Learn about how corrugated became the obvious choice in protective packaging and what you need to know to select the perfect box. When it comes to protecting products during shipment, the corrugated box is the most common choice for companies around the world. As a company dependent upon safe shipment of products and supplies, it’s …
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Export Food, Not Jobs
BY Anthony Pratt Executive Chairman of Pratt Industries I was delighted to be part of the first Global Food Forum held by The Wall Street Journal. Pratt Industries was excited about our sponsorship, which is a testament to the Journal’s leadership in reporting about food. Food is vital for America’s economy — a powerful engine …
How to Measure Dimensional Weight of a Package (and why it’s important)
Dimensional weight calculation is a necessary step for eCommerce companies and retailers who ship products in boxes and large poly bags. By subjecting all packages to dimensional weight billing, also known as DIM weight, carriers hope to encourage retailers to make better packaging decisions. By right-sizing shipment packaging, carriers can maximize the number of packages being …
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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 …
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NYC Recycled Pizza Boxes Made in Staten Island
[fusion_text] Anyway you slice it Pratt’s New York City box plant makes the industry’s best pizza boxes – all 200,000 of them a day. But now, the Big Apple team has joined forces with a leading local politician to come up with a unique way to honor their Staten Island home – by producing a …
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Video: Pratt Display and Kroger on Sustainability and Packaging
Pratt Display’s VP of Sales & Marketing, Dave Connors, and Kroger’s VP of Global Sourcing & Planning, Marcio DaCosta, discuss sustainability in packaging and how the partnership between Pratt & Kroger benefits both companies.
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 …
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Pratt Display Takes Gold!
Mason, OH – 21 October 2015 – Pratt Display won Gold at the 2015 Shopper Marketing Conference & Expo’s Design of the Times contest for the Energizer Eco-Advanced rolling rack entry. The Design of the Times contest consists of two rounds of judging; hundreds of entries are evaluated based on answers to a series of …
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 …