Hammer Packaging Sets Sail for a Second Century in Business

"Everything boils down to economics and managing the playoff between cost and price while keeping quality high," Hammer said.

Triumph of a trend-watcher

Founded in 1912 as Genesee Valley Lithographic Company and formerly known as Hammer Lithograph Corp., the company changed its name to Hammer Packaging Corp. in July 2005 to better reflect the company's core competency. While its heritage is rooted in offset label printing, Hammer has moved well beyond that today, providing foam, shrink sleeve, roll-fed, in-mold, cut-and-stack, pressure sensitive, and specialty label printing services to an impressive roster of North American food, beverage, and consumer products companies ranked in the Fortune 500. The company also provides vendor-managed inventory and ordering, prepress, technical assistance, training, and customer services.