Ingersoll Paper Box Co. Limited

Ingersoll Cone and Paper Box is how it all started.The company made ice cream cones and the cones needed boxes. As a partner and general manager, Robert Skinner considered everybody to be family – he trusted his employees and they trusted him. It was an unusual but successful management style back then and over the years, that level of trust grew to embrace suppliers and customers.The ice cream cone operations were eventually sold and the company name changed to Ingersoll Paper Box Co. Limited.

Ronald Skinner, the second generation to manage Ingersoll Paper Box, made what would prove to be an important sales call on a new Stratford, Ontario plant that was producing Fram filters for the Canadian market. He made a sale and worked with his customer to reduce costs on Fram cartons.This relationship has grown over the past 55 years.

David Skinner, the third generation, entered the business. Since then we have seen tremendous growth in business and in the building structure and on-going equipment upgrades.

In 1992, the equipment layout was rearranged to greatly improve work flow and efficiency.The 1990’s marked the entry of the fourth generation of the Skinner family into the business. In 1994 Sarah came onboard with our sales, marketing and management teams. John joined IPB in 1997 and now leads our Structural Design Department. Our first formal quality management system was established in 1997 using ISO 9002:1994 as our template. Since then we have upgraded to ISO 9002:2000 designation. IPB became GMP compliant in 1998, successfully completing several audits carried out by customers’ quality departments and quality auditing specialists. Manufacturing facility expansion took place in 1999 and saw the purchase of a 40" 6 colour Man Roland.

Additions include: new equipment, Quality Control Systems, expanded warehousing space and new lunch room facilities.

Ingersoll Paper Box Limited is now a modern facility with 40,000 square feet of manufacturing space and 38,000 square feet of warehousing space. New customer requirements and a commitment to continuous improvement have built the company over the past eight decades and will continue to drive the company’s future.