Packaging Corporation of America

Packaging and Logistics Firm

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Packaging Corporation of America

Company 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[edit]

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[edit]

* List of Illinois companies

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Packaging Corp. of America". Fortune. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
2. ^ "Lake Forest Corporate Headquarters | PCA". PCA. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
3. ^ "PKG Profile | Packaging Corporation of America Stock - Yahoo Finance". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
4. ^ "History (1867-1970) | PCA". www.packagingcorp.com. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
5. ^ "Packaging Corporation of America Completes Acquisition of Boise Inc. | Packaging Corporation of America". ir.packagingcorp.com. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
6. ^ "Packaging Corporation of America Completes Acquisition of TimBar Corporation | Packaging Corporation of America". ir.packagingcorp.com. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
7. ^ "Packaging Corporation of America Completes Acquisition of Columbus Container, Inc. | Packaging Corporation of America". ir.packagingcorp.com. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
8. ^ "Packaging Corporation of America Completes Acquisition of Sacramento Container Corporation | Packaging Corporation of America". ir.packagingcorp.com. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
9. ^ "About Us". Englander dZignPak. Retrieved February 8, 2021.

## External links[edit]

* Official website
* Business data for Packaging Corporation of America:

* Bloomberg
* Google
* Reuters
* SEC filings
* Yahoo!

Authority control databases |

* VIAF

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