Pratt Industries announced today its new $260 million recycled paper mill had started production in Valparaiso, In. Pratt, which has now built three of the last 4 paper mills constructed in the U.S., said the new 100 percent recycled facility would supply the company’s rapidly-expanding Midwest operations. In just two years, company chairman Anthony Pratt said Pratt had invested more than $400 million …
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Conyers Mill Celebrates 20 Years
More than 200 employees and guests celebrated the 20th anniversay of Pratt’s Conyers paper mill with a gala dinner in Atlanta last month. Company COO David Dennis paid special tribute to mill GM Allen Bowlder and other 20-year veterans who were part of a weary group of pioneerng engineers, operators and maintenance crews there at …
Pratt Display’s Energizer Team Recognized for Excellence in Supply Chain Performance
Pratt Display’s Energizer team was recognized by Energizer for their significant contribution toward the success of the EcoAdvanced Battery launch. Energizer’s Global Procurement officer, Greg Kinder, recently presented an Excellence in Supply Chain Performance award to John Keck, Pratt Display’s President, at Pratt Industries corporate headquarters in Conyers, GA. Pratt Display and its assembly partner, Impact …
Pratt Displays Talent
Pratt Display has won three awards at a major industry event honoring the most innovative and effective in-store and point-of-purchase displays. Our team won one Silver and two Bronze awards from POPAI, the global association for marketing at-retail, at its 2015 Outstanding Merchandising Achievement (OMA) competition in Las Vegas. The judges’ committee – comprised of industry manufacturers, retailers and brand marketers – scored entries based on how well they conveyed the marketing achievements noted in the answers …
Pratt Breaks Ground on Corrugated Box Factory in Beloit, WI
Pratt Industries broke ground yesterday on its new $52 million corrugated box factory in Beloit, Wisconsin. The 350,000 sq. ft. facility, due for start-up in early 2016, will sit on a 56-acre site and produce 600 tons of recycled boxes a day at capacity. It will also eventually provide 140 full-time jobs – as well as approximately 200 during construction. The facility will not only boast the most advanced technologies in the packaging industry, but …
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Pratt Industries’ Conyers Facility Celebrates 20 Years
TWENTY years ago today an upstart Pratt Industries launched what was to become a revolution in the paper and packaging industry with the production of its very first reel of 100 percent recycled paper. Cheered on by a group of pioneering engineers, operators and maintenance crews that had worked tirelessly on the construction and start …
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Pratt Industries to Open New Corrugated Box Factory in Wisconsin
Pratt Industries continues its fast-paced expansion with the announcement it will begin construction on a new $52 million corrugated box factory in Wisconsin next Spring. The proposed 350,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility, which will be built on a 56-acre site in Beloit, will produce approximately 600 tons of recycled boxes a day at capacity, the equivalent of saving more than 10,000 …
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Pratt Opens New Corrugated Box Plant in Lewisburg, Ohio
Pratt Industries has officially opened its new $US44 million corrugated box factory in Ohio. The 350,000 sq.ft. facility, built adjacent to our existing box plant in Lewisburg, is an environmental showpiece for the industry, said company chairman Anthony Pratt. “Not only will the recycled paper used here save as many as 10,000 trees per day, but …
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Pratt Veteran to Lead New Paper Mill Team
Longtime Pratt papermaker Jay Hennessey will head to Indiana next week to assume duties as the first General Manager of Pratt’s fourth, 100 percent recycled paper mill currently under construction in Indiana. Jay, who was at Staten Island for 11 years – eight of them as GM – set numerous production records during his tenure …
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Pratt Breaks Ground on New 100% Recycled Paper Mill in Valparaiso, Indiana
Pratt Industries has officially broken ground on its new 100 percent recycled paper mill – the 4th such facility it’s built in the past 20 years. Company chairman Anthony Pratt said the Valparaiso, Indiana, mill would be world’s most technologically-advanced and environmentally friendly recycling mill and was “a dream come true” for Pratt Industries. “This …
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