Tulip Richardson Manufacturing history

In the late 1980's, Tulip (Niagara Falls) expanded once again and began recycling spent polypropylene plastics from automotive batteries and re-engineering other polymer resins for non-battery products.

Founded in 1982, Saugatuck is a long-established private investment firm committed to leveraged recapitalizations and buyouts and growth equity investments in the lower, middle market.

Also in 1990, the Danish pig farming market was marked by another large-scale merger with the creation of a new company, Danish Prime, combining Meatcut A/S and Faaborg Middagsretter.

The company acquired full control of Tulip International in 1998.

In 1999, for example, Danish Prime acquired frozen sandwich maker Iwans Dybfrost.

A new phase in that development was accomplished in 2001, when Danish Crown reached an agreement to merge with rival cooperative Steff-Houlberg.

The company acquired Hygrade Foods Ltd. in 2003 in the United Kingdom.

The acquisition of Flagship Foods in 2004 represented a major step toward Tulip’s goal of becoming a dominant player in the U.K. meats market.

In 2007, the company also launched a revamped line of high-end rashers, as well as a number of limited edition products, featuring different flavors and curing methods.

In January 2012, Saugatuck Capital Company acquired Tulip's facilities in Milwaukee and Niagara Falls.

Tulip Molded Plastics Corporation encompassed three distinct ISO 9001:2015 certified operating divisions: Plastic Injection Molding (Milwaukee and Niagara Falls), Engineered Resin (Niagara Falls), and Cold Form Lead (Milwaukee).

In 2017 Richardson Molding was purchased by Owner Resource Group of Austin, TX, that included facilities in Columbus, IN, and Philadelphia, MS, with an engineering office in Indianapolis, IN.

In March of 2019, Richardson Molding, LLC (“Richardson”) and Tulip Molded Plastics Corporation (“Tulip”) announced the merger of these two highly regarded plastic injection molding companies.