FirmaPak, a rapidly growing manufacturer of blow molded packaging solutions, announced today the acquisition of Lighthouse Packaging, a blow molder and decorator of plastic packaging solutions based in Corona, California.

Founded by 30-year industry veteran, Ernie Hernandez, in 2015, Lighthouse Packaging offers stock and custom packaging solutions and in-house screen printing primarily for the personal care end market. This acquisition expands FirmaPak’s geographic footprint by adding a West Coast manufacturing facility, strengthens FirmaPak’s offerings by adding in-house decorating capabilities, and adds another talented leader to FirmaPak with Hernandez.

“This acquisition continues our strategy of partnering with customer-focused packaging manufacturers to build a scaled platform that serves customers across a variety of end markets with outstanding product quality, reliability, on-time availability, and value-added services like decoration. Lighthouse’s location, long-standing customer relationships, focus on personal care, and strong leadership in Ernie Hernandez, make it an exceptional fit with our company,” said Rob Goldberg, Chief Executive Officer of FirmaPak.

“This is a great milestone for Lighthouse,” said Ernie Hernandez, founder and President of Lighthouse Packaging. “Our partnership with FirmaPak allows us to do even more for our customers, employees, and partners. We are expanding our manufacturing footprint to include the adjacent building where we will locate all our new machines. I am excited for our team and other partners, who will have even more opportunities as we continue to grow our business in partnership with FirmaPak.”

FirmaPak also owns leading blow molders, Container Services and Apex Plastics, and has manufacturing facilities in Kansas, Missouri, and Pennsylvania. This is the second acquisition FirmaPak has completed since January 2024 when it acquired Apex Plastics.

All Lighthouse employees are being retained in the acquisition, and Hernandez will continue to lead the company, which will now be known as Lighthouse Packaging, a FirmaPak Company. The facility expansion will be complete prior to year-end with no disruption to customers.

 

Source: businesswire.com

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