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AEP Industries company history timeline

1973

1973: Company opens its first factory in Moonachie, New Jersey.

1982

In 1982 AEP Industries initiated a program to penetrate the specialty and premium market, where profit margins were higher.

1985

With the opening of a 25-million-pound plant in Waxahachie, Texas, in 1985, the company now had total capacity of more than 125 million pounds and claimed to be the largest independent film processor in the United States.

1986

Specialty and premium items accounted for about 11 percent of total sales in fiscal 1986.

1988

AEP's net sales passed $100 million in fiscal 1988, when it earned record net income of $4.06 million.

1988: AEP begins producing ultra-high-performance stretch films.

1989

New records of $120.96 million and $5.33 million, respectively, were established in fiscal 1989.

In 1989 AEP Industries purchased Design Poly Bag Corp. for stock from its shareholders, who included Barba and McFarland.

1992

By the end of 1992 the average annual production capacity of AEP Industries' plants exceeded 290 million pounds.

1996

1996: AEP greatly expands its scope by acquiring Borden, Inc.'s packaging division.

1998

In 1998 AEP was the packaging industry's largest provider of supermarket, processor, and food-service films.

1999

The long-term debt was $302 million at the end of fiscal 1999.

2000

In January 2000 Borden, Inc. owned 32.4 percent of AEP's common stock.

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Founded
1970
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Headquarters
South Hackensack, NJ
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J. Brendan Barba
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