PORTLAND-BASED FORM FACTORY INC. FOODS PARTNERS WITH VERTICAL COMPANIES TO BRING INFUSED PRODUCTS TO VAST CALIFORNIA CANNABIS MARKET

Pleased to share our new partnership with Form Factory Inc. Foods!  Exciting times!

PORTLAND-BASED FORM FACTORY INC. FOODS PARTNERS WITH VERTICAL COMPANIES TO BRING INFUSED PRODUCTS TO VAST CALIFORNIA CANNABIS MARKET 

Form Factory Inc. to Build Full Production Facility at Vertical’s Needles Campus To Produce a Wide Range of Edibles

Portland, OR – August 6, 2018 – Portland-based cannabis products co-packer Gruner Apfel, now known as “Form Factory Inc.,” and Vertical Companies of Agoura Hills, CA, today announced a joint partnership where Form Factory Inc. is scheduled to build a full production facility at Vertical Companies’ licensed Needles, CA, campus to co-pack an array of new infused products for the California medical and adult recreational cannabis market.

The facility is the first California Form Factory Inc. co-packing facility to open under its Form Factory Inc. partnership with MacArthur Capital.

“I met the Vertical principals through YPO, and their experience from food and beverage is very strong,” said Todd Boren, MacArthur Capital Managing Partner. “It’s a tremendous partnership that will enable us to expand throughout California.”

Form Factory will manufacture the branded cannabis edibles for the California market. Vertical cultivation and extraction will provide raw cannabis ingredients, and Vertical distribution will bring these products to licensed retailers throughout the state.

“Form Factory brings deep expertise in the manufacture of edible products—a strong management team, a focus on quality, and a relentless pursuit of delivering a safe and predictable consumer experience,” explained Vertical President J. Smoke Wallin. “These qualities are what we look for to bring a broad array of the highest quality cannabis products to our markets. It’s the perfect addition to our rapidly expanding BCAA-licensed Needles, CA, operations.”

Led by food and beverage industry veteran Tony Bash, former VP of Sales for innovative food, beverage, and spirits giant LiDestri, Form Factory Inc. Foods is the first food and beverage packing company licensed by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC)’s Recreational Cannabis Division. The company is currently packing products for a rapidly expanding list of edibles, beverage, and topical brands.

 

About Form Factory Inc. Foods

Form Factory Inc. Foods is the first Oregon-based company licensed by the OLCC’s Recreational Marijuana Program to pack and bottle cannabis-based food and beverages. The company covers all aspects of production, from concept to final execution, using modern equipment, professional packaging, and decades of experience in the industry. It is Form Factory Inc. Foods’ mission to package and bottle the healthiest, freshest products for the cannabis food and beverage industry.

 

About Verticalâ„¢

Vertical is among the first and largest vertically integrated companies in the legal medical cannabis industry. It has operations in AZ, KY, and CA, combined with strategic partnerships in OH and additional markets which position it well to take advantage of the legalization and normalization of cannabis globally. Vertical is led by an executive team of entrepreneurs and business leaders from the alcohol beverage, agriculture, CPG, distribution, entertainment, food, healthcare, and medical industries.