Boise Paper Solutions' SPLOX Reamless Paper Delivery System Designed For
Faster, Easier and Safer Paper Carrying and Use in the Workplace
ITASCA, Ill., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- BOISE(SM) Paper Solutions today
introduced new paper packaging that will help businesses save time by helping
employees to load paper into printers and copiers three times faster than
regular ream-wrapped paper.
SPLOX(TM) -- short for speed-loading box -- is a 25-pound box containing
2,500 sheets of unwrapped, high-quality office paper. The intuitive SPLOX
"splay-open" design allows the entire stack of paper to be accessed from all
four sides in only two easy steps, making it quicker to load.
"The past few decades have brought many improvements in high-volume
printing equipment, software and digital technology, and as a result we have
found that 'old-fashioned' paper loading is often where the bottleneck occurs
in production," said Chris Forthaus, product manager with Boise Paper
Solutions. "Our new speed-loading box is designed to help open up the
bottleneck and make high-volume printing more efficient."
The SPLOX box also features an integrated handle, making it safer and
faster to lift, carry and load than traditional paper cartons. Employees can
more easily carry two 25-pound SPLOX boxes than one 50-pound, 10-ream carton
of ream-wrapped paper.
The National Occupational Research Agenda reports that workers'
compensation claims for lower back disorders cost approximately 100 million
lost work days each year. Also, back injuries account for one out of every
five workplace injuries or illnesses, according to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. The majority of these injuries occur while employees are lifting.
The rate of back injuries can be even greater in paper-heavy work
environments such as quick printers, in-plant facilities, data centers and
corporate copy centers that place a heavy demand on bending and paper loading.
About Boise Paper Solutions
Boise Paper Solutions is a major manufacturer of uncoated free sheet
papers, containerboard and corrugated containers, newsprint and market pulp.
It provides consistent products and exceptional service, using manufacturing
and distribution processes that help its customers work efficiently and focus
on creating their own great products. Boise Paper Solutions is a business
segment of Boise Cascade Corporation (Boise). For more information, visit
http://www.BoisePaper.com .
About Boise Cascade Corporation
Boise, headquartered in Boise, Idaho, provides solutions to help customers
work more efficiently, build more effectively, and create new ways to meet
business challenges. We own or control more than 2 million acres of
timberland, primarily in the United States, to support our manufacturing
operations. Boise had sales of $8.2 billion in 2003. Boise Office Solutions,
headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, is a division of Boise and a premier
multinational contract and retail distributor of office supplies and paper,
technology products, and office furniture. Boise Office Solutions had 2003
sales of $4.0 billion. Boise Building Solutions, headquartered in Boise,
Idaho, is a division of Boise and manufactures plywood, oriented strand board,
lumber, particleboard, and engineered wood products. The business also
operates 28 facilities that distribute a broad line of building materials,
including wood products manufactured by Boise. Boise Building Solutions
posted manufacturing sales of $824 million and distribution sales of
$2.0 billion in 2003. Boise Paper Solutions, headquartered in Boise, Idaho,
is a division of Boise and a manufacturer of office papers, a majority of
which are sold through Boise Office Solutions. Boise Paper Solutions also
manufactures printing, forms, and converting papers, newsprint, containerboard
and corrugated containers, and market pulp. The division had 2003 sales of
$1.9 billion. Visit the Boise Web site at http://www.bc.com .
SOURCE Boise Paper Solutions
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Related links:
http://www.BoisePaper.com
http://www.bc.com
CONTACT:
Vince Phelan of Boise Paper Solutions,
+1-630-438-8945; Media, Nicole Miller of Bader Rutter &
Associates, +1-262-784-7200
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