Packaging Corporation of America

Packaging Corporation of America

Type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: PKG S&P 500 component
Industry	Packaging and containers
Founded	1959; 65 years ago (1959)
Headquarters	Lake Forest, Illinois, U.S.
Key people	Mark W. Kowlzan (Chairman and CEO)
Number of employees	15,500[1] (2021)
Website	packagingcorp.com

Packaging Corporation of America is an American manufacturing company based in Lake Forest, Illinois.^[2] The company has about 15,500 employees, with operations primarily in the United States. The CEO is Mark W. Kowlzan.^[3]

History and operations

The company was founded in 1959 by the consolidation of three companies and was eventually acquired by Tenneco in 1965.^[4] In November 1995, the company's name was changed to Tenneco Packaging Inc.; in 1999, a new entity re-established the name Packaging Corporation of America.

In 2009, the company opened a new design center and project-management facility in Hong Kong, operating under the name Packaging Corporation of Asia Limited.

The company has acquired many companies, including Boise Inc. in 2013,^[5] TimBar Corporation^[6] and Columbus Container, Inc.^[7] in 2016, Sacramento Container Corporation in 2017,^[8] and Englander Container and Display in 2018.^[9]

The company's network consists of 6 containerboard mills, 2 white paper mills, 95 converting facilities, 10 creative design centers, 3 fulfillment centers, 8 packaging and supply centers, 2 training and resource centers, and 1 technical center.

See also

• List of Illinois companies

References

External links

• Official website
• Business data for Packaging Corporation of America:
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  • Bloomberg
  • Reuters
  • SEC filings

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