Cortland Plastics International

What Cortland Plastics International does

Cortland Plastics International, LLC is a privately held U.S. blow molder incorporated in 2006 and headquartered in Cortland, New York, where it operates a 95,000 square foot facility (50,000 sq ft warehouse, 25,000 sq ft climate-controlled manufacturing, 6,000 sq ft office). The company specializes exclusively in continuous shuttle blow molding, running a fleet of 15 machines from manufacturers including Bekum (HBD 151, 304 DE), Automa (AT-2DS), Uniloy (UMS 100), and Rocheleau (CS-1, CS-2, RS-80). It processes HDPE, LDPE, MDPE, PP, and PETG, and can produce bottles from 1/2 oz to 2.5 gallons in both custom single-cavity prototyping (as low as 100 pieces) and multi-cavity production runs in the millions.

The company's product offering splits between a broad stock-mold catalog (Boston rounds, modern rounds, straight sided cylinders, mustards, sprayers/oblongs/specialty, canisters, handle ware, drug packers, jars) sized 4 oz to 1 gallon, and full-service custom molding solutions covering design, engineering, and project management. Quality infrastructure is a stated differentiator: 100% leak detection and 100% online camera vision inspection across all 15 machines, automated resin blending without hand mixing, dust collection on all lines, and statistical process controls. AI-adjacent capability is concentrated in computer vision for defect detection rather than in broader ML systems.

Cortland serves 11 vertical end-markets (pharmaceuticals, medical, household products, personal care, cosmetics, dairy, food, automotive oil, agricultural, industrial cleaning, laundry detergent) via a direct B2B sales motion - customers contact the company by phone or email for quotes on custom or stock items. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is handled on a per-project basis. The company is founder/management owned with no disclosed institutional investors, no M&A activity, and no public-market presence; its 11-50 employee management team is credited with over 100 years of combined blow molding and packaging experience.

Name

Cortland Plastics International

Legal name

Cortland Plastics International, LLC

Website

https://cortlandplastics.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cortland Plastics International is a privately held U.S. continuous shuttle blow molder producing custom and stock HDPE, LDPE, MDPE, PP, and PETG bottles from 1/2 oz to 2.5 gallons, serving pharmaceuticals, medical, food, personal care, dairy, and industrial customers from a single Cortland, NY facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plastic Bottle Manufacturing

NAICS

Plastics Bottle Manufacturing (326160), Plastics Bottle Manufacturing (32616), Plastics Product Manufacturing (3261)

SIC

Miscellaneous Plastics Products (3080)

akta.pro primary industry

Extrusion Blow-Molded Containers (HDPE/PET Bottles & Jugs) (IMANAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Blow-Molded Industrial Containers & Crates (Non-packaging) (IMANAGAF)

Keywords

• Blow molding services
• Plastic bottle manufacturing
• Custom plastic packaging
• HDPE container production
• Stock mold bottles

Headquarters

HQ city

Cortland

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, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Plastic Bottle and Container Manufacturing: Manufactures custom and stock plastic bottles using continuous shuttle blow molding. Services range from 100-piece prototype runs to multi-cavity production capable of millions of bottles per year. Offers stock molds ranging from 4 oz. to 1 gallon.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Cortland Plastics International is a plastic blow molding manufacturer that produces custom-molded and stock HDPE, LDPE, MDPE, PP, and PETG bottles and containers in sizes from 1/2 oz to 2.5 gallons. The company runs 15 molding machines in a 95,000-square-foot Cortland, NY facility, serving pharmaceutical, medical, personal care, cosmetics, household, dairy, food, automotive, agricultural, and industrial cleaning customers. It combines custom tool design with a broad catalog of stock mold bottles to support both short-run specialty programs and high-volume production runs.

Product overview

Cortland Plastics International operates as a Continuous Shuttle Blow Molder offering two main product categories: (1) Stock Molds - a comprehensive portfolio of pre-designed bottles and containers including Mustards, Sprayers/Oblong/Specialty, Canisters, Handle Ware, Drug Packers, Boston Rounds, Jars, Modern Rounds, and Straight Sided Cylinders, ranging from 4 oz. to 1 gallon; and (2) Custom Molding Solutions - full-service blow molding manufacturing with capabilities to design, engineer, and produce bottles from 1/2 oz. to 2.5 gallons, from single cavity prototypes to multi-cavity high-volume production. The company manufactures HDPE, LDPE, MDPE, PP, and PETG bottles and serves markets including pharmaceuticals, medical, household products, personal care, cosmetics, dairy, food, automotive, and industrial cleaning.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Blow Molding Services Bespoke blow molding of plastic bottles and containers built to customer specifications in HDPE, LDPE, MDPE, PP, and PETG, ranging from 1/2 oz to 2.5 gallons. Designed for manufacturers in pharmaceutical, medical, personal care, cosmetics, household, dairy, food, automotive, agricultural, and industrial cleaning industries that need proprietary packaging designs or sizes outside stock catalogs.
• Stock Mold Bottle Catalog Ready-made bottle and container lines available off the shelf from Cortland's catalog, covering formats such as Mustards, Sprayers/Oblong/Specialty, Canisters, Handle Ware, Drug Packers, Boston Rounds, Jars, Modern Rounds, and Straight Sided Cylinders in HDPE, LDPE, MDPE, PP, and PETG. Intended for manufacturers that want fast-availability packaging without the cost or lead time of a custom mold.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% leak detection rate on all bottles produced
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature8 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Berry Global (now part of Amcor): Berry Global was one of the world's largest plastic packaging manufacturers with blow molded bottles, containers, and rigid packaging across consumer and industrial markets. Following the Amcor merger, it represents the broad incumbent competitor that smaller specialty molders like Cortland compete against on price-sensitive accounts.
• Silgan Plastics: Silgan Plastics is one of the largest North American blow molders, producing HDPE, PET, and PP containers across food, beverage, personal care, and household products. It competes broadly with Cortland but operates at significantly greater scale and offers a wider product portfolio including closures.
• TricorBraun: TricorBraun is one of the largest rigid packaging distributors in North America, supplying plastic and glass bottles and containers across consumer and industrial markets. It competes with Cortland in the stock bottle category by sourcing from multiple molders but does not run its own blow molding lines.

Direct peers

• Weener Plastics: Weener Plastics is a global manufacturer of plastic packaging using blow molding and injection molding for personal care, food, and household products. It produces both custom and standard bottles with HDPE, PET, and PP resins, directly comparable to Cortland's product offering.
• Plastipak Holdings: Plastipak is a major blow molder of plastic containers serving food, beverage, personal care, and industrial cleaning markets. It uses similar extrusion and shuttle blow molding technologies and competes directly with Cortland for custom and stock bottle business across overlapping end markets.
• Consolidated Container Company: Consolidated Container Company is a rigid plastic container manufacturer using blow molding to produce bottles and jars for food, dairy, household chemicals, and personal care. It operates at larger scale but competes for the same custom and stock blow molded bottle customers as Cortland.
• Alpha Packaging: Alpha Packaging manufactures plastic bottles and jars via blow molding for personal care, food, beverage, and healthcare customers. It offers both stock and custom packaging with multi-resin capabilities (PET, HDPE, PP), directly competing with Cortland's stock mold catalog and custom molding services.

Others

• O.Berk Company: O.Berk is a packaging supplier and distributor specializing in plastic, glass, and metal containers for personal care, pharmaceutical, and household product customers. It overlaps with Cortland's stock bottle and small-quantity service model as a competitor for stock packaging orders, though it distributes rather than manufactures.
• MJS Packaging: MJS Packaging is a packaging distributor offering plastic and glass bottles, jars, and containers across food, beverage, personal care, and industrial markets. It competes with Cortland for stock packaging sales through its catalog but does not operate its own blow molding production.

Emerging players

• C.L. Smith Company: C.L. Smith is a mid-sized plastic packaging manufacturer focused on custom bottles and containers for industrial, chemical, and food customers. It serves a similar customer profile to Cortland with comparable HDPE blow molded offerings at sub-100 employee scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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