The
man with the paper plan: Johnson Paper founder
Frank Johnson.
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Johnson Paper's story begins!
The year was 1947. Chicago gangster Al Capone, having been released eight years earlier from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, died in Miami Beach. Pizza pioneer Nick Perrino, along with his mother-in-law Mary Grittani, cooked up an award-winning pizza recipe for Chicago's venerable Home Run Inn restaurant. The Chicago Cardinals, playing in old Comiskey Park on the city's South Side, outlasted the Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 to capture the NFL Championship. And directly across the street from Old St. Patrick's Church, one of the few downtown buildings that survived the Great Chicago Fire, Frank Johnson started Johnson Paper.
Johnson
Paper past and present...
Over the last half century, Johnson Paper has not only survived, but thrived. Every day, we work hard at continuing our Swedish-American founder's tradition of providing exciting papers and exceptional service. By offering the very best in innovative, new paper products along with highly personalized business services individually tailored to our clientele's particular requirements, Johnson Paper has learned how to best satisfy your paper needs.
Chicago's only family-owned and operated independent
fine paper merchant, Johnson Paper still maintains its headquarters downtown.
In 1994, the company relocated from its original office on West Adams Street in
the West Loop to its current location on South Wells Street.
Now located three blocks southeast of the Sears Tower, Johnson Paper's
offices are near the South Loop's historic Printer's Row district.
Let
Johnson Paper help you with change! Since
Frank Johnson's time, the paper business has been impacted by two significant
industry issues: new print technologies and the rapid rise in paper mill and merchant
mergers. Together, these developments have had quite an adverse affect on how
people like you specify paper. Emerging print technologies, involving frequent
equipment and software upgrades of digital and laser printing, are being introduced
at a mind-numbing pace all the time. As a result, it's become more and more difficult
as well as time consuming for most people to stay on top of which papers are compatible
with the latest printing equipment. We know you have more important things to
worry about than the latest inkjet guaranteed paper, so why get stressed out when
you don't have to? Let Johnson Paper put an end to your paper chase as quickly,
and painlessly, as possible!
If
you combine the ever-increasing amount of high-tech printing advances with the
continuous consolidations involving paper mills and distributors,
its no wonder that finding the right paper supplier, let alone right paper, can
be a big hassle. The paper industry's merger mania has not only caused higher employee turnover and declining workplace morale, but also confusion over which papers are still available. If it's been awhile since you've seen a salesperson from one
of your local paper companies or worse yet, you don't even know who your salesperson
is, it's definitely time you start doing business with a company like ours. With
Johnson Paper, you'll always be in good company!
Johnson
Paper has what you need to succeed! Unlike
many of our competitors, Johnson Paper has developed meaningful relationships
with our clients that have truly stood the test of time. With most paper companies,
your sales representative changes every two years or three years. Most of our
clients, however, have enjoyed collaborating with our company for many, many years.
At Johnson Paper, we have sales consultants that have worked with clients for
two or three decades! This longevity, carefully nurtured over three generations,
has helped us connect with our clients on more than just a superficial level.
Developing deeper business partnerships with our clients is something Johnson
Paper aspires to each and every day. By striving to better understand your professional
aspirations, hopes, and dreams, you can rest assured that we will help you succeed.
And
Johnson Paper definitely knows what paper products will help you creatively differentiate
your business and boost your brand image. Along with our traditional paper grades,
you can create success with our many interactive products like paper that glows-in-the-dark
and even a paper that changes color when you touch it! Speaking of changes, how
would you like to make a positive change in your community? If you're interested
in doing something good for the betterment of your neighborhood, take a few minutes
to take a look at our web site's Paper-Back program.
An online paper donation registry, Paper-Back assists non-profit
charitable, church, school, and other community groups across America. Any participation
you can make in Paper-Back would be greatly appreciated.
In
navigating today's increasingly sophisticated communications world, Johnson Paper
stands out as a national leader in helping graphic artists, designers, printers,
and other business people just like you find truly unique papers. Johnson Paper's
exceptional abilities in discovering new specialty papers have been prominently
featured in leading national publications from the Chicago
Tribune to Graphic Design USA.
From consulting with you on your day-to-day paper needs to searching for the latest
in hard-to-find papers, Johnson Paper can help you easily select the best paper
for your next print project
just like Frank Johnson used to do! | | |