Pratt Industries Sets New Record and Produces Over 5000 Tons of Recycled Paper in a Single Day

Pratt Industries set a company production record recently when our four, 100% recycled paper mills combined to produce OVER 5000 tons of the industry’s best paper for the first time in a single day. The new record now stands at 5128 tons – smashing the previous one-day total of 4978 tons. “This is a fantastic achievement by all …

Pratt Display Continues Its Rapid Expansion Purchasing Quality Associates

Pratt Display continues its rapid expansion with the purchase of a fulfillment business from Ohio-based Quality Associates. The deal includes a full service stand-alone contract packing operation in West Chester, Ohio, three separate in-plant business operations for St. Bernard Soap Co. and The J.M. Smucker Company in Ohio, and an additional in-Distribution Center operation in …

Pratt Industries Named One of America’s Largest Private Companies by Forbes

Pratt Industries has been named one of America’s largest private companies by Forbes magazine. It is the first time the company has been ranked in the Forbes list. The prestigious business magazine listed Pratt Industries 181st of 223 companies in its annual survey. Companies had to have revenues of at least US$2 billion to qualify. …

Anthony Pratt Named North American Packaging CEO of the Year

Company chairman and founder Anthony Pratt has just been named “North American Packaging CEO of the Year” by a leading industry association. Anthony was selected by RISI, one of the most respected names in the global paper and packaging industry, and will be presented with the award at RISI’s International Containerboard Conference (ICC) Nov. 3-4 in Chicago. “Our packaging economists and editors selected him among industry leaders …

Pratt Staten Island Team Hits New Milestone: 6 Million Tons of Paper Recycled!

Pratt Paper NY has just produced its 6 millionth ton of America’s best 100 percent recycled paper. The Staten Island team hit the milestone late last week, and since start up in 1997 has now saved the equivalent of more than 102 MILLION trees – or a forest large enough to cover 100 square miles. …

Pratt Display Recognized for Responsible Manufacturing Practices

Mason, OH – Pratt Display was recognized for its environmentally responsible manufacturing practices in the October issue of Store Brands magazine. Store Brands is a monthly publication dedicated to private label brands and the retailers that own them; every year the magazine selects store brand suppliers to be honored for outstanding achievements in nine different …

New Pratt Mill Starts Production

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 …

Pratt Opens Newest Recycling Facility in Conyers

Pratt Industries, America’s 5th largest paper and packaging company, has officially opened its newest recycling Material Recovery Facility at its corporate eco-campus in Conyers, Georgia. The plant, which will receive materials from both municipal and commercial recycling programs, is the most advanced MRF in Georgia.  It can process both residential and commercial single-stream recyclables, source-separated and baled materials. These include various grades of paper, plastic and metal as well …

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 …