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2018 when Rand-Whitney Packaging, a subsidiary of Rand-Whitney Container and Kraft Group company formed a joint venture with AGlobal Solutions, the new name for Atlas Box. The newly launched venture soon began oper- ating under the brand UN1F1ED 2 Global Packaging Group. At the time of the launch, UPGP Rand-Whitney and Kraft issued a statement saying that, “As the regional leaders in highly engineered protective packaging, this strategic joint venture will allow us to better support our customers with broader capabilities while expanding our reach and responsiveness globally.” The Kraft Group, headquartered in Foxborough, Mas- sachusetts, is the holding company for the Kraft family’s various businesses, which includes paper and packaging manufacturing and the distribution of forest products. “Today, UGPG2 is a fully integrated packaging compa- ny supporting customers globally with fully capabilities of all protective packaging and straight corrugated services along with molded fiber packaging, warehouse and trans- portation logistics around the world,” said Tavares.
From its launch with just one employee, UGPG2 to- day employs more than 800 around people around the world. Its corporate headquarters in Sutton is 500,000- square-feet, and the company is expecting to expand in the next few years to a larger facility. The company’s Eu- ropean headquarters, located in Cork, Ireland, resides in a 100,000-square-foot facility. New facilities in the Czech Republic and Poland are also nearing completion. UGPG2 reports that it serves every industry, including ecommerce, automotive, military, medical, aerospace, food and beverage, electronics, industrial products and more. It can also assist with a wide range of packaging needs covering engineering, design, testing, fulfillment and real-time information processing. Earlier this year, the company continued its expansion with the acquisition of LJM Packaging Co, Inc. based out of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, LJM manufactures, ware- houses and distributes protective packaging. Like all companies in the packaging space, which have been deemed essential businesses, UGPG2 has had to UN1F1ED 2 Global Packaging Group (UGPG2) is expecting to expand its 500,000-square-foot facility in the next few years.
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