

2026 has been a tumultuous time in the corrugated board industry, with multiple price increases from sheet plants impacting the cost of all boxes and corrugated mailers. These price increases often lead operations managers to reassess their packaging options and ask the all important question: “Do we really need a box?” Often times the answer is no, or not at this time. The p...

It has been a long time since I wrote about the three Rs in sustainability. For those who may have forgotten, they are Reduce, Recycle, and “the other guy” (for fellow Seinfeld fans), Reuse. All three facets of sustainability have become such a part of everyday life that it is becoming easy for us industry people as well as consumers to take it all for granted. Every shopper’...

Regular readers of this blog know I love old movies quotes. In this case, I am going back to 1973 and one of my favorite Clint Eastwood movies, Magnum Force. In it Clint plays detective Harry Callahan who cautions people to not exceed their capabilities. “A man’s got to know his limitations” he warns bad guys, usually after they commit an error in judgement. Graphic versus st...

Recently my girlfriend received a box from a large, well-known company, and I sat down with her to share in the “unboxing moment.” I won’t reveal the name of the company, but I certainly expected better and was honestly shocked to find a large, unprinted white insert holding products once we opened the box. Only because I am in the industry, I was curious and removed the inse...