The undercapitalized venture-simply called the Pail Factory-was then sold to Elisha D. In 1849 a pail factory was founded in Menasha, Wisconsin. Menasha's origins date back to entrepreneurial efforts of woodenware manufacturers in the mid-19th century Midwest. Smith, after more than 150 years of operation.Įarly History: From Pails to Forest Products Menasha remains majority owned by descendants of its founder, Elisha D. By the early 2000s, the company employed close to 5,400 workers in 65 operations in the United States and nine other countries. In addition to these four businesses, Menasha also owns New Jersey Packaging Company, a Fairfield, New Jersey-based maker of pharmaceutical labels for both prescription and over-the-counter medications and Hopkins, Minnesota-based Thermotech, which specializes in custom injection molding of precision plastic components.įrom its 19th-century origins in woodenware production, Menasha shifted to paper-based packaging and material handling products in the 1920s and 1930s, earning its reputation as a "box maker." From the 1970s onward, active acquisitions resulted in rapid growth and diversification, carrying Menasha well beyond its original scope of interests in packaging and woodenware. Promo Edge, which operates out of Neenah and also Elk Grove Village, Illinois, is a major national designer and manufacturer of in-store promotional materials for consumer product firms. Poly Hi Solidur, based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, is a converter of plastic resins into engineered plastics with a wide range of uses the company is the world's largest producer of semifinished ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene. Headquartered in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, ORBIS is a producer of plastic returnable and reusable packaging that is used by a variety of customers to move products and materials through the supply chain. It operates 25 plants in the Midwest, East, mid-South, and Southwest. Neenah, Wisconsin-based Menasha Packaging, the largest (more than half of sales) and oldest of the company's businesses, produces corrugated packaging, corrugated pallets, protective interior packaging, and folding cartons.
The third oldest privately held manufacturing company in the United States, Menasha Corporation is a holding company with four main subsidiaries: Menasha Packaging Company LLC, ORBIS Corporation, Poly Hi Solidur, Inc., and Promo Edge Company.
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