Pratt Industries treated 300 workers and family members from the Department of Sanitation New York and our paper mill to a night of fun and baseball at the Staten Island Yankees last week…and our chairman Anthony Pratt threw out the first ball accompanied by his 6-year-old son, Leon. Happily, it was a perfect strike. The …
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Pratt Opens Two New Recycling Facilities
Pratt officially opened two new recycling facilities this week, including a 110,000 sq. ft. plant in Gary, Indiana. The other is a 38,000 sq. ft. site in Wichita, Kansas. Both will support the company’s state-of-the-art paper mill in Valparaiso, In., which comes on-line this September. Together, the two facilities, the company’s 16th and 17th recycling plants, will have the capacity to process more than 120,000 …
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 Leads Coalition to Increase School Recycling and Environmental Awareness in NYC
Pratt Industries announced today it would lead a unique coalition of government, private enterprise, trade associations and non-profits to increase recycling rates and environmental awareness among students and teachers in dozens of New York City schools. Pratt chairman Anthony Pratt was joined by local leaders including Staten Island Borough President James S. Oddo in releasing details of the program, which for the first time will introduce a detailed anti-littering, pro-recycling …
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 Expands Into California
Pratt Industries has made a major expansion into California with the acquisition of the Salinas-based food and agricultural packaging company, Robert Mann Packaging. Pratt paid $60 million for the privately-owned RMP group which has $150 million in annual sales and more than a dozen facilities in the western U.S. and Mexico, including a 350,000 square-foot …
Pizza Patrón Presented with Pratt’s Environmental Impact Award
Pratt Industries has honored leading food company Pizza Patrón as one of its most environmentally-friendly customers. Pratt’s team, led by South West Division President Mike Tansey, presented executives from Pizza Patrón with an Environmental Impact Award for using 100% recycled content packaging in delivering some of the best pizza on the market. Tansey noted the Dallas-based pizza company’s closed …
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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 Receives The Home Depot Partner of the Year Award
Pratt Industries has been honored with The Home Depot Partner of the Year award yet again – for the 4th time in just 5 years. Pratt was cited by the home improvement giant’s Decor department, beating out scores of other vendors for the coveted honor, for supplying a wide range of recycled moving and storing …
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