Chicago Tribune

Foam coffee cups are in trouble as cities and states ban them across the country. But a Michigan company with a factory in Chicago isn’t ready to give up.

The Dart Container Corp., by some measures, is an American success story. The family-owned business was co-founded in Michigan by a World War II veteran with a triple major in mathematics, engineering ...
LancasterOnline

Dart Container furloughs 500 employees here as COVID-19 depresses sales of its foam cups, trays

Dart Container, facing falling demand for its products due to COVID-19, last week furloughed about 500 employees at its Leola and Lancaster complexes, a company spokeswoman confirmed Monday. Dart CEO ...
LancasterOnline

Dart Container takes aim at Phila. foam ban

Dart Container employee Susan Leftwich last visited Philadelphia two years ago, taking a bus trip to the zoo. That was a fun outing. But her next bus trip to Philadelphia will be all business.
MLive

World's biggest foam cup maker to grow with $40M investment in Michigan

Anyone who's bought a cup of take-out coffee, asked for a restaurant doggie-bag, or held an iconic red Solo cup at a tailgate knows the product line of Dart Container Corporation. The company is ...
Plastics Today

Dart Container Corp. to acquire Solo Cup Co.

Foam cup manufacturer Dart Container Corp. will acquire Solo Cup Co. in a transaction valued at approximately $1 billion. Both companies are in the consumer and foodservice disposable packaging ...