Friday, September 17, 2010

Pratt Industries: recycling for Shreveport and many other cities

Pratt Industries (USA) is a leader in recycling and the environment. The company is one of the world's largest privately held manufacturers of paper and packaging materials, according to Hoovers.com.

Pratt has seven divisions:
recycling,
mills,
corrugating,
converting,
displays,
packaging systems, and
national accounts.

Its products, which include container board and corrugated sheets, are sold to clients such as Rubbermaid and Pringles.

Pratt Industries operates some 50 plants in about 20 states in the US and Mexico. Founded in 1948 by Leon Pratt, grandfather of current chairman Anthony Pratt, the company is owned and controlled by Australian-based Pratt family investment vehicle Visy Industries.

Businessweek.com adds,


Pratt Industries (USA), Inc. operates as a paper and packaging company in the United States and Australia. It also operates paper mills, recycling facilities, and sheet and box plants. In addition, the company offers corrugated products for durable and non-durable goods, including lighting, electronics, glass, telecommunications, automotive, pharmaceuticals, toys, sporting goods, wine and spirits, vegetables, fruits, pizza, poultry, meats, and fish. Further, it offers custom-made packaging solutions and services, such as protective packaging, bulk boxes, triple wall, partitions, and technical services. Further more, the company designs and manufactures display systems and packing machinery. ...

Pratt Industries (USA), Inc. operates as a paper and packaging company in the United States and Australia. It also operates paper mills, recycling facilities, and sheet and box plants.

In addition, the company offers corrugated products for durable and non-durable goods, including lighting, electronics, glass, telecommunications, automotive, pharmaceuticals, toys, sporting goods, wine and spirits, vegetables, fruits, pizza, poultry, meats, and fish.

Further, it offers custom-made packaging solutions and services, such as protective packaging, bulk boxes, triple wall, partitions, and technical services. Further more, the company designs and manufactures display systems and packing machinery.

Pratt Industries (USA), Inc. was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Conyers, Georgia. It has locations in Conyers and East Point, Georgia; Duncan, South Carolina; Raleigh and Charlotte, North California; Staten Island, New York; Memphis, Humboldt, and Nashville, Tennessee; Mason, Springfield, and Lewisburg, Ohio; Allendale, New Jersey; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Valparaiso, Indiana; Wichita, Kansas; Dallas, Texas; Kansas City, Missouri; Wichita, Kansas; Bentonville, Arizona; Bessemer, Alabama; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Ashland, Virginia.