Since Fred M. Howell bought a box-making business in 1883, F. M. Howell & Company has remained a fourth-generation, family-owned enterprise in Elmira. The company now serves pharmaceutical, industrial, and consumer-product customers through packaging and related fulfillment services, while retaining its identity as a privately held Women’s Business Enterprise.
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F. M. Howell & CompanyFor more than 140 years, F. M. Howell & Company has remained a fourth-generation, family-owned business rooted in Elmira, where it began in 1883 making wooden cigar boxes. Today, the company is known for translating that packaging heritage into carefully controlled work for pharmaceutical and other regulated markets, with its services extending from custom packaging to life-sciences fulfillment. Howell has been nationally certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise by WBENC since 2009.ELMIRA, NY
Action PackagingFounded in 1980 as Action Bag Company by Marie Gebbie, Action Packaging is a third-generation, family-owned company that supplies stock and custom packaging for businesses across industries. The Woodstock company combines broad packaging resources with custom packaging support and nationwide distribution, while remaining led by Marie’s granddaughter, CEO Haley Cwynar. Action Packaging is also certified as a Women Business Enterprise and Women-Owned Small Business.BELTSVILLE, MD
F.P. Woll & CompanyFamily-owned and operated since Frederick P. Woll founded it in 1907, F.P. Woll & Company is now a third-generation Philadelphia manufacturer and supplier. The company is known for developing its own packaging solutions for fragile and highly specialized technical applications, with design and fabrication kept under one roof to support quick, tailored work.321920PHILADELPHIA, PA
Welch PackagingSince its founding as Elkhart Container in 1985, Welch Packaging has grown as a multigenerational, family-owned business while keeping local relationships at the center of its work. The company now supports customers through a broad network of corrugated manufacturing plants, producing custom packaging with much of its sheet material made in-house. Welch also extends that family culture into the communities around its facilities, partnering with more than 250 local organizations.LEBANON, OH