Challenge Manufacturing

Located in Sparta, Mich., Handy Wacks Corporation is a manufacturer of food grade disposable waxed paper for the commercial food service industry. It provides a full line of disposable food-handling items to facilitate the food service industry. Established in 1929, the company s products ranges from baking cups, baking pan liners, bleached butcher paper, canary yellow paper, custom prints, flat delicatessen papers, flat tissues and foil laminated sandwich wrap to steak paper sheets and stock prints. Handy Wacks Corporation s services caters to pizza parlors, submarine, sandwich shops, restaurants, hot dog booths, sports facilities, school cafeterias, institutions, amusement parks and hospital cafeterias.

Founded in 1981, Flow-Rite Controls Ltd. develops lines of fluid control products based on the technology of fluidics. The company controls designs, manufactures and markets fluid control devices for lead acid batteries, recreational fishing boats, laboratory and medical use. As a vertically integrated company, its core capabilities include a full-service engineering department, tool room, molding operation, warehousing, manufacturing, as well as sales and marketing teams. Flow-Rite Controls Ltd. s industry partners include Battery Council International, Alamitos Bay Yacht Club, National Marine Manufacturers Association, Material Handling Industry, Michigan Manufacturers Association, American National Standards Institute (ANSI), etc.