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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Texas Englander dZignPak is celebrating the 50th |
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anniversary of its founding on May 4, 2017; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1967, Louie Englander established Englander |
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Container in Waco to meet the demand for shipping boxes in Central |
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Texas, and a few years later, Ted Hager created a similar enterprise |
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in Dallas known as Hager Containers; through the decades, the two |
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companies grew to become leaders in the industry, as their founders |
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became both business associates and lifelong friends; and |
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WHEREAS, Current CEO Marty Englander, the son of Louie |
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Englander, was instrumental in the expansion of Englander |
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Container's design departments and to the development of new sales |
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and distribution locations in Austin, San Antonio, Dallas/Fort |
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Worth, and Arkansas; in 2009 and 2010, the company also purchased a |
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number of other ventures, including Sonntag, Stribling Packaging, |
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and Juiced Creative; and |
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WHEREAS, Hager Containers came under the ownership of Doug |
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Zadow, Steve Hager, and Carl Renner in 2003; after the acquisition |
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of Shelby Packaging, the company was renamed dZignPak, and its |
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operations expanded to include graphic design and distribution; the |
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Englander and Hager companies first partnered in 1997, when they |
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jointly bought cardboard manufacturer TexCorr, and in 2011, |
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Englander and dZignPak formally merged, becoming Englander |
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dZignPak, LLC; and |
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WHEREAS, In April 2017, dZignPak launched its 50 Weeks of |
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Giving campaign, celebrating the company's 50th anniversary and |
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building on Louie Englander's long history of community service by |
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providing donations to 50 different local groups; and |
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WHEREAS, For half a century, this dynamic business has |
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contributed to the economic prosperity of the Lone Star State, and |
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the foundation of solid corporate citizenship on which it is built |
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will help ensure its existence well into the future; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 50th anniversary of Texas |
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Englander dZignPak and extend to its owners, management, and |
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employees sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the business as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |