American Carton Company

Name

American Carton Company

Legal name

American Carton Company

Website

https://americancarton.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

American Carton Company is a Mansfield, Texas-based folding-carton manufacturer serving healthcare, personal care, food, and CPG/retail clients with in-house structural design, offset printing, and finishing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Folding Carton Packaging

NAICS

Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing (322212)

SIC

Paperboard Containers & Boxes (2650)

akta.pro primary industry

Folding Cartons (Folding Boxboard, SBS/SUS) (IMALACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Folding Carton & Paperboard Packaging Printing (IMALAKAH), Folding Cartons & Paperboard Packaging Converting (IMAMAHAB)

Keywords

• Folding carton packaging
• Custom paperboard packaging
• Printed packaging manufacturing
• Consumer goods packaging
• Retail packaging solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Mansfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Folding Carton Manufacturing: Custom folding carton manufacturing and conversion services for various industries including healthcare, personal care, food, and CPG/retail. Revenue generated through one-time product orders based on customer specifications.
2. Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) and Warehousing Programs: Inventory management services assisting customers with managing multiple SKUs and enabling larger, more cost-effective run sizes. Provides ongoing revenue through service contracts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

American Carton Company is a folding carton manufacturer that designs, prints, and produces custom paperboard packaging for consumer-facing brands. Operating from its Mansfield, Texas facility since 1992, the company produces folding cartons and related printed packaging sold to brand owners in healthcare, personal care, food, and consumer goods/retail categories.

Product overview

American Carton Company is an independent, full-service folding carton company that designs and manufactures innovative packaging solutions. Their core product is custom-printed folding cartons manufactured through a comprehensive in-house process including structural design and prototyping, prepress, offset printing (up to 8-color plus coating), diecutting/embossing, and finishing/gluing. The company serves multiple industry verticals including Healthcare (pharmaceutical, medical device, nutraceutical), Personal Care, Food, and CPG/Retail. Cartons are produced in various board types (CRB, SBS, SUS) with special features such as embossing, foil stamping, and UV coating. Additional services include Vendor Managed Inventory and warehousing programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Folding Cartons

Quantifiable outcome

• 2-week or less order turnaround for CPG/Retail customers
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SKU (DFW Track)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 September 2020ACC is a preferred provider in packaging for SKU DFW, an accelerator for later-stage CPG startups that launched in September 2020. SKU was founded in 2011 and is the nation's first CPG accelerator with alumni including Siete Family Foods, EPIC Provisions, and Seaweed Bath Co. ACC offers special packaging packages for SKU mentors and cohorts.
• Fiber Shield CoalitionminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2020ACC donated face shields to Fiber Shield, an international coalition of leading paperboard packaging companies supplying single-use face shields to medical professionals and first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Crisis Meal Project (Fort Worth)minorOthers · 1 April 2020ACC, Harris Packaging, and individual employees pooled donations to fight food security with the Crisis Meal Project in Fort Worth. Employee donations helped feed families for an entire week.
• University of Texas at ArlingtoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2016ACC partnered with UTA's Visual Communication Design program to provide real-world packaging experience to students. The partnership includes scholarships and internships for the next generation of folding carton and corrugated designers.
• Harris Packaging CorporationcoreOthersAmerican Carton Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Harris Packaging Corporation. Harris Packaging started in 1976 and expanded to include ACC in 1992. Both companies are majority owned by sisters Jana Harris and Jenise Harris Cox since 2009.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Smurfit Westrock: Largest global paper-based packaging company, formed from the merger of Smurfit Kappa and WestRock. Offers folding cartons, corrugated, and consumer packaging at a vastly larger scale across multiple continents, making it the dominant incumbent ACC competes against for national accounts.
• Graphic Packaging Holding Company: Major US folding carton and paperboard manufacturer serving food, beverage, and consumer products customers. Operates at significantly larger scale than ACC but competes for the same enterprise folding-carton business in healthcare, food, and CPG verticals.
• Sonoco Products Company: Diversified global packaging manufacturer with a consumer paperboard / folding carton segment serving similar CPG, healthcare, and personal care end markets. Competes with ACC for premium folding-carton programs while offering broader rigid and flexible packaging portfolios.
• Mayr-Melnhof Packaging: European-based leading folding carton manufacturer with growing US presence serving healthcare, cosmetics, and consumer goods. A peer competitor for ACC's pharmaceutical and personal-care folding carton business, but at meaningfully larger scale.
• Caraustar Industries (Greif): US-based recycled paperboard and folding carton producer, now part of Greif. Competes with ACC in folding carton and converted paperboard packaging for consumer goods, though at a larger, more diversified industrial scale.
• Berlin Packaging: Largest US rigid packaging supplier offering folding cartons, glass, plastics, and closures to CPG, personal care, and food customers. Competes with ACC for personal-care and CPG packaging business but at larger scale and broader portfolio.

Direct peers

• Diamond Packaging: US-based folding carton manufacturer of comparable size to ACC, recognized for award-winning structural design, offset printing, and finishing. Serves cosmetics, health and beauty, and premium CPG—directly comparable in capabilities, customer verticals, and scale.
• Midlands Packaging Corporation: US folding carton manufacturer of comparable size serving food, beverage, and consumer products. Closely aligned with ACC in business model, equipment stack, and target verticals, making it a direct mid-market competitor.
• All Packaging Company: US folding carton and rigid box manufacturer serving cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and specialty consumer goods. Comparable to ACC in scale, equipment, and emphasis on premium finishing and structural design.
• Penn State Industries: Folding carton and paperboard packaging manufacturer serving consumer goods customers. Operates at a scale and capability footprint similar to ACC, competing for the same mid-market folding carton programs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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