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Two people sitting
at a kitchen table with an idea for a company. A company born from their
combined 30 years of experience and knowledge of the flexible packaging
business. Both had worked together at Sears where they were responsible
for the coordination and procurement of flexible packaging for third party
use. Both had been exposed to the many uses of flexible packaging and
its growing importance in the world of packaging.It was 1975 when these
two people - Dominic Imburgia, President and Phyllis Muccianti, Vice President
- founded Packaging Personified, Inc. and became entrepreneurs and believers
in a product that was going through its own birth pains … flexible packaging.
They began their sales operation at that kitchen table but within four
months rented space for a business that was beginning to grow.
Two years
later, they began manufacturing the product they were selling. Leasing
larger space, purchasing four bag converters and hiring a small production
staff, they began running their first production lines. But, they were
converters still buying raw materials from film extruders and printing
from flexible printers. They wanted to do it all, to be in control of
delivering quality product. And so, a printing press, more bag converters
and more printers were purchased. In the 80's, they had outgrown their
leased space. Now their "kitchen table" dream became a reality. A reality
that needed a building of its own. A complete manufacturing facility with
its own extruders, converters, design department and printing operation.
Today, they continue to expand their operation. They have created job
opportunities for over 150 people in four states, are operating 24 hours
a day, seven days a week.
The dream is a reality but the growth continues
nationwide because of their determination to maintain a sound customer
base, to deliver a custom top-quality product at a reasonable price. More
than twenty years have passed but the dream continues in their families
and into the new century. A dream that had a strong foundation when it
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