Color Carton Corp

What Color Carton Corp does

Color Carton Corp is a family-owned folding carton manufacturer founded in 1960 and headquartered at 341 Canal Place in the Bronx, New York, where it operates a single 100,000 sq ft integrated facility spanning multiple NYC blocks. The company runs a full-service, "everything under one roof" production model — in-house art and design, prototyping, die, plate, and ink departments, full-color printing, foil stamping, embossing, spot UV and soft-touch coatings, hand assembly, warehousing, and just-in-time delivery — producing folding cartons, rigid boxes, corrugated packaging, flexible packaging, labels and stickers, protective packaging, and retail displays.

The company serves five primary verticals: Cannabis & Hemp (certified child-resistant and regulatory-compliant packaging), Food & Beverage (food-safe and brand-enhancing packaging), Health & Beauty (luxury finishes and eco-conscious materials), Industrial Packaging (custom-sized solutions for power tools, batteries, and machinery), and Retail & E-Commerce (heavy-duty shipping boxes, protective inserts, and bulk/custom-sized packaging). It holds FSC certification for responsible material sourcing, an EcoVadis rating for environmental and ethical standards, and a 2024 Shiseido Recognition of Certification for quality and standards in packaging.

Color Carton earns revenue through project-based, quote-priced custom manufacturing orders acquired via a sales-led go-to-market motion — direct outreach, phone (718-665-0840), email ([email protected]), and a website quote-request form. It distributes domestically from its Bronx facility with worldwide shipping capability, pricing is fully quote-based with no published tiers, and the company is privately held with no institutional investors, no parent company, and no disclosed funding. The Shiseido engagement and 65+ years of continuous family ownership under founders Nicholas LoPrinzi and Robert Newton provide the most prominent third-party and brand-validation signals.

Name

Color Carton Corp

Legal name

Color Carton Corporation

Website

https://colorcarton.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Color Carton Corp is a family-owned, Bronx-based folding carton manufacturer founded in 1960 that produces custom folding cartons, rigid boxes, corrugated, flexible, and protective packaging in-house for cannabis, food and beverage, health and beauty, industrial, and retail customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Folding Cartons & Custom Packaging

NAICS

Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing (322212), Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing (322211), Paperboard Container Manufacturing (32221)

SIC

Paperboard Containers & Boxes (2650)

akta.pro primary industry

Folding Carton & Paperboard Packaging Printing (IMALAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Folding Cartons (Folding Boxboard, SBS/SUS) (IMALACAB), Folding Cartons & Paperboard Packaging Converting (IMAMAHAB), Secondary & Gift Packaging (Folding Cartons, Sets, Rigid Boxes) (IMALAJAK)

Keywords

• Folding cartons
• Rigid boxes
• Corrugated packaging
• Flexible packaging
• Retail packaging

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Packaging Manufacturing: Color Carton Corp generates revenue through the custom manufacture and sale of folding cartons, rigid boxes, corrugated packaging, flexible packaging, labels, protective packaging, and retail displays. Revenue is derived from project-based orders where customers engage the company for custom design, prototyping, production, and delivery of packaging solutions. Pricing is quote-based and varies by product specifications, volume, and finishing requirements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Color Carton Corp manufactures custom folding cartons and complementary paperboard, corrugated, flexible, rigid, and label-based packaging products for consumer brands across multiple verticals. Production is performed end-to-end in-house at a 100,000 sq ft Bronx, NY facility, encompassing design, prototyping, printing, die-cutting, finishing, hand assembly, JIT fulfillment, and warehousing/inventory management.

Product overview

Color Carton Corp is a family-owned folding carton manufacturer offering a unified product portfolio of seven core packaging product categories: Folding Cartons, Rigid Boxes, Corrugated Packaging, Flexible Packaging, Labels & Stickers, Protective Packaging, and Retail Displays & Packaging. These products are complemented by a suite of manufacturing services including Full-Color Printing, Premium Finishes (foil stamping, embossing, spot UV), Hand Assembly, Just-in-Time (JIT) Services, and Warehousing & Inventory Management—all performed in-house at their 100,000 sq ft Bronx, NY facility. The company serves multiple industry verticals including Cannabis & Hemp, Food & Beverage, Health & Beauty, Industrial Packaging, and Retail & E-Commerce, providing both standard and custom packaging solutions with capabilities spanning design, prototyping, production, and logistics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Folding Cartons

Quantifiable outcome

• Sales and workforce have nearly tripled over the years

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Sonoco Products Company: Diversified global packaging manufacturer with a meaningful paperboard and folding carton business serving consumer goods, food, and healthcare end-markets. Comparable as a broad incumbent operating in the same folding carton and paperboard container space, with a wider product portfolio.
• Pactiv Evergreen: Major food and beverage packaging manufacturer producing cartons, containers, and paperboard-based packaging. Comparable in paperboard carton capabilities serving the same food and beverage end-market, though much larger and with a broader product portfolio beyond folding cartons.
• Graphic Packaging Holding Company: Large US paperboard packaging manufacturer producing folding cartons and paperboard-based food and beverage packaging. Directly comparable product category to Color Carton's folding carton and food & beverage offering, but operates at national and global scale with consumer brand-owner customers.
• Caraustar Industries: Recycled paperboard and folding carton manufacturer (now part of Greif) producing cartons, tubes, and cores, as well as converted paperboard packaging. Comparable in the paperboard converting and folding carton category, though operating at larger, multi-plant scale.
• Smurfit Westrock: Global paper-based packaging giant formed from the Smurfit Kappa and WestRock merger, producing folding cartons, corrugated boxes, and paperboard packaging across dozens of plants. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the same folding carton and paperboard packaging categories Color Carton serves, but at vastly larger scale and geographic footprint.

Direct peers

• Diamond Packaging: US folding carton and rigid box manufacturer specializing in premium finishing, luxury packaging, and FSC-certified sustainable materials for cosmetics, health & beauty, and confectionery customers. Highly comparable mid-sized US folding carton converter with a similar premium-finishing and luxury-brand positioning.
• Elevate Packaging: US-based custom folding carton and packaging manufacturer emphasizing sustainable materials, premium finishes, and in-house design and production. Direct comparable in the eco-friendly, premium-finishing folding carton niche serving health, beauty, and cannabis-adjacent brands.
• Thoro Packaging: US folding carton and corrugated packaging manufacturer with in-house printing, die-cutting, and finishing, serving cosmetics, food and beverage, and consumer goods customers. Comparable mid-sized US folding carton converter with overlapping end-market exposure.
• Royal Box Group: US folding carton and rigid box converter with in-house design, printing, finishing, and fulfillment services serving cosmetics, health & beauty, food, and pharmaceutical brands. Closely comparable mid-sized US peer with similar custom folding carton capabilities and vertical mix.
• Boxes.com (M&W Folding Box & Packaging): US-based folding carton and custom packaging manufacturer offering design, printing, die-cutting, finishing, and warehousing services. Direct comparable as a custom folding carton converter with similar full-service capabilities and mid-sized scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/colorcartoncorp
• Facebookfacebook.com/colorcartoncorp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/color-carton-corp
• Instagraminstagram.com/colorcartoncorp

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 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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