Stoner worked for his father at Michigan Packaging as President until 2000. Kevin and Butch, cousins, decided to go into business together in 2001 and acquired Action Packaging in West Michigan, an area where they grew up and were eager to return to.
Safeway and Action enjoyed record growth from 2001-2010. Kevin and Butch established joint ownership of both companies in 2010 to take advantage of synergies created by being commonly owned. In 2013 they bought an existing box manufacturer in Jackson, Michigan. Opus Packaging was formed in 2014 as the holding company for the three locations. Their expansion continued in March of 2019 by the purchase of Wabash Container Corporation in Mount Carmel, Illinois. The Midwest expansion in 2019 also included the startup of the Indianapolis manufacturing plant in July. With five facilities, it was decided to rebrand under one name:
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