Video: The Recycling Journey of a Pizza Box

KTBS TV ArkLaTex Made reports on the recycling journey of a pizza box as it is turned into paper at Pratt Industries. Watch and learn more about the recycling process at Pratt Industries: About Pratt Industries Recycling Division Pratt Industries’ Recycling Division is a full service recycler with 13 facilities. Pratt utilizes the paper products collected …

Pratt Industries Receives Abbott Supplier Excellence Award

Sarah M. Catterson – Abbott’s Vice President of Global Purchasing, presents Pratt Industries with the 2011 Supplier Excellence Award. Receiving on behalf of Pratt are (from left) Patrick Bengelink (Sales Rep), David Gill (Sales Manager, Grand Rapids), Craig Stucky (General Manager, Grand Rapids) and Richard Turner (Strategic Account Manager). Pratt Industries has just won Abbott’s …

Sustainability: How Does It Apply to Corporate Success?

Sustainability is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Years ago, a company’s success or otherwise was judged on its financial performance – earnings per share, return on investment, etc. Now, however, as consumers become increasingly concerned with the environment, corporate success is …

Pratt Gives Back to Stop Hunger Now!

Pratt Industries recently became a major partner in the fight against hunger in Belize by providing transportation and logistics for a load of 44,000lbs of food and hygiene supplies earmarked for children in the Central American country. The shipment contained over 285,000 meals that were packed locally in Atlanta and are to be distributed to …

Pratt Industries In-Store Display Division Lands Kroger Account

Pratt Industries has been selected as sole supplier of the Kroger grocery store chain’s private label in-store displays. The partnership with Pratt’s Display Division will bring sustainably-sourced packaging to all of the grocer’s stores and reinforce Kroger’s ongoing commitment to the environment. Pratt’s winning proposal was based on a modular display program designed with common/interchangeable …

Governor Tom Corbett Attends Pratt Industries’ Official Opening of Pennsylvania Box Plant

Pratt Industries continued its rapid expansion in the Northeast last week, with the official opening of a new, $35 million box plant outside Allentown, Pa. Governor Tom Corbett and former Pittsburgh Steelers great Mel Blount were among those attending the celebration in Macungie. “I’m extremely proud that we now have more than 50 factories in the …

Pratt Industries to be Featured in Sustainability Documentary Hosted by Kim Alexis

At first glance, eighties’ supermodel Kim Alexis may not appear to have much in common with the corrugated box business. But she will in the coming weeks. The blonde New Yorker – who appeared on more than 500 magazine covers and was featured in Sports Illustrated’s famous Swimsuit Issue six times during her reign as …

Recycled Paper Mill in New York Celebrates 15 Years!

Pratt’s 100% recycled paper mill in New York City celebrated its 15th “birthday” recently, passing the 4.6 million mark for tons of recycled paper it’s produced since opening in April, 1997. That’s the equivalent of saving more than 78 million trees! And every day, it produces enough paper to stretch from New York City to …

New MRF Opens in South Carolina

Pratt Industries invests $3.5 Million in new Material Recovery Facility in South Carolina COLUMBIA, S.C. – February 2, 2012 – Pratt Industries, a leading recycled paper and packaging company, today announced the opening of a new material recovery facility (MRF) in Spartanburg County. The $3.5 million investment is expected to generate 30 new jobs. Myles …