Preferred Packaging and Crating, Inc., a Phoenix-based manufacturer of packaging products and supplies, has become part of the Minneapolis-based Liberty Diversified International (LDI) family of companies. Preferred Packaging (PP) will continue to operate under its brand name, manufacturing corrugated, wood and foam packaging solutions. PP serves customers in the aerospace, manufacturing, distribution and consumer goods markets. The company also offers custom design services for point-of-purchase displays and sophisticated packaging.
PP will become part of LDI’s Packaging South Group, headquartered in the San Diego area under the leadership of LDI Vice President Bob Walton. PP’s co-owner, Mike Eagleton, will join the LDI team and help provide continuity to PP customers and employees during the business transition. Mike’s wife and fellow co-owner, Andi Eagleton, will also remain with the company.
PP’s approximately 70 employees will be offered employment with LDI. The current primary manufacturing plant, about 11 miles west of Sky Harbor airport in Phoenix, will remain in operation under a lease arrangement. The facility covers approximately 175,000 sq ft.
Mike Fiterman, LDI Chairman and CEO, said, “Like our firm, PP is a family-owned business with like-minded approaches to taking care of customers, employees and the community.”
Mike Eagleton said, “In LDI, we found a partner that shares our business values, a crucial element to our decision-making in this transaction.”
