The Hamilton packaging maker pairs design with digital printing, then goes one step further: making the corrugated sheets itself. Behind the colourful boxes is a practical bid to control quality, timing and supply.
Kruger Products turned bathroom tissue into a portfolio game, then put nearly C$1 billion behind a pair of Sherbrooke plants. The bet is simple to describe and hard to copy: own the brands, modernize the mills, and make sustainability survive contact with the balance sheet.
The Sri Lankan manufacturer does more than print cartons. It engineers the folds, materials and regional supply chains that help global brands move products with less waste.
The name on the box is Pokemon, Hasbro or Disney. The company that actually prints, cuts and packs the cards is a 250-year-old Belgian manufacturer most players have never heard of.