Yazoo Mills, a large family-owned and operated manufacturer of paper tubes and cores, has reached a new milestone. The company is celebrating its historical mark of 120 years in business and continued growth.

In its 120th year, the company continues to grow with the latest expansion of its second plant in Hanover, PA. Completed in the spring of 2022, the 60,000 square feet of additional manufacturing and warehouse space comes in response to the growing demand for the company’s products and services. Yazoo Mills now operates two state-of-the-art facilities totaling 300,000 square feet. In addition, the company has begun to expand its production capacity with the installation of several automated machines and increased its workforce to more than 200 employees.

Meanwhile, Fortis Solutions Group LLC has announced the acquisition of Anchor Printing. Based in Novi, MI, USA, Anchor Printing is a flexographic and offset printing specialist providing shrink sleeves, flexible packaging and pressure sensitive labels across a range of industries including the paint, automotive, medical, food, beverage, health and beauty and chemical end-markets.

Fortis President and CEO John O. Wynne, Jr. comments, “I have tremendous respect and admiration for the Weitz family and the nationally recognized business they have created, owned and operated for three generations. We are looking forward to working closely with the Anchor team and Andrew Weitz, who takes on a senior leadership position with Fortis as our president, shrink and flexible packaging. We are very appreciative they have chosen Fortis to help continue their future growth, and bolster our core capabilities and talent across key product lines.”

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