The United Way is an organization with which we’ve partnered for many years. Continuing this partnership is one way we support a shared future with our team members & our community.

The United Way is an organization with which we’ve partnered for many years. Continuing this partnership is one way we support a shared future with our team members & our community.
A shout-out to our Des Plaines plant team members who packed 30 boxes of food for the poor in Mexico at the ‘FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN FOOD EVENT.’ This is the 4thyear our team has participated, and this year we packed a record 7000 meals, enough to feed 20 people for a whole year!
With a commitment to help customers succeed at retail, Great Northern is pleased to announce an expansion and growth initiative through the acquisition of United Displaycraft (Chicago, IL), a leader in permanent and interactive displays, effective January 1, 2018. Through this acquisition, Great Northern Instore increases its capabilities and creative expertise to include a full range of temporary, semi-permanent, permanent and interactive retail merchandising solutions.
Great Northern announces a new SMART PHONE APP for customers to quickly and efficiently manage and replenish inventories via EDI.
The FREE ‘Great Northern Inventory App’ is available now for download from Android and IOS compatible Smart phones.
Great Northern StrataGraph® is installing a $10 million digital press that’s one of the first of its kind in North America. Offering digital means that we can provide our customers new customization opportunities without the cost and hassle of new tooling.
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Insight Publications announced Great Northern as the winner of the Process category during its fourth annual innovation awards at its THINC! event May 11. More than 250 people attended the sixth annual Technology & Human Innovation Networking Conference at UW-Fox Valley.
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Great Northern’s Mike Schliesmann recently discussed the future of corrugated digital print with FLEXO Magazine.
This is in advance of “Corrugated Direct Print – The Future Is Now” which takes place Tuesday, May 2 at 1:30 p.m. The session’s manager is Jack Fulton of Printron, and its co manager is Geoff Roznak of Great Northern Corp.
John Davis speaks about the history and future of Great Northern.
John Davis and Great Northern were recently profiled in the regional business publication, Insight on Business. To read about how Great Northern is adapting to future business and employee needs, click here.
APPLETON, WI., January 6, 2016 – Great Northern is pleased to announce the grand opening of the GNC Wellness Center. The purpose of the center is to assist employees and their families in being well, managing their health care, and reducing their health care costs. Read More…