Menasha Packaging Company has announced its acquisition of Rand Diversified of Edison. Both companies are privately held; terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
“The acquisition of Rand Diversified strengthens our geographic coverage with the addition of East Coast fulfillment and contract packaging. Customers continue to value partnerships where Menasha Packaging can manage the entire design through manufacturing through fulfillment process. Adding Rand’s expertise will help us respond to this growing demand,” said Mike Waite, president of Menasha Packaging.
With the acquisition, Menasha Packaging will have 16 fulfillment operations in eight states.
“The Rand acquisition,” said Jim Kotek, president and CEO of Menasha Corporation, “broadens our market penetration and increases our offerings in the areas of contract packaging and fulfillment for over-thecounter pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies. We believe there is an excellent strategic fit between the companies and that the added design, project management and operating expertise will allow us to provide an offering to the market that is unequalled.”
Menasha Corporation is the parent of Menasha Packaging; its other businesses are ORBIS Corporation and LeveragePoint Media.
The distinct capabilities of Rand and Menasha Packaging will strengthen the combined company’s position with customers. Rand has a strong focus on contract packaging and has extensive experience with the Food and Drug Administration and Drug Enforcement Administration. Menasha Packaging focuses on food, household and personal-care markets, and provides comprehensive design, manufacturing, fulfillment and logistics expertise to its customers. Menasha Packaging has a strong retail relationship focus with key retail partners across the U.S., providing an integrated approach. Its highly successful Retail Integration Group assists channel-leading retail partners and CPGs with ideation, execution and tracking of their merchandising strategies.
Rand is headquartered in Edison, where it also has a design office and fulfillment center. The company also operates fulfillment centers in Edwardsville, Ill., and in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Menasha Packaging Company, LLC, based in Neenah, Wis., is a subsidiary of Menasha Corporation, and has more than 2,300 employees at locations nationwide. Menasha Packaging is a leading provider of graphic consumer packaging, merchandising solutions, corrugated packaging, food packaging, shipping containers and material handling solutions, and is home of the Retail Integration Group. With design, sales service centers, and corrugated and paperboard plants located throughout the U.S., the company’s mission is to help its customers better protect, move and promote their products. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.menashapackaging.com.
Menasha Corporation is a packaging, lobusiness gistics and marketing services company based in Neenah, Wis. Established in 1849, it is one of America’s oldest privately held manufacturing companies and specializes in corrugated packaging and high-quality point-of-purchase displays, plastic reusable packaging and in-store consumer promotion. The company has more than 3,400 employees in facilities across the globe. For more information about Menasha, visit www.menasha.com.
Rand Diversified, headquartered in Edison, provides contract packaging and fulfillment services. The company was founded in 1972 as a display business and merged with a contract packaging and fulfillment business in 2003. Rand’s focus is on the design, procurement and packaging/ fulfillment of temporary, permanent and mixed-media displays, as well as contract packaging for over-the-counter pharmaceuticals and consumer packaged goods companies. For more information, visit www.rand-div.com.
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH), in collaboration with Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, has become the first hospital in New Jersey to be verified as a pediatric trauma center by the American College of Surgeons (ACS).
RWJUH’s trauma center has a long history of treating injured children and sought an additional level of verification this past April. The ACS Committee on trauma’s verification program confirms that a trauma center has demonstrated its commitment to providing the highest-quality trauma care for all injured patients from the prehospital phase through the rehabilitation process. Verified trauma centers are required to meet the essential criteria outlined in Resources for the Optimal Care of the Injured Patient.
As a result of a survey conducted in the spring, the hospital’s pediatric trauma program was verified as a pediatric trauma center.
In addition, RWJUH’s Level I Adult Trauma Center was reverified for the eighth consecutive time.
“New Jersey always has been a leader in the acute care and management of pediatric patients. The founding and ACS verification of the first pediatric trauma center in the history of New Jersey at RWJUH, the Bristol- Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at RWJUH, and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School are a natural progression of our shared commitment and vision,” said Vicente H. Gracias, M.D., professor of surgery and chief of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and medical director of the adult and pediatric trauma centers at RWJUH.
The RWJUH trauma team, from surgeons to nurses to support personnel and administrators, is dedicated to improving the outcome from traumatic injuries for all children, said Pediatric Trauma Program Director Perry Stafford, M.D., professor of surgery and chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery, at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.