Emsig Manufacturing Corporation

Bemis Company is the largest flexible packaging company in the Americas and a major manufacturer of pressure sensitive materials used for labels, decoration and signage. The company uses material science and innovation to supply a global marketplace. With operations in 62 locations in 11 countries, Bemis is poised to serve the increasingly complex and growing needs of multinational food and consumer products customers. Established in 1858 in St. Louis as a manufacturer of seamless cotton bags for milled food products, Bemis has played an influential role in the packaging industry ever since its founding. Now a global supplier of flexible packaging and pressure sensitive label materials headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., the company serves customers worldwide and produces packaging for products found in virtually every aisle of the grocery store. Its Shirley, N.C., office is one of many in the U.S.

Founded in 1967, F & D Plastics manufactures color concentrate for the plastic industry across North America, South America and Canada. Based in Leominster, Mass., it supplies to injection molders, blow molders, profile extruders, sheet extruders, rotational molders, film producers and compounders. The company maintains a state-of-the-art color library and continuously works to develop new effects in design. Some of the products include dry color, custom color concentrates, specialty compounds, single pigment dispersions, chip molding, scented pigments, polyethylene and polystyrene. F & D Plastics is a member of Color Marketing Group (CMG) and The Trend Curve.