Great Little Box Company forged ahead in uncertain times, and that risk is paying off already By Sarah Laing
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On February 28, 2020, Great Little Box Company signed a letter of intent to acquire Ideon Packaging. It was the biggest investment commitment in the history of the packaging manufacturer and distributor, based in Richmond, B.C.
“And then, on March 15, everything essentially got shut down,” says Brad Tindall, the company’s president. “We were sitting there wondering if we were going to get shut down, and how many of our customers would be negatively impacted by this.”
The company started in 1982 making basic brown corrugated cardboard boxes, but has since expanded into packaging for “pretty much every industry imaginable,” says Tindall. Retail and the food and beverage sectors, two areas dramatically changed by lockdowns, are a major part of their business they make everything from wine labels to chocolate boxes so they had r
How a BC Manufacturer Made the Biggest Acquisition in Their Company’s History In the Middle of a Pandemic
Great Little Box forged ahead in uncertain times, and that risk is paying off already
By Sarah Laing |
On February 28, 2020, The Great Little Box Company signed a letter of intent to acquire Ideon Packaging. It was the biggest investment commitment in the history of this Richmond, BC based packaging manufacturer and distributor. “And then, on March 15th, everything essentially got shut down,” remembers Brad Tindall, the company’s president. “We were sitting there wondering if we were going to get shut down, and how many of our customers would be negatively impacted by this.”