U.S. Corrugated

U.S.Corrugated
Private
Industry Packaging
Founded Newark, New Jersey (1966 (1966))
Founder Dennis Mehiel
Headquarters Newark, New Jersey
Area served
 United States of America
Products corrugated packaging
Subsidiaries Mannkraft, U.S. Display Group
Website www.uscorr.com

U.S. Corrugated, Inc. is an independent corrugated packaging producer headquartered in the United States. Along with its sister companies Mannkraft Corporation, a box and packaging company in the Northeast, and U.S. Display Group, designer and manufacturer of custom Point-of-Purchase displays, the company operates 25 full service manufacturing facilities in 15 states.[1] In addition, the company owns a recycled containerboard paper mill in South Carolina.[2] The firm produces corrugated packaging and Point of Purchase displays.[3] U.S. Corrugated was established in 2006 by a number of strategic acquisitions.[4]

History

The firm was started in 1966 by Dennis Mehiel, as a partitions manufacturing business called Four M Manufacturing. Four M acquired their first full line box plant in 1985 in Newark, New Jersey and in 1993 acquired Mannkraft Corporation which manufactured industrial packaging and point of sale.[5]

In 1995, following the acquisition of the packaging division of St. Joe Corporation, it became the country’s largest independent corrugated manufacturer. It was renamed Box USA that same year. Box USA was eventually sold in 2004.[5]

U.S. Corrugated Inc was established in 2006 when Mehiel, who had retained the Mannkraft operations, started a new packaging venture. The initial acquisition was the corrugated packaging division of Linpac Inc., followed by the acquisition of all Longview Fiber operations East of the Rockies. In course of time after acquisitions in Texas, Kentucky, Ohio and Iowa, The firm built a 314,000 sq ft (29,200 m2) box plant in Lancaster, OH in 2009.

On October 21, 2011 U.S. Corrugated was acquired in part by Kapstone Paper and Packaging.[6]

Products

The core of business for U.S. Corrugated is the manufacture of corrugated industrial packaging of all shapes and sizes.

They also manufacture and supply bulk boxes, specialty packaging and corrugated sheets. U.S. Corrugated is a B2B manufacturer which sells its products to both small companies and to large corporations. Their sister company U.S. Display Group produces Point of sale displays, which includes counter displays, dump bins, floor displays, pallet displays, pop-ups, powerwings and standees.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "About Us, U.S. Corrugated".
  2. ↑ "The Closed Mill project".
  3. ↑ "Business Week Profile".
  4. ↑ "Company History".
  5. 1 2
  6. ↑ "KapStone acquiring 14 US Corrugated plants and a paper mill for $330M". Bloomburg Business Week. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Products, U.S. Display Group".

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