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Founded in 1899, Sonoco Products Company is a manufacturer of industrial and consumer products as well as a provider of packaging services. Located in Woodland, Wash., the firm has more than 300 operations in 35 countries, serving customers in over 85 nations round the globe. In addition, the company is one of the leading producers of recycled paperboard, utilizing more than a million tons of recovered paper annually in its papermaking operations. Its product line includes Round/shaped composite paperboard cans, single-wrap paperboard packages, fiber cartridges, Monolayer/multilayer bottles and jars, blow molded and thermoformed plastic products and tubes, to name a few. Sonoco Products Co. is a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index.

A subsidiary of the International Paper Company, xpedx is among the world s largest distributors of printing papers and graphic supplies and equipment. The company is a major supplier to commercial printers, manufacturers, facility owners, retailers and global transportation businesses, as well as government entities. It also provides the full scope of third-party logistics services under its xpedx Supply Chain Services business, which provides asset and order management, business integration, warehousing and distribution, transportation management, reverse logistics, ocean freight services, customs brokerage and supplier relationship management solutions. Through its alliance with Paris-based Geodis and Antalis, xpedx extends internationally in the supply of paper and packaging products and logistics services. The company has one of the largest business to business e-commerce systems in North America anchored by xpedx.com, which handles nearly 6 million transactions annually. Additional xpedx ventures include Cincinnati-based Saalfeld Redistribution; xpedx Printing Technologies, the exclusive United States distributor of Ryobi-branded offset printing presses; Chicago-based xpedx Stores, a network of more than 150 retail paper and graphics stores; and publishing industry suppliers Bulkley Dunton Publishing Group and Strategic Paper Group. Based in the Cincinnati suburb of Loveland, Ohio, xpedx operates approximately 260 distribution centers and retail stores throughout North America, including a location in Portland, Ore.

Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging, Inc. is a major manufacturer of value-added corrugated and solid-fiber containers. The company provides a wide selection of specialty papers for food packaging, laminating craft and raisin trays, as well as construction, butcher, masking, creped and gumming papers. It manages more than 585,000 acres of timberlands in Oregon and Washington on a sustained-yield basis. Longview Fibre operates one of the largest pulp and paper mills in the world in Longview, Wash. The company has 15 converting plants in 12 states, as well as a lumber facility. It also specializes in recycled-content packaging. Longview Fibre was founded in 1927.