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Freedonia Private Companies Report #1271 Thermoformed Plastics Hundreds of private companies are active in the U.S. thermoformed plastics industry.

Thermoformed Plastics - Private Companies Report profiles more than 160 private U.S. thermoformed plastic companies, including thermoformers of packaging and other products. This information will assist in making decisions concerning acquisitions, joint Report Publication Date: May 2000 ventures and cooperative agreements. Price: $3,200 Pages: 271 Examine the report highlights, sample pages and table of contents on the following pages and see how Thermoformed Plastics - Private Companies Report can serve as a valuable decision making tool for your company.

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Table of Contents and List of Tables ...... 2 List of Companies Profiled ...... 3 Sample Pages and Tables from: Private Company Profiles ...... 4 Market Overview ...... 6 Industry Structure ...... 7 Report Highlights ...... 8 About the Company ...... 9 Advantages of Freedonia Reports ...... 9 Our Customers ...... 10 Related Studies and Reports from Freedonia ...... 11 Ordering Information...... 12 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

List of Contents, II. MARKET OVERVIEW General ...... 4 Tables and Charts Manufactured Goods Outlook ...... 4 Table - Manufacturers’ Shipments ...... 7 Consumer Income & Spending Outlook ...... 7 This new report profiles more than 160 private U.S. Table - Consumer Income & Expenditures ...... 9 companies active in the thermoformed plastics Plastic Packaging Outlook ...... 9 Table - Plastic Packaging Shipments ...... 11 industry. To frame the industry, Freedonia analysts Thermoformed Plastics Outlook ...... 11 have prepared an overview of the market and general Table - Thermoformed Plastics Demand ...... 14 industry. The analysis explores the key indicators that Resins ...... 14 Chart - Thermoformed Plastics Demand by Resin, 1999 ...... 17 drive demand, highlights company capabilities and Markets ...... 17 annual sales, identifies private company characteristics Table - Thermoformed Plastic Products and shows regional concentration. Demand by Market ...... 18 Packaging ...... 18 Chart - Packaging Markets for Thermoformed Plastics, 1999 ...... 20 Other Markets ...... 20 Chart - Other Markets for Thermoformed Plastics, 1999 ...... 23

III. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE General ...... 24 Table - Leading Private Thermoformed Plastic Companies, 1999 ...... 26 Consolidation Trends & Recent Acquisitions ...... 27 Table - Recent Private Thermoformed Plastics Company Acquisitions ...... 30 Thermoformers of Packaging Products ...... 32 Market Share ...... 33 Chart - US Thermoformed Plastic Packaging Market Share, 1999 ...... 36 Private Company Characteristics ...... 36 Table - Selected Private Thermoformers of Packaging Products ...... 40 Thermoformers of Other Products ...... 45 Market Share ...... 46 Chart - US Other Thermoformed Plastic Products Market Share, 1999 ...... 48 Private Company Characteristics ...... 48 Table - Selected Private Thermoformers of Other Products ...... 51 Regional Concentration ...... 56 Chart - Geographic Distribution of Private Plastic Processing Establishments ...... 59

IV. PRIVATE COMPANY PROFILES...... 67-271

Thermoformed Plastics - Private Companies Report #1271 2 Electro-General Plastics Corporation Paramount Plastics Incorporated Elm Packaging Company Penda Corporation Companies National Polystyrene Recycling Company PFI Vacuum Forming Incorporated Empire West Incorporated PHP Components Corporation Fabri-Form Company Polyform Incorporated Profiled Fabri-Kal Corporation Placon Corporation Fitzpak Incorporated Plas/Sys Incorporated Vinyl Solutions Incorporated Plastic Art Products Limited * Sample profiles Foam Molders and Specialties Plastic Concept Incorporated Formall Incorporated Plastic Ingenuity Incorporated on pages 4 and 5 Formed Plastics Incorporated Plastic Package Incorporated Formex Manufacturing Incorporated Plastics Design & Manufacturing Form/Tec Plastics Incorporated Polar Plastics Limited FormTex Plastics Corporation PolyJohn Enterprises Corporation Gage Industries Incorporated PolyPortables Incorporated ABCO Plastics General Plastics Incorporated Portage Plastics Corporation Able Body Corporation Genpak LLC Prairie Plastics Incorporated Accurate Pattern & Model Incorporated Purity Packaging Precision Packaging Products Incorporated Accutech Packaging Incorporated Geo-Tex Plastics Precision Plastics Incorporated Advance Engineering Company Greenwood Plastics Industries Prent Corporation Advanced Component Technologies Incorporated Gregstrom Corporation Primex Plastics Corporation Alga Plastics Company H&S Products Printpack Incorporated Algus Packaging Incorporated Hampel Corporation Rampart Packaging Allied Plastics Incorporated House of Packaging Incorporated Productive Plastics Incorporated Glynco Plastics Incorporated Howell (FM) & Company Proex Incorporated Allied Plastics Incorporated IMPAC Group Incorporated Profile Plastics Corporation Alloyd Company Incorporated AGI Incorporated Quality Thermoforming Incorporated Alpha Systems Incorporated Klearfold Incorporated Racine Plastic Incorporated American Form Tech Incorporated Indiana Vac-Form Incorporated Ray Products Company Incorporated American Packaging Company Incorporated Industrial Thermoform Incorporated Redex Packaging Corporation Anchor Packaging Incorporated Inline Plastics Corporation Regal Plastic Company Anderson Packaging Incorporated Innovative Plastech Incorporated Robinson Industries Incorporated Andex Industries Incorporated Allplax Incorporated Rohrer Corporation Arrem Plastics Incorporated Innovative Plastics Corporation SF Technology Incorporated Arthur Corporation J-PAC LLC Shamrock Plastics Incorporated Associated Thermoforming Incorporated Jay Visual Packaging Shuert Industries Incorporated Atlanta Thermoplastic Products Jay Manufacturing SLM Manufacturing Corporation Autoform Incorporated Kaddas Enterprises Incorporated Solo Cup Company Bardes Plastics Incorporated Key Packaging Company Incorporated Specialty Manufacturing Incorporated Benchmark Plastics Incorporated Kintz Plastics Incorporated Spencer Industries Incorporated Berkley Industries LLC Kitterman Plastics Stack Pac Corporation Blue Ridge Packaging Incorporated Lacerta Group Incorporated Stone Plastics Incorporated Brookdale Plastics Incorporated LaMar Plastics Packaging Limited Summit Plastics Incorporated Plastic Industries Incorporated Landmark Plastic Corporation Sun Plastics Incorporated Buckell Plastic Company Incorporated Lawrence Paper Company Sunrise Packaging Incorporated CDF Corporation Perry Manufacturing Sweetheart Cup Company Incorporated Charloma Incorporated Leading Industry Incorporated Techform Incorporated Clear Pack Company Lion Plastics Incorporated Tekni-Plex Incorporated Clearcast Industries Incorporated Lormac Plastics Incorporated ThermoFab Corporation Concept Industries Incorporated Maryland Thermoform Corporation Thermoform Plastics Incorporated Prestige Plastics Incorporated MasterPac Corporation TransPak USA Conductive Containers Incorporated Mayfield Plastics Incorporated Thermoformed Products Incorporated Containerware Incorporated McClarin Plastics Incorporated TO Plastics Incorporated Crane Plumbing McNeal Enterprises Incorporated Transparent Container Company Incorporated CR/PL LLC Menasha Corporation Trans-Shape Incorporated Universal-Rundle ORBIS Tray-Pak Corporation Creative Forming Incorporated Merrill’s Packaging Incorporated Universal Plastics Corporation Creative Plastics Incorporated Mullinix Packages Incorporated Universal Protective Packaging Incorporated Crescit Corporation Multifab Incorporated Vistar Technologies Incorporated Criterion Technology Incorporated Munot Plastics Incorporated Welch Packaging Group Incorporated Curd Enterprises Incorporated Newton Instrument Company Incorporated Barger Packaging Corporation Custom Pack Incorporated Advanced Plastiform Whirley Industries Incorporated Dart Container Corporation Orlando Plastics & Manufacturing Incorporated WinCup Holdings Incorporated Design Plastics Incorporated Ott Packagings Incorporated Winkler Forming Incorporated Display Pack Incorporated Packaging Resources Incorporated Witt Plastics Incorporated Dordan Manufacturing Incorporated Panoramic Incorporated Durakon Industries Incorporated Par-Pak Limited

Freedonia Private Companies Report Order form on last page 3 Detailed Company Profile

More than 160 private PRIVATE COMPANY PROFILES company profiles are compiled

and range from detailed to Brookdale Plastics Incorporated brief company descriptions. 9909 South Shore Drive Minneapolis, MN 55441 (See Samples) County: Hennepin County Code: 27053

All companies are individu- Phone: 612-797-1000 ally contacted and the Fax: 612-797-5252 Web Address: http://www.brookdaleplastics.com majority of the companies PRIVATE COMPANY PROFILES verify the data. Annual Sales: SAMPLE PROFILE Employment: Principal Owner(s): Robert Kramer Hard to obtain sales and Key Executive:In RobertApril 1999,Kramer, Brookdale President doubled its heavy gauge thermoforming capabilities through the acquisition of Plastic Industries Incorporated (Hugo, Minnesota). employment figures, key Key Products: Brookdale heavy-gauge believes and thethin-gauge acquisition tight of tolerance Plastic Industries thermoformed will help the Company products and services and products, point-of-purchaseachieve its goal displays of $12 and million contract in sales packaging by the endservices of 2000. Prior to the acquisition, the two companies had done business together and competed in some an overview of corporate Census Code SIC(s):of the same3086; end-use 3089; 7389markets. Plastic Industries, which had sales of approxi- operations are provided. mately $2 million in 1998, serves the agricultural, POP display, original SIC Description(s):equipment plastic manufacture foam products; (OEM), miscellaneous electronics, plastic sporting products; goods and industrial miscellaneous businessmarkets. services Brookdale plans to rename the Hugo, Minnesota facility Brookdale Plastics Incorporated/Wagener Facility, in honor of Plastic Industries’ former owner, Terry Wagener. The facility will serve as a research and development Brookdale Plasticssite, manufacturesconcentrating heavy-gaugeon heavy gauge and thin-gaugethermoforming. tight tolerance thermoformed products. In addition, the Company manufactures point-of- purchase (POP)Brookdale’s displays and products offers contractinclude packagingcustom thermoformed services. Brookdale packaging and other thermoforms plasticproducts materials for consumer, such as industrial/OEM,polyvinyl chloride, electronics, polystyrene, medical acryloni- and multimedia trile-butadiene-styrene,applications. polyethylene Among theand Company’sglycol-modified consumer polyethylene packaging terephtha- products are blisters, late. Markets inserts,for Brookdale’s clamshells, products tri-folds, include shipping cosmetics, and handling electronics, trays, medical, and specialty items. sporting goods,For hardware, industrial/OEM consumer applications, products packaging Brookdale and offers POP. machine The Company components, operates a 15,000-square-footshrouds, guards, contract totes, bezels, packaging component department trays, at housings its headquarters, and other products. which includes Electronicradio frequency products sealing include and shields, blister insulators,packaging housings,operations. guards, shrouds, tray and cover sets, single-component carriers, blisters, clamshells, and shipping and © Copyright by The Freedoniahandling trays.Group, TheInc. Company also offers precision formed stock trays for electronics applications.

Medical packaging products include surgical device trays, blisters, clamshells, shipping and handling trays, and other specialty items. Brookdale also manufactures multimedia packaging in a variety of styles for audio and video cassettes, and compact discs. These products feature theft resistance, pre-cut hangers for display purposes, easy locking and closing, and quick and easy assembly. In

Thermoformed Plastics - Private Companies Report #1271 4 Brief Company Profile

These profiles give you insight into the operations of private companies, and can PRIVATE COMPANY PROFILES help you:

Indiana Vac-Form Incorporated • Identify companies for investment, 2030 North Boeing Road Warsaw, IN 46582 merger, and/or acquisition oppor- County: Kosciusko tunities based on size, products, County Code: 18085

and location. Phone: 219-269-1725 Fax: 219-269-2723 Web Address: http://www.invacform.com • Evaluate the position of your competitors based on sales and/or Annual Sales: Employment: SAMPLE PROFILE employment figures. Key Executive: Don Robinson, President

Key Products: vacuum thermoformed products Census Code SIC(s): 3088; 3089; 3949 PRIVATE COMPANY PROFILES

SIC Description(s): plastic plumbing fixtures; miscellaneous plastic products; MasterPac Corporation miscellaneous sporting and athletic goods 6800 Odell Street St. Louis, MO 63139 County: St. Louis (City) Indiana Vac-Form is a manufacturer of vacuum thermoformed products. The County Code: 29510 Company’s product line includes refuse container lids, foodservice trays, medical and dental products, burial vault liners, garage door panels, outdoor portable Phone: 314-644-6060 toilets, truck cab interiors, air conditioning components, playground equipment Fax: 314-644-6087 and recreational vehicle propane covers. Indiana Vac-Form offers an array of © Copyrightthermoplastic by The Freedonia materials, Group, including Inc. polystyrene, high molecular polyethylene, © Copyright by The Freedonia Group, Inc. Annual Sales: glycol-modified polyethylene terephthalate, and NORYL and LEXAN (General Employment: SAMPLE PROFILE Electric). Vacuum thermoforming equipment can utilize thermoplastics ranging in Key Executive: Roger Debenport, President thickness from .040- to 1/2-inch gauge. The Company maintains a 30,000- square-foot manufacturing facility located in Warsaw, Indiana. Key Products: thermoformed packaging, including clamshells, trays and blisters

Census Code SIC(s): 3089 SIC Description(s): miscellaneous plastic products

MasterPac is a producer of thermoformed packaging, such as clamshells, trays and blisters. The Company offers stock and custom packages. Folded flange blisters, which open and close easily without the need for heat sealing, are available. MasterPac’s products package such items as toys, fishing tackle, cutlery, personal care items and office supplies.

Freedonia Private Companies Report Order form on last page 5 Market Overview

The Market Overview Section discusses factors influencing supply and demand, including packaging trends and the outlook for manufac- MARKET OVERVIEW

tured goods. Thermoformed Plastics Outlook

US demand for thermoformed plastics is projected to increase 4.5 percent per This information helps you: annum to 4.6 billion pounds in 2004, with dollar values rising 6.9 percent annually to SAMPLE$2.9 billion (resin PAGE content only). Gains will stem from the versatility and cost efficiency of the thermoforming process combined with healthy outlooks • Determine what external factors in the major markets for thermoformed plastics (e.g., packaged goods, transporta- will impact future supply and tion equipment, consumer goods and electronic components). Resin, additive, process equipment and computer-aided engineering enhancements will also demand support advances for thermoformed plastics, and result in greater customization, sharper detail, higher performance and quality standards, and an expanding array of potential applications. Process enhancements in thermoforming have also • Measure your market and sales brought about increased parts consolidation, which enables greater efficiency in potential based on supply and the assembly of end products.

demand forecasts. Healthy dollar gains for thermoformed plastics will also benefit from price increases of 2.4 percent per year through 2004. These increases will result primarily from the introduction of improved higher value resin grades and • Propose new areas for product formulations which are tailored for thermoforming, thereby maintaining and development based on market expanding the range of applications. However, resin content represents only a portion of the final product cost of thermoforming, accounting for 39 percent of trends & innovations. aggregate product cost in 1999. The total value of thermoformed plastic products is forecast to rise 6.8 percent per year to $7.3 billion in 2004.

Thermoforming growth will come, in part, at the expense of other plastic THERMOFORMED PLASTICSprocessing OUTLOOK methods. Because BY RESINthermoformed plastics are lighter in weight and have lower tooling costs relative to injection molded and other equivalents, they Resin Outlookare gaining use in applications which have traditionally utilized injection molding and blow molding. The shorter turnaround time for thermoformed Polystyrene Dominance in food trays and clamshells, the prepared foods market and increasing promote healthy gains, although competi temper growth. SAMPLE TABLE

Acrylonitrile- Growth in the electronics, appliance and Butadiene- Styrene with ABS’s ease of processing, durability (ABS) chem ical-resistant properties, will suppo will also continue to supplant fiberglass

Thermoformed Plastics - Private Companies Report #1271 6 Industry Structure

Gain a better understanding of your competition and analyze your company's position in the industry with information about the INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

characteristics of leading Private Company Characteristics thermoformed plastic manufacturers The US thermoformed plastic packaging market encompasses hundreds of private including total sales, capabilities and companies, the majority of which are small, single-location establishments. For regional concentration. example, Plastic Package, with estimatedSAMPLE annual sales PAGE of $5-10 million, designs and produces thermoformed containers and trays used in bakery, candy, foodservice, produce, cosmetics, electronics, industrial, medical and general-use This information helps you: packaging. The company operates a single production facility at its Sacramento, California headquarters. Similarly, Algus Packaging, a $6 million company, manufactures thermoformed blisters, clamshells, trays and other products at a • Evaluate diversification facility in De Kalb, Illinois.

opportunities based Some private producers of thermoformed packaging, generally larger firms, also on product lines manufacture injection molded packaging. For example, Packaging Resources, with annual sales of $146 million, manufactures injection molded containers in of other private addition to its thermoformed and pressure formed containers, lids and beverage companies. cups. Sweetheart Cup, which has annual sales of $864 million, produces injection molded food containers and cutlery, along with thermoformed products including drink cups, lids, food containers and dinnerware. In addition, Menasha Corpora- • Understand barriers tion, with annual sales of $991 million, produces returnable and reusable packaging systems including totes, bulk containers, pallets and dunnage, through to entry based on its ORBIS division. These products can be thermoformed, injection molded, foam industry concentration. molded or rotational molded. Selected Private ThermoformersSome private of thermoformed packaging companies also produce plastic packaging Other Products • Develop positioning film. Anchor Packaging, a $125 million company, manufactures flexible polyvinyl chloride film in addition to thermoformed containers and trays. strategies based on Similarly, Printpack, with annual sales of $846 million, is a leading manufacturer size of competitors. of plastic film and a variety of converted flexible packaging materials. The company also produces thermoformed food containers through its Rampart Packaging division.

SAMPLE CHART

* Sales are 1999 estimates for total corporate sales, including products other than thermoformed products.

Freedonia Private Companies Report Order form on last page 7 Report Highlights

• The majority of the over 500 companies in the $5.2 billion US thermoformed plastic products industry are privately- held.

• The diversity of applications for thermoforming, with no single company competing in every product type or market, supports the ability of smaller private concerns to compete.

• Private thermoformers are among the leading producers on both the packaging and other products markets; six private firms accounted for a combined 27 percent of the packaging market in 1999, while eight private firms combined held 27 percent of the nonpackaging market.

• Seven private companies have total thermoforming sales of over $75 million, one of which is the largest producer of thermoformed pick-up truck bedliners in the US.

• A number of private thermoformers are diversified into other plastic processes (e.g., injection molding) or are back integrated into the extrusion of plastic sheet.

• The total value of thermoformed plastic products is forecast to increase 6.8 percent per annum to $7.3 billion in 2004.

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• Propose new areas for product development based on material trends.

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Thermoformed Plastics - Private Companies Report #1271 10 Plastic Containers Related Studies The US plastic container industry is analyzed in this study, presenting historical data (1989, 1994, 1999) and Reports and forecasts to 2004 and 2009. Breakdowns are by resin (e.g., HDPE, PET, polystyrene, polypropylene, PVC, LDPE), by type (e.g., bottles, tubs and cups, trays, pails) and by market (e.g., beverages, household Caps & Closures - chemicals, pharmaceuticals, personal care, automo- Private Companies Report For more information about tive chemicals, food). The study also examines the market environment and industry structure, presents Most firms in the $3.4 billion US cap and closure these or other Freedonia titles, market share data, and profiles key companies. market are private, with the largest among second tier producers. Private companies also lead various niche #1306...... 8/00...... $3,600 please contact us at: markets (e.g., trigger sprayers, aerosol overcaps, child- resistant closures). This report profiles over 140 privately-held cap and closure companies (e.g., Berry The Freedonia Group, Inc. Blister & Other Plastics, Courtesy, Indesco International, Kerr Group, Phone: (440) 684-9600 High Visibility Packaging Poly-Seal, Portola Packaging). The report also fore- Marketing, labor saving, and source reduction ben- casts industry demand, lists companies by product and (800) 927-5900 efits of high visibility packaging will boost annual gains location, and presents market share data. Fax: (440) 646-0484 in US demand up over 5%. Carded blister packs will #1180...... 10/99...... $3,000 remain the largest segment while clamshell packaging grows the fastest. Niche opportunities exist for skin packs in home meal replacement and take-out food markets. This study analyzes the $5.8 billion US high visibility packaging industry to 2004 and 2009 by Injection Molded Plastics material, product and market. It also evaluates market Advances in US demand will reflect the versatility of share and profiles key companies. injection molding and the advantages of plastics over #1246...... 4/00...... $3,500 other materials. Thermoplastic resins will continue to dominate over thermosets. Polypropylene will remain the largest resin used, although engineered resins will Injection Molded Plastics - grow faster. This study analyzes the $6.7 billion US Private Companies Report injection molded plastics industry to 2003 and 2008 Four private firms, representing a combined 13% of by resin and market. It also evaluates market share and the custom injection molded plastics market, were profiles key industry participants. among the top ten companies in the industry. Overall, #1174...... 12/99...... $3,000 eight private companies have total related sales of over $250 million. This report profiles over 190 private injection molders, including Key Plastics, LDM Tech- nologies, Mack Molding, Moll Industries, Nypro and Venture Holdings. The report also forecasts industry Reinforced Plastics demand by material and market, evaluates market The ability of reinforced plastics to displace metal or share and reviews acquisition trends. wood in established uses, or to create new ones, will #1207...... 12/99...... $3,000 drive gains in US composites demand. Unsaturated polyester and other thermosets will remain the largest market based on low cost and superior performance Polyethylene Terephthalate Resins in diverse markets. Reinforced thermoplastics will exhibit better growth. This study analyzes the $4.3 Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin demand in billion US composites industry to 2003 and 2008 by the US will grow over 6% annually, driven by oppor- reinforcement, product and market. It also details tunities in single-serve carbonated soft drink and market share and profiles key companies. bottled water bottles. Milk and beer bottles are new, potentially large PET applications. PET advantages in #1113...... 4/99...... $3,500 packaging include light weight, clarity, design flexibil- ity and a sound environmental profile. This study examines the $2.7 billion US PET resin industry to 2003 and 2008 by process and market. It also gives market share data and profiles key companies. #1191...... 11/99...... $3,500

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