Hub Folding Box Company, Inc.

What Hub Folding Box Company, Inc. does

Hub Folding Box Company, Inc. is a US-based packaging manufacturer founded in 1918 and headquartered in Mansfield, Massachusetts, specializing in printing and converting graphic-intensive paperboard and plastic folding cartons, plastic thermoforming, and design services. The company operates dual east and west coast manufacturing sites and serves enterprise customers across twelve verticals, with Adult Beverages (Diageo, Crown Royal, Inniskillin) and Food (Gorton's, Smucker's Milkbone) as primary end-markets, alongside Beauty, Jewellery, Luxury, Electronics, Home Entertainment, Healthcare, Consumer, Wellness, Display, and Furnishings.

The company's technical foundation centers on offset lithographic printing and converting equipment, anchored by a 2022-installed Rapida 145 press capable of up to 18,000 sheets per hour and ~10 million A4 pages per day at sheet sizes up to 1,060 x 1,450 mm, complemented by plastic thermoforming, contract packaging and fulfillment, and in-house design. Sustainability is operationally embedded through a 1981-built facility that self-generates process heat from manufacturing equipment and a stated 100% by-product recycling rate. Historical innovation includes a 1941 patent on a six-bottle carrier for Orange Crush and pioneering use of cellophane windows in tomato boxes.

Hub operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of GPA Global following a 2021 acquisition, while the founding DiRico family retains management — CEO Tony DiRico continues to lead the company. Revenue mechanics are B2B direct sales under non-disclosed pricing, with the business monetizing through long-tenured supplier-of-record relationships with major branded customers. Hub has accumulated multiple industry and customer awards between 2015 and 2021 (Diageo Supplier of the Year 2021 and Quality Excellence 2015; Gorton's awards 2017-2018; Package Printing awards 2016; NJPEC 2017; Massachusetts Family Business of the Year 2019).

Name

Hub Folding Box Company, Inc.

Legal name

Hub Folding Box Company, Inc.

Website

https://hubfoldingbox.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1918

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Hub Folding Box Company is a 1918-founded US folding carton and plastic thermoforming manufacturer, operating east and west coast sites and serving enterprise customers across adult beverages, food, beauty, luxury, healthcare, and consumer verticals under GPA Global ownership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Folding Carton Packaging

NAICS

Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing (322212), Paperboard Container Manufacturing (32221)

SIC

Paperboard Containers & Boxes (2650)

akta.pro primary industry

Folding Cartons & Paperboard Packaging Converting (IMAMAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Secondary & Gift Packaging (Folding Cartons, Sets, Rigid Boxes) (IMALAJAK)

Keywords

• Folding carton packaging
• Paperboard printing
• Plastic thermoforming
• Contract packaging services
• Retail display packaging

Headquarters

HQ city

Mansfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Hub Folding Box Company manufactures and converts graphic-intensive paperboard and plastic folding cartons for branded consumer products. It also provides contract packaging and fulfillment services, plastic thermoforming, and packaging design services, primarily to enterprise consumer brand customers in food, beverage, beauty, healthcare, and related verticals.

Product overview

Hub Folding Box Company, Inc. operates as a specialist in printing and packaging with a history dating back to 1918. The company offers a portfolio of folding carton packaging solutions including graphic-intensive paperboard and plastic folding cartons, contract packaging and fulfillment services, and plastic thermoforming and design. Working across multiple industry sectors including Adult Beverages, Beauty, Jewellery, Luxury, Electronics, Home Entertainment, Food, Healthcare, Consumer, Wellness, Display, and Furnishings. The company emphasizes sustainability in all its operations and has received multiple industry awards for packaging excellence.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Folding Carton Packaging Graphic-intensive paperboard and plastic folding cartons manufactured for enterprise consumer brand customers across verticals including Adult Beverages, Food, Beauty, Jewellery, Luxury, Electronics, Home Entertainment, Healthcare, Consumer, Wellness, and Furnishings.
• Contract Packaging Services Fulfillment and contract packaging services for branded products, supporting enterprise customers with downstream packaging, assembly, and shipping needs.
• Plastic Thermoforming Plastic thermoforming services producing custom thermoformed plastic packaging components as part of Hub's integrated packaging offering.
• Design Services Packaging design services that support customers' folding carton and thermoformed packaging programs, with sustainability embedded in the design approach.
• Display Packaging Point-of-sale display packaging solutions for retail environments, complementing Hub's folding carton offering for brand customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% of all by-products recycled
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments12 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• GPA GlobalcoreOthers · 1 January 2021In 2021, GPA Global acquired Hub Folding Box Company, a US-based specialist in printing and packaging with over 100 years of market leadership in innovation. The acquisition brings Hub into GPA Global's portfolio of best-in-class companies, providing crucial US domestic manufacturing capability while adding best-in-class manufacturing expertise and know-how. Hub continues to be led by the DiRico family, ensuring continuity of the company's 102+ year legacy and customer relationships.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Packaging Corporation of America: Major US containerboard and corrugated/folding carton producer with vertically integrated paperboard supply. Comparable in folding carton manufacturing for CPG customers but operates at substantially larger scale with upstream paperboard production.
• TricorBraun: Large North American rigid packaging distributor and supplier serving food, beverage, beauty, and healthcare customers. Comparable customer verticals to Hub but operates primarily as a packaging distributor rather than a folding carton converter.
• Pactiv Evergreen: Food and beverage packaging manufacturer with paperboard cartons, foodservice, and plastic thermoforming capabilities. Comparable to Hub's food packaging and plastic thermoforming service lines, though Pactiv's scale and foodservice focus is broader.
• Berlin Packaging: Large North American hybrid packaging supplier offering rigid containers, folding cartons, and components across beauty, food, beverage, and healthcare. Comparable customer verticals to Hub (beverages, beauty, healthcare), though broader product portfolio and distribution-led model.
• Sonoco Products Company: Diversified global packaging manufacturer with a consumer paperboard/folding carton segment. Comparable in product family and customer verticals, but operates at vastly greater scale across multiple packaging substrates beyond folding cartons.
• Multi Packaging Solutions: Specialty packaging manufacturer with folding cartons, labels, and rigid boxes across premium consumer verticals including spirits, beauty, and luxury. Comparable in premium/graphic-intensive folding carton work and overlap with Hub's beverage and luxury customer base.
• Smurfit Westrock: Global paper-based packaging giant formed by the merger of Smurfit Kappa and WestRock, with extensive folding carton and consumer packaging operations. Comparable in folding carton manufacturing and CPG customer base, though significantly larger and more geographically diversified than Hub.

Direct peers

• Carton Service Inc. US folding carton manufacturer serving food, beverage, and consumer goods markets. Comparable in mid-sized folding carton manufacturing, customer profile, and geographic focus on North America.
• Diamond Packaging: US-based specialty folding carton manufacturer focused on premium, graphic-intensive packaging for cosmetics, spirits, and luxury brands. Highly comparable to Hub in target verticals (luxury/beverages/cosmetics), premium positioning, and award-winning print quality.
• Graphic Packaging Holding Company: One of the largest US-based folding carton manufacturers serving food, beverage, and consumer goods customers. Closely comparable to Hub in core product (folding cartons), customer verticals (beverage/food CPG), and graphic-intensive printing capability, but at substantially greater scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/hubfoldingbox
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hubfoldingbox

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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