Though husbands may moan over the decline of home cooking in the U.S., the era of the TV dinner has been rich fare for a softspoken, Georgia-born paper salesman named R. Carl ("Hap") Chandler, 41. Chandler heads Standard Packaging, which makes material for trays that can be cooked, bags that can be boiled. Says Chandler happily: "Everything that we make is thrown away."
In his drive for "a totally integrated producer of packaging materials," Chandler has taken Standard Packaging on a whirlwind ride of growth and acquisition, boosted sales from $24 million in...
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