Terms of the purchase were not disclosed.
“This expands our geographic footprint in Ohio and positions us in a new sector of the market with packaging supplies and stock boxes,” Scott Welch, Welch chief executive, said in the press release. “We are always excited to expand relationships and add talent to our team.”
Imperial was founded in 1968 by Paul D. (“Denny”) Ashworth. Imperial designs and manufactures custom boxes for customers in southwest Ohio and has a distribution business.
Welch Packaging Group is a family owned business based in Elkhart, Ind., operating seven box plants in the Midwest. The plants are in Cleveland, Dayton, Columbus, Toledo, Elkhart, Indianapolis and Chicago, Ill.
This is Welch’s fourth acquisition in the past three years.