Colbert Packaging Celebrates 50 Years

CHICAGO—Colbert Packaging Corp., a manufacturer of folding cartons, rigid paper boxes, and paperboard specialty products, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

In 1959, Charles “Bud” Colbert purchased Kroeck Paper Box, a rigid setup box company founded in 1892. He changed the name to Colbert Packaging and set out on a mission to offer one of the industry’s most diverse packaging portfolios. This meant reaching beyond the rigid paper box market and launching a folding carton operation. Today, the company continues to diversify its packaging line with paperboard specialty products, flexographic packaging, tamper-proof blister packaging, pressure-sensitive labels, and a growing line of pharmaceutical packaging solutions. In recent months, Colbert Packaging has introduced three new patient compliance packages into the market, and several more are scheduled for release this year.