Poly Print’s pursuit of leadership in the flexographic printing and flexible packaging industries has been enduring, to say the least.
At a time that now seems like yesterday, the Genova family set out with one goal in mind: to be the leading provider of all food packaging and labels. This overarching objective paves the way for us to:
- Expand our service
- Assist our customers
- Create a thriving culture behind the walls of our 80,000 sq. ft., Tucson, AZ-based plant
Established in 1992, Poly Print has developed a strong employee culture and superior customer care to help achieve this vision. The company, having doubled its team, equipment and sales revenue over the last five years, has a great deal to show for its efforts. There are no signs of slowing down for Poly Print!
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Yes, 2020 has been riddled with uncertainty, crisis and a seemingly gloomy outlook. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everyone’s lives around the planet, creating unsettling feelings about spending time in public, or even sharing a meal with friends and family.
In the midst of such turmoil, flexible packaging has never been more important.
Crowning Achievement
Knowing that packaging’s primary purpose is to protect the product inside—and in the case of food, to keep contents safe from bacteria, viruses and the harsh conditions it faces as it travels through diverse distribution channels—demand for food safety has never been greater. Our purpose has never been clearer; these facts, though, do present a unique set of challenges.
In perhaps our most notable accomplishment of 2020, and debatably in company history, we earned a perfect 100/100 score on this year’s unannounced SQF audit. Poly Print has been SQF-certified since 2014 and received respectable scores in the mid to high 90s every year. This year, however, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we really battened down the hatches and made food safety and packaging safety more important than ever before.
Poly Print has a dedicated SQF team and a lead practitioner, which are both managed by Elsie Genova, owner and corporate secretary. Industry experts have stated that statistically, companies have approximately a 1 percent chance to earn a perfect score, which places this accomplishment among our top crowning moments.
Food safety is the main reason that food packaging exists, a fact that the average consumer tends not to realize; many simply do not think about the importance of packaging in their lives and to the safety of their families. To the credit of packaging, properly packaged foods are scientifically shown to carry less foodborne illness, cause less food contamination, and provide end consumers with an overall healthier lifestyle. In today’s market, there are simply no alternatives that are as cost-effective, less harmful to environment, and as capable of maintaining the integrity of the product.
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Poly Print has consistently grown at double-digit rates year over year for the better part of the last decade, during which time it has reinvested more than $13,000,000 into the company, most of this amount in just the last five years.
Spawning this growth was the company’s aggressive entry into several new markets, including bottle labels for water, laser-perforated packages for produce, pouches, compostable and recyclable packaging, lidding, beverages and more. The success of this effort was dependent entirely upon a sound business plan, coupled with investments in new equipment, technology and people.
Building a strong team that shares the same core values as the company is never an easy task. Overall, Poly Print has found that the combination of strong leadership, dedicated staff and relevant experience leads most directly to proper plan execution. Our current team, for example, brings hundreds of years of printing and packaging experience and provides a solid foundation for extraordinary customers and on-time deliveries.
Over the last five years, Poly Print has expanded its direct workforce to more than 100 people and established relationships with dozens more in terms of contractors, industry experts and consultants. We continue to seek motivated individuals for experienced and entry-level positions throughout the company as we continue to grow.