General Info

Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation is a leading integrated manufacturer of paperboard and paper-based packaging. It operates in two segments, containerboard and corrugated containers, and consumer packaging. It is a leading producer of containerboard, including white top linerboard and recycled medium, corrugated containers, point-of-purchase displays, multiwall and specialty bags and clay-coated recycled boxboard. The company is one of the world s largest collectors and marketers of recovered fiber. It also is a leading producer of solid bleached sulfate, folding cartons, flexible packaging and labels. Smurfit-Stone operates approximately 250 facilities located primarily in the United States, Canada and Mexico and employs roughly 35,000 people. The company was founded in 1968 and has its headquarters in Chicago. One of its plants is located at 965 Muirfield Dr., in Hanover Park, Ill.