Berlin Packaging, a universal hybrid packaging supplier, has picked up O.Berk Co., pointing to an extension of its rigid packaging facilities and increasing its position in enhanced-developed sectors comprising nutraceutical, beauty, personal care, and pharmaceutical sectors with the acquisition of O. Berk.
The company was founded in 1910 by Osias Berk in Newark, NJ. O. Berk started as a distributor of jars and bottles, distributing to ethnic food suppliers and local chemical plants. The brand shifted to family ownership in 1925 when Isaac Goldstein obtained it, founding a legacy that remains under fourth-generation management.
O.Berk played an important role through the commercialization of plastic bottles and closures under the governance of Norbert Gaelen, who worked as president from 1951 until 2006. His children, President and CEO Marc Gaelen and his sister Meryl Japha, lead the company, sustaining its dedication to invention and customer service. Marc Gaelen has followed in his father's footsteps, operating as President of the National Association of Container Distributors (NACD).
The company has extended via organic development and planned acquisitions, conducting multiple locations across New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland, and Southern California. O.Berk functions in diverse end markets, comprising household, pharmaceutical, beauty, personal care, nutraceutical, food, and beverage industries.
O.Berk provides a widespread portfolio of metal, plastic, and glass containers and closures, accompanied by value-added facilities, innovation and design, custom tooling, embellishment, logistics handling, warehousing quality declaration, and regulatory acquiescence support. The company also functions as BottleStore.com, an e-commerce platform supporting emerging brands, small businesses, and entrepreneurs.
"We are thrilled to welcome O.Berk to Berlin Packaging. Like Berlin, O.Berk has an extended history of sustaining consumers with packaging items and value-added facilities," expressed Rick Brandt, CEO of Berlin Packaging Americas. "This combination increases our industry-leading expertise and increases our proficiency in increasing nutraceutical, beauty, personal care, and pharmaceutical markets."
"We are proud to unite forces with Berlin Packaging and thrilled for the chances this partnership generates," expressed Marc Gaelen, president and CEO of O.Berk Company. "Berlin's worldwide supply chain, digital competences, sustainability proficiency, logistics platform, and Studio One Eleven® proposal facilities will improve the options accessible to our customers and generate new opportunities for our employees and dealers."
16 June 2026
16 June 2026
16 June 2026
16 June 2026