M&M Industries

What M&M Industries does

M&M Industries (legal name: M & M Industries Inc., also doing business as M&M Container) is a privately-held US plastic pail manufacturer founded in 1986 and headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The company designs and produces a broad portfolio of rigid plastic containers using injection molding technology, including Traditional Pails, the lightweight M5 food-grade pail, the Super Kube modular square/rectangular family (four size variants), Lite Latch and Life Latch child-resistant/senior-friendly tamper-evident closure pails, the ReGenesis line of Post Consumer Resin (PCR) sustainable pails, Plastic Drums, Liquid UN-Certified containers, Wipes Covers, 7.0 Gallon Ring Clamp pails, and accessories. It also offers custom packaging design services that take customers from concept through execution.

The company serves six primary end-verticals: pharmaceuticals, chemical manufacturing (hazardous and non-hazardous materials), food products, pet products, cosmetics, and architectural finishes (paints and coatings). Its UN-certified containers for hazardous liquids and child-resistant closure systems for dry goods are central to its value proposition in regulated industries, while the ReGenesis PCR line targets sustainability-mandated buyers. M&M distributes through direct enterprise sales, a US distributor network, and its own website for sample requests, employing a sales-led, quote-based pricing model with no publicly disclosed price list.

M&M Industries is led by founder, president and CEO Glenn Morris. The company employs 251–500 people, operates manufacturing facilities in the USA, holds registered trademarks on the ReGenesis and Life Latch brands, and is not publicly listed, has no disclosed funding rounds, no parent company, and no M&A activity in the provided data. It positions itself as an innovation-oriented, customer-service-driven ("We Say YES") mid-market industrial packaging supplier.

Name

M&M Industries

Legal name

M & M Industries Inc.

Website

https://ultimatepail.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

M&M Industries is a privately-held US plastic pail and custom packaging manufacturer founded in 1986, serving pharmaceutical, chemical, food, pet, cosmetic, and architectural-finishes customers through direct sales, distributors, and custom design services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Plastic Packaging

NAICS

All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing (326199), Plastics Product Manufacturing (3261), Other Plastics Product Manufacturing (32619)

SIC

Miscellaneous Plastics Products (3080), Plastics Products, Nec (3089)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial & Chemical Rigid Plastic Packaging (Drums, Pails, Jerrycans) (IMALAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Lids & Covers (Overcaps, Dome Lids, Jar Lids) (IMALALAL)

Keywords

• Plastic pail manufacturing
• Industrial packaging containers
• UN certified packaging
• Sustainable PCR packaging
• Custom packaging design

Headquarters

HQ city

Chattanooga

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Plastic Pail Sales: Manufacturing and selling plastic pails, drums, and containers for industrial and commercial packaging applications
2. Custom Packaging Solutions: Providing custom packaging design services from inception through execution for companies seeking differentiated packaging

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

M&M Industries manufactures and sells plastic pails, drums, and containers for hazardous and non-hazardous solids and liquids. The company produces standard product lines (Traditional Pails, M5, Super Kube, Lite Latch, Plastic Drums, UN-certified containers, etc.) and offers custom packaging design services for industries including pharmaceuticals, chemicals, food, pet products, cosmetics, and architectural finishes.

Product overview

M&M Industries is a plastic pail and custom packaging solutions manufacturer offering a diverse portfolio of packaging products. Their core offerings include Traditional Pails (with grip & rip tear tabs, press-on covers, metal & plastic handles), M5 lightweight food-grade pails, the ReGenesis sustainable line using PCR (Post Consumer Resin), Super Kube modular pails (available in 4 square and 3, 2, 1 rectangular sizes with child-resistant features), Lite Latch and Life Latch latch pails with tamper-evident quarter-turn screw tops, Revolutionary Pails, Plastic Drums, Liquid UN Certified containers, Wipes Covers, 7.0 Gallon Ring Clamp pails, and Fittings. They also provide custom packaging design services. The company serves industries including pharmaceuticals, hazardous and non-hazardous materials, food products, pet products, cosmetics, and architectural finishes. Founded in 1986, M&M Industries emphasizes sustainability and operates as a US-based manufacturer.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Traditional Pails Plastic pail with grip & rip tear tab, press-on covers, and metal & plastic handles; designed for industrial and commercial packaging applications.
• M5 Lightweight Pail Lightweight pail designed for storing a variety of foods including dry goods, snacks, and pet food.
• ReGenesis Sustainable Pails Innovative line of sustainable pails using PCR (Post Consumer Resin) for eco-conscious packaging applications.
• Super Kube 4 Square Pail Square-shaped pail that maximizes product retail shelf space while reducing shipping costs of the pails.
• Super Kube 3 Rectangular Pail Lightweight modular rectangular pail with a child-resistant and senior-friendly cover.
• Super Kube 2 Rectangular Pail Modular rectangular pail in the Super Kube product family.
• Super Kube 1 Rectangular Pail Modular rectangular pail in the Super Kube product family.
• Lite Latch Pail Pail with a tamper-evident easy open/close quarter turn screw top closure, using less plastic, child-resistant and senior-friendly.
• Life Latch New Generation Pail New Generation latch pail product line under the trademarked Life Latch brand.
• Snap Lite Pail Latch pail in M&M Industries' Latch Pails product family.
• Revolutionary Pails Pail in M&M Industries' core pail product portfolio.
• Plastic Drums Plastic drum containers for industrial and commercial storage and transport applications.
• Liquid UN Certified Containers UN certified plastic container with removable cover for hazardous liquid storage and transport.
• Wipes Cover Plastic cover product for wipes packaging applications.
• 7.0 Gallon Ring Clamp Pail 7.0 gallon ring clamp pail for larger-volume industrial packaging applications.
• Fittings Accessory fittings for M&M Industries' plastic pails and containers.
• Custom Packaging Design Custom packaging design services that solve practical design dilemmas and help brands stand out from competitors, from inception through execution.

Quantifiable outcome

• Super Kube square design maximizes retail shelf space while reducing shipping costs

Named customers1 record

Segments6 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

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pactiv Evergreen: Pactiv Evergreen produces rigid plastic containers and injection-molded products for food, beverage, and foodservice end-markets, overlapping directly with M&M's M5 lightweight food-grade pail and foodservice-positioned lines.
• Greif, Inc. Greif is a direct peer in rigid industrial packaging, including plastic drums and container solutions sold into chemical and specialty industrial customers, overlapping with M&M's UN-certified drum and pail offerings.
• Letica Corporation: Letica manufactures injection-molded plastic pails and rigid plastic containers for industrial and consumer customers; it serves overlapping chemical, food, and coatings customers with comparable product formats to M&M's Traditional and Super Kube lines.
• Mauser Packaging Solutions: Mauser is a direct peer producing industrial plastic and steel pails, drums, and IBC containers for chemical, food, and hazardous materials customers — the closest head-to-head competitor in M&M's core industrial pail and drum category.
• Berry Global (Amcor): Berry Global / Amcor Rigid Packaging is a direct peer in rigid plastic containers sold across food, personal care, and industrial end-markets; its injection-molded and blow-molded pails and tubs compete with M&M across multiple of the same customer segments.

Emerging players

• Alpha Packaging: Alpha Packaging produces rigid plastic containers (jars and bottles) for personal care, food, and specialty CPG, partially overlapping with M&M's cosmetics and food segments but focused on smaller-format containers rather than pails.
• Rieke Packaging Systems: Rieke specializes in specialty dispensing and closure systems for plastic pails and containers, overlapping with M&M's Lite Latch and child-resistant closure development and serving mutual industrial pail customers.

Regional players

• Bekuplast GmbH: Bekuplast is a European plastic pail and packaging manufacturer serving chemical, food, and agricultural customers; it produces similar pail formats to M&M but operates in Europe rather than the US, useful as a regional comparable for international expansion benchmarking.

Broad incumbents

• Sonoco Products Company: Sonoco is a broad incumbent industrial and consumer packaging manufacturer with rigid plastic container exposure in chemicals and food; it serves many of the same end-markets as M&M but with a much wider product set.
• Amcor plc: Amcor is a broad incumbent across global rigid and flexible packaging, including plastic containers for healthcare, food, and home/personal care; it competes with M&M in pharma and food pails but as part of a much larger portfolio across substrates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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