Gaylord Container Corporation

Welch Packaging Group was founded in April of 1985 as Elkhart Container. The original vision for the company was to produce industrial shipping containers for companies within a 50-mile radius of Elkhart, Ind. The company is headquartered in Elkhart but also has corrugated plants in Indianapolis, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio. Welch Packaging Group s product line includes large and small boxes, die cuts, corrugated pallets, pre-assembled kits, and standard, custom and pre-glued styles. Barger Packaging, an affiliate of Welch Packaging Group, is also located in Elkhart and specializes in turn key packaging solutions primarily for the medical market. Its core products are high-compliance thermoforming and Tyvek. Welch Packaging Group works to provide a range of high-graphic display and packaging solutions.

Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation is a premier packaging company in North America. It is one of the industry s leading integrated manufacturer of paperboard and paper-based packaging and a leading producer of containerboard, including white-top linerboard, corrugated containers, multi-walled and specialty bags and clay-coated recycled boxboard. Smurfit-Stone also recycles paper, annually processing and selling more than 6.5 million tons and is a leading producer of solid bleached sulfate, folding cartons, flexible packaging, labels and point-of-purchase displays. The company provides solutions to a variety of customers, large and small, throughout North America. Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation maintains facilities in Ravenna, Ohio.

Founded in the December of 1983, North Coast Container Corp. is dedicated to the manufacturing of new 55-gallon steel shipping containers. It offers a wide array of products and services, such as New 55-Gallon Steel Shipping Containers, Drum Configuration and Customization, Specification Process, Inventory Programs and Front Office Services. The company is ISO-9001:2008 International Quality System registered. North Coast Container Corp. is a member of Containers America, LLC and National Private Truck Council. STC Transportation is its wholly-owned subsidiary.