KapStone has been preparing for a potential strike since the Union voted down its prior offers. KapStone is conducting a cold mill outage to perform necessary maintenance to its machines and has full contingency plans in place to continue to service its customers during the strike.
After the maintenance outage, KapStone plans to run its largest machine early next week, with subsequent machine operation to follow.
KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation is the fifth largest producer of containerboard and corrugated packaging products and is the largest kraft paper producer in the United States.
