Garlock/C-P Plans Major Investments This Year After 2025 Merger

Garlock/C-P says it intends to invest $20 million this year in its flexible packaging operations, with the enhancements including new manufacturing equipment and expanded data, infrastructure, and analytics capabilities.

The company, which was created late last year with the merger of Garlock Flexibles and C-P Flexible Packaging, said in a news release that it has quickly achieved key milestones, including integration of core business functions and expansion of customer-facing capabilities.

Headquartered in York, Pennsylvania, the combined company operates 10 manufacturing facilities across the U.S. and Canada and serves fresh produce and consumer packaged goods brands.

The company says it is adding workers in customer service and key support areas including costing, estimating, quoting, finance, and IT “to improve speed, visibility, and execution.”

“Investments in client service-related IT infrastructure, data systems, and analytics will provide customers with improved insights and reporting,” it adds.

Consolidations include an announcement last month that it will be closing two plants in Gardner, Massachusetts, where Garlock had been based before the merger. The closures will take place in three phases from April to September. The company has also re-aligned its Fond du Lac site in Wisconsin.

“Our priority from day one has been disciplined integration without disrupting service to customers,” says Garlock/C-P CEO Greg Powell, who served as the top executive at Garlock before the merger. “Our objective is straightforward—to build a stronger, more resilient, and more scalable organization that consistently delivers high-quality, innovative, and competitively priced packaging solutions.”