Since its 1987 incorporation, Brunswick-based M-Line has designed and supplied custom packaging that protects products without forcing them into stock boxes. Its in-house engineers carry projects from prototype and testing through kitting, warehousing and delivery, giving manufacturers a single packaging partner across the U.S. M-Line has operated under an ISO 9001 design certification since 2008 and expanded its capabilities through mergers with United Packaging, Pittsburgh Packaging and Lemac Akron.
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AldezFor more than 25 years, Aldez has designed and manufactured custom packaging materials—including boxes, pallets and crates—while providing managed labor and production-line support for manufacturers, especially automotive suppliers. Its packaging engineers take a material-neutral approach to balancing product protection and cost, and the company’s locations across the Midwest, South and Mexico allow it to work on-site or near customers. Aldez joined the Tri-Wall Group in 2018, adding the reach of a global corrugating, converting and packaging-services network.OTTAWA, OH
Opus PackagingBuilt on a corrugated-box tradition that reaches back to the mid-1940s, Opus Packaging manufactures customized packaging and manages its delivery from five facilities in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and South Carolina. Cousins Kevin Manor and Butch Stoner joined forces in 2001, formed Opus as a holding company in 2013, and brought the locations under the Opus name in 2019. The company stands out for handling design, in-house production, testing and distribution as one coordinated packaging operation, including an in-house ISTA-certified testing laboratory.NEW BREMEN, OH
Interior Packaging Design, LLCSince 1997, Milford-based Interior Packaging Design, LLC has designed and manufactured custom returnable packaging and dunnage for industrial parts. The company keeps work in-house, using CAD/CAM design and water-jet and die-cut fabrication to move from concept to a first sample in as little as two days. Its 25,000-plus completed packaging projects include work for more than 480 companies supplying automotive assembly plants.MILFORD, OH
Packaging Services IndustriesFounded as a small family operation in 1976, Packaging Services Industries now designs and manufactures custom corrugated packaging and protective foam solutions from three facilities serving the Eastern U.S. PSI is unusual in bringing corrugated box design and foam engineering under one roof, allowing its team to develop integrated packaging systems for more than 2,000 customers. With approximately 400 employees and a 282,000-square-foot headquarters in Williamsport, Maryland, the company combines substantial production capacity with a hands-on design and engineering approach.WILLIAMSPORT, MD