Company History

Founded in 1952 by William Ungar, National Envelope has grown to become the largest envelope manufacturer in the world and one of the largest women owned businesses in the country.

Now still offering that same family service, we have coast-to-coast manufacturing sites all across the USA, approximately 4,600 skilled employees and all the latest technology.

We’ve also won numerous industry and media awards and were recently named to the Forbes Magazine "Top 500 List".

An envelope is your messenger to the world and it says a lot about your company. That’s why even though we now produce over 180 million envelopes per day, every one of them is important to us.

And our goal is still the same - deliver the best quality at a low cost.

Our Founder

Born in Poland in 1913, Bill Ungar's life, now told in his memoir published by the University Press of America and entitled Destined to Live, is a story of courage and triumph over tragedy. He suffered tremendous personal loss during the Holocaust, which claimed more than 60 of his relatives. In 1946, alone and virtually penniless, he came to America aboard the first ship of refugees to the United States.

Ungar worked for F.L. Smithe, a manufacturer of envelope machines, and earned a degree at night in mechanical engineering at The City College of New York. Six years after he immigrated to the United States, Ungar decided to begin his own business. Over the next several decades, National grew from being a regional manufacturer of commodity envelopes to a full-line nationwide supplier, including mill-branded franchise papers and custom products.

Mr. Ungar received several awards honoring his great efforts, such as:

• Ellis Island Medal of Honor - authorized by congress to honor immigrants and their decendents who are recognized for their great contribution to America
• 1996 Entrepreneur of the Year - national annual event sponsored by CNN, USA Today, Sprint, Citibank, and Ernst & Young
• NCCJ Brotherhood Award - National Conference for Community and Justice (Paper Industry Division)
• 2008 Envelope Manufacturers Association Founders Award