Pratt Industries

What Pratt Industries does

Pratt Industries, Inc. is a privately held, vertically integrated corrugated packaging manufacturer founded in 1985 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with operational roots in Conyers, Georgia. The company operates a closed-loop supply chain that begins with Pratt Recycling, which runs 19 recycling facilities and recovers more than 3 million tons of recyclable material annually, feeding six 100%-recycled paper mills (including the 1,500-ton-per-day Henderson, KY facility). Output flows into 21 corrugating plants and 26 converting plants that produce custom boxes, sheets, point-of-purchase displays, and specialty products such as patented food-safe pizza boxes, D-Flute high-density packaging, and e-commerce shippers. Pratt Logistics adds a proprietary fleet of 560+ power units and 6,200+ trailers operating from 47 transportation/dispatch points across 21 states, enabling coordinated outbound delivery and inbound fiber recovery. Pratt Color rounds out the stack with high-speed digital printing anchored by the HP PageWide T1195i press.

The company serves enterprise customers across seven primary verticals—Agriculture, Automotive, Beverage, Cold Chain, E-commerce, Pizza, and Protein—via a 300+ person direct sales force, quote-based multi-year contracts, and a dedicated ISTA/TAPPI-certified testing and Value Improvement Program (VIP) consulting offering. A second, lower-touch go-to-market runs through the pratt.com e-commerce storefront for standard shipping boxes, mailer boxes, paper bags, and pizza boxes. Revenue streams include custom corrugated manufacturing (one-time/specification contracts), recycling services, logistics/transportation managed services, and point-of-purchase displays; pricing is quote-based for enterprise customers and unit-based on the e-commerce channel. The company is family-owned under Executive Global Chairman Anthony Pratt and Global CEO Brian McPheely, with $10B+ of cumulative disclosed US investment and a fresh $5B pledge announced at the White House in April 2025 to add 5,000 manufacturing jobs by 2032. Pratt is currently defending an antitrust price-fixing lawsuit alongside other major containerboard producers.

Name

Pratt Industries

Legal name

Pratt Industries, Inc.

Website

https://prattindustries.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Pratt Industries is a privately held, vertically integrated US corrugated packaging manufacturer that produces custom sustainable packaging from 100% recycled containerboard, serving enterprise customers across agriculture, automotive, beverage, cold chain, e-commerce, pizza, and protein verticals through 77+ manufacturing facilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corrugated Packaging

NAICS

Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing (322211)

SIC

Paper Mills (2621)

akta.pro primary industry

Corrugated Packaging (Boxes, Sheets, Pads) (IMALACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Recycled Corrugated Products (Boxes, Sheets) (IMAMAKAH)

Keywords

• Corrugated packaging manufacturing
• Recycled containerboard production
• Custom packaging solutions
• Recycling material recovery
• Packaging logistics services

Headquarters

HQ city

Conyers

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Corrugated Packaging Manufacturing: Design and manufacture of custom corrugated packaging solutions including boxes, displays, and specialty packaging products. Vertically integrated from recycled paper production to finished packaging.
2. Recycling Services: Pratt Recycling provides waste management and recycling solutions for customers, recovering cardboard and mixed paper to supply company's paper mills. Hub-and-spoke model collects recyclables during delivery of new boxes.
3. Logistics and Transportation: Pratt Logistics operates trucking fleet with over 560 power units and thousands of trailers, providing transportation services for packaging delivery and supply chain management.
4. Point-of-Purchase Displays: Design and manufacture of retail display solutions including temporary, semi-permanent and permanent displays with high-graphics printing capabilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Pratt Industries designs and manufactures custom corrugated packaging products from 100% recycled paper, operating a vertically integrated supply chain that spans material recovery (Pratt Recycling), paper mills producing 100% recycled containerboard, corrugating and converting plants, point-of-purchase displays, and in-house logistics. The company serves enterprise customers across agriculture, automotive, beverage, cold chain, e-commerce, pizza, and protein markets, with select standard products also available direct via an e-commerce storefront.

Product overview

Pratt Industries is a vertically integrated corrugated packaging company offering custom sustainable packaging solutions manufactured from 100% recycled paper. The company operates a closed-loop supply chain spanning material recovery (Pratt Recycling with 19+ facilities), paper production (6 mills producing 100% recycled containerboard), corrugated manufacturing (21 corrugating plants, 26 converting plants), and full-service logistics (Pratt Logistics with 560+ power units). Key product lines include custom corrugated boxes and packaging for unique markets (Agriculture, Automotive, Beverage, Cold Chain, eCommerce, Pizza, Protein), High Graphics Printing services (including HP PageWide digital press capabilities), Display & POP displays, Paper Products (bags, wound paper), and Food-Safe Pizza Boxes. The company also offers specialized capabilities like D Flute technology for space optimization and a Value Improvement Program (VIP) for cost reduction consulting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pratt Recycling: Provides sustainable and cost-effective recycling solutions, collecting recyclable materials as new boxes are delivered to customers.
• Pratt Logistics
• Pratt Color

Products and services

• Custom Corrugated Packaging Solutions Design and manufacture of custom corrugated boxes, sheets, and displays made from 100% recycled paper, tailored to specific customer requirements across industries such as agriculture, automotive, beverage, cold chain, e-commerce, pizza, and protein.
• Pratt Recycling (Material Recovery Services) Material recovery and recycling services that collect recyclable materials as Pratt delivers new packaging to customers, recovering more than 3 million tons of cardboard and mixed paper annually to supply the company's paper mills.
• 100% Recycled Paper Mills (Containerboard) Six paper mills producing 100% recycled containerboard from recovered fiber to feed Pratt's corrugating operations, with major facilities in Conyers GA, Henderson KY, Shreveport LA, and Valparaiso IN.
• Pratt Logistics Full-service transportation and logistics division with a dedicated fleet of 560+ power units and 6,200+ 53' dry van trailers, operating from 47 dispatch points across 21 states, including broker services and shipping agent capabilities for North America.
• Standard Packaging E-Commerce (pratt.com) Online ordering platform through pratt.com that allows customers to design and order standard packaging products such as shipping boxes, mailer boxes, paper bags, and pizza boxes directly from Pratt.
• eCommerce Packaging Custom corrugated packaging solutions designed for e-commerce and distribution fulfillment, including certified transit testing, high-graphics printing, 110-inch wide format capability for TV and mattress boxes, and water-based inks for complete recyclability.
• Food-Safe Pizza Boxes FDA-compliant food-safe pizza boxes made from 100% recycled paper, featuring D Flute construction, highly automated production lines, and Pratt's patented green pizza box process to reduce waste and eliminate dishwashing requirements.
• Cold Chain Packaging Thermal packaging solutions for temperature-sensitive products that support same-day delivery through five-day transits, including environmental transit testing capabilities and high-graphic printing for brand alignment.
• Automotive Packaging Corrugated packaging solutions for automotive parts, including expendable packaging (single-trip, interior dunnage), returnable packaging (dividers, dunnage, racks), and retail-ready high-graphics packaging, backed by ISTA and TAPPI certified testing.
• Display and Point-of-Purchase (POP) Solutions Sustainably sourced point-of-purchase displays including temporary, semi-permanent, and permanent displays with high-graphics printing capabilities, pack-out and kitting services, in-house manipulation, and vacuum-formed plastic components.
• High Graphics Printing Services Premium printing capabilities for packaging, including digital print available at every box plant with multi-color options up to six colors, and the HP PageWide T1195i Press offering speeds up to 1,000 feet per minute on 110-inch-wide rolls with offset print quality.
• Paper Products (Bags, Wound and Sheeted Paper)

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% more truck capacity with D-Flute technology
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• WM (Waste Management)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWM partnered with Pratt Industries to purchase recovered cardboard and mixed paper from WM's 125,000-square-foot Indianapolis recycling facility. This facility can process up to 200,000 tons of recyclables annually. Pratt uses the recovered fiber at their recycled board mills including Valparaiso, Indiana location.
• EMCO IndustriesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEMCO Industries manufactures and supplies Pratt Industries with high-performance mono-leaf springs for heavy-duty trailer applications. EMCO's new automated facility more than doubled output to serve customers including Pratt Industries. Pratt is an express customer expressing positive reception for EMCO's products.

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• International Paper: One of the world's largest producers of corrugated packaging and containerboard, with a broad North American footprint. Directly comparable to Pratt as a major integrated player competing for the same enterprise corrugated customers; named alongside Pratt as a defendant in the antitrust litigation.
• Greif: Global industrial packaging producer offering corrugated, rigid, and containerboard products. Comparable to Pratt in the corrugated and containerboard segments serving industrial customers, though Greif is more diversified into steel and plastic industrial packaging.
• Cascades: Canada-based manufacturer of packaging and tissue products with significant US corrugated operations. Comparable to Pratt as a North American integrated producer emphasizing recycled content, though smaller and more concentrated in tissue and specialty packaging.
• Smurfit Westrock: Largest global paper and packaging group following the Smurfit Kappa / WestRock combination, operating massive integrated containerboard and corrugated operations worldwide. Comparable to Pratt in scale of vertically integrated corrugated production but with significantly greater geographic reach.
• Sonoco Products: Diversified global packaging manufacturer with a sizable paper-based and corrugated portfolio serving consumer and industrial markets. Comparable to Pratt in serving similar CPG end markets and competing for sustainable packaging share.
• Packaging Corporation of America: Top-tier US corrugated packaging producer with significant containerboard mill capacity. Directly comparable to Pratt in product mix and customer base, and a co-defendant in the same antitrust price-fixing lawsuit referenced in Pratt's filings.
• Graphic Packaging: Major US-based paperboard packaging producer serving consumer goods and food/beverage customers. Comparable to Pratt in serving CPG end markets and competing for high-graphics packaging business, though more focused on folding cartons than corrugated.

Broad incumbents

• Klabin: Brazil's largest integrated paper and packaging producer with substantial containerboard and corrugated capacity. Comparable to Pratt in vertically integrated recycled-content packaging production and end-market breadth, but operating primarily in South America.
• Mondi Group: Global packaging and paper group with significant European and emerging-market containerboard and corrugated operations. Comparable to Pratt as a vertically integrated sustainable packaging producer, but with much broader international geographic diversification.

Emerging players

• Pactiv Evergreen: North American food and beverage packaging producer with paper-based and fiber products overlapping Pratt's food-service and cold-chain segments. Comparable as a paper/fiber-based packaging peer, though more focused on foodservice and foodsheet than corrugated boxes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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