KapStone Paper and Packaging (KS)

KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation produces and sells a range of containerboards, corrugated products, and specialty paper products in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, paper and packaging that offers containerboards consisting of linerboard and corrugated medium to manufacture corrugated containers for packaging products; and corrugated products; and distribution segment distributes corrugated and other specialty packaging products, which include stretch films, void fills, carton sealing tapes, and other specialty tapes to the packaging services and distribution industry. It also offers specialty paper products, including kraft paper comprising multiwall paper used to produce bags for agricultural products, pet food, baking products, cement and chemicals, and grocery bags; specialty conversion products, such as wrapping paper products, dunnage bags, and roll wraps; and lightweight paper. In addition, it also provides saturating kraft paper under the Durasorb trade name for use in construction, electronics manufacturing, and furniture manufacturing industries; and unbleached folding carton board under the Kraftpak trade name to integrated and independent converters in the folding carton industry. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Northbrook, Illinois with paper mills, victory packaging distribution centers, and lumber mills across the United States. Kapstone Paper and Packaging Corporation operates as a subsidiary of WestRock Company.