Packaging Corporation of America

Lake Forest, IL United States

  (NYSE: PKG)

Company Description

It pays to know how to box. Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) -- the fifth largest in the US -- produces 2-plus million tons of containerboard annually, most of which is converted into corrugated boxes. PCA mills also churn out some 1.5 million tons of kraft linerboard and nearly a million tons of semi-chemical corrugating medium. Its corrugated packaging includes shipping containers for manufactured goods, retail boxes and displays, and wax-coated boxes and meat boxes for agricultural use. The company operates four containerboard mills and about five dozen corrugated products plants in the US. PCA sells to a diverse group of industries; about two-thirds of its customers serve regional and local markets.