Containercraft Inc

Established in 1926, Carton Service Inc. specializes in the manufacture of custom-designed packaging and folding cartons. Located in Shelby, Ohio, the company also provides services, such as carton printing and software, gourmet food, retail, pharmaceutical as well as medical blister packaging. The firm operates from its manufacturing facilities in Ohio and Tennessee. Its other capabilities include packaging boxes, brand packaging and pharmaceutical packaging services, to name a few. The company has the capability to develop customers requirements from prototypes to structural and graphically-designed finished packages.

The primary product produced by Temple-Inland s corrugated packaging division is containerboard, which is the largest segment of the United States paper market. Containerboard is made using softwood fiber and is used to create corrugated packaging. The company s 2 million acres of forestland provide the majority of its fiber requirements. Formerly known as Inland Paperboard & Packaging, Temple-Inland s corrugated packaging business includes five containerboard mills, one corrugating medium mill and more than 70 converting operations. These locations are dispersed throughout the continental United States, including Marion, Ohio. Temple-Inland has additional locations in Mexico and Puerto Rico. The corrugated packaging business segment, which began in 1918, accounted for approximately 60 percent of Temple-Inland s revenue in 2003. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Temple-Inland also has forest products, financial services and real estate divisions.

Packaging Corporation of America specializes in the manufacture of containerboard and corrugated packaging. The company focuses on a single line of business to achieve operational success. Its nearly 70 converting operations produce a wide variety of corrugated packaging products, including conventional shipping containers used to protect and transport goods. PCA also produces multicolor boxes and displays that help to merchandise packaged products in retail locations. The company is based in Lake Forest, Ill. In 2004, PCA produced more than 2 million tons of containerboard, shipped nearly 30 billion square feet of corrugated products and produced an excess of 1.5 million tons of Kraft linerboard at its mills in Counce, Tenn., and Valdosta, Ga. Packaging Corporation of America maintains a location in Ashland, Ohio.