Since making its first twist tie in 1966, family-owned Bedford Industries has manufactured closures, tags, and other packaging solutions, now under third-generation leadership in the founding family. The Worthington company also turns recovered plastic into products such as PolyScape structural lumber, extending its manufacturing work beyond packaging. Bedford operates to ISO 9001:2015 and BRC Global Standard for Packaging and Packaging Materials requirements, and its TagBack program has diverted more than 226,000 pounds of material from landfills.
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Orlando Products IncFamily-owned and operated since 1992, Orlando Products Inc. has built its Baltimore operation around solving demanding packaging challenges for customers in fields such as aerospace, military, and medical equipment. Its 150,000-plus-square-foot facility houses an in-house engineering team with more than 60 years of combined industry experience, supporting custom packaging work from design through production. The company also runs a recycling program that reuses foam scrap and incorporates recycled material where possible.BALTIMORE, MD
PlastipakFounded in 1967, family-owned Plastipak designs and manufactures rigid plastic packaging and recycles post-consumer plastic into food-grade resin. Headquartered in Plymouth, Michigan, the company operates more than 40 sites across the United States, South America and Europe, and serves food, beverage and consumer-products brands. Its history includes decades of bottle-to-bottle recycling and packaging innovation.HAVRE DE GRACE, MD
Erie Molded PackagingFamily-owned since 1982, Erie Molded Packaging makes injection-molded caps and closures and develops custom packaging solutions from its Erie, Pennsylvania facility. Its temperature- and humidity-controlled plant uses presses from 85 to 725 tons, while the EMP Rapid Response program pairs flexible manufacturing with quick-turn quotes and short lead times. The company’s quality system is certified to ISO 9001:2015, and its performance has earned supplier-of-the-year recognition from Berlin Packaging and the National Association of Container Distributors.ERIE, PA
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