Multi-Wall Packaging

Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation is a leading integrated manufacturer of paperboard and paper-based packaging. It operates in two segments, containerboard and corrugated containers, and consumer packaging. It is a leading producer of containerboard, including white top linerboard and recycled medium, corrugated containers, point-of-purchase displays, multiwall and specialty bags and clay-coated recycled boxboard. The company is one of the world s largest collectors and marketers of recovered fiber. It also is a leading producer of solid bleached sulfate, folding cartons, flexible packaging and labels. Smurfit-Stone operates approximately 250 facilities located primarily in the United States, Canada and Mexico and employs roughly 35,000 people. The company was founded in 1968 and has its headquarters in Chicago. One of its plants is located at 965 Muirfield Dr., in Hanover Park, Ill.

Established in 1969, Fisher Container offers a range of packaging solutions. The company is one of the leading converters of flexible plastic films, pouches and bags. The company has expertise in the area of plastic printing. It manufactures a full-line of clean room packaging products that are used for packaging gloves, hoods, masks and boots. The company has an on-site laboratory and manufactures plastic products that are suitable for gamma and ethylene oxide sterilization. It is ISO:9002-certified and specializes in making clean room tubings and centerfold films. The company s container division offers flexographic printing on wide web presses with large repeat capability. It is located in Buffalo Grove, Ill.

Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation was formed in 1998 as a result of the merger between Jefferson Smurfit Corporation and Stone Container Corporation. It is one of the largest paper recycling and packaging companies in the United States and has a staff of more than 21,000 employees. Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation provides a range of paper-based packaging products, such as corrugated containers, case packers and tray formers. The company s facilities offer co-packaging and warehousing services, including the Just-In-Time program. In addition, it specializes in total process management. Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation offers recycling services for several items, such as newsprints, old corrugated containers, aluminum cans and plastic milk jugs. The company is a member of EPC Global, which deploys a standardized worldwide system for real-time tracking through the Internet.