COOPERSBURG, PA (April 29, 2026) – The Paper Shipping Sack Manufacturers’ Association (PSSMA) has announced the winners of its annual Safety Awards Program for paper shipping sack manufacturing plants in 2025. These awards were presented to company representatives on April 22, 2026, at the PSSMA’s 2026 Production Managers’ Seminar. The meeting was held April 21-23, 2026, in Greenville, South Carolina. PSSMA Chairman Clint Sells from The Robinette Company highlighted the multiwall bag industry’s improving safety record, as the total recordable incidence rate of 2.59 reported for 2025 was an improvement from the prior year’s 2.64, and the lowest rate achieved in recent years. The PSSMA’s members and guests joined Mr. Sells in congratulating each of the safety award winners.
The Best Annual Safety Experience awards were determined based on the lowest total recordable incidence rate in each of the four annual manhour categories in 2025. The paper shipping sack manufacturing plants that achieved the Best Annual Safety Experience in 2025 in the manhour categories shown are:
Less than 150,000 manhours: A six-way tie between Bag Supply Company, Moody, Alabama Plant; Central Bag Company, Leavenworth, Kansas Plant; ProAmpac, Omaha Nebraska Plant; Langston Companies, West Memphis, Arkansas Plant; Mondi Bags USA, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Plant; and Northeast Packaging Company, Caribou, Maine Plant; each with zero recordable incidents in 2025.
150,000 to 220,000 manhours: Mondi Bags USA, Romeoville, Illinois Plant with zero recordable incidents.
220,000 to 320,000 manhours: A three-way tie between Hood Packaging Corporation, Crossett, Arkansas Plant; Mondi Bags USA, Eastman, Georgia Plant and Wellsburg, West Virginia Plant each with zero recordable incidents.
Over 320,000 manhours: Bancroft Bag, West Monroe, Louisiana Plant with one recordable incident.
The Best Annual Safety Improvement awards were determined based on the greatest decreases in total recordable incidence rates reported in 2025 compared to 2024. The paper shipping sack manufacturing plants that achieved the Best Annual Safety Improvement in 2025 in the manhour categories shown are:
Less than 150,000 manhours: Hood Packaging Corporation; Vancouver, Washington Plant
150,000 to 220,000 manhours: Portco Packaging; Toppenish, Washington Plant
220,000 to 320,000 manhours: Endpak Packaging; Pico Rivera, California Plant
Over 320,000 manhours – The Robinette Company; Bristol, Tennessee Plant
The following 10 paper shipping sack manufacturing plants were recognized for having zero recordable incidents in 2025:
- Bag Supply Company; Moody, Alabama Plant
- Central Bag Company; Leavenworth, Kansas Plant
- Hood Packaging Corporation; Crossett, Arkansas Plant
- Langston Companies; West Memphis, Arkansas Plant
- Mondi Bags USA; Eastman, Georgia Plant
- Mondi Bags USA; Pine Bluff, Arkansas Plant
- Mondi Bags USA; Romeoville, Illinois Plant
- Mondi Bags USA; Wellsburg, West Virginia Plant
- Northeast Packaging Company; Caribou, Maine Plant
- ProAmpac; Omaha, Nebraska Plant
N.B. For photographs of winners accepting plaques, contact: [email protected]
