on february 21, 1987 j. erskine love passed away suddenly. the company was left without its founder and ceo however, erskine's wife gay love quickly assumed the role of chairman of the board while their son dennis was named ceo. in may, 1993, printpack which had recently expanded to ireland, acquired flexpack u.k. ltd. and rebranded it as printpack europe ltd. in bury, england. a year later the company acquired another english packaging company, but it was later sold. by 1994, the company had reached revenues of over $500 million.