Menasha Packaging to Acquire Georgia-Pacific's Color-Box Business

Color-Box is a corrugated packaging manufacturer specializing in high-graphic boxes. The business employs 550 people.

Feb. 14, 2022 - Menasha Packaging Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Menasha Corporation, has signed an agreement to acquire the assets of Color-Box, a business unit of Georgia-Pacific, LLC.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Like Menasha Packaging, Color-Box is a corrugated packaging manufacturer specializing in high-graphic boxes. Founded in 2000, Color-Box employs 550 and operates plants in Richmond, Indiana; Pelahatchie, Mississippi; and Madera, California.

"Menasha Packaging and Color-Box are a great fit, and we are excited about the opportunities ahead," said Mike Riegsecker, President, Menasha Packaging Company. "Color-Box will expand our geographic footprint and provide additional graphics, design, and structural packaging options for our customers.

"Color-Box's business culture also strongly aligns with Menasha Packaging's, with a priority on safety and employee wellbeing, excellence in serving customers, and a focus on innovative solutions," Riegsecker added.

The acquisition is expected to close in early summer 2022.

About Georgia-Pacific Packaging

Based in Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific is a leading integrated packaging supplier providing a full range of packaging solutions across the U.S., including containerboard, corrugated boxes and sheets, recyclable mailers for e-commerce, high-graphic packaging through its Color-Box business and digital print for packaging through our Hummingbird® business. To learn more, visit: gppackaging.com.

Menasha Packaging Company is the nation's largest independent, retail-focused packaging and merchandising solutions provider with a network of design centers, manufacturing plants, contract packaging, and fulfillment service centers. Menasha designs, prints, and produces high-end graphic packaging, displays and merchandising products for in-store and online.

Menasha Packaging is headquartered in Neenah, Wisconsin, and employs approximately 3,800 people at over 50 facilities across North America. To learn more, visit: www.menasha.com.

SOURCE: Menasha Packaging Company, LLC