Innovative Fibers

What Innovative Fibers does

Innovative Fiber is a privately held, family-owned manufacturer of custom corrugated packaging, headquartered at 5390 Ashland Way in Franklin, Wisconsin. Founded in 2015, the company began as a traditional brown-box converter serving Southeast Wisconsin and has since repositioned around four product lines: traditional brown boxes; CorrBake™, a granted-patent bakeable corrugated container that allows customers to bake, cut, ship, display, and sell product in a single vessel without de-panning; CorrFresh™, a PFAS-free, 100% compostable fiber-based tray for fresh meat, poultry, seafood, and produce; and CorrLock™, a patent-pending webbed-corner leak-proof technology using parchment laminated to polylactic acid (PLA).

The company sells exclusively on a direct, quote-based model with no published pricing, custom-tooling for each customer, and order-level customization (printing, geometry, food-safety compliance). Pricing is negotiated per specification rather than subscription-based, and customers range from multi-year enterprise accounts (12- and 15-year relationships documented in testimonials) to single-project food-service and bakery operators. GTM is sales-led through a small, named field organization — Regional Sales, Field Sales, and Business Development — supplemented by a contact/quote request form on the company website. SQF (Safe Quality Food) certification under GFSI is maintained and annually renewed across all product lines, functioning as a procurement gate for enterprise food customers. Customer segments include Food Service & Restaurants, Bakeries & Retailers, Protein & Produce Producers, Industrial & Manufacturing, and Retail, each mapped to one or more product lines. Innovative Fiber has no disclosed institutional investors, no parent company, no subsidiaries, no acquisitions, and no public funding rounds; headcount is described at 12–15 team members across general management, R&D, sales, plant operations, design, customer service, and maintenance.

Name

Innovative Fibers

Legal name

Innovative Fiber

Website

https://innovativefiber.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Innovative Fiber is a family-owned Franklin, Wisconsin corrugated packaging manufacturer, founded 2015, producing patented CorrBake™, compostable CorrFresh™, patent-pending CorrLock™ leak-proof solutions, and traditional brown boxes for food service, bakeries, protein producers, and industrial customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corrugated Packaging

NAICS

Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing (322211), Other Paperboard Container Manufacturing (322219)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Compostable & Bio-Based Packaging (PLA/PHA, Starch Blends, Cellulose Films) (IMALAMAB), Foodservice/To-Go Packaging (Cups, Clamshells, Cutlery) (IMALAHAM)

Keywords

• Corrugated packaging
• Food packaging
• Bakeable containers
• Sustainable packaging
• Custom boxes

Headquarters

HQ city

Franklin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Corrugated Packaging Products: Sale of custom corrugated packaging solutions including CorrBake, CorrFresh, CorrLock, and traditional brown boxes. Products are sold directly to customers with custom specifications. Revenue is generated through product sales with no recurring subscription component.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Innovative Fiber manufactures custom corrugated packaging solutions for the food, manufacturing, and retail industries. The product portfolio includes the patented CorrBake™ bakeable corrugated system, PFAS-free compostable CorrFresh™ trays for fresh meat and produce, and patent-pending CorrLock™ leak-proof corner technology, alongside traditional brown boxes. Products are SQF-certified, fully customizable, and designed to consolidate bake, cut, ship, display, and sell steps into a single container.

Product overview

Innovative Fiber is a portfolio of corrugated packaging solutions comprising three specialized product lines: CorrBake™ (patented bakeable packaging enabling bake-cut-ship-sell in one container for desserts, meals, and food service), CorrFresh™ (PFAS-free, 100% compostable trays for fresh meat and produce), CorrLock™ (patent-pending corner-lock technology using parchment-laminated PLA for leak-proof packaging), and traditional brown boxes. All products are customizable, SQF-certified for food safety, and designed with sustainability as a core principle. The company operates as a family-owned business founded in 2015, serving food, industrial, manufacturing, and retail packaging markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CorrBake™: Bakeable corrugated packaging solution allowing users to bake, cut, ship, display, and sell bakeables without de-panning. Patented solution for desserts, meals, and food service applications. SQF certified.
• CorrFresh™
• CorrLock™

Products and services

• CorrBake™

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% compostable packaging breaking down in as few as three weeks
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• International Paper: One of the largest producers of renewable fiber-based packaging including corrugated containers and paperboard packaging; directly competes in the same corrugated-box product category that comprises Innovative Fiber's core brown-box line.
• Sonoco Products: Diversified global packaging manufacturer with paperboard, protective, and sustainable packaging lines; comparable to Innovative Fiber across consumer and food packaging, including compostable and paper-based rigid formats.
• Packaging Corporation of America: Major North American manufacturer of corrugated packaging and uncoated freesheet paper; comparable because its converted-products segment directly competes with Innovative Fiber's corrugated packaging in food, industrial, and retail end markets.
• Greif: Global industrial packaging manufacturer producing corrugated boxes, containerboard, and specialty fiber packaging; comparable because its corrugated container portfolio overlaps Innovative Fiber's product set and it serves many of the same food and industrial verticals.
• Novolex: Large North American converter of paper and flexible packaging including foodservice, protein, and bakery packaging; competes with Innovative Fiber in corrugated and paper-based foodservice and protein packaging formats.
• Smurfit Westrock: Combined global leader in paper-based packaging, including corrugated boxes; comparable because it sells the same corrugated brown-box and foodservice-adjacent packaging products that anchor Innovative Fiber's traditional offerings, but at vastly greater scale and geographic reach.

Direct peers

• Huhtamaki: Global foodservice and consumer goods packaging company producing fiber-based, compostable, and molded pulp trays for fresh and prepared foods; competes head-on with Innovative Fiber's CorrFresh fiber trays and biodegradable packaging strategy.
• Pactiv Evergreen: Leading manufacturer of foodservice and food merchandising packaging including fresh protein trays and compostable alternatives; a direct competitor to Innovative Fiber's CorrFresh PFAS-free compostable fresh meat and produce trays.
• Eco-Products (a Novolex brand): Specialty provider of compostable foodservice packaging (PLA, fiber, molded pulp bowls, plates, and trays); directly comparable to Innovative Fiber's CorrFresh and CorrLock compostable, PFAS-free positioning targeting foodservice and fresh food operators.

Emerging players

• Anchor Packaging: Manufacturer of rigid and specialty foodservice packaging including leak-proof and ovenable containers; comparable to Innovative Fiber because Anchor's ovenable/foodservice tray line overlaps with CorrBake and CorrLock in solving leak-proof, bakeable container challenges.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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