New-Indy Containerboard buys downstream box maker

Ontario, California-based New-Indy Containerboard has acquired Shoreline Container, a family-owned converter and box maker based in Holland, Michigan.

New-Indy, which describes itself as “an independent, privately-owned manufacturer and supplier of corrugated boxes, recycled containerboard and virgin linerboard,” is jointly owned by The Kraft Group and Schwarz Partners. The firm has four containerboard mills in the United States that produce a combined 750,000 tons per year, according to its website.

Shoreline Containers describes itself as specialists in designing and producing custom container and packaging solutions. The company says it has 250 employees working in two facilities with a combined 400,000 square feet of space. One of those plants is in Holland and the other is in Zeeland, Michigan.

An online report by the Holland Sentinel newspaper indicates New-Indy will add Shoreline’s two plants to its existing network of 12 facilities in the U.S. The report also says the current management team of Shoreline Container will remain in place.