Gamaplast

What Gamaplast does

Gamaplast Inc. is a privately held Canadian manufacturer of custom plastic packaging, founded in 1997 by Pierre Nabhan and headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. The company operates a vertically integrated production facility that extrudes, prints, cuts, and recycles its own packaging, offering made-to-order bags and films for industrial, commercial, and food-service applications. Its product portfolio spans two core lines — commercial bags (T-shirt bags, handle bags, bread bags, garbage bags) and industrial bags (tire bags, produce bags, tubing rolls, sheets, wicket bags) — along with shrink film and polypropylene-based packaging. Available materials and additives include FDA-approved food-grade, biodegradable, UV-treated, anti-slip, and white/clear/color variants, enabling specification to customer requirements.

The business model is sales-led and quote-based: customers contact Gamaplast via website form, email, phone, fax, or in-person visit and receive custom pricing for any size, quantity, color, or material configuration. There is no public price list or self-serve e-commerce; revenue is generated through one-time product sales. Gamaplast maintains two Canadian sales locations — the Montreal headquarters (4620 Garand Street, in the heart of Montreal's industrial zone, 45 minutes from the U.S. border) and a Quebec City office — and claims to serve customers across North America, Europe, and the Middle East. The company targets six verticals: Distribution, Food Services, Health/Pharmaceutical, Industrial, Retail, and Transportation, with the FDA-approved offering serving as a regulatory wedge into food and pharmaceutical buyers. Marketing is limited to a bilingual website (English/French), Facebook, and LinkedIn, with no evidence of paid acquisition, partnerships, or formal channel partnerships.

Name

Gamaplast

Legal name

Gamaplast Inc.

Website

https://gamaplast.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gamaplast is a Montreal-based custom plastic packaging manufacturer that extrudes, prints, cuts, and recycles bags and films for industrial, commercial, food-service, and pharmaceutical buyers across North America, Europe, and the Middle East.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Plastic Packaging Sales: Custom plastic packaging manufacturing and sales. The company produces bags and packaging to order for commercial, industrial, and food service applications. Revenue is generated through one-time product sales based on customer specifications.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Gamaplast manufactures custom plastic packaging products through fully integrated in-house operations covering extrusion, printing, cutting, and recycling. The company produces commercial bags, industrial bags, shrink film, and polypropylene packaging made to order in any size, quantity, color, or type for business customers across distribution, food service, health/pharmaceutical, industrial, retail, and transportation sectors.

Product overview

Gamaplast is a Canadian plastic packaging manufacturer offering a unified portfolio of extruded, printed, cut, and recycled plastic packaging products. The core offerings consist of Commercial Bags (including T-shirt bags, handle bags, bread bags, and garbage bags) and Industrial Bags (including tire bags, fruits and vegetables bags, tubing rolls, sheets, and wicket bags). Available materials include Polypropylene, with options for personalized printing, shrink film, FDA food-approved, biodegradable, white/clear/color variants, and U.V. treatment. All products are manufactured to order at their Montreal facility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commercial Bags

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Novolex: Novolex is one of North America's largest flexible and rigid packaging manufacturers, producing plastic bags, films, and food-service packaging. Comparable to Gamaplast across core product categories but at vastly greater scale and product breadth.
• Pactiv Evergreen: Pactiv Evergreen produces food service and food merchandising packaging, including plastic bags, films, and containers. Comparable to Gamaplast's food service and food-approved packaging offerings, particularly in FDA-compliant categories, but at much larger scale.
• Inteplast Group: Inteplast is a major North American producer of polyethylene films, bags, and rigid plastics serving industrial, food, and retail end markets. Comparable product portfolio and end-market mix to Gamaplast but operating at significantly larger scale across multiple plants.
• Berry Global Group: Berry Global is a global Fortune 500 plastics and packaging manufacturer with deep flexible packaging and engineered materials businesses. Operates in the same core flexible plastic packaging categories as Gamaplast but at vastly larger scale and global breadth.
• Sigma Plastics Group: Sigma Plastics is a leading North American manufacturer of polyethylene films and bags, including custom and stock products for industrial and consumer use. Directly comparable in core flexible packaging categories but with much greater scale and a national footprint.
• Coveris: Coveris is a European-headquartered global packaging manufacturer producing flexible films, bags, and food packaging. Comparable in product portfolio and FDA food-grade capabilities to Gamaplast, with stronger international scale especially in Europe and the Middle East where Gamaplast also claims to serve.

Direct peers

• IPL Plastics: IPL Plastics (formerly Ideal Packaging) is a Canadian-based custom flexible packaging manufacturer serving food, industrial, and consumer markets with bags, films, and converted products. Directly comparable to Gamaplast as a domestic Canadian custom plastic bag producer.
• Polyair Inter Pack: Polyair Inter Pack manufactures custom polyethylene films, bags, and protective packaging for industrial, retail, and e-commerce applications. Directly comparable to Gamaplast in custom flexible plastic packaging with overlapping end markets including food and industrial.
• Hood Packaging: Hood Packaging is a Canadian-headquartered manufacturer of paper and plastic packaging products, including industrial bags, consumer bags, and specialty packaging. Directly comparable as a Canadian custom plastic bag producer serving overlapping industrial and consumer end markets.

Emerging players

• Elipak (Elite Plastics): Elipak is a Canadian-based custom polyethylene film and bag manufacturer serving industrial and food markets. Directly comparable as a smaller-scale Canadian custom plastic bag producer with similar product mix and vertical-integration focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Gamaplast
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gamaplast-inc-

Compliance1 record

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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