Berlin Packaging was formed in 1988 when lawyer joined his father in purchasing Alco Packaging, a longtime Chicago-based container company, which was renamed Berlin Packaging. Alco Packaging earned $69 million in annual sales at the time, and its roots trace back to 1898, when Riekes Container was founded, a firm purchased by Alco Packaging in 1975. In 2000, Berlin Packaging acquired Knap-Pac Containers, a wholesale provider of industrial an.
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