PSSMA Announces Leadership Changes and Industry Excellence Award Recipient at Annual Meeting 

PSSMA chairman Dale Stevens, President of Hood Packaging Corporation presents the PSSMA 2024 Richard E. Storat Industry Excellence Award to Carlos A. Garcia, President of Endpak Packaging, Inc. at their recent Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. Mr. Garcia has supported the PSSMA and contributed to the multi-wall bag industry for many years, including serving as PSSMA chairman from 2018-2020.

Welcome New Associate Members!

  • Can-Am Packaging Equipment Corp
  • Greif
  • Perga GmbH
  • Pixelle Specialty Solutions
  • Provident LLC
  • Royal Ingredients Group
  • Tesa Tape N. America
  • The Reynolds Company 
  • The Navigator Company
  • W. Gröning GmbH & Co. KG

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3.3 billion paper shipping sacks were used in the U.S. in 2017

The paper shipping sack and consumer bag industry has emerged into a billion dollar a year industry with shipments of over three billion sacks annually.

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Industry Overview

Paper shipping sacks are used to package a wide variety of food, agricultural building material and industrial purpose products.

Member Benefits

If your company is involved in the multiwall paper shipping sack industry, you need to be a PSSMA member.

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PSSMA Announces 2023 Safety Award Winners 

May 23, 2024

COOPERSBURG, PA (May 21, 2024) – The Paper Shipping Sack Manufacturers’ Association (PSSMA) has announced the winners of its annual Safety Awards Program for paper shipping sack manufacturing plants in 2023.  These awards were presented to company representatives at...

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Industry Leaders Recognized at PSSMA’s 2022 Annual Meeting

Nov 29, 2022

The Paper Shipping Sack Manufacturers' Association (PSSMA) held its 2022 Annual Meeting November 1-4, 2022 at the Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. Attendees noted that it was an exciting and memorable occasion, marked with celebration and expressed...

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PSSMA Members Convene for 2021 Annual Meeting

Dec 17, 2021

Industry Welcomes New PSSMA Chairman, Sylvamo’s Mark Edwards and Honors Portco Packaging’s Howard M. ‘Macy’ Wall with 2021 Richard E. Storat - PSSMA Annual Industry Excellence Award COOPERSBURG, PA (December 7, 2021) – The Paper Shipping Sack Manufacturers’...

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PSSMA Announces 2020 Safety Award Winners

Feb 26, 2021

For Immediate Release: PSSMA Announces 2020 Safety Award Winners COOPERSBURG, PA (February 26, 2021) – The Paper Shipping Sack Manufacturers’ Association (PSSMA) announced the winners of its annual Safety Awards Program for 2020 during their Fourth Quarter 2020 and...

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2020 Production Managers’ Meeting and Bag School CANCELLED

Mar 20, 2020

Dear PSSMA Members and Associates: The PSSMA Production Managers’ Seminar and Bag School scheduled for May 12-14, 2020 in Charlotte, North Carolina, have been cancelled.  We have been closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation and unfortunately, we have no choice but...

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Richard Storat Obituary

Sep 19, 2023

Major General Richard E. Storat, distinguished veteran of the U.S. Army and prominent businessman passed away September 7, 2023, from natural causes at his home in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania.  The son of Ernest Storat and Edith (Schmitz), Richard ‘Dick’ Storat was born...

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