1954
Founding
Our founder Martin Mueller immigrates from Europe to the United States of America.
1960-70s
Patenting our packaging technology.
Entrepreneur and inventor of Auto-Pack Lilly Tulip packaging machinery accumulates over one hundred patents for equipment and packaging products. This was thee beginning of the automatic packaging of ice cream and dairy products into preformed containers and cones.
1986
Mueller Technologies was born.
Mueller Technologies was born in Chicago, USA, where Martin Mueller invented and obtained the trade mark for the revolutionary Push Treat with a one-piece stick. Others also refer to this special frozen treat as the Push Up.
2002 – Present
Chief Packaging was created.
Chief Packaging was started and Mueller Technologies is integrated in Oldsmar, Florida. The world class food grade facility was built by the brothers (Martin Mueller and Richard Mueller), with high speed tube winding, and custom built assembly machinery by their sister-company, Osgood Industries Inc., and an injection molding was created to produce the Push Treats.
2010 – Present
Revolutionary machinery is installed.
High speed production machinery to produce Squeeze Treats (Calippo tubes) is installed every year, as well as Cup Treats (paper cups). Chief Packaging is now offering the capability to produce to the new Skinny Cup Treat.
Today (2023 and beyond)
Who we are today.
Chief Packaging is a customer service focused manufacturer of paper tube and cup products for high speed filling and sealing of novelty, dairy, desert and snack food products. We specialize in paper tube products but have a wide variety of standard paper cup products available. Custom cup sizes are also available as we are a medium sized manufacturer that is capable of high volume production. Innovation in packaging, renewable, recyclable, combustible are continuing to be our priority for our customers.