Solo Cup Company

Solo Cup Company
Company typeSubsidiary
Founded1936
FounderLeo Hulseman
Headquarters
ProductsDisposable cups
ParentDart Container
Websitesolocup.com

Solo Cup Company is an American manufacturer of disposable consumer products including beverage cups, disposable plates, and bowls. Solo Cup Company is located in Lake Forest, Illinois, and in 2006 had sales of $2.4 billion. On May 4, 2012, Solo Cup Company was acquired by Dart Container.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Dart Container Closes on Acquisition of Solo Cup Company" (PDF) (Press release). Dart Container. May 4, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  2. ^ Marotti, Ally (December 29, 2016). "Robert L. Hulseman, Chicago-area creator of famed red Solo Cup, dies at 84". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  3. ^ Sandomir, Richard (December 30, 2016). "Robert L. Hulseman, Inventor of the Solo Cup, Dies at 84". The New York Times. Retrieved January 20, 2017.