Custom manufacturer creating packaging, part & product from an array of foams, plastics & specialty fabrics. Using the industry's most advanced materials & conversion techniques, can engineer special products for a vast range of critical applications with ten fabrication facilities located throughout the US.
About UFP Technologies, Inc. From http://www.ufpt.com
The Company designs and manufactures a broad range of high-performance cushion packaging, including 100% recycled molded fiber packaging products for a variety of industrial and consumer markets. The Company also designs and manufactures specialty foam products. The Company is a leading U.S. manufacturer of custom-designed cushion foam packaging products and engineered specialty foam and laminated products. The Company is headquartered in Georgetown, Massachusetts, and employs approximately 500 people in its eleven regional facilities. It maintains plants in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, and Texas. Operationally, the Company organizes itself into two independent business units: Engineered Packaging and Component Products.
The Engineered Packaging division provides a wide array of protective packaging products, ranging from automotive material handling components to thermoformed medical packaging to complex cases and inserts. The ability to serve a wide spectrum of packaging needs, including both foams and rigid plastics, is one of UFP's unique attributes. Customers include Hewlett-Packard, DePuy, and IBM. Within our Engineered Packaging division, Molded Fiber is a market and technology leader in custom, 100% recycled paper packaging for computers, peripherals, light electronics and consumer goods. Its products provide a cost-effective, environmentally preferable alternative for a wide range of interior packaging applications. Customers include Lexmark, Canon, Siemens and Yankee Candle. The Component Products division provides high performance foam, fabric, and plastic composites to the medical, sports and leisure, beauty, industrial, and automotive interior markets. Using a range of laminating and molding technologies, the division supplies unique product components, including backpack harness systems, medical braces, precision industrial gaskets, and a broad range of automotive interior trim components. Customers include Johnson Controls, Bard, L.L. Bean, Gillette, and Woodbridge. UFP Technologies was originally founded in 1963 and its initial public offering of shares took place in 1993.
Sales: $100 - 249.9 Mil Employees: 500-999 Activities: Distributor, Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company Year Company Founded: 1963 Certification: ISO 9001, QS 9000, ISO 13485 Export Markets: Latin America/Caribbean, South America, Western Europe, Asia, Pacific Rim, Australia, China, Europe
October 15, 2009 —
UFP Technologies Acquires E.N. Murray Co.
Georgetown, Mass. (July 8, 2009). UFP Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: UFPT), a manufacturer of packaging and specialty component products, today announced the acquisition of E.N. Murray Co. ("ENM"). Founded in 1959 and located in Denver, Colorado, ENM is a full service designer, converter, and distributor of foam plastic products, specializing in technical polyurethane foams. 2008 sales were approximately $13 million.
October 15, 2009 —
UFP Technologies Acquires Selected Assets of Advanced Materials Group
Georgetown, Mass., September 3, 2009. UFP Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: UFPT), a manufacturer of packaging and component products, today announced that it has purchased certain assets of Advanced Materials Group ("AMI") in Rancho Dominguez, California. AMI, a foam fabricator serving the medical market, filed for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code on July 2, 2009. UFP's purchase of selected assets of AMI was approved by the Bankruptcy Court on September 2, 2009.
October 14, 2009 —
UFP Technologies, Inc. Named to FSB 100
Georgetown, MA - July 6, 2009- UFP Technologies, Inc. has been named to the FORTUNE Small Business 100 list of the 100 fastest-growing, publicly-held small companies in the U.S for the second year in a row. To be considered for this list each company must meet the following requirements:
August 21, 2009 —
United Foam, a UFP Technologies Brand, Offers Pelican® Storm Cases and Pelican's Hardigg® Case Product Lines
Georgetown, MA -- United Foam, a UFP Technologies brand, announced today that it has been named a distributor of Pelican® Storm Cases and Pelican's Hardigg® case product lines. United Foam - named a Pelican Products distributor in August 2008 - now has access to Pelican's complete line of cases that were gained through their acquisition of Hardigg Industries in January 2009.
April 30, 2009 —
Molded Fiber, a UFP Technologies Brand, Announces Improved Sustainable Packaging Capabilities
Clinton, IA - With Earth Day 2009 quickly approaching, Molded Fiber, a UFP Technologies brand, announced today that is has improved its capabilities with after-pressed, fine-finish molded pulp protective packaging. With a growing demand from consumer goods manufacturers for "green" packaging that is also aesthetically pleasing, Molded Fiber is striving to achieve greater effectiveness in providing quality solutions in this arena.
February 9, 2009 —
UFP Technologies Introduces BioShell
Georgetown, MA, February 5, 2009 -- UFP Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: UFPT), a fabricator of custom packaging and component solutions, introduces BioShell(TM), a single use bag protection system. BioShell is designed to safeguard bags during storage, handling and transportation. It can handle multiple drops at -70°C. It is made from high purity, USP Class VI foam with a glass transition temperature of -85°C. BioShell is lightweight, easy to handle and is created to save space.
February 6, 2009 —
United Foam, a UFP Technologies Brand, to Exhibit Custom Medical Solutions at MD&M West
Georgetown, MA, February 4, 2009 - United Foam, a UFP Technologies brand, (NASDAQ: UFPT) a fabricator of custom packaging and component solutions, will be exhibiting at the Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) West exhibition February 10 through 12 in Anaheim, CA. United Foam will be located at booth 2824. This will mark the Company's first time exhibiting at MD&M's annual West event.