The Paperboard Packaging Council

Century Club

Burt Rigid Box, Inc.

www.burtbox.com

Founded by Frederick Northrup Burt in Buffalo, NY in 1886 as F.N. Burt Company, the company first made drugstore pillboxes. Then during the late 19th century, with the help of its 1,500 employees, they diversified into the production of cigarette boxes.

The company broke important social ground when Fred Burt sold the company to the Moore Corporation in 1906. At the time, his secretary, Mary R. Cass, took over the business, making her one of the first women to run a major U.S. corporation. She remained one of the country’s leading executives for over 25 years.

During World War II, the company designed paper lipstick cases, shell cartridges, and packaging for the medical corps. Then in 1974, it expanded into a facility in Oneonta, NY.

In 1983, C. Taylor Kew & Russell Hurd bought F.N. Burt from Moore. After they sold the folding carton division in 1997, the company adopted its new name: Burt Rigid Box, Inc. Today, Russ’ daughter, Laura, leads the company’s sales and marketing department.

Due to their unique capabilities and equipment, Burt Rigid Box is today the only automated manufacturer of convoluted round boxes in America. In addition to rounds and ovals, Burt specializes in rectangular rigid boxes and custom slipcases for books, magazines, DVDs, and CDs.