1990

1990

Our Lee’s Summit, Missouri (Kansas City) facility opens, doubling Polytainers’ capacity and providing operational capability for the U.S. market. The new facility was modeled after our Toronto plant and was located in Lee’s Summit, MO as it’s within 100 miles of the...
1988

1988

Polytainers celebrates 20 years of business!
1986

1986

The Evelyn M. Barrett Scholarship Fund was established in memory of Bob’s mother. Two scholarships are awarded annually to daughters or sons of full-time Team Members of Polytainers (Toronto) to help support the cost of their education. Subsequently, the W.D. Barrett...
1980

1980

We make the move to our current head office/manufacturing location on Norseman Street, Toronto and adopted European technology as a standard. Polytainers’ design capabilities can be linked to European technology. In 1980, we became the first producer of European...
1976

1976

Prior to SQF (Safe Quality Food) certification, the IMS accreditation was received from State Milk Sanitation Rating Authorities. This signified that we are in satisfactory compliance with the requirements found in the Fabrication of Single-Service Containers and...