Butler, Wis.

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Headquartered in Butler, Wis., Western States Envelope & Label received two Excellence and Knowledge (PEAK) Awards in 2011 for providing customers with exceptional mailer and label products. Western States earned a Grand Award in the Display Label and Tags category for a custom label for Mad Ballr premium malt beverages, and the Envelopes, Mailer category for its Inside the Envelope & Label Newsletter with QR Code.

Headquartered in Butler, Wis., Western States Envelope & Label moved its label operations from a leased facility in Madison, Wis. to a new state-of-the-art label plant in Sun Prairie, Wis. The now fully operational 36,000 square feet of office and manufacturing space offers many efficiencies, as well as energy-saving features. The company's need for a new label facility was funded by several years of double-digit sales growth.