Ashley Justice

Tension Corporation of Kansas City, Mo. recently acquired Maverick Enterprises, Inc., of Longmont, Co. and expanded its product line with additional manufacturing and engineering resources for its automated systems. “The integration of Maverick into Tension Corporation’s packaging and automation division has already provided new opportunities for process and equipment improvements to benefit our pharmaceutical customers,”…

Susan Christie laughed as she picked up an envelope hot off the press, stamped with a reminder to pay bills online.

“Pushing the envelope” is a well-worn business cliche. Except at Tension Corp. At the former Tension Envelope, it is a strategy that has helped the company not only survive 125 years but thrive in changing times.

It may be 125 years old, but Kansas City-based Tension Corp. is far from stodgy or stale. Instead, it’s a leader in helping the envelope industry adapt to technological change.

Throughout its long history, Tension Envelope Corporation has been an industry leader in envelope design, printing and manufacturing. As the company celebrates its 125th anniversary in 2011 and prepares for the future, it has announced an updated brand identity that includes a new naming convention, refreshed logo and a tagline.

Tension Corporation, a multi-plant nationwide envelope manufacturer, has announced that it has made a commitment with Community Energy, Inc. (CEI) to purchase wind generated Renewable Energy Certificates to apply to Tension customer manufacturing orders.

Tension Envelope Corporation, a nationwide multi-plant envelope manufacturer, has announced that the Company has entered a licensing agreement with ecoEnvelopes, an environmentally-driven organization and developer of proprietary reusable envelopes. With this agreement, Tension becomes a preferred national licensee of ecoEnvelopes, and the two companies will work together to increase the availability and expand the selection…