Dart Container Corporation^[1] of Mason, Michigan is the world's largest manufacturer of foam cups and containers, producing about as many as all competitors combined.^[2] Mason is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. ...

Company history

Dart Manufacturing Company was founded in 1937 by William F. Dart as a machine shop, manufacturing key rings, steel tape measures, and dog tags for the Department of Defense.^[3] When his son, William A. Dart, came out of the University of Michigan with three degrees (metallurgy, mathematics and engineering), he worked for DuPont for a short while, then joined the family business in the late 1950s. He experimented with and perfected a expandable polystyrene (EPS) molding process, and shipped their first insulated foam cups in April 1960.^[3] Dart Container Corporation was incorporated in 1960.^[4] The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ... This article is about the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. ... This article is about the DuPont company. ... For other uses, see Polystyrene (disambiguation). ...

Operations

Dart Container Corporation is vertically integrated. "This means that we are virtually self-sufficient," claims vice-president James Lammers. "We manufacture our own equipment, produce the raw material for our products, turn the raw materials into finished products and then deliver them throughout the world via trucks we own and operate. There are only a few things, like cartons, that we don’t produce in-house. We even have our own printing capabilities and make our own ink!”^[3]

Dart currently manufactures product in: Mason, Michigan; Horse Cave, Kentucky; Corona, California; Quitman, Mississippi; Lodi, California; Randleman, North Carolina; Plant City, Florida; Leola, Pennsylvania; Lithonia, Georgia; Waxahachie, Texas; North Aurora, Illinois; and Tumwater, Washington.^[5] International subsidiaries have factories in: Campbellford, Ontario; Cradley Heath, West Midlands, UK; Atlacomulco, Mexico; Smithfield, New South Wales, Australia; and Pilar, Buenos Aires.^[5] Mason is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Horse Cave is a city located in Hart County, Kentucky. ... Nickname: The Circle City Coordinates: Country United States State California County Riverside Mayor Karen Spiegel Area    - City 91. ... Quitman is a city located in Clarke County, Mississippi, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 2,463. ... Lodi (Low-Dye) is a city located in San Joaquin County, California. ... Randleman is a city located in Randolph County, North Carolina. ... Plant City is a city located in Hillsborough County, Florida, approximately midway between Brandon and Lakeland along Interstate 4. ... Leacock-Leola-Bareville is a census-designated place located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. ... Lithonia is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. ... Waxahachie is a city located in Ellis County, Texas. ... North Aurora is a village located in Kane County, Illinois. ... Tumwater is a city located in Thurston County, Washington near where the Deschutes River enters Budd Inlet, the southernmost point of Puget Sound. ... Campbellford is a town in Ontario, Canada, in the municipality of Trent Hills. ... Cradley Heath is a Black Country town now in the south-west of the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, England. ... Smithfield is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Pilar is a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the head town of the partido of the same name. ...

Family Business ranks Dart Container 137th in their listing of family companies, with an estimated $1.1 billion in sales, and 4,950 employees.^[6]

Jousting with the IRS

The company is owned by brothers Kenneth B. and Robert C. Dart, who gave up their U.S. citizenship^[7] and moved to the Cayman Islands^[8] to avoid U.S. income and estate taxes ^[9]

In 2001, the Internal Revenue Service said the Dart brothers improperly billed $11.6 million of personal security costs to Dart Container. In U.S. Tax Court, Dart Container argued the money was a valid business expense due to "specific threats and other facts and circumstances." Half the money went for corporate aircraft. The IRS asked for $4.4 million more for 1996 and 1997 taxes. Seal of the Internal Revenue Service The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the United States government agency that collects taxes and enforces the tax laws. ... Seal of the United States Tax Court. ...

In 2003, the Internal Revenue Service hauled the brothers into court, saying they own an additional $19 million in 1998 and 1999 taxes.^[7] They deducted $45 million in "interest" payments to feuding sibling Thomas J. Dart, relating to division of the family business in 1986. The brothers claimed they were owed a $10 million refund instead.^[7] In 2002, the Dart brothers and their companies paid $26 million in taxes - for 1994.^[7]

Unrelated people

Doc Corbin Dart

Doc Corbin Dart is a punk rock musician who reportedly has borderline personality disorder^[10] He is apparently the son of Rolland Dart, of Dart National Bank in Mason, Michigan, rather than being more closely related to the Dart Container brothers. Doc Corbin Dart Doc Corbin Dart (1953 - ) was lead singer, founder, and lyricist of Lansing, Michigan, USAs seminal 80s punk rock act the The Crucifucks. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is defined within psychiatry and related fields as a disorder characterized primarily by emotional dysregulation, extreme black and white thinking (believing that something is one of only two possible things, and ignoring any possible in-betweens), and turbulent relationships. ...

Justin Whitlock Dart

The late Justin Whitlock Dart, heir to the Walgreen's drugstore chain, bought United Drugstore in 1943, acquired other drugstore chains, rebranded them all as Rexall, and in 1958, when he controlled 20% of all drugstores in the U.S., he bought Tupperware. Despite being someone named Dart who produced plastic containers, he was unrelated. Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) is a convenience store and pharmacy chain in the United States that operates approximately 5,000 stores throughout the US and Puerto Rico. ... Rexall was the name of a chain of North American drug stores, as well as the name of their store-branded products. ... Tupperware logo Tupperware is the brand name of a home products line that includes preparation, storage, and serving products for kitchen and home. ...

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