printpack made its biggest acquisition in august 1996, when they acquired the flexible packaging department of the james river corporation. for a deal valued around $365 million, printpack gained four lamination plants, five film and converting plants, and a rigid plastic container plant. along with all the plants and equipment, this acquisition also came with the accounts of georgia-pacific and kraft foods. the post-acquisition integration had issues including one strike and some consolidation, but in june 1998, printpack posted revenues of $850 million and was stable again. in 2002, printpack recorded revenue of $1.1 billion setting a new company record.