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• Prairie Packaging founder Shapiro dies at 68.(Obituary)

  - 2008-06-02

  Byline: Dan Hockensmith Earl Shapiro, who guided thermoformer and extruder Prairie Packaging Inc. from its 1986 startup to sales of $500 million in 2007, poured his energy into making disposable dinnerware and keeping clients happy. Shapiro, 68,...

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• Pactiv Completes Purchase of Prairie Packaging, Inc

  - 2007-06-05

  LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Pactiv Corporation (NYSE: PTV) today announced it has completed its purchase of the stock of Prairie Packaging, Inc., a leading manufacturer of disposable tableware products. Prairie's 2007 sales are expected to be approximately $500 million. The purchase price of the acquisition is $1 billion, which...

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• Pactiv paying $1 billion to acquire Prairie.

  - 2007-04-16

  Byline: Angie DeRosa Pactiv Corp. of Lake Forest, Ill., scored a coup in the world of plastics disposable tableware, acquiring a company it has courted for nearly seven years in a $1 billion debt-financed transaction. Pactiv's April 12 announcement that it is...

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• Pactiv Announces Agreement to Acquire Prairie Packaging, Inc.

  - 2007-04-12

  M2 PRESSWIRE-12 April 2007-Afternoon Movers: Pactiv Announces Agreement to Acquire Prairie Packaging, Inc.C1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12042007 Market Gainer is quickly emerging as the one stop shop for international small-cap investors looking to stay a step ahead of the markets....

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• Pactiv to Acquire Prairie Packaging, Inc

  - 2007-04-12

  LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Pactiv Corporation (NYSE: PTV) today announced an agreement to acquire the stock of Prairie Packaging, Inc., a leading manufacturer of disposable tableware products. Prairie's 2007 sales are expected to be approximately $500 million, continuing its track record of strong double-digit annual growth. The acquisition is expected...

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• Revivio Continuous Data Protection Solution Chosen by Prairie Packaging; Revivio CPS 1200 to Safeguard Mission Critical Applications against Data Loss, Corruption or Disaster

  - 2006-01-17

  LEXINGTON, Mass. -- RevivioR, Inc., a leading provider of continuous data protection CDP solutions, today announced that Prairie Packaging, one of the world's leading manufacturers and distributors of high quality foam and plastic disposable products, will deploy Revivio's Continuous Protection System CPS, Model 1200, to safeguard its mission critical applications...

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• Prairie Packaging Expands to North Carolina

  - 2006-01-01

  PRAIRIE PACKAGING HAS selected Huntersville, North Carolina, for its new Southeast manufacturing and distribution hub. The Illinois-based maker of disposable plastic cups, plates, bowls, and straws plans a $48 million investment in the facility, which is expected to create 242 new jobs at a higher average annual wage than the...

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• Prairie Packaging.(CHARLOTTE)

  - 2005-09-01

  HUNTERSVILLE -- Prairie Packaging, a Bedford Park, Ill.-based maker of plastic tableware, will invest $48 million during the next five years to build a factory and warehouse that will create 242 jobs and occupy 700,000 square feet in North Mecklenburg Industrial Park. It will employ machine...

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• Newsclips.(Prairie Packaging Inc.)

  - 2005-06-27

  Ill.-based Prairie building plant in N.C. BEDFORD PARK, ILL. - Prairie Packaging Inc., a Bedford Park, Ill.-based thermoformer and injection molder, is building a 200,000-square-foot facility near Charlotte, N.C., that is to create 242 jobs and cost $48 million. "We wanted...

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• Prairie Packaging mulls N.C. plant site.(News)(North Carolina)(supplier of disposable cutlery, plates and cups)(Brief Article)

  - 2004-06-28

  Byline: Crain News Service Bedford Park-based Prairie Packaging Inc. is considering sites in the Charlotte, N.C., area to build a 200,000-square-foot plant, according to an economic development official in a nearby county. The company-a supplier of disposable cutlery, plates and cups-has ...

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