PaperTech, a Findlay, Ohio-based manufacturer of pressed paperboard products for the food packaging and foodservice markets, has completed the acquisition of Bake-Best Trays (Bake-Best), a Redmond, Oregon-based manufacturer of pressed paperboard trays.
Bake-Best’s pressed paperboard tray products are designed for ovenable applications, enhancing PaperTech’s tray portfolio with additional formats, performance-oriented design features, and microwave active susceptor solutions to improve the browning and crisping of food contents. Founded in 2007, Bake-Best suppors customers across various food-service end markets, including processors, supermarkets, regional restaurant chains, and schools.
“The acquisition of Bake-Best expands the depth and flexibility of our pressed paperboard tray platform,” said Chris Collis, CEO of PaperTech. “Bake-Best’s ovenable tray designs and susceptor-enabled solutions complement our existing capabilities and strengthen our ability to support customers where cooking performance, consistency, and presentation matter. We are excited to build on Bake-Best’s established customer relationships and deliver additional value through an expanded product offering.”
The acquisition strengthens PaperTech’s sustainable packaging platform through the addition of complementary products and differentiated cooking-performance technologies. The combined offering broadens the solutions available to food processors, distributors, and foodservice operators while helping PaperTech continue to provide customers with economical, more sustainable, and environmentally friendly alternatives to CPET and polypropylene packaging, the company said.
