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Samsill Corporation announces the launch of its newest line of Fashion iPad Cases for 2013. The Fashion iPad Cases are offered in four bright fashion colors and are easily customized to provide a stylish look and compliment individual personalities.
Fort Worth, Texas, April 24, 2013
Samsill Corporation announces the launch of its newest line of Fashion iPad Cases for 2013. The Fashion iPad Cases are a one piece folio design offered in four bright fashion colors with a diamond debossed design to provide a stylish look and compliment individual personalities.
The Fashion iPad case line is available in hot pink, blue, purple, lime green, and black. Customization is what makes these iPad cases unique. They are available for custom two color screen printing on the front cover. “It is exciting to be able to provide customers with an opportunity to express themselves through color and customization,” said Drew Bowers, Director of Marketing. “Samsill has a long history with the largest selection of binder colors, now we are able to expand that to electronic accessories as well.”
Fashion iPad Business Accessory Features:
Compatible with Apple iPad 2nd, 3rd, and 4th generations
Smart cover automatically wakes and puts iPad to sleep by opening and closing the cover
Debossed diamond design and bright fashion colors provide a stylish look
Magnetized closure keeps cover closed when not in use
Adjustable stand with two landscape positions
Cutouts to easily access camera, ports, and controls without having to remove the case
About Samsill
Samsill Corporation is one of the world’s largest privately held manufacturers of laptop and tablet business accessories, media storage, ring binders and sheet protectors. With corporate headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas and manufacturing facilities in Texas, Mexico and China, Samsill has grown over the past 56 years from a small family business to an employee-owned international corporation serving the school, home and office markets. For more information about Samsill and its full line of products visit http://www.samsill.com.
When people talk about what money can’t buy you there is always a big debate. Some people think money can buy you happiness, whereas others will tell you this is not true. The reason this is so debatable is because nobody really agrees, but something people do agree on is that you can’t buy time. They tell you not to waste time because you will never get it back. Once you’ve gone to sleep that is another day of your life assigned to the record books.
The income tax deadline is quickly approaching and many people are panicking. We all know how much time and effort it would save if we would have everything nice and neat and properly organized.
Check out our Facebook page for details on how to enter this week’s giveaway.
Microsoft Neoprene sleeves are designed to protect your laptop when carried alone or in your backpack, messenger or bag.
Thick neoprene material with molded EVA Cushion Cell lining, and trimmed with trendy orange accents. Checkpoint Friendly – Designed to comply with TSA guidelines. No need to remove your laptop while going through airport security. This lightweight bag is water-resistant. Double zippers and carrying handles make it convenient and easy to use.
39510 – Protective padded sleeve holds most laptop up to 12″
39511 – Protective padded sleeve holds most laptop up to 16″
39512 – Protective padded sleeve holds most laptop up to 17.3″
Thick neoprene with Cushion Cell™ lining
Checkpoint Friendly – No need to remove your laptop while going through airport security
You already know that Samsill makes binders, bags, and a few other business accessories. But did you know that was not what our first manufactured product was? Here is a list of 10 interesting facts about Samsill that you might not know:
Though you may be ready for the winter chill that December brings but are you ready for the germs that comes with it? Flu season is here and the workplace is a host of bacteria and germs that can contribute to illness if you don’t take proper precaution. This infographic from Learnstuff.com puts office germs into perspective and how you can avoid getting sick or getting others sick.
These days most of us are aware of the effect we have on the environment in our day-to-day lives. So we recycle household waste, source local and seasonal vegetables, and buy eco-friendly office supplies wherever possible. One thing that it’s easy to forget about, though, is our daily commute to work. How many of us are guilty of taking the car when we only have a short distance to travel? If you’re feeling sheepish about your not-so-green commuting habits, check out our eight top tips to make sure you give some love back to the environment:
They say paperwork, receipts, bills, and ledgers have a way of breeding and overwhelming a workspace if left to their own devices. Anyone who has ever had an extremely busy month and no time left to organize their things can certainly attest to this phenomenon.
In order to control looming deadlines, the flow of your in- and outbox, and not to misplace important documents and paperwork, consider these five practical tips to effectively organize your workspace.
America Recycles Day is a nationally recognized day dedicated to promoting and celebrating recycling in the United States. Take a look at this infographic on recycling for some interesting facts from Reuse This Bag.
It’s about that time to start planning for holidays. Gifts, food and parties can get mixed up or even forgotten. So have you ever wondered what the secret to a stress free holiday is? A Holiday Planner! Having a Holiday Planner can turn your hectic holiday into a cool and composed celebration.
Choosing the best office Halloween costume can be somewhat tricky. You will need to decide if you are doing a group costume or individual costume. Some employers encourage group costumes because they allow employees to work together while individual costumes give workers more variety and opportunity to be as creative as they want. Either way, dressing up or decorating for Halloween at the office is a great way to boost employee morale and teamwork. Plus…it can be fun!
Below are the best office Halloween costume ideas we have heard of.
You may think twice about buying foreign products after reading the top 10 reasons why you should buy American made products.
1.Creates Jobs
Each manufacturing job creates approximately 5 additional jobs such as positions in accounting, technical support, sales, and marketing.
2.Helps keep the American Economy Growing
Profit earned from orders shipped abroad are rarely advantageous to our economy. Buying American-made products recycles our dollars back into our economy.
We’ve all been there. You walk into a store, find the binder section, and are completely overwhelmed by the selection. How do you choose the perfect one? This infographic gives a few helpful tips on picking the right three-ring binder for your needs.
We are no stranger to cardboardat Samsill. We make the RAW binder which is highly durabletype of chipboard/cardboard. All of our binders had some form of chipboard between the sheets of Polypropylene. We know our way around cardboard, but Chris Gilmour brings cardboard to an entirely different level.
Administrative Professionals’ Day (also known as Secretaries Day or Admin Day) is a holiday in several countries. Recognize the work of secretaries, administrative assistants, receptionists, and other administrative support professionals. In North America, it is celebrated on the Wednesday of the last full week of April (Today)
Yeah, you can those blue Bic pens in bulk if you want—a boatload costs about as much as your morning coffee. And all pens are pretty much the same, right? Of course not. Cheapo pens are much more likely to leave ink smeared across your nose, bleeding through your pants pocket, or glopping up your page.
But even cheap pens were state-of-the-art at one time. Let’s take a look at how writing with ink has evolved over the centuries.
Samsill produces the most innovative products in the industry. Our Antimicrobial binder was the first of its kind and still is the best of its kind. Our Clean Touch Antimicrobial binder uses the All natural silver-based antimicrobial additive by Agion. It prevents the growth of bateria, mold and mildew of the binder’s surface promoting cleaner offices, schools, and hospitals.
Agion is a partner of ours and last year a few companies rolled out base layers that incorporate the antimicrobial technology from Agion. Our friends over at gear.com had the write up.
I’ve had a number of base layers in my day — most of which haven’t survived, because of a few rips or sometimes just their general grunginess after a fair amount of usage. And there are more than a few of those that were tossed after having been loaned to a friend, whose B.O. unwittingly sped the item along its path towards the rubbish heap.
For those of us in this camp that is constantly searching for base layers that treat us right, a new material is in town: Agion Active. As eVent fabric opened the doors to a world beyond Gore-Tex in the outerwear category, perhaps Agion Active will do the same to move us beyond some of the age-old options we’ve lived with in base layers (Capilene, anyone?).
Agion Active is built to be anti-microbial to fight the stink of normal base layers. It’s secret sauce? A fabric finish technology that Agion claims is capable of making gear and materials that never smell. Agion says thecornerstone of this technology is silver, which doesn’t surprise me — for years silver has been considered a home remedy for killing microbes. That’s where the term “silver spoon” comes from — some claim that during the terrible infections and plagues that spread throughout Europe years ago, the wealthy would give their children a spoon made of sterling silver to suck on and it would help kill any germs they might incidentally ingest. As a result, to this day many individuals looking for natural alternatives to antibiotics, etc, will take a bit of colloidal silver (sometimes to unusual effect).
So it makes sense that this same approach could be used to kill smelly microbes in materials, namely base layers in this case.
Having used the shirt in a number of quite sweaty situations such as skinning into the backcountry in mid-winter or skiing hard all day at Snowbird in mid-June (yes, the lifts are still open!), I can say that this shirt is not nearly as stinky as most of my other base layers. I’m pretty stunned, in fact. I even loaned the shirt to a few friends who tried their best to stink it up — and the shirt has not come close to reaching the stink level of other materials.
At first impression, I would say that Agion Active has some good potential. What’s more, it’s a finish that can easily be applied at the end of the manufacturing process — meaning that it could possibly be used to promising effect for products other than outdoor gear, such as carpets and pet products. Seems like Agion may have taken some old medicine and put it to creative new use.
The ring binderwas first patented in 1854 and since then they have been used for many things. The binderis the most efficient way to organize all kinds of materials. Since binders come in different sizes, colors, materials, and capacities, they are a universal tool for any type of organizational need. Binders also allow the user to become creative in what a binder is used for. Possibilities are endless when it comes to the many uses of binders.
Samsill has one of the widest, if not the widest, array of binder selection in the industry. There are WAY more than 8 uses for them but here are 8 that others have found useful.
Here are 8 uses for ring binders:
1. Sales pricing books
2. Owner’s manuals or employee handbooks can be easily organized into a binder
3. Organize school materials, homework, etc.
4. Organizing collections: Whether you collect stamps, baseball cards, or other memorabilia, plastic sheets and inserts are a great place to put collections and can be easily placed into a binder
5. Binders can make great scrapbooks or photo albums
6. Easel binders allow for making presentations easy
7. If you have a bunch of recipes lying around, a binder can be used to make a cookbook
8. A binder was originally created to hold loose leaf paper, which is a great place to write a journal, a book, or track goals
These are just a few examples of how binders can be used, but there are many more uses out there. Binders make organization easy and convenient, especially with binder accessories such as tabs and page protectors.
The Binders For Life series from Samsill are great binders to use for any of the 8 uses for binders.
Jennifer Maestre takes your average pencil and creates such a strong personal conflict—to touch or not to touch! The viewer is drawn in by the intricate detail and surprising choice of material, but at the same time, there is a desire to retreat from the sharp points. Maestre said, “There is true fragility to the sometimes brutal aspect of the sculptures, vulnerability that is belied by the fearsome texture.”
Being an office products company like us, we focus a lot of energy on how do our products make other office workers happy. While our cool and innovative products can help, the most important thing is company culture. Read the post below from DailyInfographic.
Call it a “case of the Mondays,” but surveys and studies show Americans’ happiness in the workplace decreasing each year. It is no coincidence that as job security ebbs happiness dissipates with it. But there are other factors to employee happiness at work, and the infographic below takes a stab at why you should care. Continue reading »
Samsill makes Binders, Ring Binders, View Binders, and a TON of Custom Binders. If we made white boards we would DEFINITELY hire this dude! I want to know how he draws such awesome artwork on a whiteboard without smearing it with his hand… Crazy good office supply art!
French landscape astrophotographer and astronomy journalist Laurent Laveder created a fun series of ‘moon’ images with a twist. Using a few simple props and the human form he’s transformed the moon into all manner of objects. He’s also pulled together a small book – Moon Games – featuring some of the images and some poetry (it’s in French).
The three ring binder serves as an integral component to any office, home, or educational facility. It keeps papers organized and neat, and presents them in a professional manner. The invention of the three ring binder led to other inventions and innovations related to office implements.
We like office supplies around here at Samsill. Tape is DEFINITLY an office product, and this is by far the COOLEST thing we’ve ever seen done with it!
Dutch street artistMax Zorn has revolutionized the way we usually use duct tape by creating portraits out of them.
Using layers of translucent duct tapes, Zorn creates stunning portraits of pop culture figures like the Beatles and also classic artworks such as Vermeer’s ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’.
Zorn’s fascinating works have appeared on buildings, windows as well as street lamps all over Europe.
Three-ring binders can help keep important papers organized. The ease in opening the rings adds to the convenience of separating papers into groups and using tabs to label sections. Three-ring binders are available in different ring shapes and sizes. Each ring shape has a different mechanism and is fitted into the three-ring binder differently. Knowing the difference in the types of three-ring binders will aid you in picking the right binder to meet your needs.
A good friend of mine, Mark from Marketing, is a car enthusist as well as a skier from Monaco. He put a ski box on top of his Lambo but didn’t like the speed limit that put on his car. So he created a DIY aerodynamic kit for his Lambo out of binders. Just another way to reuse old binders!!
I know you are not supposed to put a ski box on a Lambo and I do know that you are an absolute idiot if decide to build an aerodynamic improvement on the car with a some card board and duct tape. I guess that makes me a super idiot! Haha
As Janni will be waiting for me in Monaco tomorrow I decided that I am going to get there as fast as I can after the race. So I decided to design an aero modification that I think will help the drag, creating better fuel economy and most importantly taking away our high speed limit…
Stay tuned tomorrow to see how our modification worked, I must say that with our only option of some card board and duct tape we did a pretty good job! 250km/h+ here we come?
The 3-ring binder is something that can be seen in schools and offices around the world. This binder is helpful because it gives students and those in offices the ability to organize and store whatever papers and documents they may have. The 3-ring binder is useful because not only does it keep papers organized, but it also helps keep papers protected from dirt or grime.
Hi Altego fans! We are happy to announce another Altego Laptop Sleeve Giveaway winner. For those of you who don’t know we are doing a weekly contest on our Altego Facebook account. We are giving away one Altego Laptop Sleeve to one of our lucky fans each week. The prize winners are randomly drawn from our Altego Brand Facebook fans.
Hi Samsill fans! We are happy to announce our October Facebook “Like” Contest winner. For those of you who don’t know we are doing a monthly contest on our Samsill Facebook account. We are giving away one $50 cash gift card to one of our lucky fans. The prize winners are randomly drawn at the end of each month. Continue reading »
This story comes to us from the great people over at Co.Exist. Here is an excerpt from their article.
The Amazon is home to more species than almost anywhere else on earth. One of them, carried home recently by a group from Yale University, appears to be quite happy eating plastic in airless landfills.
The group of students, part of Yale’s annual Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory with molecular biochemistry professor Scott Strobel, ventured to the jungles of Ecuador. The mission was to allow “students to experience the scientific inquiry process in a comprehensive and creative way.” The group searched for plants, and then cultured the microorganisms within the plant tissue. As it turns out, they brought back a fungus new to science with a voracious appetite for a global waste problem: polyurethane.
The common plastic is used for everything from garden hoses to shoes and truck seats. Once it gets into the trash stream, it persists for generations. Anyone alive today is assured that their old garden hoses and other polyurethane trash will still be here to greet his or her great, great grandchildren. Unless something eats it.
The fungi, Pestalotiopsis microspora, is the first anyone has found to survive on a steady diet of polyurethane alone and–even more surprising–do this in an anaerobic (oxygen-free) environment that is close to the condition at the bottom of a landfill.
Student Pria Anand recorded the microbe’s remarkable behavior and Jonathan Russell isolated the enzymes that allow the organism to degrade plastic as its food source. The Yale team published their findings in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology late last year concluding the microbe is “a promising source of biodiversity from which to screen for metabolic properties useful for bioremediation.” In the future, our trash compactors may simply be giant fields of voracious fungi.
This is great news for us and the rest of the world. Plastics can be very harmful to the environment. That is why we, at Samsill, take such great care to recycle almost everything, use post consumer content, use as little plastic as possible without degrading performance, and buy our supplies through environmentally friendly suppliers.
We also have the ONLY traditional biodegradable binder on the market. It is one of our top sellers and it is fully biodegradable (meaning it breaks down in a traditional landfill environment unlike most plastics). 2012 is going to be a HUGE year for us because we are introducing quite a few new, full environmentally friendly, products to the binder market.
Like Saturdays INFOGRAPHIC said, this is the beginning of “COLOR DAYS” around Samsill. We are extremely happy to announce our NEW FASHION COLORS FOR 2012.
and be sure to check out our 2012 FASHION COLOR PRESS RELEASE that went out this morning!
This Saturday starts our “Color weeks” here at Samsill. We have the largest selection binder colors on the market. Every two years we come out with new “Fashion Colors” that are selected by a world renowned color expert. This INFOGRAPHIC shows just how wild the world of Color really is and how it should be done right. Enjoy.
Hi Altego fans! We are happy to announce another Altego Laptop Sleeve Giveaway winner. For those of you who don’t know we are doing a weekly contest on our Altego Facebook account. We are giving away one Altego Laptop Sleeve to one of our lucky fans each week. The prize winners are randomly drawn from our Altego Brand Facebook fans.
I, Mark in Marketing, wrote this blog for my personal website but I think it high beneficial so I decided to re-post it here. I do believe strongly in my methods below and I think it could help all! Enjoy! Feedback is ALWAYS appreciated! Thanks!
I love to be busy. In fact, if I don’t have 10 different things on my plate at once I find that I’m not near as productive as when I do. Being busy demands organization. I’ve become quite a “list” junkie. I live off my to do lists and outlook calendars and reminders. Another responsibility that comes with being busy is to take time to stop. “Smell the roses” as they say. Stopping gives me time to reflect on how I am doing in the grand scheme of things. Often my foresight gets shortsighted. I’m thinking only in hours or days in advance. Stopping gives me the ability to look 5, 10 years in advance. It allows me to ask questions like,
“What do I want for my life in 5 years?”
“Is what I am doing now helping me towards that goal?”
It is essential to reflect and look forward. But more than anything it is vital to enjoy where I am NOW. Stopping lets me do that.
I read anINC Magazine article yesterday that had GREAT advice that I am going to start doing each day. It gave 10 questions to ask myself each day to evaluate my day and make sure what I am doing is worth my time. Here is an excerpt. I recommend everyone to find their, “stopping time.” Find time each day to ask yourself these questions. I strongly believe it will help.
Real success comes from the quality of your relationships and the emotions that you experience each day. That’s where these 10 questions come in.
Ask them at the end of each day and I absolutely guarantee that you’ll become more successful. Here they are:
1. Have I made certain that those I love feel loved?
2. Have I done something today that improved the world?
3. Have I conditioned my body to be more strong flexible and resilient?
4. Have I reviewed and honed my plans for the future?
5. Have I acted in private with the same integrity I exhibit in public?
6. Have I avoided unkind words and deeds?
7. Have I accomplished something worthwhile?
8. Have I helped someone less fortunate?
9. Have I collected some wonderful memories?
10. Have I felt grateful for the incredible gift of being alive?
Here’s the thing. The questions you ask yourself on a daily basis determine your focus, and your focus determines your results.
These questions force you to focus on what’s really important. Take heed of them and rest of your life—especially your work—will quickly fall into place.
The Super Bowl is coming up! The Biggest American sporting even of the year! This INFOGRAPHIC is about Super Bowl Ads. Admit it, a lot of you enjoy the commercials just as much as the game! Continue reading »
Hi Altego fans! We are happy to announce another Altego Laptop Sleeve Giveaway winner. For those of you who don’t know we are doing a weekly contest on our Altego Facebook account. We are giving away one Altego Laptop Sleeve to one of our lucky fans each week. The prize winners are randomly drawn from our Altego Brand Facebook fans.
Think you have the time, dedication and patience to create an artwork like this? First, try and comprehend these numbers. 6 million matches. 16 years of life. Bulgarian artist Plamen Ignatov used that many matches and spent that much time to create this impressive miniature model of the Rila Monastery. Made of wood, matches and gems, it’s now on display at the Museum of Archaeological in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The Rila Monastery is the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. It is regarded as one of Bulgaria’s most important cultural, historical and architectural monuments and is a key tourist attraction for both Bulgaria and Southern Europe. It has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Continue reading »
Samsill is a private company but a lot of our competitors are public. 2011 was a year full of IPO’s and 2012 is expected to have one of the largest IPO’s in history, Facebook’s. What are the numbers behind a Facebook IPO? Find out in this weeks [INFOGRAPHIC].
Hi Altego fans! We are happy to announce another Altego Laptop Sleeve Giveaway winner. For those of you who don’t know we are doing a weekly contest on our AltegoFacebook account. We are giving away one Altego Laptop Sleeve to one of our lucky fans each week. The prize winners are randomly drawn from our Altego Brand Facebook fans. Continue reading »
In the past six months we have been doing a big push into social media. We update our sites daily with news from us, the industry, and elsewhere. To stay up on the latest in office products follow our sites!
Hi Samsill fans! We are happy to announce our October Facebook “Like” Contest winner. For those of you who don’t know we are doing a monthly contest on our Samsill Facebook account. We are giving away one $50 cash gift card to one of our lucky fans. The prize winners are randomly drawn at the end of each month. Continue reading »
It is a few days into the New Year and it is about the time when the holiday season hype is over and things are slowly getting back to normal. A lot of you probably made New Years resolutions, as so many people do, but maybe this year is different. Maybe this year is the year to keep your resolution. Whatever your resolution was, even if you didn’t have one, this article could be the difference between starting the new year off right, or wrong. It was quite a paradime shift in my traditional way of thought, maybe if can help you too.
It has been quite a year for us, here at Samsill & Altego. Some great things have happened (Speedy Spine!) and we are working on great things for 2012. We cannot wait to see what 2012 has in store for us. Thank you to all of our customers & loyal fans who make what we do a lot more fun and exciting. From everyone here at Samsill, Have a Happy New Year. May you and your loved ones be blessed beyond measure in 2012.
Some of our favorite posts from 2011. . .
(In no particular order)
1.) Samsill Introduces New Speedy Spine Ring Binder – Here
2.) 5 Steps To Improve Productivity Through Organization – Here
This week was Samsill’s annual Christmas & tacky sweater party. What fun it was! This is a fun time of year and we try to make it as much fun as possible. Enjoy our photos! Continue reading »
Hi Altego fans! We are happy to announce another Altego Laptop Sleeve Giveaway winner. For those of you who don’t know we are doing a weekly contest on our Altego Facebook account. We are giving away one Altego Laptop Sleeve to one of our lucky fans each week. The prize winners are randomly drawn from our Altego Brand Facebook fans. Continue reading »
What Love means to a 4-8 year old . .
Slow down for three minutes to read this. It isso worth it. Touching words from the mouth of babes.
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds , ‘What does love mean?’
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined See what you think:
If you’re under the age of 30 this probably doesn’t surprise you. If you’re above 30 than maybe you didn’t have the chance to be “digital” in university. Here are the numbers behind the digital revolution among students. Continue reading »
Hi Altego fans! We are happy to announce another Altego Laptop Sleeve Giveaway winner. For those of you who don’t know we are doing a weekly contest on our Altego Facebook account. We are giving away one Altego Laptop Sleeve to one of our lucky fans each week. The prize winners are randomly drawn from our Altego Brand Facebook fans. Continue reading »
An interesting INFOGRAPHIC this week via Business Insider. Think social media is still for your kids or celebrities to promote themselves? You’d be wrong. In fact, if you’re unemployed it could be the ticket to your next gig. Continue reading »
Samsill a huge manufacturerer and supplier of office products in the country. But we don’t make everything. That is why I get excited when I find other cool office products I can add to my collection in my office. Here is a list of some awesome office supplies I am adding to my “Office Supplies Christmas Wish List.”
As 2011 comes to a close, Samsill, wants to reminisce a bit. We make office products (along with some other things) and as society gets more technological commodity products are often forgotten about. It is true that a lot of commodity products are declining and eventually won’t be needed anymore. Technology is quickly replacing a good portion of the industry. With that said, there are new commodity products that work with technology that are quickly on the rise. At Samsill we like to look forward to where the industry is going. It is an exciting time in our industry and we are putting the pedal to the metal to say ahead of the curve.
Below is a list from Yahoo with some interesting things that babies born in the last 12 months will never know about. What surprised us was some of these things listed aren’t that old themselves. Continue reading »
Happy Thanksgiving from all of use at Samsill Corporation. We are extremely thankful for all of our customers, because if not for you, we would not be here. Thank you all from the bottom of our heart.
One, of many, of our motto’s here at Samsill is “Do not throw out a material that can be reused or recycled.” We strive to reuse and recycle all waste, scraps, etc. WouldBeWaste.com has a similar motto which is why we love their products. They have neat and intuitive ways to reuse, what otherwise, would be trash.
Their first products are reused wood for a desk. What they said about their product:
Our first range of products are unique desktop accessories made in small batches and finished by hand. Designed to display a clock, Post-it notes and iPhone holder. Each product will have a limited and numbered run of ten.
We are also producing a selection of one-off products to include a Table Lamp and Wall Clock. All of the materials used to create these products were saved from the recycling bin of stores, workshops and studios across London.
It is time once again for the weekend’s infographic. We have it pretty easy in the states. We can travel with hardly any restrictions or visa’s. Not all countries citizens have it so easy. . . Continue reading »
The first ever six inch binder. It is the largest binder on the market. The Titan is made of heavy-duty construction and supported by a locking heavy-duty D-ring. Most impressive this binder holds over 1200 pages. No other binder comes close to the TITAN’s storage capacity.
The TITAN comes in 3 different styles.
First, it is available in our Antimicrobial Reference Binder (163 series). This binder not only holds 1200+ pages but it also doesn’t allow germs to grow on its major surfaces. That is a big deal for anyone that is going to have a lot of different hands touching this binder!
Second, the TITAN comes in our standard NON-stick D-Ring view binder.
Customizable nonstick clear overlay on front, back and spine material is environmentally friendly and will not stick or lift copy from cover inserts or contents.
Acid-free, archival safe polypropylene. Locking D-ring keeps documents secure and holds up to 25% more sheets than standard round rings. Two clear inside pockets for additional storage of loose papers. Holds sheet size 8.5×11. Contains 46% post-consumer recycled content.
Customizable nonstick clear overlay on front, back and spine
Front, back and spine material is environmentally friendly and will not stick or lift copy from cover inserts or contents
Acid-free, archival safe polypropylene
Locking D-ring keeps documents secure and holds up to 25% more sheets than standard round rings
We post a lot of recycling and upcycling content on this blog, but for good reason. Recycling is more than just a passing “green” fad. Recycling possibilities are truly endless. Every day there is hundreds of new posts online about neat new ways to recycle and upcycle. Samsill is committed to sustainability, which is why we love to post about recycling. 3 ring binders aren’t something a lot of people think about when the words “biodegradable” or “environmentally friendly” come up.
Samsill is trying to change that stereotype. We currently have the worlds only traditional biodegradable binder and we are working on a lot more environmentally friendly products to hit the market soon. More on that later. For now, lets enjoy how incredibly awesome this world map made from computers is.
British artist Susan Stockwell has completed a gigantic world map(21 feet x 13 feet), the map made from recycled computer components for the University of Bedfordshire. The piece uses motherboards, electrical wiring, fans, and myriad other components.” Jump more see more pics.\
Today (November 15th, 2011) is America Recycles Day. Here is what the website says:
Since 1997, communities across the country have come together on November 15 to celebrate America Recycles Day. More than a celebration, America Recycles Day is the only nationally recognized day dedicated to the promotion of recycling in the United States. One day to educate and motivate. One day to get our neighbors, friends and community leaders excited about what can be accomplished when we all work together. One day to make recycling bigger and better 365 days a year. Get involved!
Help the world we live in, take the pledge to recycle and reuse instead of discard. Here at Samsill we took the pledge. We use 100% recycled chip board any time we can. And all of our products are made up of at least some recycled material. We also make the ONLY traditional biodegradable binder. If you choose to throw it away instead of recycling it (which all of our binders are 100% recyclable) the binder will break down in <5 years as opposed to 20+ year.
In celebration of Movember (and raising awareness for prostate cancer) we thought we would have some fun with this weeks blog. We have assembled the best and funniest Mustache Products we stumbled upon this month. There are some good ones! Here is a quick write up of Movember from their official website:
During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces, in the US and around the world. With their Mo’s, these men raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men.
Hi Altego fans! We are happy to announce another Altego Laptop Sleeve Giveaway winner. For those of you who don’t know we are doing a weekly contest on our Altego Facebook account. We are giving away one Altego Laptop Sleeve to one of our lucky fans each week. The prize winners are randomly drawn from our Altego Brand Facebook fans.
It is Saturday. You’re at home sleeping in, not thinking about work. But wait, do you sleep in everyday? According to this Saturday’s infographic you do. Continue reading »
Ergonomics. Not a word that is often used and therefore not a word that a lot of people know. Ergonomics is defined as the study of designing equipment and devices that fit the human body, its movements, and its cognitive abilities.
Ergonomics has much more to it than simply promoting comfort and reducing injury risks. Good ergonomics increases productivity and employee morale. It reduces costs and contributes to company goals; therefore impacting the bottom line.
The largest and most important assets of any organization are the employees. A good ergonomics program is the best way to maximize their potential.
Hi Samsill fans! We are happy to announce our October Facebook “Like” Contest winner. For those of you who don’t know we are doing a monthly contest on our Samsill Facebook account. We are giving away one $50 cash gift card to one of our lucky fans. The prize winners are randomly drawn at the end of each month.
Facebook privacy is a hot topic right now. Facebook constantly is making changes which means it’s user base also has to make those changes with it. FB is constantly trying to make itself more secure & private, yet open at the same time. Check out some of these privacy issues Facebook is faced with in this weekends infographic. Continue reading »
The city of Dallas recently announced a new effort to become the first city in the state of Texas to add food and drink containers to its residential curbside recycling program.
This weeks infographic is all about the companies we work for. How does your companies perks stack up against some of the most innovative in America? Employee perks are going to be changing quite dramatically in the next decade. Think your company is prepared to make the change?
This week we have two great DIY articles and videos dealing with binders & organization.
We all love coupons! They can save us a TON of money but they can also be a pain. Organizing coupons in a coupon binder is a quick way to sort them all out and find the ones you need quickly. Continue reading »
By the end of this month the world is expected to have 7 Billion people. That is a lot of people. To put that in perspective: You could meet a new person every second for 221 years straight and still NOT meet all 7 billion people.
Many developed nations are slowly declining in population (due to higher percentages of elderly) while Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest birthrates. Continue reading »
Baseball Playoffs are in full swing. The World Series starts this week so we thought it appropriate to post an infographic dealing with some of the crazy numbers surrounding baseball. Enjoy. Continue reading »
This really doesn’t have anything to do with office products but it is Friday so lets just have some good spirited fun! We cannot wait for this movie to come out on Thanksgiving. The Muppet’s are fantastic! Happy Friday mates! Continue reading »
I must thank our friends at the Think Pink, Live Green column on breastcancer.org for this week’s blog.
Plastic. It is a polarizing material. Love it or hate it there is no denying it or getting away from it. Plastic has helped revolutionize the world in many ways but it has also caused its fair share of problems. It isn’t healthy to ingest…at all. Cancer and many other diseases have been linked back to plastics. There are a bunch of different types of plastic and each has different issues. This post is to help you become knowledgeable about the material and figure out what is okay to have around and what is unhealthy. Continue reading »
I have so much respect for people who can take something seemingly so simple, like office supplies or a pencil, and turn it into a piece of art. Continue reading »
It is well known that Samsill is environmentally conscious but one thing a lot of people may not know is that we like to advocate recycling awareness.
Recycling aluminum, paper, & plastic has been around for years. Yet there are so many other things that most people just throw away because they do not know they can be recycled. Binders are a great example. Another item a lot of us either throw away or keep in the back of our closet is our old athletic shoes. Who knew you could recycled those (or give them to people in need)? Continue reading »
Since October is Breast Cancer awareness month we have decided to dedicate this week’s list to the cause. Breast cancer is something that affects over 200,000 Americans each year. Breast Cancer awareness has spiked in the last two decades due to causes like Susan G. Komen, 3 Day for the Cure, and others.
This week we focus on products in the office supplies sector that support the cause by donating proceeds or bring awareness. Continue reading »
Hi Samsill fans! We are happy to announce our September Facebook “Like” Contest winner. For those of you who don’t know we are doing a monthly contest on our Samsill Facebook account. We are giving away one $50 gift card to one of our lucky fans. The prize winners are randomly drawn at the end of each month. Continue reading »
This is a post I, Mark B, wrote for my personal blog but I think it fits well for us as a company too. As an office products manufacturing company we produce new products and have product rollouts. Introducing office supplies to the world isn’t clearly as glamorous as introducing the next iPhone but both us and Apple face the same difficulties. Managing consumer expectations is a top priority when introducing new things. Consumers with low expectations are going to be “blow away” with quality products and will tell all their friends how great a product is. On the other hand, consumers with high expectations are a lot more likely to be let down or have their expectations met. Both of which are less likely to merit peer to peer marketing.
Apples announcement of the iPhone 4S yesterday is a great example of a company that didn’t manage consumer expectations. Below is the post I wrote.
The Power of Hope is the largest and most comprehensive fundraising campaign in City of Hope’s history. This ambitious initiative will raise $1 billion in support of its mission — to cure and prevent cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases. The campaign will culminate in 2013, City of Hope’s centennial.
Since its founding, its work has been advanced by generous individuals, corporations, foundations and chapters from across the country. This national support has already helped it raise $550 million of its $1 billion goal.
Today, City of Hope is better positioned than ever before to change the landscape of cancer research and treatment.
It is time, once again, for a new TOP 10 list. Sometimes in life we have to make hard decisions about big purchases. Buying a TV, for example, is a big purchase that generally includes a lot of research trying to figure out what is the best TV for you. Other purchases include little to no thinking, like buying office supplies. Most people go into Staples looking for something in particular, like a binder. Once in the store they go directly toward the binder aisle and pick out the first binder that fits their needs.
This week we’d like to challenge the traditional thought process about buying office supplies by giving you 10 things to genuinely think about when buying a binder. A binder, like a computer, holds important papers, photos, etc. Why wouldn’t you take the same care when purchasing a binder like you do when purchasing a computer?
This week’s top 10 is comprised of input from all employees here at Samsill as well as some close friends that are current students. The responses are recorded in order from most frequent response to least frequent.
BINDERS! How much fun are they? As much fun as you want to make them! YouTube has videos of everything so you better believe there’s some binder videos on there. Here are some of our favorite!
American’s are wasteful, no denying that. Water isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when we think about waste but we waste a LOT of it. It hits home, especially when we are in a terrible drought like we are here in Texas.
Everyone has their opinions about our education system but I think that one thing most people can agree upon is that there are a lot of underprivileged kids that aren’t getting a good enough education. At Samsill we do everything we can to help the efforts of those trying to help the education system.
Here is an opportunity for you to help out as well. An excerpt from NBC News:
Come to the Plaza and help TODAY help America’s kids and their teachers with school supplies.
Join TODAY and NBC News for Education Nation–a special week of programming focusing on improving education in America. From September 26th to September 30th, we’ll have a special collection during the live show. These items will go to schools hurt by budget cuts and teachers who spend their own money to support their students.
Now’s your chance to help our nation’s students. Come to Rockefeller Plaza. Bring new, unused school supplies, such as notebooks, pens, pencils, rulers, book covers, backpacks, pencil cases, crayons, erasers, and calculators. When you visit, you may meet a special guest who cares about our nation’s schools as much as we do.
If you can’t be here in person, you can still help in your own community. Just go to DonorsChoose.org/EducationNation to help your classrooms thrive and schoolchildren succeed.
And be sure the visit the Education Nation Experience in Rockefeller Plaza from September 23rd to the 27th.
If you’re in NYC and reading this then we highly encourage you to donate some of those old Samsill binders you aren’t using anymore! Or go to the Donors Choose site to help those kids who aren’t getting the school supplies they need.
Due to crowd violence at recent rival soccer games at Fenerbahce’s stadium, Turkey’s soccer association took a new approach. They banned all the men, and let women and children under age 12 attend for free.
On Tuesday, 41,000 women and children attended the game against Mansasipor. Instead of fights throughout the crowd, the visiting team was welcomed with cheers, and both teams threw flowers into the crowd.
Sometimes innovation and creativity is the best solution for a looming problem.
Good Monday morning Samsill fans! Samsill is highly committed to giving back to those around us. That is why we have products in our “Binders For Life” campaign that are more than just binders. Each binder is meant to help a greater cause, like Breast Cancer or the environment.
All of our binders are also made 100% in the USA. Our manufacturing facility is located in Fort Worth, TX. When you purchase a binder from us the money you pay is staying right here in the USA!
I am sure most of you have heard about Dakota Meyer, the Marine who recieved the Medal of Honor, but we cannot get enough of his story. He is a true U.S. hero and we salute him. On top of all that he is raising money for his charity to help children of wounded vets go to college.
[INFOGRAPHICS] are the new PowerPoints. An easy to read & understand graphic display of data. We love these here at Samsill so we’ve decided to start a new blog routine, [INFOGRAPHIC] Saturday. Each Saturday we will display a new Infographic for our audience to enjoy and analyze over the weekend. (Note: these are infographics from other sources, we do not take credit for any of the work done on the infographics unless otherwise noted.)
This weekends graphic is about ROI on Social Media. Enjoy!
Bamboo has quickly become the “in thing” pertaining to the green movement. It is easy to understand why; It has natural beauty without the cold feel of metal, it has fantastic strength, and most of all it has the best regenerative properties of any plant.
This week’s list is dedicated to our new, yet old, wonder product, Bamboo, and the innovative ways it is being used in office products. (Click on picture to be taken to that products website)
Social media ad spending has been on the rise since its inception. In recent years it has exploded. When will we reach a point that more is spent on social networking sites then on traditional advertising?
Hi Samsill fans! We are happy to announce our August Facebook “Like” Contest winner. For those of you who don’t know we are doing a monthly contest on our Samsill Facebook account. We are giving away one $50 gift card to one of our lucky fans. The prize winners are randomly drawn at the end of each month.
Since we didn’t hear from our first contest winner we are announcing a new August winner! (Remember you only have a week from the announcement day to claim the prize)
At the end of the day do you feel like you’ve been busy all day but you aren’t actually sure what you accomplished? I know that is a common problem for me (Mark from Marketing) and a lot of other co-workers of mine. I am responsible for social media at Samsill and as anyone who spends any time on the internet knows, there is A LOT of information blasting through it every second. Information overload. Samsill is a smaller company which means I also have other responsibilities, besides marketing, that I must do each day. Before I know it, it is 5pm and even though I have been busy all day I find myself asking, “What did I actually accomplish today?”
I quickly had to learn how to manage all the information and also allot time to accomplish other tasks. Working for a binder company allows me to keep my papers organized but it didn’t help much with digital media. I have compiled a list of key things I have implemented to keep me sane and help me deal with all the information. (This list is compiled of suggestions that helped me personally; they may not be for everyone. Take it for what it is worth and I hope they can help you stay organized!)
Breast Cancer Awareness and the pink ribbon are iconic symbols of survival. Now the nurses who help the women through the toughest times are getting in on the action. The Pink Glove Dance was started by Medline, a healthcare supplies manufacturer. It is a fantastic campaign and quite a neat video.
Be sure to check out the Pink Glove Dance site here.
Here is the YouTube video. . . While you are checking out Pink Gloves be sure to check out Samsill’s Bound for a Curebinder. We have our very own Breast Cancer Awareness binder that donates a portion of the proceeds to Breast Cancer Awareness & The Breast Cancer Research Foundation! It is also a great gift for any of those secretaries, professors, students, or anyone else that may need to stay organized while they fight and beat breast cancer.
Samsill is located in Fort Worth, TX. We all travel a lot for different purposes but we all see way too much of DFW Airport. The next time I fly I will be slightly more at ease because DFW was just announced as the highest ranked airport for “green” energy usage by the EPA.
Fort Worth Business Press printed the story on their website. Below is an excerpt:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) named Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
to its National Top 50 list of partner organizations using the most renewable electricity to help
reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions and protect human health.
D/FW Airport ranks at No. 48 among the nation’s top purchasers of renewable energy, and ranks
at No. 8 on the Top 20 Local Government purchasers list produced by the EPA.
D/FW Airport is the highest ranked airport for green energy usage, and one of only two airports
recognized by the EPA.
Glad to see other local companies care as much about the earth as we do here at Samsill. Don’t forget to check out our biodegradable binders!
