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DuraPaq Solutions | |
|---|---|
| Corporation Profile | |
| Founding Year | 2478[1] |
| Affiliation | Free Worlds League |
| Previous Name(s) | Turbian Fishing Concern[1] |
| Headquarters | Pireus (New Olympia)[2] |
| Leadership | CEO |
| Product(s) | Foodstuffs |
DuraPaq Solutions was one of the largest manufacturers and shippers of foodstuffs in the Free Worlds League.[2][3]
Overview[edit]
Founded in 2478 by Earl Trusa Kefalczyk of the Republic of Kasnov-Greenland as the Turbian Fishing Concern, a small cannery for the tuna and other fish products to compete against the Independent Principality of Olympica's then far larger Kodon Fisheries,[1] by the Succession War era the cannery has grown to become the DuraPaq Company of Kasnov-Greenland, controlling a massive volume of the foodstuff production and shipping the Free Worlds League.[2][3]
Manufactured at DuraPaq factories on New Olympia, Atreus, Regulus, and Andurien, the company's patented packaging systems are used in ninety percent of foodstuff manufacturers in the League and roughly a third of those across the entire Inner Sphere. Disputes over foreign royalties and licensing for the use and production of DuraPaq's packaging systems has frequently flared up over the centuries and was due to be the subject of trade talks associated with the Fourth Whitting Conference of 3067.[2]
One of DuraPaq's most notable efforts to expand its reach outside the League was its joint venture with the Lyran Commonwealth based Gienah Automotive. In 2864, as representatives of all five Great Houses met on New Earth for peace talks at the end of the Second Succession War, progressive-thinking Earl Jarv Kefalczyk made the bold move of contacting Duke Solia Zdenekova of Gienah with a business proposition: to combine DuraPaq's patented packaging systems with Gienah Automotive to create a new standard of shipping vehicles. While the outbreak of the Third Succession War slowed talks, they ultimately culminated in the production of the Gienah-DuraPaq land trains.[3]
Though operating at a different scale its parent company, DuraPaq acquired NorthStar, Inc. during the Third Succession War to enhance its abilities. Makers and distributors of heating/refrigeration transports and sterilization/irradiation equipment, NorthStar has become a major name in the transshipment of goods. While only operating a few vessels of its own, NorthStar equipment is used by a wide variety of freight companies, particularly those who employ storage canisters on an as-needed basis.[2]
DuraPaq's other divisions, Deep Blue and Highlife are part of a shift into production and retail driven by CEO Natalia Shen's efforts to make the company's share of the League and interstellar economy even larger during the boom times prior the Word of Blake Jihad. Though DuraPaq had ties to the fishing industry since its formation, the incorporation of Deep Blue into the DuraPaq empire in 3047 signaled a shift from simple packaging and shipment into acquisition and processing. Despite this, rumors persist that Shen's true objective of the acquisition was access of the Highlife chain of food retail outlets through which "Deep Blue Ocean Fresh" products were sold across the League.[2]
The increased prosperity of the company allowed DuraPaq Solutions to engage in a modernization program of its facilities on New Olympia, ironically this reduced the volume of workforce required, yet another contributor to the planet's outbound emigration trend.[2]
DuraPaq had a depot in planet Dalcour. In 2865, they had contracted the Red Stables mercenary unit to protect it, when it suffered a pirate attack. The Stables were defeated after a young pilot, Zarek Hanlon, broke formation to protect a nearby city, for which he was permanently blacklisted from DuraPaq and any of its subsidiaries.[4]