Petoskey Plastics

“We Are An Environmentally Focused Film, Bag and Resin Manufacturer Providing Superior Products & Solutions.”Petoskey Plastics excels at working with customers to develop custom-engineered solutions to their product needs.All of our custom-engineered products share common attributes: innovation, performance and value for our customers. 

Eco-Friendly Polyethylene
Our exclusive, vertically integrated manufacturing process creates high-performance polyethylene products that are good for our customers and good for the environment.Our products can be made with up to 70% SCS Certified post-consumer recycled plastic and exceed EPA recycled content requirements.

Our Culture

Our culture is one of “Hands-on”, “Feet-on-the-street” and “Feet-on-the-production-floor”. Whether you are the CEO and President or a new packing associate on the floor, we like to have the entire team engaged. If you see someone struggling, help them; if you see trash on the floor, pick it up. If you are a manager, understand how you can help, coach, motivate and improve the work-life of your staff. Good housekeeping is extremely important to us.

Visitors often comment on the neatness, presentation, and organization of our company and Associates. We want to keep this reputation.Daily we dedicate ourselves to continuous improvement, as this is a state of mind and a way of life for us. Additionally, all of our Associates are encouraged to feel free to offer ideas for improvements. We strive to keep our facilities a safe place to work, but most of all, we want our company to be a fair and equitable place to spend our working hours.

HOW DID WE GET TO BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY?

Petoskey Plastics, Inc. was founded in 1969. Operations began with 5 employees on April 1, 1970 with one bag machine that converted purchased film into plastic bags.In 1975 the company purchased an extrusion line to manufacture film. We continued to grow and acquire additional extrusion lines over the next several years. In 1987 the company applied for and obtained a patent for a SlipNGrip® polyethylene disposable seat cover. Petoskey Plastics developed extensive experience in manufacturing and using recycled polymers.

We first began in-house recycling in 1978 and in 1990 we were awarded a grant from the state of Michigan through the Quality of Life Bond Fund to recycle post-consumer polyethylene waste. Fifty percent matching funds were provided and all production requirements were satisfactorily completed, enabling Petoskey Plastics to purchase a recycle line from Italy to reprocess plastic scrap. The recycle department was further expanded with wash line technology to reprocess post-consumer bags & film in 1991 with State of Michigan assistance through a Quality of Life Grant. The Petoskey plant features numerous extrusion lines utilizing recycled materials originating from our Indiana recycling facility.In 1999, Petoskey Plastics acquired the assets of a polyethylene film plant in Morristown, Tennessee. Significant investments were made to refurbish and add new equipment. The Morristown Plant today has multiple extrusion lines utilizing recycled materials, along with converting lines and a 4 color offset paper printing press.

The summer of 2007 marked the opening of our new corporate headquarters building in downtown Petoskey.Later in 2007 we completed renovations to a former garage door manufacturing facility in Hartford City, Indiana; converting the building to a 330,000 square foot leading-edge recycling facility. In 2013, we added blown film manufacturing and converting lines.

Our Core Values

• You come first. Our staff is ready to help you every step of the way.
• Our company stresses safety across all departments, whether it’s working on the plant floor or traveling on behalf of the company.
• Our multi-layer equipment strategy provides us with the capability to develop polymer blends for improved performance and cost savings.
• Our dedicated group of associates, working in a family environment, strives to achieve our mission of earning the appreciation and respect of our customers, associates and community
• It’s a way of life and a state of mind.
• We strive to provide valued, engineered solutions directly addressing the customer’s needs.

Sustainability Scorecard Program

Petoskey Plastics is committed to sustainable materials management. Our commitment to a sustainable environment includes: helping to create sustainable products, primarily using recycled plastic as the feedstock, reducing petrochemical usage, reducing energy use and reducing the carbon footprint (greenhouse gas emissions). The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) foster environmental innovations that are consistent with Petoskey Plastics commitment.
Petoskey Plastics offers innovative technology with its production of recycled LLDPE resin and the use of its recycled LLDPE resin PE films. To demonstrate commitment to sustainability and provide evidence of this accomplishment, Petoskey Plastics contracted a third party to complete a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), or cradle-to-gate analysis of their recycled LLDPE resin and the use of the recycled LLDPE resin in PE films.

What We Recycle

• Stretch Film & Pallet Wrap
• Clear Bags & Packaging (LDPE) (LLDPE)
• Colored Bags & Packaging
• Post-Consumer & Post-Industrial