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| − | + | Plastipak Packaging, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Plastipak Holdings, Inc., is a global company providing design and manufacture of high-quality, rigid plastic containers for the food, beverage, and consumer products industries. Plastipak operates more than 47 production sites in the United States, South America, Africa, Asia and Europe, with a total of over 6,600 employees. Its customers include some of the world's most respected and recognized consumer brands. Plastipak is also a leading innovator in the packaging industry, holding more than 1,500 United States patents for its state-of-the-art package designs and manufacturing processes. In addition, Plastipak licenses various packaging technologies around the world. Plastipak Packaging, Inc., founded in 1967, is headquartered in Plymouth Michigan. Plastipak’s affiliate companies: Clean Tech recycles over 200 million pounds of plastic per year and WhiteLine Express, a trucking and logistics management company, log’s over 25 million miles a year. In North America, we are the exclusive supplier of plastic containers to Procter & Gamble for heavy-duty, liquid laundry detergents and the largest supplier of plastic containers to Kraft Foods for their salad dressings, barbecue sauces and grated cheeses. For 50 years, we have worked as a strategic partner with our customers in the early stages of their new marketing initiatives. We provide integrated transportation and logistics services, and satisfy our customers’ needs for recycling, reliability and dependability in plastic packaging. We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D. | |
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| − | Beverage Container: Plastipak offers a broad range of beverage containers, from a multi-gallon container to a single serve bottle to custom sized soft drink containers: | + | * '''Beverage: Beverage Container:''' Plastipak offers a broad range of beverage containers, from a multi-gallon container to a single serve bottle to custom sized soft drink containers: |
| − | *Carbonated Soft Drinks | + | * * Carbonated Soft Drinks |
*Hot Fill Nutritional Beverages | *Hot Fill Nutritional Beverages | ||
*Juices, Teas and Sports Drinks | *Juices, Teas and Sports Drinks | ||
*Waters, Sparkling and Non-Sparkling | *Waters, Sparkling and Non-Sparkling | ||
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| + | * Consumer Cleaning | ||
| + | * Food | ||
| + | * Industrial and Automotive | ||
| + | * Personal Care | ||
| + | * Preforms: Making clear and colored preforms from a combination of new and recycled resin, we provide a wide range of sustainable preform sizes and forms to major brands domestically and internationally. | ||
| + | Plastipak introduces the ultimate eco-friendly 'EcoPreform'. Building on its recycling expertise as well as its Bio-based PET capability, Plastipak offers environmentally friendly PET packaging with preforms & bottles consisting of 75% rPET & 25% Bio-based PET. The Recycled PET as well as the Bio-based PET are produced by Plastipak. | ||
| + | * Bio-based PET: Plastipak, with its affiliate, Clean Tech, has the capability to recover, reduce, reuse and recycle billions of pounds of plastics each year. Resin making (Bio-based PET) is part of their eco-packaging process using state-of-the-art recycling technologies. | ||
| + | * '''Specialty Products - Spirits and Beer Bottles: | ||
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| + | Plastipak's targeted packaging solutions for specialty products such as alcohol, beer and other distilled spirits take advantage of the strength and flexibility that plastic provides for maintaining product quality. Plastipak's technology protects the beverage’s flavor from being compromised by the plastic container. | ||
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| + | Plastipak offers a full range of Surface Barrier solutions for an expanding number of specialty products. | ||
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| + | === Products / Technology === | ||
Revision as of 09:21, 6 September 2016
| Plastipak | |
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| Founded | 1967 |
| Headquarters |
Europe: Verbania, Italy South America: Paulinia, Brazil USA: Global Business and Technology Center; Plymouth, Michigan |
Key people | William C. Young (President & CEO) |
Number of employees | 5,000 |
| Website | www.plastipak.com |
Plastipak Packaging, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Plastipak Holdings, Inc., is a global company providing design and manufacture of high-quality, rigid plastic containers for the food, beverage, and consumer products industries. Plastipak operates more than 47 production sites in the United States, South America, Africa, Asia and Europe, with a total of over 6,600 employees. Its customers include some of the world's most respected and recognized consumer brands. Plastipak is also a leading innovator in the packaging industry, holding more than 1,500 United States patents for its state-of-the-art package designs and manufacturing processes. In addition, Plastipak licenses various packaging technologies around the world. Plastipak Packaging, Inc., founded in 1967, is headquartered in Plymouth Michigan. Plastipak’s affiliate companies: Clean Tech recycles over 200 million pounds of plastic per year and WhiteLine Express, a trucking and logistics management company, log’s over 25 million miles a year. In North America, we are the exclusive supplier of plastic containers to Procter & Gamble for heavy-duty, liquid laundry detergents and the largest supplier of plastic containers to Kraft Foods for their salad dressings, barbecue sauces and grated cheeses. For 50 years, we have worked as a strategic partner with our customers in the early stages of their new marketing initiatives. We provide integrated transportation and logistics services, and satisfy our customers’ needs for recycling, reliability and dependability in plastic packaging. We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D.
Markets
- Beverage: Beverage Container: Plastipak offers a broad range of beverage containers, from a multi-gallon container to a single serve bottle to custom sized soft drink containers:
- * Carbonated Soft Drinks
- Hot Fill Nutritional Beverages
- Juices, Teas and Sports Drinks
- Waters, Sparkling and Non-Sparkling
- Consumer Cleaning
- Food
- Industrial and Automotive
- Personal Care
- Preforms: Making clear and colored preforms from a combination of new and recycled resin, we provide a wide range of sustainable preform sizes and forms to major brands domestically and internationally.
Plastipak introduces the ultimate eco-friendly 'EcoPreform'. Building on its recycling expertise as well as its Bio-based PET capability, Plastipak offers environmentally friendly PET packaging with preforms & bottles consisting of 75% rPET & 25% Bio-based PET. The Recycled PET as well as the Bio-based PET are produced by Plastipak.
- Bio-based PET: Plastipak, with its affiliate, Clean Tech, has the capability to recover, reduce, reuse and recycle billions of pounds of plastics each year. Resin making (Bio-based PET) is part of their eco-packaging process using state-of-the-art recycling technologies.
- Specialty Products - Spirits and Beer Bottles:
Plastipak's targeted packaging solutions for specialty products such as alcohol, beer and other distilled spirits take advantage of the strength and flexibility that plastic provides for maintaining product quality. Plastipak's technology protects the beverage’s flavor from being compromised by the plastic container.
Plastipak offers a full range of Surface Barrier solutions for an expanding number of specialty products.
Products / Technology
References
Market Surveys
PETplanet Insider Articles
Issue 09 / 2015: Multilayer PET bottle: International patent
