Pregis Corporation, a subsidiary of Pregis Holding II Corporation, is a privately held provider of protective and specialty packaging. With headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois

Deerfield, Illinois

Deerfield is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States and is located approximately 25 miles north of Chicago, Illinois. A portion of the village is in Cook County, Illinois, United States...

, its protective packaging products include protective mailers, air-encapsulated cushioning products, inflatable airbag systems, sheet and engineered foam products, honeycomb products, and paper packaging products for cushioning, void-fill, surface protection, containment, and blocking and bracing applications.

Products

Pregis is best known for providing protective packaging for containment, void fill, cushioning and surface protection of goods. Pregis provides protective packaging products from systems to sheet foam. They supply many of the world’s top manufacturing, fulfillment and electronics businesses with protective packaging.

The company’s specialty packaging comprises flexible packaging products, including film-on-the-reel, bags, pouches, and labels; medical supplies and packaging products, procedure packs and other products, including tubes, compresses, and scalpels; and medical packaging products for sterilization processes.

Its specialty packaging solutions also include rigid packaging products that consists of custom food packaging

Food packaging

Food packaging is packaging for food. It requires protection, tampering resistance, and special physical, chemical, or biological needs. It also shows the product that is labeled to show any nutrition information on the food being consumed....

 products and foodservice products, which include containers and bowls, trays, tableware cups, and cup carriers for third-party foodservice products purchased for resale. The company also acts as a distributor of protective packaging products.

Its major brands include Jiffy in the United Kingdom, Microfoam polypropylene

Polypropylene

Polypropylene , also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications including packaging, textiles , stationery, plastic parts and reusable containers of various types, laboratory equipment, loudspeakers, automotive components, and polymer banknotes...

 sheet foam, Astro-Cell bubble air cushioning wrap, Astro-Foam polyethylene

Polyethylene

Polyethylene or polythene is the most widely used plastic, with an annual production of approximately 80 million metric tons...

 sheet foam, Hefty Express shipping mailers and AirSpeed inflatable packaging systems and materials.

Acquisitions

On March 3, 2010, Pregis announced acquisition of IntelliPack, Inc., effective February 19.

Industries

Pregis Corporation serves the general industrial, high tech electronics, furniture manufacturing, building products, retail, agriculture, healthcare, fresh food, consumer products, dry food, medical, foodservice, convenience foods, bakery, and confectionery end-markets.

Locations

Pregis currently operates 46 facilities in 18 countries around the world. It sells its products through distributors, fabricators, and direct end-users in Europe, the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Egypt, Bulgaria, and internationally. The company is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois

Deerfield, Illinois

Deerfield is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States and is located approximately 25 miles north of Chicago, Illinois. A portion of the village is in Cook County, Illinois, United States...

. Pregis Corporation is a subsidiary of Pregis Holding II Corporation.