Last December, Seattle Tacoma Box Company supported Vine Maple Place for our Christmas Giving. Vine Maple Place utilizes a unique and innovative approach to meet the needs of homeless families. Recognizing that there is a path that leads to homelessness, we strive to meet families wherever they are in their crisis, toxic stress and trauma. As a team, parents, volunteers and staff work collaboratively to implement a custom action plan that emphasizes each family members' strengths, assets and challenges. For more info: vinemapleplace.org

STB employees donated a total of 30 gift cards for basic needs assistance, along with 6 warm coats, 1 pair of winter boots, and 14 towels and over $1,000 in direct financial donations!   

The company matched each gift card donation with a $25 donation and matched payroll deductions dollar for dollar!   More good news, a third party donor to Vine Maple Place also matched all donations made during December so all of our contributions were tripled in impact!  

Throwback Thursday to July 1964 in Seattle Box's home in the Industrial District of Seattle, which is now considered SODO.

Can you recognize the business next door to us that has been lighting up lives in Seattle since 1910? Love to hear if you do!

Our annual company tournament was this last weekend and it was one for the books!! We are blessed to have days filled with sunshine, delicious food, golfing and building lifelong relationships with our wonderful customers and vendors.

We also had a record setting year for donations raised to support local organizations! Part of our mission to continue to support the areas we have been a part of for the past 130 years.

July Belongs To Berries Month! 

Welcome to the family Kramer Sims!

Happy International Box Day!

For 130 years of company has been providing boxes in all shapes, sizes and application. We were founded in providing wooden crates to local farmers and fisherman, but since 1889 the wood division has evolved to also include storage vaults, specialty wine and other commodities.

Corporately we have evolved to include a corrugated box plant and a polypropylene corrugated carton plant. All these divisions are founded with providing excellent service and quality products to all customers. 

South Sound students Gabrielle Jones, Justin Miller and Keely Prawitz each received the Nist Family Scholarship that celebrates high-school seniors for their commitment to community involvement, their demonstration of leadership and tenacious drive towards future aspirations. These students have shown passion in their community and school involvement, self-growth in leadership opportunities and persistence when faced with adversity. We are proud to reward these students for their commitment and excellence as rising leaders within their generation.  

“We saw as a family it was time to grow into something larger that will go on for many generations” were inspiring words spoken by one of the company’s owners, Mike Nist, regarding the establishment of this scholarship fund. In 2019, Seattle-Tacoma Box Company celebrated their 130-year anniversary under the same family management, which has spanned six generations. Our founding patriarch Jacob Nist deeply valued liberality and a spirit of benevolence when it came to any deserving cause. As a family, the Nist’s continue to carry that legacy into future generations.

The mission of the Nist Family Scholarship Fund is to support, promote and encourage the educational pursuits and goals of individuals directly associated with Seattle-Tacoma Box Company and associated companies, SeaCa Packaging and Commencement Bay Corrugated, with scholarship funds to help support the building of future generations.  

 Gabrielle Jones – Senior at Bonney Lake High School Class of 2019

Justin Miller – Senior at Graham Kapowsin High School Class of 2019

Putting the relationship back into the box business, while still providing reliable service, innovative perspectives and excellence quality products are core values of our company.

Spring is definitely here as we took a visit to one of our legacy customers, EG Richter Family Farm! These founding families have been doing business together for over three generations and continue the strong relationship to this day.

Thank you to the Business in Focus magazine for publishing an article celebrating our 130 year milestone in the May issue!

Over 130 years our company has shown a commitment to innovation in product development. Excellence in providing quality products in a reliable time frame. Nimbleness is adapting to changing environments and customer requests who are at the mercy of mother nature. Tenacity of facing challenges in the eyes to view them as projects, rather than problems. Teamwork throughout the entire organization treating every level as a member of our family.Here is to another 130 years!

Please check out the link below for the entire article!

We would like to extend a belated thank you to everyone for your generous support of the 2018 STB Christmas Giving program!  Last December, we partnered with The Wishing Well Foundation, a community-based support agency that is focused on the well-being of foster youth in Pierce County. Their mission is to provide the clothing, supplies and experiences unavailable to most foster kids and to retain quality foster homes in Pierce County by addressing financial barriers to accepting foster placements.  

STB employees generously donated 65 gifts, 24 stocking stuffers, and $350 in payroll deduction donations for children in foster care.  The Company provided $1,348 in matching funds/ gifts so that each child could receive two beautifully wrapped presents!   A special thank you to our holiday helpers who shopped for and wrapped the gifts!

Thank you so much for your incredible generosity and for making a difference in the lives of local children.

As we look forward to the New Year we are extremely grateful for the opportunities that 2018 have brought us & the challenges that have made us better, but we are eager to see what 2019 has in store for us. A few things we do know and are thrilled to share:

- Seattle-Tacoma Box Company turns 130 years old in 2019 and still under the same family management since inception in 1889. A very special accomplishment and dear to our hearts!

- Our corrugated manufacturing plant installed a new corrugator that is projected to increase our production to over 1.4 billion square feet per year! This new addition will make Commencement Bay Corrugated one of the best plants of its kind west of the Mississippi. 

We are excited to announce that we are launching a scholarship opportunity for children and grandchildren of employees from SeaCa Packaging, Seattle-Tacoma Box Company, and Commencement Bay Corrugated to submit applications on January 1st. Please go to our Community Outreach page on the Seattle-Tacoma Box Company website for further information.