Originally founded as a six-employee outfit in a small sales office in New York City by C.H. Hu and Kunio Kodaka, Hop Industries Corp. (Lyndhurst, NJ) recently celebrated its 40th anniversary. Today, the plastic films and converting services business has over 50 employees and supplies products and services to the plastics market across the US and Canada.

Grant Freking

Grant Freking is Signs of the Times' Managing Editor. Contact him at grant.freking@smartworkmedia.com.

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