Elk Grove Village / Illinois / United States
Graphic Packaging Corporation, located in Elk Grove Village, Ill., is a global leader in the manufacture of corrugated paper and container board. Graphic Packaging was formed in 2005 through the merger of Kappa Packaging and Jefferson Smurfit Group. Formerly known as the Smurfit Kappa Group, the company is a European leader in containerboard and has leading positions in both containerboard and corrugated paper in Latin America. Graphic Packagings operations span more than 30 countries, with a total capacity of approximately 6 million tons of both containerboard and corrugated paper. The group also manufactures solid board, sacks and bag-in-box products. In 2006, Forbes listed Graphic Packaging as the 158th-largest private company.
