Continental Paper Grading

Name

Continental Paper Grading

Legal name

Continental Paper Grading Company

Website

https://cpgco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1919

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Waste Paper Brokerage: CPG acts as an intermediary between waste paper generators and consuming paper mills, buying and selling all grades of waste paper, secondary fiber, and rollstock. The company earns commissions or margins on these transactions.
2. Processing Services: Value-added services including roll cutting, baling, shredding, and warehousing for vendors and customers. These services generate processing fees and enable the company to add value to materials before sale.
3. Financing Services: CPG provides financing opportunities for vendors and helps develop and fund new baling and material handling systems, generating returns on investment.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Continental Paper Grading is a waste paper brokerage that acts as an intermediary between waste paper generators and consuming paper mills, buying and selling all grades of waste paper, secondary fiber, convertible rolls, pulp, plastics, and recyclable metals. The company provides integrated processing services including roll cutting, shredding, baling, warehousing, logistics, and financing, operating processing plants in Chicago, IL and York, PA and managing over 1.2 million tons of waste paper and secondary fiber yearly.

Product overview

Continental Paper Grading is a full-service waste paper management and brokerage company offering a comprehensive portfolio of products and services. The core products include waste paper (pre-consumer and post-consumer grades), convertible rolls, pulp (including wet lap and off-spec prime pulps), and metals and plastics. These products are supported by integrated services including roll cutting, logistics and warehousing, financing, waste paper brokerage, and document destruction. The company operates processing plants in Chicago, IL and York, PA, with a network of sales offices throughout North America serving customers worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Waste Paper Handles all grades of waste paper including pre-consumer (printer waste, pulp substitutes, DLK clippings, converting waste, poly-coated waste) and post-consumer materials (sorted office waste, sorted white ledger, old newspaper, old corrugated containers) sourced from generators and sold to paper mills and converting facilities.
• Convertible Rolls Off-spec paper rolls including uncoated free sheet, coated free sheet, newsprint, coated publication, SBS, poly coated SBS, linerboard, medium, bag, foil laminated, and gypsum grades marketed to consuming paper mills.
• Pulp Off-spec and surplus prime pulps, wet lap, and secondary fiber products that can be re-baled and stored at paper processing and warehousing facilities for resale.
• Metals and Plastics Post-industrial and post-consumer plastics and recyclable metals sourced from generators and municipal recycling facilities for sale worldwide.
• Roll Cutting Specialized roll-cutting and shredding equipment at Chicago, IL and York, PA plants enabling cutting and baling of all types of rollstock for shipment to consuming paper mills.
• Logistics and Warehousing Network of warehouses and distribution centers throughout the United States with logistics departments that specialize in moving waste paper for maximum value.
• Financing Financing opportunities for vendors including development and funding of new baling and material handling systems, leveraging large buying power and worldwide network of outlets.
• Waste Paper Brokerage Full-service waste paper trading providing access to all grades of waste paper, secondary fiber, and rollstock with extensive buying power and nationwide distribution network.
• Document Destruction Advanced shredding equipment at Chicago, IL and York, PA locations for secure destruction of financial statements, legal documents, and medical records, with drop-off or pickup arrangements for businesses and consumers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Manage over 1.2 million tons of waste paper and secondary fiber yearly
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• York County Economic AlliancecoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 5 May 2017Partnership with York County Economic Alliance and AARP Pennsylvania for Operation: Stop Scams community shredding event. The York County Economic Alliance is York County's official chamber and economic development organization.
• AARP PennsylvaniacoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 5 May 2017Partnership with AARP Pennsylvania for community shredding events including Operation: Stop Scams, helping protect York County residents from identity theft and fraud.
• TexTivia, Inc.minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 16 July 2015Website development partnership with TexTivia, Inc. of Raleigh, North Carolina for the launch of CPG's new website. Chosen for full-service online marketing capabilities, proven Web design expertise, small size, and focused customer service.
• Eagle Paper InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliation with Eagle Paper International of Virginia Beach, VA enabled CPG to expand into international markets, specifically assisting in the sale of prime product from the Hadera mill in Israel to the North American market including liner, fluting, and recycled kraft products.
• Penn-MarminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Penn-Mar's Competitive Employment Program for employing individuals with disabilities. Will Ford was placed at CPG's York facility through this program.
• Tension CorporationminorOthersCPG was awarded Tension Corporation's 2015 Citation of Excellence Award recognizing strong professionalism, superior correspondence and open and honest communication. CPG is pleased with their continuing partnership.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Shred-it (Stericycle): Document destruction and secure shredding provider now part of Stericycle, operating extensive shredding infrastructure similar to CPG's Chicago and York facilities. Directly comparable for the document-destruction segment of CPG's service mix, especially to enterprise and regulated customers.
• Pratt Recycling (Pratt Industries): In-house recycling arm of Pratt Industries, one of the largest U.S. users of OCC. Pratt operates a national network of recycled-fiber collection points directly comparable to CPG's brokerage of OCC and old corrugated to consuming mills.
• SA Recycling: One of the largest full-service recyclers in the U.S., combining scrap metals brokerage with paper and plastic recycling. Comparable to CPG as a multi-material recycler with brokerage, processing, and logistics capabilities serving generators and consuming mills across multiple regions.
• Cascades Recovery: Recovery and recycling division of Cascades Inc., one of North America's largest collectors and brokers of recovered paper and cardboard. Directly comparable to CPG as a multi-region North American waste paper merchant with similar product breadth (OCC, mixed paper, pulp substitutes) and mill relationships.
• Heritage Paper: Mid-sized U.S. waste paper broker buying, selling, and shipping all grades of recovered paper to domestic and export markets. Directly comparable to CPG as a similarly-sized brokerage competing for the same generators, mills, and export flows.
• International Forest Products: U.S.-based global trader of paper, pulp, recycled fiber and wood products with international brokerage similar to CPG's Eagle Paper/Hadera mill trading. Comparable as a paper-and-fiber commodity broker with cross-border trading capabilities.

Others

• Iron Mountain: Records management, secure shredding and information destruction company with significant document destruction infrastructure. Comparable to CPG as a participant in the same document destruction services market, but focused on records management rather than recovered paper brokerage.

Broad incumbents

• Waste Management: Largest North American waste and recycling company, operating MRFs and a sizable Recycling Services group that markets OCC, mixed paper and plastics. Comparable to CPG as a competitor for post-consumer paper supply, but at vastly greater scale and as part of a broad waste-hauling portfolio.
• Republic Services: One of the two largest U.S. solid waste and recycling haulers with significant post-consumer paper collection, MRF operations and recovered-fiber marketing. Comparable to CPG as a major source of post-consumer recovered paper, though operating at much larger scale and across broader waste streams.
• Waste Connections: Major North American solid waste and recycling services provider with growing recycling marketing operations. Comparable to CPG in handling post-consumer recovered paper and recyclable commodities, though as one part of an integrated haul-and-disposal business.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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