Sugar Land, Texas – May 14, 2025 – Accredo Packaging, a leader in the development of sustainable flexible packaging solutions, has been officially certified as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) by the Southwest Minority Supplier Development Council (SMSDC) and recertified by the Houston Minority Supplier Development Council (HMSDC). This dual recognition affirms the company’s minority ownership and its long-standing commitment to inclusive and responsible business practices.
Certification by HMSDC and SMSDC strengthens Accredo’s alignment with companies that prioritize supplier diversity, while increasing visibility to procurement professionals from major consumer brands committed to building inclusive supply chains.
This recognition is rooted in a story that began nearly four decades ago, when Accredo’s founding family, originally immigrants from Southeast Asia, launched a small manufacturing business in New Orleans. That business, Advance Polybag Inc., grew steadily through hard work, reinvestment, and a commitment to excellence.
In 2009, the family expanded into the flexible packaging sector with the formation of Accredo Packaging in Sugar Land, Texas. Today, Accredo remains family-owned and minority-led, with a multi-generational leadership team and a deep focus on sustainability, innovation, and operational agility. From its LEED Silver-certified facility powered entirely by wind generated electrical energy, to its breakthrough development of recyclable and bio-based pouch alternatives, the company exemplifies how inclusion and innovation go hand in hand.
“Certification by the HMSDC and SMSDC is a powerful step forward in our ability to serve customers that value performance, sustainability, and supplier diversity,” said Roberto Santos, Vice President of Marketing at Accredo Packaging. “It enhances our visibility with major brands, gives us access to exclusive opportunities, and validates our track record as a high-performing, minority-owned business.”
Accredo Packaging has built a reputation for high-performance flexible packaging solutions that reduce environmental impact without sacrificing film performance or quality. The company introduced the industry’s first laminated all-recyclable pouch and the first ASTM 6400 and BPI-certified compostable stand-up pouch. Accredo serves many of North America’s leading CPG brands with recyclable overwraps, shrink bundle films, and renewable sugarcane-based pouches, all produced with vertically integrated, U.S.-based manufacturing. In a packaging market where large brands are increasingly seeking certified diverse suppliers to meet their public supplier diversity commitments, Accredo’s certification underscores both its eligibility and its readiness to serve as a preferred partner.
About Accredo Packaging
As a member of the API GROUP®, family-owned Accredo Packaging offerings include more sustainable packaging solutions for various products, from snack foods and confectionary items to frozen foods and pet treats in retail grocers. A leader in recyclable and compostable stand-up pouches since introducing the first reverse printed and laminated all-recyclable pouch and the first ASTM-certified compostable stand-up pouch, they also produce overwraps for paper towels and shrink bundle film for bottled water. Learn more on the website or call us at 713-580-4800.
About The National Minority Supplier Development Council
Founded in 1972, the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) is the longest-operating business growth engine for the broadest group of systematically excluded communities of color (Asian-Indian, Asian-Pacific, Black, Hispanic, and Native American), and our impact goes far beyond supply chain. It’s about upward mobility for the emerging majority of Americans, an equal shot at participating in the American experiment of free-market capitalism and entrepreneurship. The council’s work is about correcting the unequal access to wealth-building opportunities.
