the perfect package from

concept to consumer

Various food packaging printed by Burd Fletcher

the perfect package from

concept to consumer

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Your Package Imagination.
Our Manufacturing Innovation.

Burd & Fletcher translates package design to the production process. We combine the potential of your creative vision with our innovative manufacturing to produce packaging that stands out on crowded store shelves. With unrivaled quality and safety and best-in-class steady supply, Burd & Fletcher delivers the perfect folding paper cartons and formed paper cups.
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Kemps food packaging printed by Burd Fletcher

save time, money

and frustration

Almost without exception, every consumer food package Burd & Fletcher produces is custom—from the paperboard roll to the sheetfed load and from the special colors in the ink fountains to the individual items printed on the sheet. Our manufacturing process from concept to consumer checks all the boxes for the perfect custom(er) container.

We dig deep to understand your packaging specifications. We create a system that meets your needs, not ours. It’s the right thing to do and the best way to deliver cost-effective quality food packaging for you.

Let's Get Started

Your Package Imagination.
Our Manufacturing Innovation.

Burd & Fletcher translates package design to the production process. We combine the potential of your creative vision with our innovative manufacturing to produce packaging that stands out on crowded store shelves. With unrivaled quality and safety and best-in-class steady supply, Burd & Fletcher delivers the perfect folding paper cartons and formed paper cups.
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save time, money

and frustration

Almost without exception, every consumer food package Burd & Fletcher produces is custom—from the paperboard roll to the sheetfed load and from the special colors in the ink fountains to the individual items printed on the sheet. Our manufacturing process from concept to consumer checks all the boxes for the perfect custom(er) container.

We dig deep to understand your packaging specifications. We create a system that meets your needs, not ours. It’s the right thing to do and the best way to deliver cost-effective quality food packaging for you.

Let's Get Started
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Design

Depending on the project, this step includes your physical shape and container design, the visual graphic design, or both physical and visual.


FINAL
PRODUCTION ART

It’s time to finalize ink colors, process and spot colors, as well as ensure consistent replication and evaluate cost efficiency.


PRINTING

Ready for lithographic sheet-fed, high impact, graphic printing.


BOXING &
PALLETIZING

Cases are a perfect fit to correctly hold product with no damage and make sure it arrives at the next destination just as it came off the line.


FULFILLMENT OF
PRODUCT AT
MANUFACTURER

We work on-site with you and your customer, verifying everything works as planned and all parties are completely satisfied.

BRAND STRATEGY

We want to fully understand your packaging specifications and brand objectives, then we create a system to best meet your needs.


PROTOTYPE
DEVELOPMENT

  • Handmade
  • Die Making
  • Limited Production Run for Testing on Customers Equipment

This stage involves visual 3D modeling technology, plain white prototypes made by hand, skilled craftsmen creating full-custom dies, and limited production runs for testing on manufacturer equipment.


PREPRESS

PDF, artwork and final proofs are approved.


FINISHING

Double check its perfect package construction and fits with manufacturer-identified speeds needed at plant for line efficiencies.

  • Die Cutting & Scoring
  • Forming & Gluing


SHIP TO PRODUCT
MANUFACTURER

Our central location in the U.S. means 1- to 3-day transit time to any domestic location.


Retail Shelf/Food
service locations

That final step where product and consumers connect.

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BRING Out your
PACKAGING’s POTENTIAL

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BRING Out your
PACKAGING’s POTENTIAL

Mega Meats folding paper carton

Folding Paper Cartons

Our end goal is to provide the highest quality printed folding cartons that run over high-speed packaging lines. Between the personal touch of our family-owned company and our state-of-the-art production facilities, your packaging reaches its full potential.

Kemps formed paper cup

Formed Paper Cups

Variations are great for flavors, but not for your packaging. Count on our high-speed forming equipment and technologically advanced forming, usable on a variety of filling lines, to minimize variations and replicate perfection on every run.  

Green

More than just a
color in our palette

Our commitment to environmental sustainability is reflected in our supplies, processes and internal ecosystem. We not only talk the talk; we walk the walk.

We continually partner with our suppliers in a way that promotes both sustainable sourcing and enhanced product quality. Fully realized, we will provide the finest products to our customers that are both sustainable and responsible to our environment. We take this stewardship seriously and are proud of our achievements so far, but we’ll never stop.

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icon signifying their climate controlled facility

CLIMATE-
CONTROLLED
Underground
facility

FBB source Reduction

FBB (Folding Box
Board) source
reduction

SFI COC Conformance

SFI COC
conformance

99.8 of wastepaper repurposed

99.8% of WASTEPAPER

REPURPOSED OR RECYCLED

(near zero waste per ton)

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Green

More than just a color in our palette

Our commitment to environmental sustainability is reflected in our supplies, processes and internal ecosystem. We not only talk the talk; we walk the walk.

We continually partner with our suppliers in a way that promotes both sustainable sourcing and enhanced product quality. Fully realized, we will provide the finest products to our customers that are both sustainable and responsible to our environment. We take this stewardship seriously and are proud of our achievements so far, but we’ll never stop.

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CLIMATE-CONTROLLED
Underground facility

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FBB (Folding Box Board)
sourcE reduction

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SFI COC
conformance

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99.8% of WASTEPAPER

REPURPOSED OR RECYCLED

(near zero waste per ton)

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generations of
integrity and
commitment

Humility doesn’t allow us to brag beyond what we can prove. We are proud of our history yet humbled by our success. Our achievements are measured by the success of our long-time customers and our most valued asset, our employees.

Burd & Fletcher’s ownership dates to 1886, spanning six generations. Each generation honors the legacy of those who came before them. Our names are less important than those of our employees whose average tenure exceeds 20 years.

In our industry, nothing is valued more than experience. Our customers know we will deliver exactly what we promise because our team faces any challenge, confidently. That’s what being the largest independent company in our industry means.

Men standing along rail in Burd Fletcher facility
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generations of
integrity and
commitment

Humility doesn’t allow us to brag beyond what we can prove. We are proud of our history yet humbled by our success. Our achievements are measured by the success of our long-time customers and our most valued asset, our employees.

Burd & Fletcher’s ownership dates to 1886, spanning six generations. Each generation honors the legacy of those who came before them. Our names are less important than those of our employees whose average tenure exceeds 20 years.

In our industry, nothing is valued more than experience. Our customers know we will deliver exactly what we promise because our team faces any challenge, confidently. That’s what being the largest independent company in our industry means.

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