“We are committed to helping make the printing industry more environmentally conscious,” said Co-Founder Art Lambert. “We thank our customers and business partners for joining us in our initiative to reduce, recycle, and reuse.”

S-One is dedicated to sustainability across all business practices. Over 100 eco-friendly products meet today’s needs in the printing industry. A first-of-its-kind product, HP Recycled Satin Canvas is made with 100% recycled bottles and coating materials. This high-performing, durable canvas was developed by S-One subsidiary, BMG, as the exclusive licensee for HP Large Format Printing Materials.

S-One is honored to be the recipient of the Sustainable Business Recognition Award from the Printing United Alliance. This prestigious award recognizes companies that implement sustainable business practices that positively affect the print industry and beyond.

Print shops around the country embrace the ink cartridge recycling program offered by S-One subsidiary, LexJet. Since launching the ink recycling program in February of 2021, over two tons of cartridges have been returned. A quick online form makes it easy to receive complimentary pick up for eligible small cartridges, all large-format cartridges, and printer fusers. Its recycled canvas product is made from 100% recycled plastic bottles under its Elements brand.

To spread awareness of earth-friendly packaging, S-One Labels & Packaging offers its Sustainability Resource Guide. This guide helps educate customers on environmental requirements, responsible disposal of packaging, and incorporating sustainable features in package design. S-One Labels & Packaging offers store-drop off recyclable films with its ReTreve line of flexible packaging films. Its award-winning ReEarth compostable and bio-faced films are made with raw materials that allow for the quickest composability. Popular ReEarth films are USDA Bio Preferred, Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) Certified, and successfully passed real-world testing through the Compost Manufacturers Association. S-One LP is a member of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition.

S-One recognizes its responsibility to create a positive impact with its continued commitment to spreading awareness of eco-friendly printing solutions to help make communities around the world a cleaner, healthier place for all generations.

“We’re very grateful to S-One for their continued generosity and support. A donation like theirs goes a long way to feed our neighbors in need. Their donation to the campaign helped All-Faiths Food Bank provide 3.2 million holiday meals to local children, families, seniors, and veterans in need. We couldn’t do it without their support,” said Rachel Bradley, Director of Philanthropy at All-Faiths Food Bank.

During the 2021 holiday season, S-One challenged their team members to donate money towards the ”Turn empty plates into ThankFULL hearts” campaign sponsored by All-Faiths Food Bank.

“The S-One team is historically generous during the holiday season, but this year our team members nearly doubled the goal we challenged them with,” said Angie Gruss, Executive Vice President of Culture, who has been with the company for over 25 years.

“It’s an honor to be recognized by All-Faiths Food Bank as their Corporate Group of the Year. S-One has partnered with All-Faiths for the last decade, and we value the work they do for our community,” said Art Lambert, Co-Founder S-One Holdings Corporation.

In addition to the annual holiday campaign, S-One partners with All-Faiths Food Bank throughout the year with food distribution at mobile pantries, mobile farmers markets, and warehouse packing.

Added Lambert, “We have a great team at S-One who know how to give back to the community that has given us so much. We’re proud of our partnership with All-Faiths Food Bank and look forward to many years to come.”

Fabrics were a huge trend all throughout the GlobalShop, and we were right on trend with some tried-and-true favorites as well as brand-new to the market options.“Fabric was everywhere, and it’s always going to continue to trend,” says sales rep Matt Radauscher. “The guys who don’t have dye-sub yet were happy to hear they had options to print fabrics on latex.”

Our team showcased HP Durable Backlit Fabric, a lightweight option suitable for SEG frames that’s latex-compatible. We also had dye-sub users covered with Fisher Textiles 4608 Power Stretch and 9048 EZ Stretch, which are, for the first time, available in wide-format sizes exclusively through our company, LexJet.

We also brought the brand-new adhesive fabric, Squid, which generated a ton of buzz. The fabric’s fibers are finished on one side with a special adhesive that is designed for windows. Squid can be printed or used alone to create privacy, block out the sun’s rays and/or display brand messaging. It’s an elegant solution for high-end retail and corporate environments. Stay tuned for more info to come soon!

We also showcased two new canvas options, Fredrix Metallic Gold and Pearl Canvas, which offer a metallic finish to canvas wraps that were not available to the wide-format market previously. We sampled HP Recycled Satin Canvas, made of 100% recycled water bottles. We’re excited to see how this new, award-winning option will impact our industry.

Throughout the show floor, we were mesmerized by some of the emerging trends, most of which played around with dynamic color and customization. SuperColor Digital featured printable blackout fabrics that were enhanced with lighting features that actually changed the colors of the graphics (see photo).

We noticed that many of the exhibits focused on brick-and-mortar retail’s current challenge: competing with ecommerce by using dynamic, sometimes over-the-top displays to create a memorable in-store experience.

“When looking at the booth designs, nearly every one of them had some sort of electrical element in the displays themselves,” says S-One Marketing Director Terry Lynn Belzer. “Whether they were blow-up fixtures, floor fixtures or even animal displays with eyes that lit up. There was also a lot of focus on tactile experiences throughout the show.”

There was even an “Instagrammable” moment with a Game of Thrones-inspired display with a giant throne and sword that was a photo opp just waiting to happen.

Our products like ChromaLuxe Photo Panels, Vescom Gold and Silver Mylar wallcoverings and Signetics Duo magnetic-receptive media offer a variety of ways to incorporate print into dynamic retail displays.

Colorful, hyper-customized walls, windows, floors and even ceilings showcased the power of print throughout the exhibits at GlobalShop @ RetailX. To get a closer look at the materials that S-One showcased, please visit our RetailX page for product info or give one of our retail specialists a call at 800-453-9538.

The lemonade stand is being hosted in honor of S-One’s Hero, Alison Dragash, (pictured) daughter of S-One employee Jason Dragash, who was recently diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) and will be receiving treatment for 2.5 years.

“It was clear that as a company we wanted to join this fight to raise money to help find a cure as it hit close to home,” said S-One spokesperson, Carolyn Seketa. “We will be hosting three events in our efforts to raise money as we join the fight for our Hero and all the ALSF Heroes that need our help.” As this will be the main fundraising initiative for the year, the company will also be hosting a 3K walk to raise funds for ALSF in early fall.

Founded by Alex Scott (1996-2004) in 2004, Lemonade Days is a national event that grew out of Alex’s front yard lemonade stand. Held every June, an estimated 10,000 volunteers will host over 2,000 lemonade stands around the nation making a difference for children with cancer. If you’re interested in hosting a lemonade stand, visit LemonadeDays.org.

WHAT: ALEX’S LEMONADE STAND  

WHEN: THURSDAY, JUNE 20 FROM 11 AM TO 3 PM

WHERE:  S-ONE HOLDINGS CORPORATION

                1605 MAIN STREET

                SARASOTA, FL

About S-One: S-One Holdings Corporation is a global holding company headquartered in Sarasota, Fla., that oversees a number of subsidiary companies: ABAQA, Avatrex, Brand Management Group, LexJet, Utopia Digital Technologies and S-One Labels & Packaging. Through its subsidiary companies, S-One has strategic alliances with Michelman, Toray America, Protect-all, Marabu Coatings, Vescom America, Fredrix Canvas, HP and KODAK.

Media Contact: Shellie Terry, shellie.terry@sone.com, 941-256-7915

About Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation: Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) emerged from the front yard lemonade stand of 4-year-old Alexandra “Alex” Scott, who was fighting cancer and wanted to raise money to find cures for all children with cancer. Her spirit and determination inspired others to support her cause, and when she passed away at the age of 8, she had raised $1 million. Since then, the Foundation bearing her name has evolved into a national fundraising movement. Today, ALSF is one of the leading funders of pediatric cancer research in the U.S. and Canada raising more than $175 million so far, funding nearly 1,000 research projects and providing programs to families affected by childhood cancer. For more information, visit AlexsLemonade.org.

Media Contact: Rachel Simpson, R.Simpson@AlexsLemonade.org, 610-649-3034

The theme of the book is the S-One vision: Develop. Connect. Innovate., which are illustrated throughout the 48-page publication. Articles include team passions, strengths- and learning-based initiatives, community involvement projects and a look back at the past 25 years and the innovations S-One has brought to market and forever changed the print industry through its companies: LexJet, Brand Management Group, ABAQA, Utopia Digital Technologies and S-One Labels & Packaging.

“As you read this new edition, you’ll see example after example of just how our culture and core values impact our people and their families, our customers and our commitment to innovations,” says Art Lambert, S-One co-founder, President & CEO. “This book illustrates what makes S-One ‘different’ and how our passion for and commitment to our teammates, partners and customers has driven us for the past 25 Years to be the best!”

Pages of Print Innovations

As pioneers of innovative print technology, we tapped some industry pros to bring cutting-edge elements to this publication. On the cover, we use HP SmartStream Mosaic software to create individually unique covers that were digitally printed on HP Indigo. We also asked our printer, Bennett Graphics, to add Scodix digital embellishment on our “S” logo. The results are eye-catching, to say the least.

We also harnessed the power of augmented reality, creating a new smartphone app, S-OneAR, available on iOS and Android, to bring videos to life right on the pages of the book. See the first page of a print copy for download instructions so you can delve deeper into our stories.

You can access a digital version with videos of the S-One 2019 Culture Book or request a print copy HERE.

About S-One: S-One Holdings Corporation is a global holding company headquartered in Sarasota, Fla., that oversees a number of subsidiary companies: ABAQA, Avatrex, Brand Management Group, LexJet, Utopia Digital Technologies and S-One Labels & Packaging. Through its subsidiary companies, S-One has strategic alliances with Michelman, Toray America, Protect-all, Marabu Coatings, Vescom America, Fredrix Canvas, HP and KODAK.

Media Contact: Shellie Terry, shellie.terry@sone.com, 941-256-7915

Over the years, competitive S-One canstruction builds included printers, Wrigley Field, a Thanksgiving Day parade, and even working replicas of video games, skee ball and board games. Last year the theme was movies, and the “Wizard of Oz” and “Toy Story” canstructions generated nearly 2,200 pounds of food — for the first time, the 1 ton mark had been reached.

Let’s Take a Trip

This year, S-One’s global offices created an “Around the World” experience for All Faiths. Starting on the fifth floor of S-One’s corporate offices on Main Street, the “journey” starts over the Skyway Bridge, complete with a toll booth, cargo ship and a shark in the water. The trip continues through our stairwell, which represents the airport, along with a board of arrivals and departures.

Next, you see the S-One Barcelona team in their airplane seats aboard “S-One Airlines.” Finally, the trip ends in London where visitors rendezvous with the Meghan and Harry and the Queen at Big Ben and Tower Bridge.

When the trip was over, Art Lambert presented the team from All Faiths a check for $1,000 and more than 1.26 tons of food had been collected.

“Your gift of $1,000 along with 2,522 pounds of food will be used to provide fresh produce, meats and groceries to children, families and seniors in our community who, without your help, might otherwise go hungry,” wrote Denise Cotler, Chief Development officer at All Faiths Food Bank. “Thanks to individuals like you, in 2017, we served 66,000 people 8.5 million meals.”

To see all the action throughout S-One’s offices during the 2018 Food Drive Canstruction project, click through the gallery below.

About S-One: S-One Holdings Corporation is a global holding company headquartered in Sarasota, Fla., that oversees a number of subsidiary companies: ABAQA, Avatrex, Brand Management Group, LexJet, Utopia Digital Technologies and S-One Labels & Packaging. Through its subsidiary companies, S-One has strategic alliances with Michelman, Toray America, Protect-all, Marabu Coatings, Vescom America, Fredrix Canvas, HP and KODAK.

Media Contact: Shellie Terry, shellie.terry@sone.com, 941-256-7915

SARASOTA, FLA. (Dec. 1, 2017) – S-One Holdings Corporation is pleased to announce its new division: S-One Labels & Packaging. This team is the first in the industry focused on providing essential products, unparalleled service, technical know-how and integrated solutions to digital printers in the labels and flexible packaging market.

“Staying closely in-tune with this market, we’ve discovered that our customers are looking for not only the best-performing products with lower minimums and improved lead times, but they are also searching for unwavering support and vital education as they expand into digital flexible packaging printing, which has seen exploding growth in the past year,” says Ralph Giammarco, S-OneLP Vice President. “With S-OneLP, we’ve paired our exceptional primers sales team with product experts, market development specialists and the flex-pack industry’s top minds to lead this market forward.”

Through its LexJet and Utopia Digital Technologies divisions, S-One has developed a deep partnership with industry leader, Michelman, to serve the HP Indigo customer base with best-in-class primers for the past 12 years. S-One has recently signed agreements with flex-pack innovators Toray America and Protect-all to create a comprehensive portfolio of packaging products designed to help label printing customers transition seamlessly into digital flexible packaging printing.

“There are so many opportunities for HP Indigo print providers now, and with S-OneLP, we look forward to helping them master the world of digital label and flex pack printing,” Giammarco says.

To learn more, visit S-One Labels & Packaging.

About S-One Labels & Packaging: S-OneLP is a new division of S-One Holdings Corporation providing in-line, off-line and custom primers, prelaminate films, thermal laminates and custom coatings for HP Indigo print providers, as well as materials, technical know-how and integrated solutions for digital label and flexible packaging printing.

About S-One: S-One Holdings Corporation is a global holding company headquartered in Sarasota, Fla., that oversees a number of subsidiary companies: ABAQA, Avatrex, Brand Management Group, LexJet, Utopia Digital Technologies and S-One Labels & Packaging. Through its subsidiary companies, S-One has strategic alliances with Michelman, Toray America, Protect-all, Marabu Coatings, Vescom America, Signet Mills, Fredrix Canvas, HP and KODAK.

Media Contact: Shellie Terry, shellie.terry@sone.com, 941-256-7915

The symposium, scheduled for Dec. 4-6 in Atlanta, will include comprehensive information for print providers who want to break into flexible packaging printing. Industry experts who are scheduled to speak include Daniel Lohman, President of Category Management Solutions, Chris Nothnagle, Senior Director – Converting Development, Toray Plastics, Ralph Giammarco, Vice President of S-One Labels & Packaging and more.

“We have lined up a powerful group of speakers from category management, retail, brand management, materials, contract manufacturing and packaging, and distribution,” says FPK Resources’ Kelly Williams. “We wanted to bring the right people into this event that can tell their stories about how their parts of the market have changed over the years and explain what they see as the needs and opportunities today and in the future.”

S-One is currently offering a $100 discount for the course. Go to FPK Resources to register and use coupon code S1SAVE at checkout.

This 3-day event is geared for printers who:

• Have a strategic interest in expanding into flexible packaging
• Want to understand the investment, equipment, process and products needed to expand into this high-value market
• Want to capitalize on the customized, personalized opportunities that short-run digital printing provides
• Are ready to get started now with a checklist of action items and a plan for success

As many label printers have experienced, customers are looking for faster, more customized turn-around for flexible packaging printing – a request that large, industrial printers and converters cannot service. With digital or conventional print equipment, label printers are primed to step in and win this business, especially in light of the new technology and products that make it easier than ever. A Map for Printers to Manufacture Flexible Packaging is ideal for this segment, with topics covered like:

• How consumers are fueling the demand for flexible packaging
• Products and technology: films, adhesives, laminations, converting processes and more
• The competitive advantages of being an agile, local flexible packaging manufacturer
• How to leverage the materials and supply chain to take orders, customize and deliver packaging in days, not weeks or months
• The truth behind GMP and what it takes to comply with FDA regulations, and how compostable packaging will change the game

By the end of this symposium, label printers will have what it takes to write their business plan for a flexible packaging product line.

“During this event, we will teach the attendees how flexible packaging will be produced in the future that is far simpler than the way it is done today,” says FPK Resources’ Ginger Cushing. “This will not be a bunch of broad ideas being tossed around for attendees to ponder. The program reveals specific steps to follow to make short or long runs of customized flexible packaging on digital or conventional presses – efficiently and quickly, in the time frame the market is already demanding.”

When: 8:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6

Where: Georgia Power Customer Resource Center, 4404 North Shallowford Road, Building B, Atlanta, GA 30338

Cost: $1,995 Registration is limited. Early bird discount (by Nov. 7): $1,695. Multiple registrations discount: $1,396  Click to reserve your space.

For a detailed presentation of the current state of the flexible packaging market and what attendees will take away from this symposium, please watch this video.

About FPK Resources, LLC and the Organizers

FPK Resources is a team of independent flexible packaging veterans – Kelly Williams, Tom Dunn and Ginger Cushing – who have a combined 80 years of industry experience. Their work has included new market development, designing, producing, and applying new flexible packaging materials as well as research and authoring articles, books and technical papers that have redefined the flexible packaging market.

This team understands the full range of conventional flexo, gravure, hybrid, inkjet and Indigo printing methods and how to optimize supply chain relationships to market needs and opportunities. They know packaging product requirements and what producers require from packaging manufacturers. They believe label producers have demonstrated efficient responsiveness to customers with a proven sense of urgency, which positions them perfectly to capture new business in flexible packaging.

Contact: Ginger Cushing, 203-257-7657, info@fpkllc.com.

During lunch hour, S-One employees participated in a variety of activities, such as Selfie for a Slice, by posting photos and hashtags on social media, such as #rednoseday and #noseson. Other games, like the popular balloon dart toss, included a variety of ways to make donations to the Red Nose Day fund to help end child poverty locally and abroad.

“Our team has shown time and again to have a big heart when it comes to giving back, and they’re certainly not afraid to be silly with their Red Noses on,” says Art Lambert, President and CEO of S-One Holdings Corporation. “I can’t think of a more important cause than helping ensure children are healthy and safe.”

S-One also created an online fundraising page, here, encouraging anyone to donate to Red Nose Day.

Eight teams throughout S-One’s headquarters, located on Main Street in downtown Sarasota, created imaginative structures that ranged from a mini Wrigley Field and Mario Bros. re-enactments to life-sized Operation and Jenga games, with whimsical S-One themes and interactive play.

The teams competed for an extra day of vacation and a catered lunch. The judges for the day included guests from All Faiths, Beau Wilberding, senior director of marketing, and Elaina Mand, community engagement manager, as well as members of the S-One leadership team.

“Every year, our teams have a lot fun creating these structures and competing with each other,” says Jason Metnick of S-One’s leadership team. “But ultimately, we’re all members of this community, which has supported us through the years, and this is an opportunity for us to give back.”

Two teams went on to win the competition: The Operation game featuring S-One founders Art Lambert and Ron Simkins and one of the Mario Bros. displays. “It involved not only lots of canned food, but also choreography and various characters from Mario Bros. … it was amazing,” Wilberding told ABC-7, which was on hand during the event. (See the news coverage at 19:40 on ABC-7’s site.)

The event raised a total of 1,883 pounds of food, bringing the total S-One donations for the last three years to more than 6,600 pounds. According to its 2015 annual report, All Faiths Food Bank serves 63,000 people per year, distributing 6.5 million meals in Sarasota and DeSoto counties.

Check out the video above and the gallery below to see the creative structures the teams built:

ABOUT S-ONE HOLDINGS CORPORATION: S-One Holdings Corporation is a global holding company headquartered in Sarasota, Fla., that oversees a number of subsidiary companies: ABAQA, Avatrex, Brand Management Group, LexJet and Utopia Digital Technologies. S-One owns the brand names of Avatrex, Craft Attitude®, LexJet®, and Sunset®. S-One’s subsidiaries and brands are known throughout the graphics and media industries for the research, development, manufacturing, sale and distribution of products for imaging and design professionals worldwide.