this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . june 2010 western states envelope & label type private founded 1908 headquarters butler wisconsin products envelopes envelope converting labels business products and services for printers mailers distributors and office suppliers number of employees 670 2013 website http www.wsel.com western states envelope & label is a wholesale envelope and label manufacturer for the printing distributing mailing and office supply trades . western states has five full service manufacturing facilities in the united states with the corporate headquarters in butler wi . contents 1 history 1.1 beginning 1.2 expansion 1.3 recent years 2 divisions 3 references 4 external links history edit beginning edit western states opened its doors in 1908 after visionary george french moss discovered the need for a reliable envelope supplier for printers in the milwaukee area . 1 moss founded the company and first opened it in downtown milwaukee wisconsin . expansion edit in the years that followed western states grew substantially . the company developed several different patents for its machinery and techniques 2 along with being a pioneer in the process of printing envelopes before they were folded which is still widely used today . 3 in 1965 the company moved to a new location in butler wisconsin which is still its corporate headquarters today . to meet growing demand the company purchased two new manufacturing facilities in erlanger kentucky and walbridge ohio in 1978 1979 . it expanded the butler facility in 1995 . 4 in 1999 western states purchased another two manufacturing facilities an envelope company in vadnais heights minnesota and a label company in madison wisconsin . recent years edit the company s success has led them to the rank of the 4th largest envelope manufacturer in the u.s. in 2002 by producing more than 14 million envelopes daily . the company also celebrated 100 years of business in 2008 . 5 in 2009 the company built a new state of the art label facility in sun prairie wisconsin and moved all of its madison operations to the new building to meet the growing demand for label sales . 6 divisions edit butler wisconsin corporate headquarters erlanger kentucky manufacturing facility toledo ohio manufacturing facility vadnais heights minnesota manufacturing facility sun prairie wisconsin label facility references edit http www.allbusiness.com manufacturing primary metal manufacturing foundries 4081299 1.html western states patents . retrieved 2010 01 06 . https www.youtube.com watch v nrdw v0u0um clawson linda october 12 1995 . western states envelope co. 3rd expansion to add manufacturing jobs . milwaukee journal sentinel . retrieved 6 january 2010 . western states envelope & label turns 100 . international association of printing house craftsmen . retrieved 2010 01 06 . western states moves into its new label facility . retrieved 2010 01 06 . external links edit official western states envelope & label corporate website better business bureau bbb business review of western states envelope & label offers free r sum printing to help 1 000 job seekers and western states helps with the envelopes . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title western states envelope % 26 label & oldid 703607035 categories companies based in wisconsinprinting companies of the united statescompanies established in 19081908 establishments in wisconsinhidden categories orphaned articles from june 2010all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 february 2016 at 14 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view