Pratt Industries

Pratt is America’s 5th Largest Corrugated Packaging Company and the world’s largest, privately-held 100% recycled paper and packaging company, with more than 4000 highly-skilled, green-collar employees dedicated to the environment and sustainability. Pratt was founded in the USA some 20 years ago and, since then, has shown dramatic growth with sophisticated manufacturing facilities in more than 20 states.factory worker behind computerThe Georgia-based company operates an extensive Recycling Company to supply three of the most modern, cost-effective 100% recycled paper mills in the country – at our Conyers’ Campus and in New York City, New York and Shreveport, Louisiana. Pratt’s supply chain continues through a series of sheet plants, full-line corrugated box factories and display facilities strategically placed throughout the United States as well as Mexico, offering a wide range of creative packaging solutions. All are backed by Pratt’s total commitment to quality, service and innovation. And, as a private company, we can quickly react and adapt to suit our customers’ needs.The company is dedicated to the sustainability of the environment, its customers and its people. The cornerstone of Pratt’s mission is to protect and nurture the planet’s natural resources while reducing our impact on the environment by “Harvesting the Urban Forest.” By doing so the company also seeks to help its customers meet their environmental goals. Pratt has been honored by environmental leaders such as former Vice President Al Gore, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Ted Turner, the Climate Group and Global Green for spreading the word that recycling is an important weapon against climate change.Pratt Industries has shown dramatic growth in just two decades to become the 5th Largest Corrugated Packaging Company in the USA and the world's largest, privately-held 100% recycled paper and packaging company. Pratt operates an extensive Recycling Subsidiary to supply the most modern containerboard system in North America with 100% recycled paper. Our supply chain continues through a network of strategically-placed sheet plants, full-line box factories and display facilities. Every day, Pratt’s paper mills recycle more than 3000 tons of recovered paper Every day, these mills produce enough 100% recycled paper to stretch more than 2500 miles – sufficient to stretch from New York City to Los Angeles Every day, this saves the equivalent of 51,000 trees / 21 million gallons of water / and 12 million KwHrs of energy OUR PRIORITIES Provide Our Customers With Great Value Use Lightweight Packaging To Stay Cost Competitive Invest In Clean Energy & Green Solutions Dedicate Ourselves To Continuous Productivity Improvement To Remain Private OUR MISSION TO BE THE BEST VERTICALLY-INTEGRATED PAPER, PACKAGING AND RESOURCE RECOVERY COMPANY IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. Paper Mills Pratt Industries mission to provide the industry’s best packaging solutions begins with our three 100% recycled paper mills – the most innovative and modern containerboard system in North America.It’s that commitment to lightweighting of containerboard which enables our customers to optimize their packaging. After all, why pay for packaging you don’t need?It’s Pratt Industries’ clear vision of present and future packaging demands that allows the company to utilize world-best technology to manufacture advanced grade structures in lighter basis weights… and often in both liner and medium specifications that were unavailable until the company started its first 100% recycle mill in Conyers, Ga. more than 15 years ago. With its sister facilities in New York City and Shreveport, La., it is part of a mill system unlike any other in North America, producing paper with both outstanding strength properties and print surface characteristics in the finished corrugated board.In fact, Pratt’s newest mill, in Shreveport, manufactures the most versatile range of lightweight containerboard ever produced on this continent, thereby helping an increasing number of companies meet their sustainability goals without sacrificing their high-performance packaging requirements.All three mills operate under strict environmental standards and together they save more than 50,000 trees every day by recycling waste paper taken from the streets into high-performance liners and mediums.