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.
Women’s Business Enterprise (WBENC)
FDA Registered Facility
Registration
VAWD Certified
cGMP-Based Standards
Compliance program
FDA CFR Sections 210 and 211
Compliance program
FSC
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
SCS Responsible Forestry
G7 Master
EcoVadis
FDA
Quality certification
FDA21CFRPARTS210211
Quality certification
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
Friendly City Box CompanyFounded in Johnstown in 1927 as a maker of wooden cigar boxes, Friendly City Box Company now manufactures custom folding cartons and specialty packaging for customers nationwide. The Blackburn family still leads the fourth-generation business, which operates from a 100,000-plus-square-foot facility producing more than 25 million boxes annually. Its long-serving workforce includes employees with 20 to 40 years at the company, pairing modern production capacity with experience built over nearly a century.JOHNSTOWN, PA