| 2000 |
| Material Handling Group Reorganized |
| The Material Handling Group is reorganized into a wholly owned subsidiary, Menasha Material Handling Corporation comprised of the ORBIS and Menasha Services divisions, along with subsidiaries in Canada, Brazil, and Mexico. |
| 2000 |
| New Division Created |
| A new division, LEWISBins+, is created to operate within Menasha Material Handling Corporation. LEWISBins+ manufactures durable storage container systems. Products include heavy duty plastic totes, metal storage systems, divider boxes and small parts bins. These products were formerly offered through the ORBIS division. |
| 2000 |
| Package Products, Inc. Acquired |
| Menasha Corporation's Packaging Group acquired Package Products, Inc. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania Container Corporation of Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Package Products is a packaging/folding carton supplier to the supermarket in-store bakery/deli market. Their SUNBRITE brand of products is well-established and sold throughout North America. Pennsylvania Container Corporation produces corrugated boards, sheets, and containers. |
| 2000 |
| Harold R. Smethills Named President & CEO |
 Harold R. Smethills, Jr. was named Menasha Corporation president and chief executive officer in October. He relieves CEO Thomas J. Prosser, who will continue as Menasha Corporation's chairman of the board. Previously, Smethills was president and CEO of American Business Products, Inc. |
| 2000 |
| Menasha ranks among eWEEK Top Ten |
| Menasha Corporation ranks tenth on the eWEEK FastTrack ranking of Top Ten Manufacturing Companies investing in cutting-edge e-business technologies. Menasha Corporation also placed 50th on eWEEK's overall list of FastTrack 500, which covers all industries and of which the Top Ten Manufacturing list is derived. Sharing the ranks with General Electric Co. and Boeing Co., Menasha Corporation moved up the FastTrack 500 rank from 312 in 1999 to 50 in the 2000 listing. |
| 2001 |
| Arthur W. Huge Named Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
| Arthur W. Huge joined Menasha Corporation as vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. |
| 2001 |
| Forest Products Business Spun Off |
| Menasha Corporation spun off its forest products business. The descendents of Menasha founder Elisha D. Smith now own both Menasha Corporation and the separate Menasha Forest Products Corporation, which is headquartered in Oregon. |
| 2001 |
| Menasha Material Handling Corp. Renamed ORBIS Corporation |
| Menasha Material Handling Corporation is renamed ORBIS Corporation. Dave Schopp is named chief executive officer of ORBIS Corp. and Jerry Hessel is named president, ORBIS U.S. |
| 2001 |
| Menasha Corporation Reorganized |
| Menasha Corporation is reorganized as a holding company comprised of four principal companies and several Investment companies. The principal companies are Menasha Packaging Company, ORBIS Corporation, Poly Hi Solidur, Inc., and Promo Edge Company. The Investment companies are New Jersey Packaging, Printed Systems, Stratecom Graphics, Thermotech, and TRAEX. |
| 2001 |
| Menasha Advantage Established |
| As part of its restructuring, Menasha Corporation took a new approach to gaining efficiencies among its companies. It formed an in-house business, Menasha Advantage, to sell payroll, benefits, accounts receivable and payable, and information technology services to Menasha's operating companies. By pooling those companies' business, operating with the discipline of a stand-alone enterprise but offering at-cost pricing, Menasha Advantage is able to deliver services at a price below what individual operating companies would have spent on in-house staff or outside contractors to do the same job. |
| 2001 |
| Menasha University Launched |
| Menasha University was created to provide leadership skills to employees through a selection of courses that focus on leadership, change and company initiatives. In addition to multiple training programs and courses that have been part of Menasha Corporation companies for years, Menasha University offers a new level of focused management training to employees. |
| 2001 |
| Menasha Corporation Receives Top Recognition |
| Menasha Corporation's technology innovations are recgonized by both Information Week and eWEEK in their annual rankings. In addition, the Corporation is named Manufacturer of the Year by the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce in Appleton, Wisconsin, and won the "Leadership through Reinvention" award in the annual 2001 Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Award competition. |
| 2001 |
| Product Innovation Center Formed |
| To encourage cutting-edge creativity, Menasha Corporation created a center for product innovation. The center, located in the western Pennsylvania town of Latrobe, will help Menasha's operating companies create, develop and commercialize innovative products and exploit in-house breakthroughs in manufacturing processes. |
| 2001 |
| Cookson Plastic Molding Acquired |
| Cookson Plastic Molding of Latham, New York, a plastic pallet manufacturer, was acquired and became part of ORBIS Corporation. |
| 2001 |
| Aisle Sentry Acquired |
| Aisle Sentry, an in-store consumer products business, was acquired and became part of Promo Edge Company. |
| 2002 |
| Neenah Printing Division Becomes Part of Menasha Packaging Company |
| Neenah Printing Division of Neenah, Wisconsin, formerly part of the Promo Edge Company, becomes part of Menasha Packaging Company as a result of a reorganization designed to provide greater focus to the strategies of both Promo Edge Company and Menasha Packaging Company. |
| 2002 |
| Nucon Corporation Acquired |
| Nucon Corporation, a plastic pallet manufacturer serving the beverage industry, was acquired and became part of ORBIS Corporation. |
| 2002 |
| Menasha Corporation Earns Prestigious Ranking |
| Menasha Corporation leaped to number 47 of the InformationWeek 500 list of information technology innovators in America, up from 212 on the 2001 ranking. Menasha also ranked fifth out of a total 52 companies in the manufacturing sector (in 2001 Menasha was ranked 14th out of a total of 45 manufacturing companies.) |
| 2002 |
| Menasha Acquires Triangle Container Corporation |
| Dec. 2002 -- Menasha Packaging Company acquired Triangle Container Corporation of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1947, Triangle Container maintains core competencies in high-end flexographic printing, corrugated manufacturing, and precision die cutting. |
| 2002 |
| Menasha Corporation Among Largest Private Companies |
| Menasha Corporation was ranked #246 out of 257 companies on Forbes magazine’s 2002 annual ranking of Largest Private Companies. |
| 2002 |
| Menasha Sells TRAEX |
| The corporation sells its TRAEX business to Libbey Inc. |
| 2002 |
| Menasha Packaging Consolidates Plants |
| Dec. 2002 -- Menasha's Packaging business consolidates manufacturing from its Mt. Pleasant, Tenn. plant into Cullman, Ala., Athens, Ga., and Olive Branch, Miss. facilities. It also consolidates manufacturing from its Middlefield, Ohio plant into its Erie, Pa., plant. |
| 2003 |
| Menasha Closes Michigan Plant |
| Menasha Packaging closes its Coloma, Michigan plant. Business is consolidated into other facilities. |
| 2003 |
| Menasha Announces Sales; Business Focus |
| Menasha sells two businesses, its Laminating Division and Thermotech Company. This was part of the company's effort to refine its business strategy by focusing on core businesses and leading business opportunities. |
| 2004 |
| Menasha announces interim leadership structure |
| In January 2004 the corporation announced that its board of directors had implemented interim top-level changes designed to provide individual focus on each of the company's separate businesses. The goal was to build forward momentum and improve the company's overall performance. On an interim basis, each of the company's five business unit presidents would report to a board member that would function much like an individual CEO for that business. In addition, the company announced that as a result of these changes Harold R. Smethills Jr. would be stepping down as president and CEO of Menasha Corp. |
| 2004 |
| Tom Prosser Retires; New Chairman is Fifth Generation Descendant of Founder |
| Chairman of the Board Thomas J. Prosser retired on June 14, 2004. Donald C. Shepard III, board member and fifth generation descendant of the company's founder, was elected as Prosser's successor. Prosser joined Menasha's board in 1992 and had served as chairman since 1998. |
| 2004 |
| LeveragePoint Media, new company & new opportunities |
| In July 2004 LeveragePoint Media is created to focus on providing consumer-oriented, in-store marketing services. Menasha Corporation typically has not had a marketing service focus within its business units, but given the strong growth and high demand for retail marketing solutions our senior leadership made the decision to focus on this business area. Promo Edge becomes the Neenah Label plant and is sold in its entirety in August 2004. |
| 2005 |
| Arthur W. Huge named President and CEO |
 Arthur W. Huge, who joined the company in March 2001, is promoted to President and CEO in May. Following a comprehensive executive search, Huge is chosen based on his performance in developing and implementing a new strategic direction for the company. |
| 2005 |
| Strategic Focus Continues with Business Sale |
| Menasha Corporation announced the signing of an agreement to sell Poly Hi Solidur, Inc., its Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene business, to Quadrant AG. Menasha decided to sell the company so it could focus Menasha's resources on its other businesses. |
| 2005 |
| Close of Menasha's only Mill Operation |
| Menasha Packaging Company ceased production at the Otsego Mill. The company had owned the mill since 1939. Following a strategic review of its operations, Menasha Packaging decided to sell or close the Otsego Mill because the company determined it could reduce costs and make its converting operations more competitive by contracting for paper rather than producing it. In the past, Menasha could run a 'one mill operation' and efficiently produce the paper it needed for its corrugated box and display converting operations. This was no longer cost effective because of changes in the papermaking market and corrugated industry. |
| 2005 |
| Close on the Sale of Poly Hi Solidur |
| Menasha Corporation closed on the sale of Poly Hi Solidur, Inc., its Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMW-PE) business. Menasha Corporation and Quadrant AG announced the transaction on June 27, 2005. Menasha decided to sell Poly Hi following a strategic review of its businesses. The company invested proceeds from the sale in its other businesses. |
| 2006 |
| Creative Press Acquired |
| In May 2006 Menasha acquired Creative Press of Evansville, Indiana. Creative is a leading manufacturer of pharmaceutical packaging, labels and inserts. |
| 2006 |
| Pharmaceutical Packaging Completes New Facility |
| Menasha's pharmaceutical packaging business opened a new facility in August in Raleigh, North Carolina, to serve the growing requirements for packaging in the pharmaceutical industry. |
| 2006 |
| ORBIS Acquires Material Handling Business |
| In December 2006, ORBIS entered into an agreement to acquire the North American material handling business of LINPAC Group, Birmingham, England. The acquired business manufacturers bulk containers and pallets used in automotive, food, beverage and general industrial applications. |
| 2007 |
| Pharmaceutical Packaging Companies Renamed |
| In March, it was announced that Cortegra is the new name of Menasha' pharmaceutical packaging business. The group includes New Jersey Packaging in Fairfield, New Jersey, a new facility in Raleigh, North Carolina, which began production in August 2006, and Creative Press in Evansville, Indiana. |
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| 2007 |
| Cortegra to Build New Facility |
| Cortegra has announced that it will build a new manufacturing facility in Evansville, Indiana. The 62,000 square-foot plant will serve the pharmaceutical industry's packaging needs. |
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| 2007 |
| Menasha Corporation Foundation Announces Major Gifts |
| The Menasha Corporation Foundation announced a gift of $100,000 to the capital campaign for the YMCAs of the Fox Cities; it has also given $100,000 to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center to support operations, ensure community access and support community engagement activities. |
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| 2007 |
| Cortegra Purchases Assets of Capital Printing & Graphics |
| Cortegra has announced the purchase of the assets of Capital Printing & Graphics, which has provided packaging for the generic and nutraceutical markets for more than 20 years. |
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| 2008 |
| Menasha Corporation has named Thomas M. Rettler senior vice president and chief financial officer. |
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| 2008 |
| Menasha Packaging Announces Wide Web Expansion |
| The Wide Web facility in Neenah, Wisconsin, will add approximately 44,000 square-feet and a new preprinted linerboard press. |
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| 2008 |
| Menasha Corporation Foundation Provides Grant to Theda Clark Medical Center Foundation |
| The Foundation has announced that it will provide a $500,000 gift to Theda Clark Medical Center Foundation's Next Century campaign. |
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| 2008 |
| Menasha's President and CEO wins Upper Midwest Entrepreneuer Award |
Arthur W. Huge, Menasha Corporation's president and CEO, won the "Turnaround" category in the Ernst & Young "Entrepreneuer of the Year" competition for the Upper Midwest division.
2009
President and CEO, Arthur W. Huge, retired from the company. A three-person Executive Management Commitee comprised of the presidents of the company's two largest operating companies, Michael K. Waite of Menasha Packaging, and James M. Kotek of ORBIS Corporation; and Thomas M. Rettler, the Corporation's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has been created. |
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| 2009 |
| James M. Kotek has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of Menasha Corporation. Mr. Kotek had been President of ORBIS Corporation, one of Menasha's operating companies. |
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| 2009 |
| William F. Ash has been promoted to President of ORBIS Corporation, Menasha Corporation's second largest operating division. |
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