Rand-Whitney Opens Huge Warehouse in Dover

Rand-Whitney opened a new 118,600-square-foot container facility in Dover.

PROCON of Manchester designed and constructed the packaging facility.. Summit Land Development of Dover was the land developer for the project.
 
The Kraft Group, which also owns the New England Patriots, owns Rand-Whitney. Rand-Whitney occupied a corrugated sheet plant in Dover from 1972 to 2002. Subsequent company growth and expansion required relocations to various Granite State sites over the years, most recently Portsmouth. It has taken years of searching for the new Dover location that allows them to increase their equipment capabilities, and enhance their production capacity. The company plans to hire an additional 15 to 20 employees during the coming months to boost their productivity by 40 percent over the next year.
 
The new warehouse is the length of three and one-half football fields.

Rand-Whitney traces its origins to 1857 when Elvira Dodge started a company making carton boxes at her home in Leominster, Mass. In 1938, Whitney Box of Worcester, Mass. acquired Dodge Paper Box forming the modern company, and the combined entity became Rand-Whitney. In nearly 80 years, the company has become a household name in environmentally-friendly corrugated packaging.
 
Until a couple of years ago, the site of the new Rand-Whitney warehouse was a gravel pit. Developer Chad Kageleiry of Summit Land Development turned it into The Stonewall Industrial Park with the intent to develop it with multiple commercial and warehouse industries.