ePac Flexible Packaging is to open locations in Philadelphia and Richmond as the next phase of its US expansion.
The Philadelphia, Pennsylvania location will be operational in February 2020, followed by Richmond, Virginia in April. ePac will serve local and regional consumer packaged goods companies of all sizes, in particular, small and medium-sized businesses producing snacks, confection, natural and organic foods, pet food, nutritional supplements, and more. The company is now taking orders in both regions, with fulfillment done by other ePac locations until the sites are completed.
This domestic expansion will add to ePac’s growing US footprint alongside existing manufacturing facilities now open in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Boulder, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami and Madison, with additional US manufacturing locations underway that will open in the first half of 2020. On the international front, ePac Silverstone opened this month in the UK, ePac Vancouver will open in January 2020, and the company recently confirmed plans to enter the Asia-Pacific region early next year. This growth is supported by the company’s latest major investment in digital printing/converting technology.
Robert Laird, who will serve as general manager of the facilities in Philadelphia and Richmond, said, ‘The short-run, quick turnaround service delivery model of ePac will bring tremendous benefits for many local businesses that currently do not have the scale, capital, or expertise to compete. We empower local small businesses with flexible packaging products on par with big brand owners to enable them to compete.’
