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| 1973 | A patent is received for the invention of a table on a cutting press with "fingers" that lift die cuts above the waste. |
| 1974 | A patent is received for the invention of a cutting press with a moving table and other features that help keep clean envelope die cuts. |
| 1975 | French Moss becomes President and Earl Ellis retires. French is the third-generation Moss to oversee the company, and is the CEO today. |
| 1978 | Western States Envelope purchases a new plant in Kentucky, called "The Envelope House." |
| 1979 | A new plant is purchased in Perrysburg, Ohio from FM Envelope of Detroit. |
| 1980 | A 27,000 square foot expansion is added to the home office in Butler, Wisconsin. |
| 1984 | The Envelope House moves to a new location in Erlanger, Kentucky. |
| 1986 | A new manufacturing facility is constructed in Toledo, Ohio. |
| 1989 | A 30,000 square foot expansion is added to the Butler facility in Wisconsin. This totals 57,000 square feet of additional expansion added since 1963. |
| 1992 | A BOE prototype is installed by the F.L. Smithe, Company giving Western States Envelope Company a competitive edge for larger runs in less time. |
| 1996 | The first SW press is purchased with the capability of producing 1,200 envelopes per minute. |
| 1997 | Gordon Westphal becomes President and French Moss becomes CEO. |
| 1998 | An expansion is added to the Toledo, Ohio facility. |
| 1999 | A label facility is purchased in Madison. This expands the company's offerings to include a large variety of labels. A new DT press is purchased, which is capable of laser die-cutting labels in addition to using dies. Response Envelope in Minnesota is purchased. |
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