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New England Folding Box Buyer Map
Dale | New England Folding Box | October 2026
As of 16 Oct 2026
New England Folding Box finishes printed work for other printers and now builds its own custom folding cartons, from two towns, Holyoke in Massachusetts and East Providence in Rhode Island, with pickup and delivery across New England.
This map is regional on purpose. It lays out the kinds of organizations inside that delivery range that buy finishing and cartons, and who usually signs off at each, with no national counts.
The ten people further down all work at organizations headquartered in New England.
What New England Folding Box sells and who buys it
From its own pages, the company runs trade finishing for the print industry: UV coating, film lamination, foil stamping, embossing and debossing, die cutting, folding and gluing, mounting, grommets and eyelets, displays and paper sheeting.
Its home page announces the move from New England Ultimate Finishing to New England Folding Box, keeping the finishing work and adding custom folding boxes and packaging. The packaging page lists die making, gluing, coatings and printing up to six colors, with styles that include tuck tops, seal ends, blister cards, gable tops and beer carriers.
Its about page names the customers it serves as printers, packaging companies, book publishers and binderies.
New England Folding Box home page, about page, services page, packaging page and displays page.
Commercial printers across New England
The core buyer for trade finishing. Most printers send out the work their own floor cannot run, and they pick a finisher they can trust on a deadline.
| Role | What they own | Why a trade finisher matters to them |
|---|---|---|
| Owner or President | The shop's margin and its biggest accounts | Decides which work stays in house and which partner takes the rest |
| Vice President or Director of Operations | Press schedules and outside vendors | Needs finishing that comes back on time so jobs ship on the promised date |
| Production Manager or Plant Manager | Day to day flow through the floor | Feels a late or damaged finishing job first, and remembers who caused it |
| Estimator | Quotes on every incoming job | Prices the outside finishing into each quote, so a fast, firm price wins the work |
| Customer Service or Sales Representative | The print buyer's request | Brings the foil, emboss or carton ask that the shop then has to place |
Packaging companies, binderies and book publishers
| Group | Who usually signs off | What they buy from a finisher |
|---|---|---|
| Packaging and carton converters | Plant Manager or Purchasing Manager | Overflow die cutting, gluing, lamination and specialty coatings |
| Binderies and print finishers without the same equipment | Owner or Operations Manager | Foil, emboss and specialty work they do not run themselves |
| Book publishers | Production Director or Production Manager | Cover finishing, foil and embossing, laminated covers and sleeves |
Brand owners who buy folding cartons
The newer line. The carton styles on the company's own site point to makers of drinks and packaged retail goods, sold to directly rather than through a printer.
| Group | Who usually signs off | Why it fits |
|---|---|---|
| Craft breweries and beverage makers | Owner, Operations Manager or Packaging Manager | Beer carriers and gable tops are on the style list |
| Personal care and cosmetic makers | Brand Manager or Packaging Manager | Foil, embossing and coatings on a retail carton are the finishing work the company already does |
| Packaged consumer goods and specialty food makers | Purchasing Manager or Operations Manager | Blister cards, tuck tops and seal ends cover most shelf packaging |
Point of purchase displays
The displays page says the company has built displays for state lottery offices, cosmetic companies and investment firms. In those organizations the marketing director or the head of retail programs usually owns the display budget, with purchasing signing the order.
Ten people to start with
The people who usually sign at the groups above, one a company. Work emails and phone numbers checked on Oct 16, 2026.
| Name | Role | Company | Where | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Fortune | Owner | Paw Print & Mail | South Burlington, VT | tfortune@paw-prints.com | +1 802 343 8942 |
| Jim Corliss | owner | Braintree Printing, Inc. | Milton, MA | jim@braintreeprinting.com | +1 559 904 3344 |
| Dan Biron | Owner/President | Keystone Press | Manchester, NH | dan@keystonepress.com | +1 603 978 7992 |
| Matthew Collins | Owner | Brook + Whittle | Essex, CT | +1 203 747 4447 | |
| Rick Michaud | President and Owner | the Graphic Group, inc. | Burlington, MA | rick@thegraphicgroup.com | +1 617 593 4725 |
| Mark Marino | CEO/President | MKM IMPORTERS, INC. | Chester, CT | mark.marino@mkmimporters.com | +1 860 978 1388 |
| Richard Kaelin | Vice President Of Business Development and Senior Advisor | Optamark Graphics | Shelton, CT | rick@optamarkgraphics.com | +1 203 376 8679 |
| Kristen Howard | Vice President Operations | Digital Printing Concepts | East Providence, RI | kristen.howard@dpcbarcode.com | +1 401 413 3783 |
| Ed Nugent | Vice President of Sales and Marketing | Admiral Packaging | Madison, CT | enugent@admiralpkg.com | +1 215 510 4309 |
| Richard Erwin | Senior Vice President of Sales | Shawmut Communications Group | Boston, MA | riche@shawmutdelivers.com | +1 508 745 9076 |
Where to start
Cartons as a line printers can resell
Drinks makers in the Northeast, sold to directly
Built from the company's own website and public business listings, regional by design, with no national counts.
If a walk-through is useful, pick a time at cal.com/ecg.
Prepared by Ben Beattie, ben@enquirerconsulting.com.