Union City, California based Emerald Packaging, a supplier of flexible packaging solutions for the produce industry, has expanded its capabilities with the acquisition of Santa Ana, California based Blower-Dempsay Corp., a family owned manufacturing and distribution company specializing in corrugated solutions, folding cartons, and industrial packaging engineering and distribution.
The deal is the first acquisition in Emerald Packaging’s 63-year history and gives the company a well-positioned second California location to serve its customers in Arizona and northern Mexico.
The purchase will eventually increase Emerald’s headcount from 250 today to over 300 by the end of the year.
Emerald will benefit not only from increased capacity, but a strong geographic link to its largest customers. Emerald will now be only three hours to the Mexicali crossing as opposed to over a day, which is critical to serving customers in that region.
Emerald’s new Santa Ana facility features an eight color, 52” wide Windmoeller & Hoelscher printing press, two Nordmeccanica laminators, two slitters and a thermal oxidizer. The company plans to add slitters with laser and hot needle capability and a second printing press soon.
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