Acorn Paper Products, Co.

What Acorn Paper Products, Co. does

Acorn Paper Products, Co. is a fourth-generation, family-owned packaging and janitorial supplies distributor and manufacturer founded in 1946 in Los Angeles. The company serves B2B customers across eleven western U.S. states plus Texas and Florida, offering more than 1,600 in-stock box sizes across sixteen-plus product categories including boxes, bags, cushioning, tape, mailers, labels, stretch and shrink film, industrial papers, food service, safety supplies, and janitorial and sanitation products. Its vertically integrated McKinley Packaging division operates a corrugator, three flexo folder gluers, and a rotary die cutter in Santa Fe Springs and Cerritos, California, complemented by a Molded Pulp Manufacturing facility in Reno, Nevada; a private-label janitorial brand (Predator) extends the catalog into consumable facility supplies.

The company operates from over 1,000,000 square feet of warehouse and manufacturing space, with distribution sites in Vacaville, Dallas, San Luis Obispo, and Miami running three shifts around the clock, and an owned truck fleet enabling next-day delivery on stock orders across the western U.S. Revenue is generated primarily through one-time product sales across packaging and janitorial categories, supplemented by custom packaging design and manufacturing services, packaging consulting, and Just in Time (JIT) supply-chain programs. Go-to-market combines dedicated consultative sales representatives with a Shopify-powered e-commerce storefront, phone ordering, and tiered pricing (standard delivery, neutral-shipper regions, credit terms for qualifying accounts, and National/Corporate/Bulk contracts). Corporate parent Oak Paper Products Co., Inc. and affiliated entity Oak Distribution Company share ownership with the Bernstein/Weissberg/Seff family, and leadership includes David Weissberg (CEO), Max Weissberg (President), Randy Seff (Chairman), David Karr (COO), and Joyce Tung-Yeh (CFO).

Name

Acorn Paper Products, Co.

Legal name

Acorn Paper Products Company

Website

https://acorn-paper.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1946

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Acorn Paper Products is a fourth-generation, family-owned packaging and janitorial supplies distributor and manufacturer founded in 1946, serving B2B customers across the western U.S. with vertically integrated corrugated production, owned delivery fleet, and over 1,600 in-stock SKUs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Packaging and Janitorial Supplies Distribution

NAICS

Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing (322212), Other Paperboard Container Manufacturing (322219), Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing (322220)

SIC

Paperboard Containers & Boxes (2650), Wholesale-Paper & Paper Products (5110)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Paper & Paperboard Packaging Converting & Finishing (Die-Cutting, Gluing, Windowing, Coating) (IMALACAL), Paper-Based Packaging & Single-Use Paper Products (Paper Bags, Wraps, Cartons) (CRADALAL)

Keywords

• Packaging distribution
• Corrugated boxes
• Janitorial supplies
• Custom packaging design
• Shipping materials

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Packaging Products Sales: Sale of packaging materials including boxes, bags, cushioning, tape, labels, mailers, strapping, stretch film, shrink film, and industrial papers. Products sold in various quantities with case, roll, bundle, and pallet units.
2. Custom Packaging Design & Manufacturing: Custom corrugated packaging solutions designed to protect, ship, and display products. Includes custom boxes, point of purchase displays, custom poly bags, tape, and labels with structural integrity focus.
3. Janitorial & Sanitary Products: Full offering of janitorial and sanitary products including chemicals, towels, tissues, trash can liners, PPE (gloves, masks, hand sanitizers, disinfectants). Includes private label Predator products and nationally recognized brands.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Acorn Paper Products, Co. distributes and converts industrial packaging materials (boxes, bags, cushioning, tape, mailers, labels, strapping, shrink/stretch film, industrial papers, food service supplies) and janitorial and sanitary products. It also designs and manufactures custom corrugated packaging through its McKinley Packaging division, and provides supply chain management services including Just-in-Time delivery programs across eleven western U.S. states.

Product overview

Acorn Paper Products, Co. is a fourth-generation family-owned packaging and janitorial supplies distributor founded in 1946. The company operates as a single-source solution provider offering thousands of in-stock products across 16+ product categories including boxes, bags, cushioning, tape, food service supplies, industrial papers, janitorial and sanitation products, labels, mailers, mailing tubes, safety supplies, shipping and packaging supplies, strapping, shrink film, stretch film, and specialized wine packaging. The company differentiates through its vertically integrated manufacturing division (McKinley Packaging) with corrugated manufacturing capabilities, its proprietary Predator private label brand for janitorial products, custom packaging design and manufacturing services, packaging consulting, and comprehensive supply chain management including Just in Time (JIT) inventory programs. The company maintains over 1,000,000 square feet of warehouse space across multiple locations and stocks over 1,600 sizes of stock boxes. Core services include sustainable packaging solutions, same-day and next-day delivery capabilities via their own fleet of trucks, and Oracle Cloud-powered inventory and forecasting analytics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Predator: Private label product brand for janitorial and sanitary products, including private label cleaning chemicals, towels, tissues, and related supplies.
• McKinley Packaging

Products and services

• Boxes

Quantifiable outcome

• Next day delivery for most stock items
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• OraclecoreTechnology or IntegrationAcorn uses Oracle Cloud for inventory management and custom reporting tools to maintain full transparency for inventory and forecasting purposes for their distribution and supply chain operations.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• ULINE: ULINE is one of the largest North American B2B distributors of shipping, industrial, and packaging supplies, with a similar catalog breadth (boxes, bags, stretch film, tape, mailers, janitorial). Acorn competes head-to-head for SMB and enterprise packaging spend in overlapping Western U.S. geographies.
• Bunzl plc: Bunzl is a global distribution and sourcing company specializing in non-food consumables, including packaging, janitorial/sanitary, and PPE products. Acorn mirrors Bunzl's model of bundling packaging with janitorial and safety supplies into multi-category contracts.
• Veritiv Corporation: Veritiv distributes packaging, print, and facility solutions products across North America, combining third-party branded supplies with value-added services. Acorn's hybrid distribution-plus-manufacturing (McKinley Packaging) and custom packaging design offering closely parallels Veritiv's go-to-market.
• Imperial Dade: Imperial Dade is one of the largest North American distributors of food service packaging, janitorial, and sanitation products. Acorn's combination of packaging + janitorial/sanitary distribution plus custom packaging design directly overlaps with Imperial Dade's service offering.

Broad incumbents

• Packaging Corporation of America: PCA is a major publicly traded corrugated packaging manufacturer producing containerboard and consumer packaging. As a vertically integrated corrugated operator, Acorn's McKinley Packaging division is more of a competitive customer and supply-chain counterpart than a direct head-to-head rival.
• Smurfit Westrock: Formed from the Smurfit Kappa / WestRock combination, Smurfit Westrock is one of the largest paper and corrugated packaging companies in the world. Acorn competes indirectly through large national accounts that Smurfit Westrock also serves with integrated containerboard and converting capabilities.
• International Paper: International Paper is one of the largest global producers of corrugated packaging and paper products. Acorn's corrugated manufacturing operations are dwarfed in scale by IP, but IP's industrial packaging arm overlaps with Acorn's key verticals including food, beverage, and distribution.
• Pratt Industries: Pratt Industries is one of the largest privately held U.S. producers of 100% recycled containerboard and corrugated packaging. Pratt competes with Acorn's McKinley Packaging division on custom corrugated solutions for similar enterprise customers.
• Menasha Packaging: Menasha Packaging is a major U.S. corrugated and point-of-purchase display manufacturer serving CPG, retail, and industrial customers. Its custom corrugated and POP display offering overlaps with Acorn's custom packaging services and McKinley Packaging converting capabilities.

Others

• Cleveland Steel Container: Cleveland Steel Container is a steel/tin container and specialty packaging manufacturer. It is thematically comparable to Acorn's specialty custom packaging work (wine, niche CPG) but does not directly compete in corrugated distribution.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/acornpaper
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/acorn-paper-products-co.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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