History
True entrepreneurs aren’t born, they’re made. Royal Containers founder, Ross Nelson, had a sensibility for designing packaging coupled with the gift of a great salesman. He knew in the 1970s that a good story has many chapters and the Royal Containers saga was written with Norbram Packaging, Tri-County Containers, Rowland Packaging, and later Morphy Containers. The story cannot be told without a tribute to the founding of Canada’s first sheet feeder operation. Tencorr is a partnership that provides steady access to corrugated sheets.
Once again Ross invested in 100% recycled linerboard. Kim Nelson has carried her father’s bold moves into the future by acquiring Rexdale Corrugated Containers and C & B Display Packaging, partnering with Greenpac Mill, and re-imagining Royal’s London facility (Royal West) into a bigger, more efficient, state-of-the-art plant. Royal West opens for production in Spring 2022 in St. Thomas, Ontario.
History Timeline of Royal Containers
2022 – The Royal London plant relocated to St. Thomas, now referred to as Royal West.
2020 – The acquisition of C&B Display and moved the manufacturing to the London location.
2018 – Kim Nelson was the first woman inductee into the AICC Hall of Fame.
2017 – Acquisition of Rexdale Containers.
2012 – Royal Containers invests in Greenpac Mill, a new 100% recycled fibre linerboard mill. It became the first paper mill in North America to produce lightweight linerboard.
2010 – Kim Nelson succeeds her father Ross Nelson to become President & CEO.
2009 – Acquisition of Morphy Containers which became the Royal Containers London location.
2004 – First independent corrugate manufacturer to provide an online ordering system for customers.
1992 – First partnership in a paper mill supplying 100% recycled containerboard.
1984 – Tencorr was founded when 10 independent corrugated converters partnered to form the first sheet feeder in Canada. Today they operate 2 locations; Brampton and Mississauga.
1980 – Royal Containers was born.
1970-1979 – Ross Nelson embraced his entrepreneurial spirit with the launch of Norbram Packaging, Tri-County Containers, and the acquisition of Rowland Packaging.