private industry packaging founded 1936 headquarters chicago illinois usa products plastic and metal containers packaging number of employees unknown website www.berlinpackaging.com continental packaging solutions was an american packaging company . founded in 1936 and headquartered in chicago illinois until berlin packaging purchased the company in 2010 . the company was a member of the national association of container distributors nacd . 1 contents 1 company history 2 current corporate structure 3 references 4 external links company history edit in 1936 nathan rosenstone along with william blitzstein harold fishbein and morris allentuck founded continental glass company which began operations with office space and a warehouse at 524 w. erie street in chicago . the core of the business was supplying glass bottles to the beverage industry from glenshaw glass to companies such as pepsi cola 7 up doctor pepper and a group of small beverage manufacturers . at that time there were also a number of small rectifiers in chicago . a major customer from this group was the jim beam distillery company . another major customer at that time was the real lemon co. these companies along with the beverage manufacturers represented the core of continental s business . the following year the company moved to 841 w. cermak road and remained there until the company moved in 2005 to 230 w. monroe street . continental soon found footholds not only in the beverage and liquor industry but in other areas such as health and beauty including industry pioneer helene curtis . although many customers were based on personal relationship the company realized that service was an integral part of the business and value added services were able to attract new and larger customers such as abbott labs kraft food and baxter labs . one of the large customers that nathan rosenstone worked with was a vinegar company in michigan called steffen vinegar . continental s influence continued to grow and it was awarded the exclusive distributorship of owens illinois products for its region which greatly expanded their product offerings . 2 current corporate structure edit in 2010 continental packaging solutions was acquired and integrated into berlin packaging the major north american supplier of packaging . 3 references edit nacd member directory continental packaging history berlin packaging website external links edit berlin packaging retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title continental packaging solutions & oldid 743336407 categories packaging companiescompanies based in chicagocompanies established in 1936 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 04 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view