What Shoreline Container does

Shoreline Container, Inc. is a privately held custom industrial packaging manufacturer headquartered in Holland, Michigan. Founded in 1975 (per company history), the company operates two state-of-the-art production facilities totaling 400,000 square feet and employs approximately 250 people across multiple shifts. It organizes its business into four divisions — Containers (corrugated boxes and specialty corrugated items), Packaging (packing supplies, equipment, and custom foam components), Paperboard (custom sheeting, partition assembly, pads, and die cuts), and Returnables (totes, steel racks, internal dunnage, and lithium ion battery packaging) — sold to manufacturing customers primarily in Michigan and neighboring Midwest states, with verticals spanning general manufacturing, automotive, and office furniture.

The company's underlying technology centers on corrugated and paperboard converting using high-speed production equipment (multiple machines capable of over 10,000 units per hour), ISTA-certified package testing, ISO 9001:2015 registered quality management, and a rapid prototyping capability with 24-72 hour sample turnaround. Vertical supply chain integration is provided through Shoreline's partnership in Five Star Sheets, one of the nation's premier corrugated sheet manufacturers. The company is also partnered with the Sustainable Forestry Initiative for sustainable fiber sourcing.

Shoreline Container operates a direct sales model with a single point of contact for customers across all four divisions, supported by an online ordering store (sps.shorelinecontainer.com), a webservices portal (webservices.shorelinecontainer.com) for B2B ordering and account management, and a full-service company-owned delivery fleet offering just-in-time shipment and customized warehousing programs. Pricing is quote-based with no public rate cards, and revenue is generated through one-time manufacturing sales plus managed services tied to delivery and warehousing programs. No revenue figures, funding rounds, M&A activity, or outside investors are disclosed.

Name

Shoreline Container

Legal name

Shoreline Container Inc.

Website

https://shorelinecontainer.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Shoreline Container is a privately held Michigan-based custom industrial packaging manufacturer serving Midwest manufacturing, automotive, and office furniture customers across four integrated divisions: Containers, Packaging, Paperboard, and Returnables.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Packaging Manufacturing

NAICS

Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing (322211), Paperboard Container Manufacturing (32221)

SIC

Paperboard Containers & Boxes (2650)

akta.pro primary industry

Corrugated Packaging & Boxes (RSC, die-cut, bulk bins) (IMAMAHAA)

Keywords

• Corrugated packaging
• Paperboard converting
• Returnable packaging
• Custom packaging manufacturing
• Industrial packaging solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Holland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Container Manufacturing: Custom corrugated boxes and specialty corrugated items manufactured to customer specifications
2. Packaging Products: Wide variety of packaging materials including bags, tapes, mailers, stretch wrappers, case erectors, case sealers, and custom foam components
3. Paperboard Converting: Paperboard converting services including custom sheeting, partition assembly, die cutting, and pads
4. Returnable Packaging Systems: Returnable packaging solutions including totes, steel racks, internal dunnage, and lithium ion battery packaging
5. Just-in-Time Delivery Services: Customized warehousing programs and delivery services for customer inventory needs

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Shoreline Container manufactures corrugated boxes, specialty corrugated items, paperboard products, and returnable packaging systems for industrial customers. Operating across four divisions (Container, Packaging, Paperboard, Returnables), the company provides custom engineering, rapid prototyping (24-72 hour turnaround), ISTA-certified transit testing, ISO 9001:2015 registered manufacturing, and just-in-time delivery with a full-service fleet.

Product overview

Shoreline Container is a packaging solutions provider operating four divisions under a single point of contact model: Containers (corrugated boxes and specialty corrugated items), Packaging (packing supplies, equipment, and custom foam products), Paperboard (converting services including partitions, pads, and die cuts), and Returnables (reusable packaging systems for totes, racks, and dunnage). The company integrates these offerings to provide coordinated design, engineering, production, and just-in-time delivery services for manufacturing customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Shoreline Packaging: Internal and external packing supplies, packaging materials, machinery and equipment.
• Shoreline Paperboard
• Shoreline Returnables
• Shoreline Container

Quantifiable outcome

• Prototype samples delivered in 24-72 hours from design concept approval
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Five Star SheetscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerShoreline Container is a partner in Five Star Sheets, one of the nation's premier corrugated sheet manufacturers. This partnership ensures supply chain integration for core raw materials used in container manufacturing.
• Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)minorOthersShoreline Container is partnered with the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, demonstrating commitment to sustainable sourcing of paper and wood fiber materials for packaging products.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Inteplast Group: Manufacturer of a broad range of packaging, building products, and consumer goods including corrugated and paper-based solutions. Comparable diversified packaging profile with converting capabilities targeting similar industrial and consumer customers.
• Pratt Industries: US corrugated packaging manufacturer focused on recycled containerboard and converted boxes, with vertically integrated paper mills. Directly comparable business model combining sheet manufacturing and converting, competing for similar mid-market and industrial accounts.
• Menasha Packaging Company: Wisconsin-headquartered manufacturer of corrugated packaging, retail-ready packaging, and plastic reusable containers serving CPG and industrial customers across the Midwest. Highly comparable regional converter with a similar mix of custom corrugated and returnable solutions.
• Cascades Inc. Canadian-headquartered manufacturer of tissue, specialty packaging, and corrugated products with North American operations. Closely comparable corrugated converting business serving similar industrial and consumer end markets.
• Hood Container Corporation: Family-owned US corrugated packaging and containerboard manufacturer with operations across the South and Midwest. Comparable privately-held regional converter profile with integrated paper and packaging operations.

Broad incumbents

• Sonoco Products Company: Diversified global packaging manufacturer spanning industrial and consumer packaging, including protective and paper-based solutions. Comparable customer overlap in industrial manufacturing but with a much broader product and geographic portfolio.
• Smurfit Westrock: Global packaging giant formed by the merger of Smurfit Kappa and WestRock, operating across containerboard, corrugated, and consumer packaging. Competes broadly with Shoreline in corrugated and paperboard packaging but at global scale and with a much wider product portfolio.
• Graphic Packaging Holding Company: Major US-based manufacturer of paperboard packaging, folding cartons, and food and beverage packaging. Comparable on paperboard converting activities but with a national CPG-focused footprint and substantially larger scale.
• Packaging Corporation of America: Large publicly traded US producer of containerboard and corrugated products with national converting footprint. Operates broadly in the same end markets but at significantly larger scale, representing the primary scale-incumbent competitor for Shoreline's customer base.
• Greif Inc. Global industrial packaging producer of steel, plastic, and fiber drums, containers, and corrugated products. Comparable on industrial paper-based packaging but operates at much larger scale across multiple geographies and substrates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/shoreline-container

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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