Inland Container Corp

The primary product produced by Temple-Inland s corrugated packaging division is containerboard, which is the largest segment of the United States paper market. Containerboard is made using softwood fiber and is used to create corrugated packaging. The company s 2 million acres of forestland provide the majority of its fiber requirements. Formerly known as Inland Container Corporation, Temple-Inland s corrugated packaging business includes five containerboard mills, one corrugating medium mill and more than 70 converting operations. These locations are dispersed throughout the continental United States, including Shakopee, Minn. Temple-Inland has additional locations in Mexico and Puerto Rico. The corrugated packaging business segment, which began in 1918, accounted for approximately 60 percent of Temple-Inland s revenue in 2003. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Temple-Inland also has forest products, financial services and real estate divisions.

American Carton & Polybag, founded in 1983 and based in Minneapolis, is a full-service provider of packaging and shipping supplies. The company provides a wide variety of custom and stock corrugated box products and other packaging materials, such as poly bags, protective packaging, and moving and mailroom supplies. Its products also include custom boxes, die-cut pads, stock boxes, poly bags and tubing, re-closable poly bags, antistatic bags, die-cut handle bags, and doorknob bags. Additionally, the company offers mattress bags, T-shirt bags, trashcan liners, and protective packaging, such as bubble and foam wrap. American Carton & Polybag also assists customers with their packaging and promotional design requirements.

International Paper Company is one of the leading firms in the paper and packaging industry in the United States. Based in Minneapolis, Minn., the company offers a plethora of products, such as bag/sack paper, digital opaques, envelope papers, filing/printing bristols, forms, multiwall/converting, office paper, opaque cover, return postcard, specialty/unbleached filing and uncoated specialty papers. It also provides industrial packaging solutions, including bulk packaging, container board, corrugated sheets, kraft paper bag, produce/protein/ retail ready/ transport packaging, wax and wax alternatives.