Chicago Packaging Co

Established in 1919 and located in Northlake, Ill., Murnane Companies specializes in the manufacturing and distribution of packaging products. The company provides packaging products such as folding cartons, SOFT-CEL pads, slit rolls, die cut inserts, assemble partitions, waxed papers, and candy and baking cups. Additionally, it has a staff of professional personnel to provide packaging solutions per the clients specific project and marketing requirements. Murnane Companies has a printing division, which utilizes digital photo polymer printing plate technologies for printing on folding cartons and paperboard trays. It provides plain, perforated and nonperforated slit rolls for the confectionary industry. Murnane Companies also specializes in the production of custom-made die cut paperboard inserts for packing a variety of items, such as chocolates, cookies and other confectionary items.

Graphic Packaging Corporation, located in Elk Grove Village, Ill., is a global leader in the manufacture of corrugated paper and container board. Graphic Packaging was formed in 2005 through the merger of Kappa Packaging and Jefferson Smurfit Group. Formerly known as the Smurfit Kappa Group, the company is a European leader in containerboard and has leading positions in both containerboard and corrugated paper in Latin America. Graphic Packaging's operations span more than 30 countries, with a total capacity of approximately 6 million tons of both containerboard and corrugated paper. The group also manufactures solid board, sacks and bag-in-box products. In 2006, Forbes listed Graphic Packaging as the 158th-largest private company.