Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.

Public Company, Headquarters Location
222 N LaSalle St., Chicago, IL 60601-1003, United States
(312)346-6600, http://www.smurfit-stone.com

Primary SIC: Paperboard Mills, Primary NAICS: Paperboard Mills
Description: Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation was incorporated in Delaware in 1989. The company manufacturers paperboard and paper-based packaging in, including containerboard and corrugated containers, and is one of the world's largest paper recyclers. Additionally, the company has a complete line of graphics capabilities for packaging. Its main products are containerboard, corrugated containers, kraft paper, market pulp, and reclaimed and brokered fiber. It operations include 12 paper mills in the U.S. and two in Canada; 99 container plants in the United States, 15 in Canada, three in Mexico, one in China and one in Puerto Rico, one paper tube and core plant and one wood products plant located in the United States and one lamination plant located in Canada. In addition, the company has equity ownership in two corrugated container plants in Asia. It also owns approximately one million acres of timberland in Canada and operates wood harvesting facilities in Canada and the U.S. Its recycling operations include 26 reclamation facilities in the U.S that collect, sort, grade and bale recovered paper. In January 2009, the company and its U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and the company's stocks were delisted.Manufacturing: Container board, paper bags, box board, folding cartons, newsprint, uncoated paper, market pulp, lumber, plywood, and veneer. Finance: Holding company.