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PCA acquires Elwood Packaging, a specialty sheet plant
in Chicago. The acquisition strengthens PCA’s position
in the Chicago market as a premier value-added provider.
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PCA's market presence in southern Florida is expanded
and strengthened by the establishment of a sheet plant
in Miami Gardens, FL.
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PCA acquires Midland Container Corporation, adding
a full line corrugated plant in Jackson, Mississippi and
a graphics packaging and display manufacturing facility
in Olive Branch, Mississippi to its packaging network.
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Acorn Corrugated Box Company, located
in Bedford Park, Illinois, is acquired by PCA, strengthening
the company's presence in the retail packaging industry
and the Chicago market.
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Three new locations are acquired and added
to the PCA network: Donna, Texas; Fairfield, Ohio; and
Franklin, Wisconsin.
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PCA opens a
Training Center in Winterhaven, Florida adjacent to PCA's
manufacturing operation in the same location.
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Where we've been...what
we've done...how far we've come.
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Acquires Sunbelt Packaging Service Inc.,
a corrugated box manufacturer in Tucson, Arizona with
a distribution and service center in Nogales, Mexico.
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PCA becomes a publicly traded company on the NYSE
and is traded under the ticker symbol "PKG".
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Pactiv Corporation, formerly
known as Tenneco Packaging Inc. sells its containerboard
and corrugated packaging business to PCA, an entity formed
by Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, a Chicago-based private
equity investment firm. The new stand-alone entity is
called Packaging Corporation of America (PCA).
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Acquires a wax-cascading facility from Union Camp
Corporation (Eaton Park, FL).
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Receives "America's Best Plants" award at
the Counce, TN paper mill, making it the first paper mill
to earn this distinction from Industry Week magazine.
Acquires a specialty sheet plant in Allentown, PA.
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PCA
changes its name to Tenneco Packaging. Acquires corrugated
packaging operations with expertise in enhanced graphics
and other value added specialties: Lux Packaging (Waco,
TX), DeLine Box & Display (Windsor, CO), The United
Group (South Gate, CA). Acquires three corrugated packaging
"sheet plant" operations specializing in quick
turnarounds, short runs, and specialized products for
regional customers: Sun King Container (El Paso, TX),
Mid Michigan Container (Edmore, MI), and a unit of Domtar,
Inc. (Watertown, NY).
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PCA establishes an industry benchmark for quality by
becoming the first U.S. containerboard company to earn
ISO certification for all its linerboard and semi-chemical
medium mills.
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The largest transaction in PCA's history is completed:
the acquisition from Georgia-Pacific of two containerboard
mills, 19 corrugated container plants, and cutting rights
to approximately 650,000 acres of timberlands. Acquires
the Ellington Recycling Center (a multi-material recycler
of waste paper, plastic, glass, and aluminum products
located in Jackson, TN) which serves as an important source
of secondary fiber for the Counce, TN linerboard mill.
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Acquires Hanover Container, a manufacturer of corrugated
products. Acquires Deseret Container (Salt Lake City Specialty),
a corrugated sheet plant and established supplier of low-volume,
fast-turnaround orders. Acquires Produce and Poultry Container
Corporation, a producer of wax-cascaded boxes, later merged
into Harrisonburg Container. Acquires six facilities from
Dixie Container Corporation, the largest independent corrugated
company in the Southeast and producer of 100% recycled
corrugating medium.
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Production begins
at the Tennessee River Pulp & Paper Company
(Counce Mill), with PCA holding majority interest. |
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Packaging Corporation
of America (PCA) is formed by the consolidation
of Central Fiber Products Company, American
Box Board Company, and Ohio Boxboard Company. |
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Central Fiber Products Company is formed through
the consolidation of North Star Mill, North Star Egg
Case Company, Carey Straw Mill, H.T. Cherry Company,
and Indiana Board and Filler Company.
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The Ohio Boxboard Company is founded
by Ed Young. American Paper Box Company (later called
American Box Board Company) is founded.
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Henry Weis founded the North Star
Mill in Quincy, IL making paper from wild grasses
and later, straw. It is to become the genesis of the
Central Fiber Corporation. |
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