Over the last few years, smaller family owned, U.S.-based processing companies have experienced a jolt of growth brought on by the pandemic and global supply chain disruptions. Spending on consumer goods surged against a backdrop of trade restrictions, rising freight rates, and persistent logistics challenges. Local production lines and manufacturing plants have to effectively keep pace with the widening demand. Companies with the ability to be agile and adjust to these rising needs find themselves in the market for bigger, better equipment and more manufacturing space. Such is the case for Chem-Pak, a mid-sized contract packager of aerosol and liquid products as well as a producer of specialty coatings, consumer, and industrial chemical products.
Founded by George Pete Duane Jr. in 1966, Chem-Pak, Inc. is a family owned and operated chemical manufacturing firm, housed in a state-of-the-art, 40,000-square-foot facility in Berkeley County, West Virginia. Specializing in liquid and aerosol packaging and lean manufacturing, Chem-Pak works with customers to bring products from concept to commercialization and deliver high-quality products to the marketplace. Its brand of flaw-repair coatings are used in plastic furniture, consumer electronic parts, and automotive components. They also produce lubricants, penetrants, cleaners, degreasers, rust control chemicals, firearm finishes, and polishes for musical instruments. Chem-Pak is also a contract liquid and aerosol packager, with a full-service R&D laboratory offering formulation expertise, prototype generation, testing capabilities, and regulatory support.