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PackGen was created to meet customers’ need for a cost-effective means of transporting hazardous material for disposal and has evolved to become a prominent supplier to the environmental market for shipping hazardous waste materials. The company builds value by being “different by design” and through establishing long-term relationships with their customers. They strive to deliver superior quality products to their customers, to continually innovate to meet the needs of the markets they serve, and to uphold all the core principles that have kept the company strong since 1979 Over the years, PackGen products have evolved to handle a broad range of regulated and non-regulated materials. PackGen was the originator of the “pop-up” container concept, advancing the product to meet UN composite packaging standards, and raising the bar for the whole packaging industry. Their latest innovation is a rigid structural panel made from bagasse (sugar cane), which they have incorporated into their unique collapsible rigid tote design for shipping liquids internationally. This is a first and one-of-a-kind design for a $2 billion marketplace and creates the lowest carbon footprint in the market compared to existing technology. Several large global food producers have already committed to millions in purchases for 2022 and 2023. John Lapoint III, son of the founder, has owned PackGen for 25 years and serves as president. His sons are both involved with sales and his mother serves on the board of directors. UF Strainrite, the predecessor to PackGen, still exists today and is led by John’s brother.

Family Business History

In 1985, the Wrangler Company, now known as PackGen, emerged from a Maine-based filtrations company, UF Strainrite, founded by John H. Lapoint, Jr. in 1979. The company’s philosophy then and now, was based on creating value for customers through innovation and service.