Whereas, in 1999, Sumter Packaging expanded to Orangeburg with a customer service center and again in Charlotte, North Carolina, with the acquisition of Queen City Container there in 2002; and Whereas, Sumter Packaging manufactures and markets corrugated packaging, displays, standups, digital printing fulfillment, and assembly, and specializes in plastic corrugated and combinations of wood and foam on corrugated; and Whereas, the one hundred twenty employees of Sumter Packaging serve over one thousand five hundred customers in North and South Carolina, Virginia, and Eastern Georgia; and Whereas, a familyowned business for three generations, Sumter Packaging has served its customers through personal service and quality products with fast, dependable delivery and has been committed to continuous improvement for over fifty years; and Whereas, for outstanding service and products, Sumter Packaging has been honored as Manufacturer of the Year for the State of South Carolina and has received the Manufacturer of the Year Award in two of the last five years for Sumter County; and Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is grateful for the standard of excellence set by Sumter Packaging Corporation and for the pride and recognition the company has brought to the Palmetto State. Now, therefore, Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize and honor Sumter Packaging Corporation and congratulate the and company’s executives employees for receiving the national Technologist of the Year Award for the pulp and paper industry. Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Ben DeSollar, President of Sumter Packaging Corporation. XX
Whereas, in 1999, Sumter Packaging expanded to Orangeburg with a customer service center and again in Charlotte, North Carolina, with the acquisition of Queen City Container there in 2002; and Whereas, Sumter Packaging manufactures and markets corrugated packaging, displays, standups, digital printing fulfillment, and assembly, and specializes in plastic corrugated and combinations of wood and foam on corrugated; and Whereas, the one hundred twenty employees of Sumter Packaging serve over one thousand five hundred customers in North and South Carolina, Virginia, and Eastern Georgia; and Whereas, a familyowned business for three generations, Sumter Packaging has served its customers through personal service and quality products with fast, dependable delivery and has been committed to continuous improvement for over fifty years; and Whereas, for outstanding service and products, Sumter Packaging has been honored as Manufacturer of the Year for the State of South Carolina and has received the Manufacturer of the Year Award in two of the last five years for Sumter County; and Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is grateful for the standard of excellence set by Sumter Packaging Corporation and for the pride and recognition the company has brought to the Palmetto State. Now, therefore, Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize and honor Sumter Packaging Corporation and congratulate the company’s executives and employees for receiving the national Technologist of the Year Award for the pulp and paper industry. Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Ben DeSollar, President of Sumter Packaging Corporation. XX