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Plastic Packaging, Inc. is a privately held, 40-percent employee-owned flexographic printer headquartered in Hickory, N.C. Established as a supplier to the local textile market more than 50 years ago, the company today boasts a total of 188 associates and more than $46 million in annual sales. Product lines include laminated and non-laminated rollstock for form and fill production, as well as stand-up and side-gussetted pouches, and side-seal bags. Key markets include, but are not limited to, pet and animal care, candy and snack foods, lawn and garden, tobacco, personal care, and consumer products. The company operates a second manufacturing plant in Forest Hills, N.C. Plastic Packaging operates a combined total of eight presses, including three new Fisher & Krecke gearless, servo-driven flexographic sleeve presses installed at the Hickory plant.