Founded in 1988 by Joe Meindl and Alan Knauf, ARM Global Solutions is a reverse-logistics company built around keeping industrial packaging in circulation. From its Virginia operations centers, the company recovers and refurbishes film-roll packaging for North American plastic-film producers, helping them avoid disposal costs while reducing reliance on new materials.
HPJ Industries, IncFounded in 2006, HPJ Industries, Inc. has built its reputation by helping manufacturers keep returnable packaging in service rather than sending it to the landfill. The company works with more than 600 OEM, Tier 1 and Tier 2 customers from four facilities across Ohio, Texas and Mississippi, with a particular focus on repairing bulk containers and recovering value from obsolete packaging.BOWLING GREEN, OH
SBC Solutions GroupFounded in 1992 by Lynn and Betty Hatfield as an agricultural service company, Centerburg-based SBC Solutions Group has grown into an industrial recycling and business-solutions firm serving manufacturers nationwide. The family business now operates full-service facilities in Ohio and Atlanta, pairing recycling with material analysis, logistics, warehousing and other support for demanding production operations. Its team brings more than 100 combined years of recycling experience and has been handling complex material and waste challenges since the company became SBC Recycling in 1996.CENTERBURG, OH
Greif, IncGreif traces its industrial packaging business to a cooperage shop opened in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1877 and now makes packaging solutions for life’s essentials through a global network spanning more than 30 countries. With more than 14,000 colleagues across over 250 facilities in 37 countries, the company has grown from wooden barrels to a broad packaging operation that includes steel, plastic and fibre containers as well as recycled paperboard products. Greif also places circularity at the center of its work, noting that its paper packaging business recycles more material than it uses.DELAWARE, OH
Papier-MettlerKnown for building its business around post-consumer recycling, Papier-Mettler has expanded that work since 1992. The company makes packaging for food, retail, and industrial customers, using recovered plastic and paper in closed-loop programs that turn waste back into new packaging.MOOREFIELD, WV