Inland Container Corporation
In 1925, Krannert started his own business, the Inland Container Corporation, in Indianapolis with six employees, all of whom had also quit the company in Anderson.
Thanks to Krannert's hard work and shrewd business sense, the company expanded and survived the Great Depression. During World War II, the United States government began buying large quantities of Inland's moisture-resistant "V-Board" boxes. By the early 1970s, Inland Container was America's second-largest manufacturer of corrugated shipping containers, with a complex of 25 plants grossing $200 million in annual sales.
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