Founded 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.
Color Carton CorporationFamily-owned and operated in the Bronx since 1960, Color Carton Corporation has grown from its founders’ original shop into a multi-facility packaging manufacturer while retaining a personal-service approach. Its work is produced under one roof, where long-tenured employees oversee custom folding cartons for brands that need packaging designed around their products and timelines. The company operates from a 100,000-square-foot facility and offers FSC- and EcoVadis-certified materials.BRONX, NY
Prestige Box CorporationFounded in 1940, Prestige Box Corporation makes stock packaging boxes for letterhead, business cards, stationery and related paper products. Three generations of the founder’s family have contributed to the company, whose long-serving employees include people with as many as 35 years of tenure. Its letterhead boxes are made from recycled chipboard containing 35% post-consumer content and are stocked for shipment within 24 hours from seven nationwide locations.GREAT NECK, NY
Designers Folding Box CorpSince 1954, family-owned Designers Folding Box has designed and manufactured folding cartons and other paperboard packaging in Buffalo’s Old First Ward. Now a three-generation business, it grew from the work of folding-carton pioneers and developed innovations including the untimed right-angle gluer in the 1960s. The company handles orders from 500 cartons to millions and also distributes industrial packaging supplies as a full-service packaging source.BUFFALO, NY
Specialty BoxSpecialty Box is a multigenerational family business whose story began when great-grandfather Sam Fialkoff accepted a die-cutting machine in a poker-game debt settlement. Over more than 60 years, the Fialkoff family has continually reinvented the company while keeping its focus on thoughtful, branded packaging for businesses ranging from neighborhood shops to global brands. Today, the company is known for pairing a personal, family-minded culture with packaging programs that help customers present their products consistently.ALBANY, NY