Donald C. Graham, Leading
Industry Entrepreneur
and Founder of Graham
Engineering is Elected to
the Plastics Hall of Fame
Donald C. (Don) Graham, the founder of Graham
Engineering Corporation and The Graham Group,
has been elected to the Plastics Hall of Fame. His
induction will take place at a ceremony held this
May in Orlando, FL during NPE2018.
Graham Engineering was established in
1960 in the basement of a rented farmhouse
in Dover, PA with little capital and one
employee. From this emerged several leading,
global manufacturing businesses, spanning
packaging, capital equipment and building
products, generating several billion dollars in
annual revenue. Today, Graham Packaging is
owned by Reynolds Group Holdings Ltd. while
Graham Engineering and Graham Architectural
Products continue to be family-owned
operating companies within The Graham Group.
The Graham Group has also spawned several
independently-managed investment management
businesses. Graham Capital manages a $2.0 billion
portfolio of investments in marketable securities and
alternative investment funds for The Graham Group,
while also overseeing the operating businesses
and direct investment portfolio of The Graham
Group. Graham Partners and Inverness Graham are
independent registered investment advisors which
manage approximately $2.5 billion in committed
private equity capital and co-investment funds,
principally on behalf of institutional investors,
while Striker Partners, YSC Sports, and Graham
Software Development are involved with direct
investments and operating interests in a variety of
sectors, including sports, education, and information
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Donald C. Graham
technology. At age 84, Donald Graham remains
actively involved on portfolio company boards and
works closely with all members of the Group.
Graham Engineering’s core business is the
manufacture of high-speed plastics processing
machinery for customers worldwide. In addition
to its flagship blow molding brand, the company